## **COUNCIL FOR CADET RIFLE SHOOTING**
_(A Charitable Incorporated Organisation - registered charity number 1151650)_
## **BOARD OF TRUSTEES**
## **ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS**
## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **COUNCIL FOR CADET RIFLE SHOOTING (CCRS)**
_A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (Registered Charity No. 1151650)_
## **THE TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024 INCLUDING THE FFENNELL CADET RIFLE SHOOTING TRUST FUND** _(3011068)_
## **LEGAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION**
1. CCRS was formed in 1969 through the amalgamation of various associations and committees to serve the (rifle) shooting interests of the MoD-sponsored cadet youth organisations: the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), the Sea Cadet Corps (SCC), the Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC), the Army Cadet Force (ACF) and the Air Training Corps (ATC). It was registered in 1982 as an unincorporated charity, number 284838, and became a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) on 15 April 2013. On 31 December 2013 the CIO received all the property assets, undertaking and staff of the unincorporated CCRS, which was subsequently removed from the Register of Charities.
2. CCRS's governing document is its Constitution adopted on 4 March 2013 and amended on 5 March 2018. The Ffennell Cadet Rifle Shooting Trust Fund _(3011068)_ came under the control of the unincorporated CCRS under a Charity Commission Scheme on 2 October 2002 that was amended from 28 December 2013 with the Fund transferred to CCRS as a CIO. CCRS is based at Derby Lodge, Bisley Camp, Brookwood, Woking, Surrey GU24 0NY.
3. Appointments within CCRS are:
|a.|Principal officers:||
|---|---|---|
||Chairman|Brigadier MP Lowe MBE|
||Treasurer|Mr C Rivett-Carnac|
|b.|Trustees:|Principal officers plus:|
|||Commander N Benstead RN|
|||Wing Commander G Campbell OBE DL|
|||Brigadier MP Christie OBE|
|||Major General IC Dale CBE|
|||Mr WG Doe|
|||Warrant Officer H Golaszewski|
|||Colonel T Mills|
|||Major JRW Postle|
|||Lieutenant Colonel C Stewart MBE|
|||Colonel JS Wilson OBE DL|
|c.|Secretariat:||
|---|---|---|
||General Secretary|Brigadier (Ret’d) MN Pountain CBE|
||Shooting Manager|Mr D Marston|
||Competitions Officer|Ms A Morriss|
||Administrative Officer|Mrs G Ansell.|
- d. Bankers – The Royal Bank of Scotland, Holts Farnborough Branch, Lawrie House, Victoria Road, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7NR.
- e. Independent Examiner of Accounts – KW Steward Ltd, 5 Oakfield Glade, Weybridge, Surrey KT13 9DP.
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## **OBJECTS, STRUCTURES AND RELATIONSHIPS**
## 4. The objects of CCRS are:
a. To encourage proficiency in target shooting among members of the Cadet Forces and thereby prepare them to play their part in the defence of the realm in either the Regular or Auxiliary Forces of the Crown.
b. To inculcate principles of good citizenship, loyalty, discipline and a sense of responsibility amongst members of the Cadet Forces through the demands made by shooting for their teams or units.
c. To provide assistance to pupils at schools, and to others undergoing service in voluntary youth organisations, with specialist facilities and training designed to improve the physical education and development of such persons as well as the development and occupation of their minds.
5. CCRS is governed by a board of representative trustees, and efforts continue to be made to ensure that it includes appropriate skill-sets and experience, as well as being sufficiently diverse. It has a small, permanent secretariat comprising four salaried staff, as well as various volunteer committees supported by a wide range of over one hundred adult volunteers to assist in the delivery of CCRS’s activities.
6. CCRS’s various committees are responsible to trustees for the policies, practices and procedures governing the conduct and administration of all shooting competitions, training and representative teams. The various committees include members from all three Services to ensure that the respective requirements of the Cadet Forces are represented. Activities range from delivering competitions annually at national level in target shooting disciplines; to providing advice and liaison to the NGB and to the Cadet Forces; to providing coaching and assistance to cadets and adult volunteers; to selecting the UK’s national Under 17 Cadet Rifle Team, the British Cadets (Under 18) Rifle Team, as well as GB’s Under 19 Rifle Team on behalf of the NRA for international competitions.
7. According to MOD Sponsored Cadet Forces Statistics as of 01 April 2024, the number of cadets (51,360) in the CCF had decreased by 130 since the previous year, with the number of cadets in the Community Cadets (88,600) up by some 4,800 – 14,240 (+510) in the SCC and 420 in the VCC (-50); 39,860 (+1,680) in the ACF and 34,070 (+2,650) in the ATC. The relative statistics between the CCF and the Community Cadets include the impact of the Cadet Expansion Programme (CEP), reflecting UK Government’s goals of achieving 60,000 cadets in school units by 2024 and the fact of there being more CCF units in state schools now than in independent schools.
8. CCRS’s work is facilitated through a formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Headquarters Army Regional Command (RC) on behalf of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) and the three Services. CCRS contributes to the 3[rd] objective (‘Promote our Prosperity’) of the MoD’s Departmental Plan through its support to sponsored Cadet Forces and the promotion of civil society, as highlighted by reference to the University of Northampton’s Institute for Social Innovation and Impact (ISII) report on the Public Benefit of Cadet Forces.
9. Following a decision in December 2024 by the Cadet Forces not to replace the Cadet full-bore target rifle (CFBTR) at the end of 2025, the MoU between RC and CCRS has been further extended by one year and will reflect future arrangements. CCRS has close practical links with four of the five Cadet Forces (the Combined Cadet Force (CCF), the Sea Cadet Corps (SSC), the Army Cadet Force (ACF), and the Air Training Corps (ATC)), and has links with the Volunteer Cadet Corps (VCC) as the fifth MOD-sponsored Cadet Force.
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10. The decision by the Cadet Forces not to replace the CFBTR is in part a reflection of the difficult balance of investment decisions the Cadet Forces have had to make to meet the ambitions of the Cadet Expansion Programme. Notwithstanding, and in accordance with the wishes of the Cadet Forces as expressed in late 2023 at our annual Advisory Committee meeting, CCRS again delivered a comprehensive range of shooting competitions and events throughout 2024, as detailed later in this report. Key elements included:
- a. Smallbore. Following a Winter Postal Competition, an Inter Services Cadet Smallbore Championship Final at The Lord Roberts Centre of the National Smallbore Rifle Association (NSRA).
- b. Clay Target. Clay target meetings for both Cadets and Cadet Force Adult Volunteers (CFAV).
- c. Full-bore (Target Rifle). An Inter Services Cadet Rifle Meeting (ISCRM) for the Community Cadets and a CCF Schools Meeting.
- d. National Teams. The fielding of three national teams (full-bore) in international competition.
- e. Full-bore (Service Rifle). A Skill at Arms Meeting for the Community Cadets, with, for the first time, CCF teams also taking part.
Additionally, CCRS planned to deliver a national Target Sprint Competition (Air Rifle), also known as ‘Summer Biathlon’, which had to be cancelled owing to insufficient entries.
## **RESPECTIVE ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**
11. 2024 was again a turbulent year, impacted by Defence resource pressures, including budgetary and range availability. Respective roles and responsibilities as previously agreed in the extended MoU between RC and CCRS are assessed for 2024 in the table below.
12. These are mainly ‘Green’ given that stated responsibilities either were exercised, or the required mechanisms were in place for them to be exercised. Where there were any issues, or points worth highlighting, these are discussed under ‘COMMENT’.
|**Organisation**|**Role**|**Responsibility**||
|---|---|---|---|
|Army HQ, RC|Supported/Supporting|Determination and payment of funds in accordance
with appropriate rules.
COMMENT: Annual grant bid submitted by CCRS,
processed and agreed by HQ RC on behalf of the
MOD, and grant disbursed through Exostar.
Although ‘Green’ in that a Grant-in-Aid was duly
made, a savings exercise had to be conducted in-
year, and the Grant for FY 2024/25 (from 01 Apr
24) was not credited until late October 2024.||
|||Monitoring CCRS’s observance of conditions.
COMMENT: CCRS reports routinely to HQ Army
RC and the Cadet Forces, attending, for example,
RC Cadet Branch’s weekly training conference and
various Service fora. With a new DComd RC from
Jan 24, routine quarterly meetings at director and||
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staff level were held between HQ RC and CCRS, leading to better understanding, strengthened collaboration and facilitating quicker and improved resolution of issues on both sides. Developing and implementing consistent procedures for sufficient and timely allocation of ranges to cadet units and prevention of short notice cancellations other than in exceptional circumstances. COMMENT: Procedures exist, albeit constrained by MOD general security considerations as CCRS has only indirect access to the MOD’s range booking system. The ‘Red’ assessment reflects this critical gap in CCRS’s capability, as well as short-notice range cancellations/amendments again in 2024 and Brunswick Camp kitchen restrictions, with a commensurate impact on some planned events (see also 16.3) below. HQ RC has been supportive of CCRS’s case, albeit many of the issues are outside their control. CCRS can cope with range, accommodation and feeding issues for its smaller events, but it is most strongly recommended that the two major tri-Service events of the year, involving cadets and CFAV coming to Bisley from all parts of the UK – ‘Cadet Bisley’ for 2 weeks in the Summer (1,000-plus members of the Cadet Forces) and Cadet SAAM for one week in October (approximately 500) be ‘ring-fenced’ as battalion-equivalent size key Cadet Force events in the annual calendar. Providing the means or arranging for all participant Cadet and CFAV details for Central Matches, competitions and events, Representative Team Matches and Training to be visible on WESTMINSTER, so CCRS can fulfil its safeguarding responsibilities. COMMENT: This responsibility requires redefinition in the next iteration of the MoU, given that RAFAC use BADER (unavailable to CCRS), along with other issues as agreed between HQ RC and CCRS. Providing suitably qualified, experienced and current persons to deliver Defence specific tasks which CCRS is unable to meet. COMMENT: There are three aspects to this requirement from a CCRS perspective: 1) CCRS is unable to deliver its two main annual competitions (‘Cadet Bisley’ in July/August, and Cadet SAAM in October) without a Cadet Support Group and the requisite number of Range Staff. These were adequately provided for in 2023 (Green) but participation had to be reduced in 2024 by 40% owing to resource pressures.
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2) This requirement needs re-defining in the next iteration of the MoU. Given differing single Service requirements, Regional Command is unlikely to be able to provide a predominantly unremunerated, suitably experienced and qualified cohort of volunteers for the CSG and PRT to support two major national tri-Service shooting competitions annually, without holding those events hostage to short-notice reductions, restrictions or potentially cancellation. Arguably, nor should it, given the triService nature of CCRS’s competitions and events. 3) sS safeguarding structures, policy and arrangements are not optimally suited for CCRS to deliver national (tri-Service) Cadet (rifle) teams touring internationally. This is being addressed in the revised MoU. Making available sufficient and suitable rifles and ammunition to conduct Defence specific events for cadets. COMMENT: Routine. 1) While CCRS had no issues, some cadet units reported issues with rifle availability and servicing. 2) Notwithstanding understandably higher priority users for 155 grain 7.62mm ammunition, CCRS major competitions and events for 7.62mm Target Rifle require 155 grain ammunition. ‘Cadet Bisley’ was resourced with 155 grain ammunition. CCRS Supporting/Supported Deliver effective and efficient, national legislationand MOD regulation- compliant health and safety practices. COMMENT: Routine. CCRS is JSP compliant, in addition to which it has completed its own independent reviews and HSE checks. Provide access to the Risk Register and other documentation to assure RC that administration, competitions and training events are conducted in accordance with DDH and ODH. COMMENT: Routine. All training events are in accordance with the Safe System of Training (SST), and CCRS routinely provides all required documentation to respective Cadet Force headquarters as required in accordance with MOD and single Service policy. These are loaded onto relevant MOD information systems, either directly (WESTMINSTER) or indirectly (BADER) given separate RAFAC requirements. For a tri-Service delivery organisation such as CCRS, it would be helpful to have a single set of agreed policies and processes for tri-Service cadet activities, the implication being that the strengthening and addition of single Service requirements has
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stretched CCRS and may lead to a requirement for one additional member of staff. Observe any grant fund conditions. COMMENT: Routine. All grant fund conditions met. Maintain adequate systems of financial control. COMMENT: CCRS has its own Finance & Accounts Regulation, as agreed by trustees, including appropriate controls, reviewed annually. Its annual accounts are verified by a qualified Independent Examiner – see page 13. Dual authority is required for all payments. CCRS’s Financial Statements form part of this Report, supported by detailed Notes – see Pages 14-18. Signature and proper record of accounts. COMMENT: Annual accounts for 2024 are reviewed and agreed by trustees and presented at its AGM. Annual accounts are presented in accordance with required Charity Commission format and rules. Ensure that grants are used only for the purposes of the MoU and are not used for speculation or investment with the intent of generating additional income. COMMENT: Annual grant bids are made on the basis of predicted expenditure and agreed with HQ Army RC. The following year’s grant bid is adjusted as necessary, supported by a written justification. Grant-funding is not used speculatively. The administration and proper accounting of grants in accordance with Charity Commission requirements. COMMENT: CCRS complies with Charity Commission reporting and accounting requirements, and as determined by the FCA. The maintenance of adequate internal expenditure controls. COMMENT: Annual budgets are approved by trustees and all expenditure is dualauthorisation controlled in line with CCRS financial policy.
Table 1
## **REVIEW OF PROGRESS AND ACHIEVEMENTS**
13. The tables below list the high-level Key Performance Indicators (KPI) required by the terms of the MoU to be reported by CCRS in its Annual Report and Accounts.
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## 14. **Security**
|**Ser**|**Key indicator**|**Method of measurement**|**2024 Compliance**
**Y/N**|
|---|---|---|---|
|14.1|All firearms to be stored in an
armoury compliant with JSP 440
and 482 or NGB regulations.|Assurance reports by MoD and NGB
parties, annually.|Yes.|
|14.2|All ammunition to be stored in a
magazine compliant with JSP 440
and 482 or NGB regulations.|Assurance reports by MoD and NGB
parties, annually. A major review by HQ
Army RC very helpfully resulted in
different arrangements being made and
agreed. The new system of support is
much improved and greatly appreciated.|Yes.|
|14.3|Movement of arms and ammunition
as per JSP 440.|Post event reports.|Yes.
.|
|14.4|Accountability for ammunition as per
JSP 886 or NGB regulations.|
Post event reports.|Yes.|
|14.5|All personal and other sensitive
data stored, accessed and
distributed in accordance with DPA
98 and JSP 440.|Assurance reports by MoD agents,
annually.|Yes. The new MoU
needs to reflect (UK)
GDPR appropriately.|
|14.6|Ensure that appropriate personal
protective security measures in
place for all training as per JSP 440
and NGB regulations.|Assurance reports by MoD agents,
annually.|Yes.|
|||Table 2||
## 15. **Safety.**
|**Ser**|**Key indicator**|**Method of**
**measurement**|**2024 Compliance Y/N**|
|---|---|---|---|
|15.1|Risk Register reviewed
monthly and Risk
Assessments reviewed and
adjusted prior to each event.|Number of RtL
incidents.|Yes. Risks are reviewed routinely by CCRS
staff and trustees review the Risk Register at
board meetings. Risk Assessments are
conducted prior to each event and are
reviewed and agreed by relevant Service
leads.|
Table 3
|**Ser**|**Event**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||2024|2023|2022
(Recovery)|2021
(Post-Covid
Recovery)|
|16.1|Inter-Services’
Cadet Rifle
Meeting
(ISCRM)|319 firers
19 x SCC teams
13 x ACF teams
25 x RAFAC
teams|257 firers:
17 x SCC teams
13 x ACF teams
25 x RAFAC teams|84 – less than
expected, owing
to rescheduling
from July to
October as result
of heatwave.|No ISCRM.
8 x regional
meetings
(310 firers)
Plus Final (160
Firers)|
|16.2|Schools’/CCF
Meeting|356 firers
31 x CCF
Schools|351
32 x CCF Schools|392||
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|16.3|Cadet Inter-
Services’ Skill
at Arms
Meeting|235 firers bid
(15 x SCC, 12 x
ACF and 20 x
RAFAC teams,
but CCRS had
to restrict the sS
to 7 teams each
owing to MoD
catering issues|201 firers
15 x SCC teams
6 x ACF teams
25 x RAFAC teams
2 x CCF teams|112|Cancelled|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|16.4|Cadet Inter-
Services’
Small-bore
Championships|16 firers (4
teams) from
SCC and ACF
(RAFAC
withdrew); 24 x
CCF 100
finalists (first
CCF Final)|30 firers (6 teams)
From all three
Services|4 teams (16 firers)
from SCC and
ACF (no RAFAC
following Covid)|Cancelled|
|16.5|Cadet National
Clay
Championships|79 firers|75 firers|71 firers|Cancelled|
|16.6|Cadet Imperial|Run in parallel
to the NRA
Imperial for the
first time since
2019 with 31
cadets.|Cancelled –
insufficient entries
(required minimum
24)|Cancelled –
insufficient entries
(required
minimum 24)|Did not occur|
Table 4
The number of cadets competing in the NRA Imperial, including sponsorship by CCRS, is listed below.
|**Ser**|**Event**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||2024|2023|2022|2021|
|16.7|NRA
Imperial|148 cadets,
45 sponsored
by CCRS|172 cadets,
43 sponsored
by CCRS|140 cadets, 44
sponsored by
CCRS|51 cadets,
44
sponsored
by CCRS|
Table 5
The number of cadets competing in non-central (not at Bisley), distributed events organised and sponsored by CCRS is listed below. CCRS is particularly pleased to report the increase in Air Rifle and .22 Smallbore entries.
|**Ser**|**Event**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|16.8|**Postal**
**Competitions**|2024-2025|2023-24|2022-23|2021-22|
|16.8.1|Air Rifle|876|500|248|64|
|16.8.2|.22 Smallbore|1,737|1,619|1,571|418|
|16.8.3|Fullbore|268|212|40|20|
|16.8.4|Clay|0|0|0|90|
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## 17. **International teams (included in MoU).** 2024 International Rifle Teams included:
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a. British Under 18 Cadet Rifle Team (BCRT – ‘The Athelings’). Under the leadership of their Commandant (Major Paul Anderton), Adjutant (Lt David Nuthall) and Team Officer (Capt Clare Jeens), the BCRT competed against an Old Athelings team kindly pulled together by one of CCRS’s trustees, Maj James Postle, following which they toured to Scotland, competing at Blair Atholl against a Scottish Team, and finally returning to Bisley to compete against English XX team and Welsh senior Rifle Teams.
||Short range
(300,500,600X)|Long range
(900 and 1,000X)|Total Scores|
|---|---|---|---|
|Team||||
|England|801.75|753.62|1554.137|
|Wales|794.74|751.50|1545.124|
|Athelings‘Thistle’|766.45|739.54|1505.99|
|Athelings‘Heather’|782.55|734.54|1516.99|
A number have subsequently been selected for England, Wales and Scotland senior rifle teams, and six for the GB Under 19 Rifle Team.
## British Cadet Rifle Team (BCRT – ‘The Athelings’) 2024
## b. The UK Under 17 Cadet Rifle Team (UKCRT). Under the leadership of
Commandant Jonny Wallace and Adjutant Tania Liberman, the UKCRT toured to Jersey to compete against the Channel Islands between 17 and 27 August. After some strong performance in the individual competitions, the UKCRT faced a strong Channel Islands team comprising a number of Athelings and ex-Athelings. After a weaker start at 300 yards (X), the Team performed much better at 500X and 600X, closing the gap to be narrowly beaten by the Channel Islands Team with a score of 1158 and 123 V-bulls (1158.123) to 1135 and 86 V-bulls (1135.86) out of a Highest Possible Score of 1200.
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UK Cadet Rifle Team 2024 competing in Jersey Open Championships against the Channel Islands Cadets
## 18. **International teams (not included in MoU, and funded completely by CCRS, NRA and personal contribution).**
a. As with 2023, the British Under 19 Rifle Team (GB U19) team did not travel to the Republic of South Africa (RSA) to compete against the RSA Junior Rifle Team. At the kind invitation of the Guernsey Rifle Club (GRC) CCRS was able to arrange a GBU19 team tour to compete in the GRC Summer Prize Meeting (Open Championships).
- b. Republic of South Africa Junior Team to Bisley. The tour was cancelled.
## **PUBLIC BENEFIT**
19. Trustees have had due regard to Charity Commission Guidance on Public Benefit. As highlighted in this report, shooting remains a key element of the Cadet Experience. The University of Northampton’s Institute for Social Innovation and Impact (ISII) four-year study into the societal return on investment in Cadet Forces highlights the value of the Cadet Forces. See link below for the Final Report, reinforced by the ISII’s March 2025 report on ‘The Impact and Value of School-Based Cadet Forces in the UK’. https://www.northampton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/social-impact-cadet-forces-uk2020.pdf.
20. Shooting directly contributes to the Public Benefit by developing cadets’ powers of concentration, application, confidence, self-discipline and personal responsibility. It also develops individual and team skills, aspects of leadership, an understanding of wind-reading, plotting and mathematics, thereby contributing to the overall national STEM agenda. It is also the only cadet activity that delivers national representative teams, as well as providing opportunity and new skills for adult volunteers, enhancing their potential employability.
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## **SAFEGUARDING**
21. There was one safeguarding incident during a tri-Service competition in 2024, which was reported and dealt with in accordance with Cadet Forces policy and procedures. CCRS has a detailed Child Protection and Safeguarding policy based on MOD Cadet Force policy and guidelines, reinforced by sector ‘good practice’. All CCRS staff are DBS Enhanced cleared and are Safeguarding Level 2 trained, as are all cadet-facing trustees of the charity.
## **REVIEW OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES AND AFFAIRS**
22. The attached accounts show that CCRS’ activities have been funded in part by the Ffennell Trust, membership subscriptions, donations, competition entry fees, investment interest, reserves and sales; while the majority of its funding is in the form of Grant in Aid (non-contractual, so technically donations) from the MoD as shooting sponsor for the Cadet Forces through Headquarters Regional Command. Competition team match tours also required individual contributions **,** all of which were collected in advance.
23. The financial state of the charity reflects another extraordinary year in which an imaginative and proactive staff, coupled with goodwill from the Cadet Forces and the Army’s Regional Command in particular, delivered an exceptional programme of shooting events and competitions. This was allied to a strong sense from CCRS’s stakeholder community that extra-curricular activity was and remains key to cadets’ mental health and wellbeing. Due thanks and recognition must also be given to the NGB and in particular to the NRA and the NSRA. The funds of CCRS are in a satisfactory state and the charity is in a position to continue to provide services commensurate with its charitable objects.
## **VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY**
24. The trustees wish to acknowledge the importance of all the Adult Volunteers and many supporters who gave unstintingly of their time, enthusiasm and experience in 2024 to help ensure that cadet shooting provides the strongest possible development opportunity for cadets. The trustees sincerely hope that Adult Volunteers and supporters recognise CCRS’s measures to help support them as a sincere reflection of their thanks and regard, and they encourage all Adult Volunteers to continue and further their support for cadet shooting.
## **RISK ASSESSMENT**
25. The trustees regularly assess and review the risks to which the charity is exposed, including operational and financial risks. In the opinion of the trustees the Charity has established resources and review systems, which, under normal conditions, will allow risks identified to be mitigated to an acceptable level in its day-to-day operations.
## **RESERVES**
26. The Charity Commission defines reserves as available income to be expended at trustees’ discretion in furtherance of the Charity’s objects, but which is not yet spent, committed or designated. Fixed assets are deducted as they are not realisable and are needed for the charity to continue to function. At year end, CCRS’ reserves were:
||31 Dec 24 (£)|31 Dec 23 (£)|
|---|---|---|
|Total funds as per Balance Sheet|877,192|822,681|
|Deduct:|||
|Restricted+endowment+designated funds|533,739|484,736|
|Fixed assets|37,870|31,629|
|Charity reserves as at 31 Dec 24|305,583|306,316|
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27. Trustees have examined the needs and challenges of the Charity in both the short and medium terms along with the relevant financial forecasts. The trustees’ reserve policy is to have sufficient to cover six months of operations, including a full season of competitions and tours in the event of MOD Grants being discontinued or other unforeseen major contingencies. Notwithstanding the pressures of 2024, CCRS’s level of reserves as set by the trustees (£250k) remained sufficient as of 31 December 2024.
28. The trustees consider that, provided the MOD grant continues, and the necessary conditions are otherwise met for the delivery of a full programme of planned activity in 2025, there will be no material uncertainty about the Charity’s ability to continue as a going concern in support of the MOD-sponsored Cadet Forces. This judgement is also in the context of the Cadet Forces’ decision not to replace the Cadet Full-bore Target Rifle (CFBTR) at the end of 2025 and is based on the Cadet Forces’ assurance of collaboration over the course of 2025 to develop an alternative programme of shooting competitions and events with CCRS.
## **ASSET COVER FOR FUNDS**
29. An analysis of the assets attributable to the various funds is shown in the accounts. These assets are sufficient to meet the charity’s obligations.
## **STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES**
30. Law, applicable to charities in England and Wales, requires trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial period, which give a true and fair view of the Charity’s financial activities during the period, and of its financial position at the end of the period. In preparing financial statements giving a true and fair view, the Trustees should follow best practice and:
- a. Select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently.
- b. Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent.
- c. Observe the methods and principles in the applicable Charities SORP.
- d. State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed subject to any departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements.
- e. Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to assume that the Charity will continue in operation.
31. The trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that disclose with reasonable accuracy the financial position of the Charity, that enable them to ascertain the financial position of the Charity, and which ensure that the financial statements comply with Charities Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Brigadier MP Lowe MBE Chairman of Board of Trustees
> 11 July 2025
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## **COUNCIL FOR CADET RIFLE SHOOTING INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES**
1. I report on the accounts of the Council for Cadet Rifle Shooting - a Charitable Incorporated Organisation - for the twelve months ended 31 December 2023, which are set out on pages 14-18.
## **RESPECTIVE RESPONSIBILITIES OF TRUSTEES AND EXAMINER**
2. As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of section 144 of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) does not apply and that an independent examination is appropriate and is required.
3. It is my responsibility to:
- a. examine the accounts (under section 145 of the 2011 Act);
- b. to follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under section 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act;
- c. to state whether particular matters have come to our attention.
## **BASIS OF INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S REPORT**
4. My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit; consequently no opinion is given as to whether the financial statements present a “true and fair view” and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.
## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER’S STATEMENT**
5. In connection with my examination no matter has come to my attention:
a. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
- (1) to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
(2) to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and to comply with the accounting requirement of the 2011 Act.
have not been met; or
b. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
9[th] July 2025
KW Steward Ltd Independent Examiner
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## **COUNCIL FOR CADET RIFLE SHOOTING**
A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (registered number 1151650)
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2024**
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Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Total funds
funds funds funds 2024 2023
Notes £ £ £ £ £
Income and endowments
Donations and legacies 2 372,246 35,386 0 407,632 394,929
Charitable activities 3 95,596 18,232 0 113,828 93,434
Other trading activities 0 0 0 0 0
Investments 4 15,990 0 7,796 23,786 22,431
Other income item 0 0 0 0
Total 483,832 53,618 7,796 545,246 510,796
Expenditure
Charitable activities 5 444,805 58,592 0 503,397 489,843
Other 6 4,249 0 0 4,249 4,610
Total 449,054 58,592 0 507,646 494,453
Net income/(expenditure) 34,778 -4,974 7,796 37,600 16,343
before investment
Net gains/(losses) on investments 8,879 0 8,032 16,911 2,395
-
Net income/(expenditure) 43,657 4,974 15,828 54,511 18,738
Extraordinary items 0 0 0 0 0
Transfers between funds 11 -17,337 22,724 -5,386 0 0
Other gains(losses) 0 0 0 0 0
Net Movement in Funds 26,320 17,750 10,442 54,511 18,738
Reconciliation of Funds
Total funds brought forward 539,292 19,432 263,957 822,681
Total funds carried forward 565,611 37,182 274,399 877,192
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Brigadier MP Lowe MBE Chairman of Board of Trustees 01-Apr-25
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**COUNCIL FOR CADET RIFLE SHOOTING** A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (registered number 1151650)
## **BALANCE SHEET AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2024**
|||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**Total funds**|**Total funds**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**funds**|**funds**|**funds**|**2024**|**2023**|
||Notes|£|£|£|£|£|
|**Fixed assets**|||||||
|Intangible assets||0|0|0|0|0|
|Tangible assets|
7|37,870|0|0|37,870|31,629|
|**_Total fixed assets_**||37,870|**0**|**0**|**37,870**|**31,629**|
|**Current assets**|||||||
|Stocks||19,368|4,566|0|23,934|24,751|
|Debtors|8|3,792|495|1,949|6,236|6,060|
|Investments|9|230,270|0|195,452|425,722|408,811|
|Cash at bank and in hand|10|369,758|32,121|76,998|478,877|445,529|
|**_Total current assets_**||**623,188**|**37,182**|**274,399**|**934,769**|**885,151**|
|**Liabilities**|||||||
|Creditors: amounts falling||95,447|0|0|95,447|94,099|
|due within one year|||||||
|**_Net current assets/(liabilities)_**||**527,741**|**37,182**|**274,399**|**839,322**|**791,052**|
|**_Total assets less current_**||**565,611**|**37,182**|**274,399**|**877,192**|**822,681**|
|**_liabilities_**|||||||
|Creditors: amounts falling||0|0||0|0|
|due after more than one|||||||
|year|||||||
|Provisions for liabilities||0|0||0|0|
|**Total net assets or liabilities**||**565,611**|**37,182**|**274,399**|**877,192**|**822,681**|
|**The funds of the charity**|11||||||
|Endowment funds||0|0|274,399|274,399|263,957|
|Restricted income funds||0|37,182|0|37,182|19,433|
|Unrestricted funds||565,611|0|0|565,611|539,292|
|**Total charity funds**||**565,611**|**37,182**|**274,399**|**877,192**|**822,681**|
Brigadier MP Lowe MBE Chairman of Board of Trustees 01-Apr-25
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## **COUNCIL FOR CADET RIFLE SHOOTING**
## **NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024**
## **ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
1. The principal accounting policies that have been adopted in the preparation of these accounts are as follows:
- a. These accounts have been prepared on a historical cost basis and in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice on Accounting by Charities (FRS 102) apart from Investments which are on market value.
- b. Stocks are valued at the lower of cost or net realisable value.
- c. Fixed Assets.
- 1) Rifles and equipment are included in the account at cost. Depreciation is provided on these assets, rifles at 10% reducing balance, barrels at 10% and other items at 20% both fixed balance per annum. Any net book value of assets that cease to be of value are written off.
- p p
- 2) not included in the accounts at a value. Any repair costs are written off as incurred.
- d. Investments. Investments consist of common investment funds quoted on the London Stock Exchange and are included in the Balance Sheet at market value.
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|**INCOME**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|**Endowment**|**2024 Total**|**2023 Total**|
|**2. Donations and legacies**||||||
|Membership and donations|3,175|0|0|3,175|3,344|
|Gift aid tax claimed|0|0|0|0|0|
|SBF Memorial Fund|2,221|0|0|2,221|815|
|Grants (Military)|366,850|30,000|0|396,850|377,332|
|Grants(Other)|0|5,386|0|5,386|13,438|
||372,246|35,386|0|407,632|394,929|
|**3. Charitable activities**||||||
|SCC Income|2300|0|0|2300|1740|
|Non-central matches|2,832|0|0|2,832|2,529|
|ISCRM|15,667|0|0|15,667|9,404|
|CISSAM|2,224|0|0|2,224|5,085|
|Schools Meeting|33,190|0|0|33,190|27,767|
|Clay Target|6,030|0|0|6,030|6,561|
|Cadet Imperial income|1,680|0|0|1,680|0|
|Team Training|0|0|0|0|0|
|Rifle Hire|30|0|0|30|0|
|Other income|3,423|2,052|0|5,475|4,570|
|Bunhill|17,965|0|0|17,965|16,668|
|R & C Income|10,256|1,930|0|12,186|5,784|
|Sponsorship income|0|0|0|0|0|
|Team contributions|0|14,250|0|14,250|13,326|
||95,597|18,232||113,829|93,434|
|**4. Investments**||||||
|Bank interest received|4,654|0|0|4654|5357|
|M&G Ffennell investment income|0|0|0|0|0|
|Blackrock investment income|7,720|0|7,796|15,516|14,741|
|United Trust investment income|0|0|0|0|0|
|35 Day Interest|3,232|0|0|3232|1968|
|Eden Tree investment income|384|0|0|384|366|
||15,990|0|7,796|23,786|22,432|
|**EXPENDITURE**||||||
|**5. Charitable activities**||||||
|ACF Costs|183|0|0|183|124|
|SCC Costs|4,525|0|0|4,525|5,010|
|Non-central matches|681|0|0|681|125|
|ISCRM costs|28,364|0|0|28,364|23,434|
|CISSAM costs|2,001|0|0|2,001|5,048|
|Clay target costs|6,561|0|0|6,561|6,231|
|Smallbore Winter League|0|0|0|0|0|
|Cadet Imperial costs|631|0|0|631|0|
|Schools Meeting|54,094|0|0|54,094|46,619|
|Sponsorship|14,648|0|0|14,648|11,921|
|Other costs|4,152|1,015|0|5,167|3,531|
|Bunhill Lodge|15,094|0|0|15,094|19,601|
|Team Training Maple Taste|12,599|0|0|12,599|10,546|
|CC Trg Weekend|5,271|0|0|5,271|5,566|
|RSA Juniors|0|0|0|0|0|
|Travel costs|870|5,778|0|6,648|37,879|
|Food & accommodation|10,890|22,060|0|32,950|15,926|
|Visit costs|0|2,546|0|2,546|2,908|
|Shooting costs|2,056|17,188|0|19,244|32,317|
|Clothing, medals and badges|3,397|7,274|0|10,671|9,099|
|Presentation costs|127|771|0|898|2661|
|R & C Costs|10,491|1,930|0|12,421|5,865|
|Salaries, PAYE/Employer NI|195,063|0|0|195,063|176,966|
|Pension contributions|28,233|0|0|28,233|25,809|
|Office costs|26,603|10|0|26,613|22,445|
|Website and IT equipment|6,727|0|0|6,727|6,322|
|Bank charges|231|2|0|233|248|
|Maintenance Cost|7,224|18|0|7,242|9,471|
|Depreciation of Assets|4,092|0|0|4,092|4,171|
||444,808|58,592||503,400|489,843|
|**Governance**||||||
|Audit & accountancy|875|0|0|875|660|
|Other professional fees|1,014|0|0|1014|1371|
|Trustees/committees' expenses|2,359|0|0|2359|2579|
||4,248|0|0|4,248|4,610|
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|At cost or valuation at 1 January
Additions during year
Revaluation atyear end
Depreciation at 1 January
Charge foryear
At 31 December
At 1 January
**8.**
Debtors
Recoverable gift aid
Accrued income
Prepayments
**9.**
**Investments Valuation at 31 December**
Equity Investment Funds
Fixed Term Deposits
**10.**
Current Account - including petty cash/Soldo
COIF deposit account
Ffennell Trust - COIF deposit account
**11 Funds of the Charity**
**1 Jan 24**
**Restricted Funds**
UK U17 Cadet Rifle Team
1,015
British U18 Cadet Rifle Team
-16,565
GB Under 19 Team
0
Ronnie Melville Equipment
10,789
Athelings Association
3,992
RSA Juniors
0
RCAC NRT
20,202
**19,433**
**Endowment Funds**
Ffennell Trust Fund
**263,957**
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
337,945
**337,945**
**Designated Funds**
Hospitality
4,000
Clay Target
1,767
Other shooting
26,343
Clayton Challenge
500
Cadet Bisley
84,807
Derby Lodge
69,896
Contingency Fund
10,000
Bunhill
0
Simon Fraser Memorial Fund
4,034
**202,431**
**Total funds of the charity**
Foreign Currency
**7. Fixed Assets**
**Net Book Values**
**Debtors**
**Cash at Bank and in Hand**|At cost or valuation at 1 January
Additions during year
Revaluation atyear end
Depreciation at 1 January
Charge foryear
At 31 December
At 1 January
**8.**
Debtors
Recoverable gift aid
Accrued income
Prepayments
**9.**
**Investments Valuation at 31 December**
Equity Investment Funds
Fixed Term Deposits
**10.**
Current Account - including petty cash/Soldo
COIF deposit account
Ffennell Trust - COIF deposit account
**11 Funds of the Charity**
**1 Jan 24**
**Restricted Funds**
UK U17 Cadet Rifle Team
1,015
British U18 Cadet Rifle Team
-16,565
GB Under 19 Team
0
Ronnie Melville Equipment
10,789
Athelings Association
3,992
RSA Juniors
0
RCAC NRT
20,202
**19,433**
**Endowment Funds**
Ffennell Trust Fund
**263,957**
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
337,945
**337,945**
**Designated Funds**
Hospitality
4,000
Clay Target
1,767
Other shooting
26,343
Clayton Challenge
500
Cadet Bisley
84,807
Derby Lodge
69,896
Contingency Fund
10,000
Bunhill
0
Simon Fraser Memorial Fund
4,034
**202,431**
**Total funds of the charity**
Foreign Currency
**7. Fixed Assets**
**Net Book Values**
**Debtors**
**Cash at Bank and in Hand**|At cost or valuation at 1 January
Additions during year
Revaluation atyear end
Depreciation at 1 January
Charge foryear
At 31 December
At 1 January
**8.**
Debtors
Recoverable gift aid
Accrued income
Prepayments
**9.**
**Investments Valuation at 31 December**
Equity Investment Funds
Fixed Term Deposits
**10.**
Current Account - including petty cash/Soldo
COIF deposit account
Ffennell Trust - COIF deposit account
**11 Funds of the Charity**
**1 Jan 24**
**Restricted Funds**
UK U17 Cadet Rifle Team
1,015
British U18 Cadet Rifle Team
-16,565
GB Under 19 Team
0
Ronnie Melville Equipment
10,789
Athelings Association
3,992
RSA Juniors
0
RCAC NRT
20,202
**19,433**
**Endowment Funds**
Ffennell Trust Fund
**263,957**
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
337,945
**337,945**
**Designated Funds**
Hospitality
4,000
Clay Target
1,767
Other shooting
26,343
Clayton Challenge
500
Cadet Bisley
84,807
Derby Lodge
69,896
Contingency Fund
10,000
Bunhill
0
Simon Fraser Memorial Fund
4,034
**202,431**
**Total funds of the charity**
Foreign Currency
**7. Fixed Assets**
**Net Book Values**
**Debtors**
**Cash at Bank and in Hand**|At cost or valuation at 1 January
Additions during year
Revaluation atyear end
Depreciation at 1 January
Charge foryear
At 31 December
At 1 January
**8.**
Debtors
Recoverable gift aid
Accrued income
Prepayments
**9.**
**Investments Valuation at 31 December**
Equity Investment Funds
Fixed Term Deposits
**10.**
Current Account - including petty cash/Soldo
COIF deposit account
Ffennell Trust - COIF deposit account
**11 Funds of the Charity**
**1 Jan 24**
**Restricted Funds**
UK U17 Cadet Rifle Team
1,015
British U18 Cadet Rifle Team
-16,565
GB Under 19 Team
0
Ronnie Melville Equipment
10,789
Athelings Association
3,992
RSA Juniors
0
RCAC NRT
20,202
**19,433**
**Endowment Funds**
Ffennell Trust Fund
**263,957**
**Unrestricted Funds**
General Fund
337,945
**337,945**
**Designated Funds**
Hospitality
4,000
Clay Target
1,767
Other shooting
26,343
Clayton Challenge
500
Cadet Bisley
84,807
Derby Lodge
69,896
Contingency Fund
10,000
Bunhill
0
Simon Fraser Memorial Fund
4,034
**202,431**
**Total funds of the charity**
Foreign Currency
**7. Fixed Assets**
**Net Book Values**
**Debtors**
**Cash at Bank and in Hand**|||**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
101,737
99,198
10,334
2,536
0
0|**2024**
**2023**
**£**
**£**
101,737
99,198
10,334
2,536
0
0|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Depreciation at 1 January
Charge foryear|||||**112,071**
**101,734**
70,105
65,934
4,097
4,171||
|||||||**74,202**
**70,105**
**37,869**
**31,629**
**31,629**
**33,264**
342
344
1235
1235
3,879
3,707
780
774||
|||||||**6,236**
**6,060**
389,012
373,026
36,710
35,785||
|||||||**425,722**
**408,811**
443,946
412,299
34,931
33,229
0
0
0
0||
|||**1 Jan 24**
1,015
-16,565
0
10,789
3,992
0
20,202||Income
15,900
25,380
11,023
0
1,315
0
0|Exp
-14,546
-25,772
-16,409
0
-1,865
0
0|**478,877**
**445,528**
Sur/def
Transfers
G/L
**31 Dec 24**
1,354
0
0
2,369
-392
16957
0
0
-5386
5,386
0
0
0
0
0
10,789
-550
380
0
3,822
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
20,202||
||||**19,433**|**53,618**|**-58,592**|**-4,974**|**22,723**
**0**
**37,182**|
||||**263,957**
337,945|**7,796**
285,613|**0**
-265,006|**7,796**
20,609|**-5,386**
**8,032**
**274,399**
-23,978
8,879
343,453|
||||**337,945**|**285,613**|**-265,006**|**20,609**|**-23,978**
**8,879**
**343,453**|
||||4,000
1,767
26,343
500
84,807
69,896
10,000
0
4,034|0
8,230
38,335
0
114,932
35,500
0
0
1,221|-1,372
-8,311
-35,435
0
-107,116
-31,814
0
0
0|-1,372
-81
-2,900
0
7,816
3,686
0
0
1,221|0
0
2,628
0
0
1,686
0
0
29,243
0
0
500
0
0
92,623
0
0
73,582
0
0
10,000
6,641
6,641
0
0
5,255|
||||**202,431**|**198,218**|**-184,048**|**8,370**|**6,641**
**0**
**222,158**|
||||||||**877,192**|
**Total funds of the charity**
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