||Tru~ name|Office (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole<br>year|Name ofperson (orbody) entitled<br>to appoint trustee<br>ifany|
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||Colonel The|Chairman|||
||Honourable<br>James|||The Trustees themselves|
||David Alexander||||
||Ramsbotham<br>CBE||||
||DL||||
||Brigadier Paul|||The Trustees themselves|
||Joseph Andrew||||
||Baker OBE||||
||Dr Keith John|||The Trustees themselves|
||Bartlett||||
||Colonel Arthur|||The Trustees themselves|
||Watson Charlton||||
||TD DL||||
||Major General|||The Trustees themselves|
||Charles Seymour||||
||Collins DSO OBE||||
||Major Daryl|||The Trustees themselves|
||Michael Dowdall||||
||Major David|||The Trustees themselves|
||Hamilton<br>MSc||||
||Colonel Stephen|||The Trustees themselves|
||John Hopper TD||||
||Major Christopher|||The Trustees themselves|
||Lawton MBE DL||||
||Colonel Harry|||The Trustees themselves|
|10|Edward Shields||||
||MBE||||





||Mr Christian|Mr Christian|Hugh||The|The|Trustees themselves|
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||Stuart Swinburne|||||||
||Lieutenant||Colonel|Secretary|The||Trustees themselves|
|12|Lawrence <br>Cleghorn|John<br>Anderson||||||
||MBE|||||||
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|T pe ofadviser||Name||Address||||||
|Independent|Examiner|A2ETS||Bede House,|3Belmont Business Park, Durham,||||DH1|
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|Solicitors||Womble|Bond|St Ann's Wharf, 112Quayside,|||Newcastle|upon|Tyne NE1|
|||Dickinson|LLP|3DX||||||
|Name ofchief executive||or names|ofsenior|staff members|(Optional|information)||||



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|ription ofthe charity's trus|ts|||||
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|Type of governing<br>document|Constitution|dated the 3"of||August 2017As Amended|on 12March 2020|
|How the chant<br>is constituted|As a Charitable||Incorporated|Organisation||
|Trustee selection methods||||||





|You may <br>additional<br>relevant,|You may <br>additional<br>relevant,|choose to include<br>information,<br>where<br>about:|choose to include<br>information,<br>where<br>about:|choose to include<br>information,<br>where<br>about:|choose to include<br>information,<br>where<br>about:|choose to include<br>information,<br>where<br>about:|choose to include<br>information,<br>where<br>about:||When avacancy amongst the Trustees is anticipated<br>potential candidates<br>are identified.<br>Following an initial approach<br>by a Trustee an identified<br>candidate's<br>name is put to a properly convened<br>meeting ofthe Trustees,<br>with a copy oftheir CV. Ifapproved,<br>they are appointed<br>by the Trustees|
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|~<br>~|policies and procedures<br>adopted forthe induction<br>training<br>oftrustees;<br>the charity's<br>organisational|||||||and|fora period offive years. On appointment<br>a new Trustee is given an aide<br>memoire containing a history ofthe Durham<br>Light Infantry and ofthe<br>Charity, a copy ofthe Constitution,<br>details oftheir fellow Trustees, a copy<br>ofthe Charity's<br>most recent accounts and copies ofthe minutes<br>ofthe<br>previous two Trustees'<br>meetings.|
||structure||and||any wider|||||
||network<br>works;||with||which|the|charity||The Trustees have a Risk Register based upon what they have identified<br>as the significant<br>risks facing the Charity. This Register is reviewed<br>at|
|~|relationship|||with any related|||||each meeting.|
||parties;|||||||||
|~|trustees'||consideration||||of|||
||major|risks and the||||system||||
||and procedures to|||||manage||||
||them.|||||||||
||||||||||~<br>I<br>e|
||||||||||The advancement<br>ofeducation<br>forthe public benefit by the holding and|
||||||||||provision<br>ofartefacts, items and collections, connected to orassociated|
||||||||||with the armed services and in particular<br>with the former Durham<br>Light|
||||||||||Infantry,<br>and the facilitation<br>ofthe display and exhibition ofthe same in|
||||||||||such manner as the trustees ofthe CIO from time to time think fit.|
||||||||||The promotion<br>and efficiency ofthe armed forces ofthe Crown,<br>including|
||||||||||through:|
||||||||||Promoting<br>the military efficiency ofthe Army Reserve units as are|
||||||||||from time to based in the County of Durham,<br>by improving|
||||||||||facilities and amenities<br>oftraining<br>and service.|
||||||||||Creating<br>repairing<br>and maintaining<br>memorials<br>commemorating|
||||||||||the deeds ofthe Durham<br>Light Infantry orthe names ofits|
|Summary|||ofthe objects||||ofthe||members.|
|charity set out|||||in its|||||
|governing|||document||||||Making grants:|
||||||||||to The Rifles Benevolent Trust, as renamed<br>or amalgamated<br>into|
||||||||||such other charitable<br>organisations<br>from time to time;|
||||||||||towards the upkeep ofthe Durham<br>Light Infantry Chapel<br>in|
||||||||||Durham<br>Cathedral<br>and the Memorial<br>Garden<br>in the Cathedral|
||||||||||precincts; and|
||||||||||to public museums<br>relating to British military forces.|
||||||||||The advancement<br>ofculture and heritage related tothe armed forces, in|
||||||||||particular<br>in upholding<br>the traditions<br>ofthe former Durham<br>Light Infantry|
||||||||||and of perpetuating<br>its deeds.|
||||||||||Upholding<br>the culture and heritage ofthe armed services<br>in particular|
||||||||||those ofthe former Durham<br>Li ht Infant<br>and<br>etuatin<br>their deeds.|





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||Ofthe total sum off96,136held on current and deposit (f41,956with the|
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|Briefstatement ofthe|Royal Bank ofScotland and the remainder<br>(f54,180) in the COIF Deposit|
|charity's<br>policy on reserves|Account, 230,942 is restricted. The Trustees confirm their previous<br>view<br>that the level offree reserves be maintained<br>at approximately<br>R30,000|
||to cover ongoing<br>commitments<br>and irregular<br>outgoings.|
|Details ofany funds materially<br>in deficit|None|
|Further financial<br>review details (Optional<br>information)||
|You may choose to include<br>additional<br>information,<br>where<br>relevant about:|The Charity's<br>principal source ofincome is derived<br>from interest gained<br>within the Investment<br>Portfolio.<br>It is further supplemented<br>through<br>ad-hoc<br>donations<br>and bequeathments.<br>In 2020 the charity realised f3233<br>through these funding streams,<br>slightly<br>up (f149) on 2019.|
|~<br>the charity's<br>principal<br>sources offunds (including|Ofthe F799donated to the charity this year, f625was provided<br>by|
|any fundraising);|Trustees for the specific purpose ofsponsoring<br>a child in education|
|~<br>how expenditure<br>has<br>supported<br>the key objectives<br>of the charity;|through the Kohima Educational<br>Trust.<br>This very much supports<br>the<br>charity's<br>aims of raising awareness<br>ofthe Durham<br>Light infantry,<br>not just<br>in India, but in the Regiment's<br>homeland<br>ofthe North East of England<br>through<br>promotional<br>material<br>in local media.|
|~<br>investment<br>policy and||
|objectives including<br>any|Investments<br>have been only marginally<br>impacted<br>by the instability<br>caused|
|ethical investment<br>policy|by the COVID-19 Pandemic<br>and the uncertainty<br>of Brexit. The portfolio|
|adopted.|will remain<br>under review,<br>but presently<br>there is no intention<br>to make|
||changes.|
||Itwas agreed<br>in June 2020 that the charity should support<br>it's Trustees|
||by obtaining<br>annual<br>Indemnity<br>Insurance.<br>This is a necessary<br>and valid<br>ex enditure<br>from the charit 's funds.|
|~<br>~|~<br>-<br>~ ~<br>e<br>0<br>~<br>~|
|With effect from the 9~ ofOctober 2017 ("the Transfer Date") the Trustees ofthe Regimental<br>Museum<br>of<br>the former Durham<br>Light Infantry<br>(charity number 272200) ("the Regimental<br>Museum" )transferred<br>the legal||
|title to the assets ofthe Regimental<br>Museum<br>("the Property" )to the Charity to be held by itas corporate<br>property<br>on the same trusts as itwas held on the Transfer Date namely to hold together the traditions<br>ofthe||
|Durham<br>Light Infantry<br>and to perpetuate<br>its deeds. The Regimental<br>Museum<br>ofthe former Durham<br>Light||
|Infantry<br>(chanty number 272200) was subsequently<br>removed<br>from the Register ofCharities.||



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