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|ObjectivesandActiviti|es||
|---|---|---|
||SORP||
||reference||
|Summaryofthepurposesof|Para1.17|ThepromotionofefficiencyoftheArmedForces|
|thecharityassetoutinits||oftheCrownbytheprovisionandsupportof|
|governingdocument||facilitiesandactivitiesfortheefficiencyandwell-|
|||beingofservicepersonnel.|
|Summaryofthemain<br>activitiesinrelationtothose|Para1.17<br>and1.19|TheTrusteehasdelegatedthedaytoday<br>managementoftheWOs'andSgts'MessFund|
|purposesforthepublic||toaMessCommitteewhoareelectedmembers|
|benefit,inparticular,the||andrepresenttheinterestsoftheirmembers.|
|activities,projectsorservices||VacanciesarefilledbyMessCommitteeballot,|
|identifiedintheaccounts.||andmembershipisstructuredsoastoprovidea|
|||widerepresentationofexpertisetorepresentthe|
|||bestinterestsoftheFund.Namesofcandidates|
|||forelectionareprovidedtotheMessSecretary,|
|||whowillmaintainalistofthosecandidatesand|
|||bringthemforwardforelectionasvacancies|
|||occur.TheMessCommitteeconvenesona|
|||monthlybasistodiscusstheadministrationofthe|
|||FundandtheminutesofMessCommittee|
|||meetingspromulgatedwidelywithinfiveworking|
|||daysofacommitteemeeting.Standingagenda|
|||itemsare:•Actionsfromlastmeeting•Mess|
|||Treasurer'sReport•MessManager'sReport•|
|||EntertainmentMember'sReport•ITMember's|
|||Report•FamiliesRepresentativeReport.An|
|||AnnualGeneralMeeting(AGM)oftheWOs'and|
|||Sgts'Messisheldonceayear.Thismeeting|
|||presentstoMessMemberstheresultsofthelast|
|||audit,thedraftsocialprogrammeforthe|
|||followingyear,anyrelevantchangestoMess|
|||routinesandallfinancial changesand|
|||expenditureplannedforthefollowingyear.|
|Statementconfirming|Para1.18|TheTrusteeisresponsibleformaintainingproper|
|whetherthetrusteeshave||accountingrecordswhichdisclosewith|
|hadregardtotheguidance||reasonableaccuracyatanytimethefinancial|
|issuedbytheCharity||positionoftheCharityandenablesthemto|
|Commissiononpublic||ensurethatthefinancialstatementscomplywith|
|benefit||theCharitiesAct2011.TheTrusteeisalso|
|||responsibleforsafeguardingtheassetsofthe|
|||Charityandhencefortakingreasonablestepsfor|
|||thepreventionanddetectionoffraudandother|





|SORP||
|---|---|
|reference||
||irregularities.TheTrusteehashadregardtothe|
||CharityCommission'sguidanceonPublic|
|_|Benefit.|
|Additionalinformation(optional)||
|Youmaychoose to include further statements whererelevantabout:||
|SORP||
|reference||
|Para1.38||
|Policyongrantmaking||
|Para1.38||
|Policyonsocialinvestment||
|includingprogramrelated||
|investment||
|Para1.38||
|Contributionmadeby||
|volunteers||
|Other||



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||SORP||
|---|---|---|
||reference||
|||TheWOs'andSgts'MessFundismanagedto|
|||ensurethatthereareadequateresources|
|||availableforexpenditureonimprovementstothe|
|Summaryofthemain<br>achievementsofthecharity,|Para1.20|welfareandqualityoflifeforservingmembersof<br>theArmedForceswhoaremessmembers,and|
|identifyingthedifferencethe||theengendermentof`espritdecorps'.Thepast|
|charity'sworkhasmadeto||12monthshasseenthemessputonafullsocial|
|thecircumstancesofits||programmeforthebenefitofitsmembers.|
|beneficiariesandanywider||Subsidiesforeventsareprovidedmainlyfrom:|
|benefitstosocietyasa||profitmadebythemessfromthebar,mess|
|whole.||subscriptionspaidbythebeneficiariesandother|
|||activities.Theseactivitieshaveallservedto|
|||improvemoraleandenhancethegeneralwelfare|
|||ofthemessmembers,manyofwhomworkin|
|||particularlydemandingenvironments.|
|||ThroughouttheyeartheMessCommitteehave|
|||providedsufficientfundinginordertomaintain|
|||thestandardsofamenitiesandsocial|
|||programmetomeettherequirementsofthe|
|||Messmembership.Thenewpropertypurchases|
|||haveenhancedtheexperienceofmess|
|||members.|





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|Achievementsagainst|Para1.41||
|---|---|---|
|objectivesset|||
|||•|
|Performanceoffundraising|||
|activitiesagainstobjectives|Para1.41||
|set|||
|Investmentperformance|Para1.41||
|againstobjectives|||
|Other|||



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|FinancialReview|||
|---|---|---|
|Reviewofthecharity's|Para1.21|IncometotheMessisgeneratedbytwo|
|financialpositionattheend||streams;membershipsubscriptionsandbar|
|oftheperiod||profit,oftheseMesssubscriptionsprovide|
|||thelargestpercentage.Thefundliquidised|
|||£5000ofinvestmentstopurchasethenew|
|||projectorsystemandpooltable.TheMess|
|||committeeareawarethatspendinglevels|
|||mustbereducedasthecurrentlevelsof|
|||expenditureareunsustainable.|
|||TheFundwasnotindeficit.|
|Statementexplainingthe|Para1.22|Nil|
|policyforholdingreserves|||
|statingwhytheyareheld|||
|Amountofreservesheld|Para1.22|Zero|
|Reasonsforholdingzero|Para1.22|TheWOs'andSgts'Messfundhasno|
|reserves||reservesbecauseofithasminimalroleasa|
|||grantmakingcharitywithfewoperationalor|
|||staffcommitments.Furthermore,theFund|
|||hasnoContingentLiabilitytotheArmy|
|||CentralFund.TheTrusteeiscontentto seta|
|||Fundcontingencyatzero.|
|Detailsoffundmateriallyin|Para1.24|N/A|
|deficit|||
|Explanationofany|Para1.23|N/A|
|uncertaintiesaboutthe|||
|charitycontinuingasagoing|||
|concern|||





|Thecharity'sprincipal||
|---|---|
|sourcesoffunds(including|Para1.47|
|anyfundraising)||
|Investmentpolicyand||
|objectivesincludingany|Para1.46|
|socialinvestmentpolicy||
|adopted||
|Adescriptionoftheprincipal|Para1.46|
|risksfacingthecharity||
|Other||



## 

|Descriptionofcharity's|||
|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||
|Typeofgoverningdocument|Para1.25|MessRulesandMODStandardConstitution|
|.,trustdeed.royalcharter)||adoptedon7thJan2013.|
|Howisthecharity|Para1.25|Unincorporatedassociation|
|constituted?|||
|(e.gunincorporated|||
|association.CIO)|||
|Trusteeselectionmethods|Para1.25|TheCommandingOfficerof14Regiment|
|includingdetailsofany||RoyalArtilleryisappointedex-officioTrustee|
|constitutionalprovisionse.g.||ofallServiceFundsat14Regiment|
|electiontopostornameof||RA.AppointmentoftheCommanding|
|anypersonorbodyentitled||OfficeriscontrolledbyAPCGlasgow.|
|toappointoneormore|||
|trustees|||



|<br>toappointoneormore<br>trustees<br>|<br>toappointoneormore<br>trustees<br>|
|---|---|
|Additionalinformation(optional)||
|You may choose to include furtherstatementswhererelevantabout:||
|Policiesandprocedures||
|adoptedfortheinductionand||
|trainingoftrustees||
||Para1.51|
|Thecharity'sorganisational||
|structureandanywider||
|networkwithwhichthe||
|charityworks|Para1.51|
|Relationshipwithanyrelated||
|parties|Para1.51|
|Other||





## 

|Charityname|WOS'ANDSGTS'MESS|
|---|---|
|Othernamethecharityuses|N/A|
|Registeredcharitynumber|1165300|
|Charity'sprincipaladdress|WOs'&Sgts'Mess|
||14RegimentRA|
||RoyalArtilleryBarracks|
||Larkhill|
||Wiltshire|
||SP48QT|



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||Trusteename|Office(ifany)|Datesactedifnotfor<br>wholeyear|Nameofperson(orbody)entitled<br>toappointtrustee(ifany)|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||LtColAndrew|CommandingOfficer|01Sept22onwards||
||Mcdermott|14RegimentRA,|||
|1||RoyalArtilleryBarracks|||
|||Larkhill|||
|||Wiltshire|||
|||SP48QT|||
||LtColPaulJoyce|CommandingOfficer|01Jul22—31Aug22||
|||14RegimentRA,|||
|2||RoyalArtilleryBarracks|||
|||Larkhill|||
|||Wiltshire|||
|||SP48QT|||
|3|||||



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|Nameoftrusteesholdingtitlet|opropertybelongingtothecharity|
|---|---|
|Trusteename|Datesactedifnotforwholeyear|
|None||
|Fundsheldascustodiantrusteesonbehalfofothers||
|Descriptionoftheassets|None|
|heldinthiscapacity||
|Nameandobjectsofthe|N/A|
|charityonwhosebehalfthe||
|assetsareheldandhowthis||
|fallswithinthecustodian||
|charity'sobjects||
|Detailsofarrangementsfor|N/A|
|safecustodyand||
|segregationofsuchassets||
|fromthecharity'sownassets||





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||||||||Printed:11/07/2023|||
|14RegtRA|||||||SGTsMESSRSALARICHILL|||
|||Unrestricted/|Restricted||Endowment||TotalFunds|PreviousPeriod||
|||Designated/GPF|Funds|||Funds|||TotalFunds|
|||Funds||||||||
|IncomingResources||||||||||
|VoluntaryIncome|•|3,171.02|0.00|||0.00|3,171.02|•|<br>522.00|
|ActivitiesforGeneratingFunds<br>InvestmentInwine||12,469.08<br>0.00|0.00<br>0.00|•||0.00<br>0.00|12,469.08<br>0.00||15,357.86<br>85.15|
|IncomeResourcesfrom||||||||||
|CharitableActivities<br>OtherIncomingResources||24,916.50<br>7,936.81|0.00<br>70,925.29|||0.00-<br>0.00|24,916.50<br>'78,g62.10||22,354.66<br>58,558.83|
|TotalIncomingResources<br>'ResourcesExpendedCostof||48,493.41|70,925.29|||0.00|119,418.70||96,878.50|
|GeneratingFunds|||||||•|||
|InvestmentManagementCosts||0.00|0.00|||0.00|0.00||0.00|
|CostsofGeneratingFunds<br>CharitableActivities<br>GovernanceCosts<br>GrantsandDonations<br>OtherCosts||1,932.98<br>55,559.91<br>364.51<br>2,731.35<br>11,125.89|0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>59,108.54||•|0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00|1,932.98<br>55,559.91<br>364.51<br>2,731.35<br>70,234.43||6,402.33<br>14,704.97<br>762.77<br>4,819.81<br>54,091.00|
|IbtalResourcesExpended<br>**Net** Incoming/Outgoing||71,714.64|59,108.54|,||0.00|130,823.18||80.780.88|
|BeforeTransfers||-23,221.23|11,816.75|||0.00|-11,404.48||16,097.62|
|Transfers||||||||||
|Grosstransfersbetweenfunds||||||||||
|(internaltransfers)||0.00|0.00|||0.00|0.00||0.00|
|NetIncomingresourcesbefore||||||||||
|holdinggainsandlosses||-23,221.23|11,816.75|||0.00|-11,404.48||16,097.62|
|HoldingGains/Losses||||||||||
|Gainsonrevaluationofthe||||||||||
|charity'sfixedassets<br>UnrealisedGains/Losseson||0.00|0.00|||0.00|0.00||0.00|
|investmentassets||0.00|0.00|||0.00|0.00||-9,000.00|
|NetMovementin.Funds<br>ReconciliationofFunds||-23,221.23|11,816.75|||0.00|-11,404.48||7,097.62|
|ibtalfundsbroughtforward<br>frompreviousyear||66,154.47|14,165.72|||0.00|80,320.19|||
|Totalfundscarriedforward||42,933.24|25,982.47|||0.00|68,915.71|||





14 REGIMETr￿ RA- WARRANT OFRCERS, & $6gQEAIITS' MESS
Comd*E02 SPS- Indyndont Exarnlws R•port on tl* Account$, and Comm•ffts
Ionty to be completed If Ihe e¥arniner ￿ed8 lo hIghl￿￿t rnatenal
pr¢￿ems/dIS￿pa￿CVJsI
Give here brief dèkn"l$ ofany ftems that thè 8xamlr￿r wbhgs to dlsdos8,'
Thè Debtors figu￿ 01 £763.05 over 90 days okj. with no explanatK￿.
3 X Ae6bfjcted Funds are inactiv8 lor Ihe h¥o¢owtyJtive audit perttl&
Sp8cthc comments tr6m above obSe￿a￿Or￿..
Debtors ov8rgW) day81£763.051 naod to b8 c18ared ry wrltten off.
It cknserved thal tt￿re are number ol Restitted FuThJ5 Wtxh havo been se￿p
prIMa￿lY for the purw)$8 of collocts.ng 10 fund 8xpeThth'tur8 on one ott events.
GharEty states Ihat M￿eY colloctod for a restrict8d purpose can ￿lY be 5P8nt on
that purpo88, A88trictsd Fund5 rnl￿t th8refor8 onty b8 sel up whèn nace55ary. Wh8n a
Rest￿t￿ FuThJ is ¢realed. its purpw and naturo, togeiher with its r8slrKth)ns on
Ir￿ome and expenditure are to b8 lahl t*Mn in the ruWlawgJch8rt&r et¢ of Ihe fund.
The Un￿ shoJld seek to utili88 Ihe Debtorslcredirors to LY8ate bespoke Serfals lor the
activities wh￿h hav8 a (JefIn￿¥t end datè. Any grants received in a(fvance shoukl be
hald as a creditor unw requir8d. Unit is to annotsle ¢k)Se￿r￿>t in use..
Overall comments..
I have wewed the Fm*s Ir￿cTh ksi Awtht PerKds8nd its Incty))e
has r*Xexce*Jed f250.[￿ in any d Ih8se yoars. IFY 202CV21 . e28.752.93, FY2021rwk.
£96,878.&) a￿1 FY 2022123. £119.41B.701.
The cp8ratkJrJ and of1h8 Charity B U￿rst￿d.
I have raferr8d lo the Fwd Manager, Managing Trustee and Intemal AurI￿S
rewrtfor the compilalKJn of Ihis report.
I have examinod Oft￿ F￿lJ. £68,915.71 ￿ SOFA Ba￿aTry in
During th8 unrt'8 amuaf assur￿ an aFvw&te wplirvJ ￿e0Th￿j¢t8d
on aH ￿lAjnting I￿Ord88nd wbsklary
Final reveded m unusual
Th8 FUNJ cperates%M ts accrual b&S￿ AF N1514 Lxrrf0r￿ to SORP
The accrxjnlng OKXS are ccrtstent kn app1k￿￿ aThJ 8ppropiiat8to th8
There has trKen Th) eV￿lthat has had an a¢*erse thè worth ofth8
chanty sutrww)t to this R8POrt. No FU￿1$￿0 I￿nt.

No 6xpW￿rtUffj Ihat(thradtts lo Ihe ¢*aritys (Yjiecls
There app9ars to be noth11tr￿le act of miscoTrknl in th8 adm￿lS1rat￿ of Ihe
Irthp8nd8nt Examinerfs sVJn&￿re
Date
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