## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2023 Period start date To 31[st] March 2022 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Veterans Council** ## **Charity registration number:** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To support those who have served in the Forces
of the Crown| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|Support to Local Associations branches| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In providing these services the trustees had
regard to the guidance issued by the Charity
Commission on Public Benef| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No grants are made**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Support to, Fylde Council and RAFA| |Other||| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Support was given to individual veterans as
usual with all necessary precautons taken.
The charity contnued to run the Poppy Appeal.
The charity assisted the Royal Britsh Legion,
then Royal Artllery Associaton and the Royal Air
Force Associaton.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|No fundraising was carried out, all eforts being
directed towards the Royal Britsh Legion Poppy
Appeal and start up of the RAA| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|Sufcient to cover basic administraton| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Uncertain about future role as the Royal
British Legion has been revived locally.
Trustees are older members, new blood is
sought on the Fylde Coast| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**| |---|---|---| |You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|**Para 1.47**|in this period, no funds were received.| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|Trustees and volunteers growing older. New
blood is needed to be recruited| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Constitution| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|Invited by the Board| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Veterans Council| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|Veterans Council Fylde| |Registered charity number|1159215| |Charity’s principal address|Whitles Chartered Accountants 1 Richmond Road LYTHAM ST.
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Edward Nash
Chairman|||| ||Delma Maureen
Collins|||| ||Reginald Gill|||| ||Gillian Guest|||| ||Carole Elizabeth
Morley|||| ||Andrew Dion
Tomkinson|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**Edward Nash**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** E J Nash **Full name(s)** Edward John Nash **Position (eg** Chairman **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 19 December 2024 ||||**Charity Name**||||||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**Veterans Council**||||||**1159215**|||| ||||**Receipts andpayments accounts**|||||||||**CC16a**| ||||**For the period**
**from**|**For the period**|Period start date
1/ April 2023|||**To**||Period end date
31/ March 2024||| ||**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||||| ||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**||**Endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**||**Last year**| ||||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**| ||**A1 Recei**|**A1 Receipts**||||0||||||| ||Donations||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||c/f||**295**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**295**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**295**
_(Gross income for AR)_||**-**|**-**||**-**||**295**||**-**| |**-**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total receipts_ 295**
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**295**
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**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**
~~—————~~||||||||||||| ||**A3 Payments**|**A3 Payments**||||||||348||| ||Insurance||**108**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**108**||**-**| ||Administration||||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||**_Sub total_ 108**|||**-**|**-**||**-**||**108**||**-**| |**-**
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**_Sub total_ -**
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**_Total payments_ 108**
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**108**
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**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**
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**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**_Net of receipts/(payments)_ **
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_ **|**187**
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**187**
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**8**
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**195**
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**195**
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~~===>=~~|||||||||| ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees|**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
Signature
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
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**195**
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108
OK
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**to nearest £**
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Print Name
Edward J Nash
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**funds**
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**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**|**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| |---|---|---|---| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||OK| ||||**to nearest £**
**Endowment**
**funds**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**-**| ||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||| ||||Date of
approval| |||Edward J Nash|###| |||||