# TROOPER POTTS VC MEMORIAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 1147047
- **Other names:** TROOPER POTTS VC TRUST
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 30, 2012
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=1147047


## Contact

- **Address:** 69 BAKER STREET, READING
- **Postcode:** RG1 7XY
- **Phone:** 07802763289
- **Email:** bennettbaker@msn.com
- **Website:** www.pottsvctrust.org



## Activities

**Objects:** 1.TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE PROVISION OF A MONUMENT IN CENTRAL READING TO COMMEMORATE THE ACHIEVEMNETS OF THE BERKSHIRE YEOMANRY,PAST AND PRESENT,AND IN PARTICULAR TROOPER POTTS VC AND TROOPER ANDREWS AND TO COMMEMORATE THE 134 MEN OF THE BERKSHIRE YEOMANRY LOST IN WW1.2.TO ASSIST PERSONS WHO ARE CURRENTLY SERVING OR WHO HAVE SERVED IN THE ARMED FORCES,AND THEIR DEPENDANTS BY ADVANCING ANY PURPOSE THAT IS CHARITABLE ACCORDING TO THE LAWS OF ENGLAND AND WALES IN PARTICULAR BY THE PROVISION OF GRANTS TO THE CHARITY KNOWN AS HELP THE HEROES.3.TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE EVENTS DURING 1914-18 WITHIN THE UK AND OVERSEAS, AND ABOUT SUCH DEEDS, COMRADESHIP, THEIR SETTING, IMPLICATIONS AND RELEVANCE TODAY, WITH PARTICULAR FOCUS ON THE ACTIONS OF THE BERKSHIRE YEOMANARY, PAST AND PRESENT.4. TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE UNDERSTANDING AND APPRECIATION OF THE ARTS, IN PARTICULAR THE ART OF SCULPTURE.

**Activities:** 1. To provide & maintain a  memorial in central Reading to Trooper Potts VC, Trooper Andrews the men & women of the Berkshire Yeomanry past, present & future, naming those lost in wars of  20 th C  2. Run workshops for schools, colleges, clubs about lessons from such events.3. Share current activities on Facebook; www.facebook.com/TrooperPottsMemorialTrust, Twitter; www.twitter.com/TrooperPottsVC




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Advocacy/advice/information
- **What:** Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Environment/conservation/heritage
- **Who:** Children/young People, Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies, The General Public/mankind



## Areas of operation

- Oxfordshire
- Reading
- West Berkshire



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £558 | £275 | — | — |
| March 31, 2024 | £444 | £309 | — | — |
| March 31, 2023 | £239 | £283 | — | — |
| March 31, 2022 | £132 | £449 | — | — |
| March 31, 2021 | £375 | £677 | — | — |



## Trustees

- DR Richard Duckett BA,MA,PGCE — appointed July 6, 2016
- Penny Kemp — appointed Oct. 30, 2025
- RICHARD BENNETT — appointed March 12, 2012