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||||||Durham
Light Infantry|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||Chapel
in Durham|
||||||Cathedral
and the|
||||||Memorial
Garden
in the|
||||||Cathedral
precincts;
and|
||||||~
to public museums|
||||||relating to British military|
||||||forces.|
||||||The advancement
ofculture and heritage|
||||||related to the armed forces, in particular|
||||||in upholding
the traditions
ofthe former|
||||||Durham
Light Infantry
and of|
||||||perpetuating
its deeds.|
|Summary
activities||of the main
in relation to those||Para 1,17and
1.19|The Charity's
focus is to preserve
and raise
public awareness
of the former Durham|
|purposes||for the public|||Light Infantry,
held
in such high esteem|
|benefit,|in particular,||the||across the nation
but most particularly
in the|
|activities,||projects or|services||North East of England. The Trustees are|
|identified||in the accounts,|||particularly
grateful
to Durham
County|
||||||Council (DCC) for their exceptional|
||||||commitment
and support,
not just for the|
||||||maintenance
and safe keeping ofthe|
||||||Regimental
Collection,
but also for financing,|
||||||developing
and delivering
lifelong
learning|
||||||programmes
for schools, community
groups|
||||||and the public.|
||||||The Charity owns the Regimental
Collection|
||||||which is on loan to DCC under an|
||||||agreement
between
the Charity and DCC,|
||||||the most recent version of which came into|
||||||effect on 13October 2021.The Regimental|
||||||Collection comprises
two parts:|
||||||The Archive
is that part of the|
||||||Regimental
Collection consisting of|
||||||documents,
manuscript
and printed|
||||||books, maps and plans, photograph|
||||||albums
and photographs
etc|
||||||covering the entire history of the|
||||||Durham
Light Infantry
from 1758to|
||||||1968.The Archive is cared for by the|
||||||Durham
County Record Office|
||||||(DCRO), an Accredited
Archive|
||||||Service administered
by DCC.|
||||||~The Ob'ects is that part ofthe|
||||||Regimental
Collection consisting
of|
||||||some 15,000 2D and 3Dobjects|
||||||including
textiles,
uniforms,
weapons,|
||||||medals,
relics and memorials,|
||||||covering the entire history ofthe|
||||||Durham
Light Infantry
from 1758to|
||||||1968.The objects are cared for by|
||||||the DLI Collection (DLIC) which
is|
||||||also nationally
accredited
and is|
||||||administered
by DCC.|
|Following the closure of the DLI Museum|in|
|---|---|
|2016, the DLIC has continued
to be||
|accessed through
a deconstructed
model||
|including
a Research and Study Centre,||
|secure stores, and collections care, learning||
|and engagement
programme,
and an||
|exhibition
offer comprising
ofa dedicated||
|gallery for five years (see below) and the||
|production
offive temporary
exhibitions||
|displayed
across the county.||
|DCC entered
into an agreement
in 2016with||
|Durham
University
(DU) for 5 years to||
|provide
provision
and services
in relation|to|
|the DLIC. This includes
the DLI Gallery at||
|Palace Green Library, storage and access to||
|the medal collection, and associated||
|exhibition
programme.
The agreement
has||
|been extended
to January 2023.||
|Turning
to the reporting
period (1 January|to|
|31 December 2022), COVID-19 restrictions||
|began to ease in February
and national
life||
|slowly returned
to some semblance
of||
|'normality.
' The Trustees have continued|to|
|fo!Iow closely the plans for DCC's new
'||
|heritage
centre, 'The Story.||
|The Story||
|In 2022 the DCRO and DLIC prepared
the||
|collections for the move to a new heritage||
|centre to be known as 'The Story' at Mount||
|Oswald,
1'6 miles south of Durham
City||
|Centre. The new venue
will provide||
|permanent
high-quality
storage, meeting|all|
|archival
and conservation
standards
as well||
|as improved
research
facilities, conservation||
|and digitisation
spaces and engagement||
|with the public through
an exhibition
and||
|learning
studio. The two parts of the||
|collection
will be reunited
through
shared||
|facilities allowing access to the collection|in|
|new and improved
ways. The project is||
|supported
by NHLF funding
for an activities||
|and digital engagement
programme
to||
|improve access to and engagement
with|the|
|Collection through
learning,
digitisation,||
|exhibition
and events. This will increase the||
|reach ofthe audience across the county and||
|beyond. 2022 saw the creation of new||
|learning
programmes
as part ofthis and the||
|development
work for the relocation.||
|Whilst work towards
The Story' has been||
|ongoing,
additional
activities have included:||
|Keeping Diaries Conference,
23-25||
|March 2022, Churchill
College,||
|Cambridge.
DCRO presentation|on|
|the importance
of diaries as archival||
|ob'ects usin
man
Durham
Li ht||
|||||||Infantry
diaries as examples.||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||Kohima Exhibition. The||
|||||||development
ofa new exhibition
for||
|||||||2024, marking
the 80th anniversary||
|||||||of the Battle, and engagement||
|||||||activities
including
the Kohima||
|||||||Educational
Trust, British Council||
|||||||and International
Office at DCC. This||
|||||||will involve
learning
programmes
and||
|||||||community
engagement
for the||
|||||||anniversary
and creation ofthe||
|||||||exhibition.||
|||||||Development
ofOnline Exhibitions||
|||||||by DCRO. Online exhibitions
on the||
|||||||DCRO website were updated
in||
|||||||2022, including
the identification
of||
|||||||people
in the photo archive
in the||
|||||||Korean War online exhibition
and the||
|||||||inclusion
of new archival deposits||
|||||||and accounts
in the Belsen online||
|||||||exhibition,||
|||||||Archives
Revealed.
With additional||
|||||||funding
from the Trustees,
further||
|||||||cataloguing
was carried out on new||
|||||||deposits
in relation to the Charity.||
|||||||This work continues as an extension||
|||||||ofthe Archives
Revealed project.||
|||||||Social media.
In November
2022,||
|||||||the archives received access to the||
|||||||Twitter account for The Story||
|||||||increasing
visibility ofthe collection|in|
|||||||the run up to the opening ofthe new||
|||||||site.||
|||||||Learning
programmes.
Schools and||
|||||||community
engagement
continued||
|||||||with the collections
including||
|||||||programmes
on WW1, WW2 and||
|||||||Remembrance.||
||||||Having|supported
the successful
application||
||||||by DCRO to The National
Archives
in 2019|||
||||||for an|Archives Revealed
grant to catalogue||
||||||DLI archives, the Trustees are represented|||
||||||on the|project Steering Group. Progress on||
||||||this three-year
project continued
through|||
||||||2022.|||
|Statement||confirming||Para 1.18|The Trustees have complied
with their duty|||
|whether|the trustees||have||in section 17(5)of the 2011 Charities
Act to|||
|had regard||to the guidance|||have due regard to the guidance
published|||
|issued|by the Charity||||by the|Charity Commission
on public benefit.||
|Commission||on public||||||
|benefit||||||||
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|onal)
|onal)
||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|urther statements||where relevant about:|||
|SORP reference|||||
||In|accordance
with the Charity's|constitution||
|Para 1.38|dated the 3August 2017,as amended|||on 12|
|Policy on|grant making|grant making|grant making||March|2020, the Charity's
policy on grant|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||making|is as follows:|
|||||||to The Rifles' Benevolent
Trust, as|
|||||||renamed
or amalgamated
into such|
|||||||other charitable
organisations
from|
|||||||time to time;|
|||||||towards the upkeep ofthe Durham|
|||||||Light Infantry
Chapel
in Durham|
|||||||Cathedral
and the Memorial
Garden|
|||||||in the Cathedral
precincts;
and|
|||||||to public museums
relating
to British|
|||||||military forces.|
|||||Para 1.38|||
|Policy on|social investment||||||
|including|program||related||||
|investment|||||||
||||||The Charity is hugely
grateful for the support||
|||||Para 1.38|that is|given by many volunteers.
The DLIC|
|Contribution
volunteers||made|by||and DCRO continue
to work with volunteers
to help catalogue,
research
and interpret
the||
||||||collections
thr ough learning
programmes.||
||||||This involves
veterans,
The DLI Friends and||
||||||DLI Association,
Volunteering
opportunities||
||||||are being developed
through
The Story||
||||||project|to encourage
and support
more|
||||||people|to explore and work with the|
||||||collections.||
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|||||||||Although
disappointment
continued
to be|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||||voiced amongst
some in the North East (that|
|||||||||DCC was not going to re-establish
the old|
|Summary||ofthe main|||||Para 1,20|DLI Museum),
the Trustees remain
firmly|
|achievements||||ofthe charity,||||convinced
that the DCC plan to bring|
|identifying||the||difference the||||together the DLIC and the Archive, along|
|charity's|work|||has|made to|||with other local collections,
into 'The Story',|
|the circumstances
ofits
beneficiaries
and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.||||||||represents
the very best possible outcome
for the Collection.
In this way, the Collection
will continue
to be conserved,
preserved
and
widely shared
thus helping
to ensure that the|
|||||||||Charity conforms to its three objects.|
|||||||||The Trustees were pleased to note the|
|||||||||progress
of a student
in Kohima who is in his|
|||||||||third year ofthe Charity's
5-year scholarship|
|||||||||programme
(a one-off donation
off625|
|||||||||made
in 2020) through
the Kohima|
|||||||||Educational
Trust (KET).This very much|
|||||||||supports
the charity's
aims of raising|
|||||||||awareness
of the Durham
Light Infantry,
not|
|||||||||just in India, but in the Regiment's
homeland|
|||||||||ofthe North East of England
through|
|||||||||promotional
material
in local media.|
|Additional|||information|||(optional)|||
|You ma||choose|||to include||further statements
where relevant about:||
|Achievements||||against|||Para 1.41||
|objectives||set|||||||
|||||||||Investments
have been impacted
by the|
|Performance||||offundraising||||instability
caused
by global events but no|
|activities
set|against objectives||||||Para 1.41|more and no less than that experienced
by
other investors across the UK. The portfolio|
|||||||||was formally
reviewed
on 2 November
2022|
|||||||||by a special committee whose|
|||||||||recommendation
- not to make any changes|
|||||||||but to keep the porffolio under review —was|
|||||||||unanimously
agreed at a Trustees'
meeting|
|||||||||on 18November 2022.|
|Investment|||performance||||||
|against objectives|||||||Para 1,41||
|Other|||||||||
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|Review|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|ofthe charity's|||Para 1.21|Of the total sum off103,755 held on current|Of the total sum off103,755 held on current|Of the total sum off103,755 held on current|Of the total sum off103,755 held on current|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|financial||position|||at||the end||||and|deposit (f49,575 with the Royal Bank of|||
|ofthe period|||||||||||Scotland
and the remainder
(f54,180) in|||the|
||||||||||||COIF Deposit Account.
Of this total,||||
||||||||||||f30,942 is restricted. The Trustees
confirm||||
||||||||||||their previous
view that the level offree||||
||||||||||||reserves be maintained
at approximately||||
||||||||||||f30,000to cover ongoing
commitments|||and|
||||||||||||irregular||outgoings.||
|Statement|||explaining|||||the||Para 1.22|The Charity maintains
a working
reserve||||
|policy for holding|||||reserves||||||in order to meet its objectives described||||
|stating|why||they||are||held||||above||for the purpose of:||
|||||||||||||a.|Promoting
the efficiency ofthe||
||||||||||||||Armed Forces ofthe Crown,||
||||||||||||||through
promoting
the military||
||||||||||||||efficiency ofthe Army Reserve||
||||||||||||||Units based
in the County of||
||||||||||||||Durham,
by improving
facilities||
||||||||||||||and amenities
oftraining
and||
||||||||||||||service,||
|||||||||||||b.|Creating,
repairing
and||
||||||||||||||maintaining
memorials
commemorating
the deeds ofthe||
||||||||||||||Durham
Light Infantry orthe||
||||||||||||||names of its members.||
|||||||||||||c.|Making grants to The Rifles||
||||||||||||||Benevolent
Trust, as renamed|or|
||||||||||||||amalgamated
into such other||
||||||||||||||charitable
organisations
from time||
||||||||||||||to time||
|||||||||||||d.|Towards the upkeep ofthe||
||||||||||||||Durham
Light Infantry Chapel|in|
||||||||||||||Durham
Cathedral
and the||
||||||||||||||Memorial
Garden
in the Cathedral||
||||||||||||||precinct.||
|||||||||||||e.|To public museums
relating to||
||||||||||||||British Milita
Forces.||
|Amount||of|reserves||||held|||Para 1.22|f72,841||||
|Reasons||for||holding|||zero|||Para 1.22|N/A||||
|reserves|||||||||||||||
|Details|offund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24|N/A||||
|deficit|||||||||||||||
|Explanation||||ofany||||||Para 1.23|N/A||||
|uncertainties||||about|||the||||||||
|charity|continuing|||||as||a going|||||||
|concern|||||||||||||||
|Additional||||information|||||(optional)||||||
|You ma|||choose|||to||include||further statements
where relevant
about|||||
||||||||||||The Charity's
principal
source of income|||is|
|The charity's||||principal|||||||derived||from interest gained
within the||
|sources||of|funds|||includin|||||Investment
Portfolio.
It is further||||
|any fundraising)|any fundraising)|any fundraising)|||Para 1,47|supplemented
through
ad-hoc donations|and|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||bequeathments.
In 2022 the Charity||
|||||||realised F928 through these funding||
|||||||streams.
This is in stark contrast to 2021||
|||||||(which was exceptional)
and down
by||
|||||||213,783.||
|||||||The objective ofthe Charity's
investments|is|
|Investment||policy|and|||to obtain the best financial
return
in order|to|
|objectives
including
any
social investment
policy|||||Para 1.46|maintain
an income stream
while furthering
the aims ofthe charity,||
|adopted||||||||
|||||||The Trustees have a Risk Register which||
|A description||ofthe||principal||records any significant
risks identified
at their||
|risks facing||the charity|||Para 1.46|bi-annual
meetings.||
|||||||The assets ofthe Regimental
Museum
are||
|Other||||||Heritage Assets. Heritage Assets are not||
|||||||valued
in the Accounts.
No reliable valuation||
|||||||is available.||
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|Description
ofcharity's|||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|trusts:|||||||
|Type of governing
document|Para 1.25|Constitution||dated the 3August 2017as|||
|trust deed, ro
3I charter||Amended|on|12|March 2020||
|How is the charity|Para 1.25|As a Charitable|||Incorporated|Organisation|
|constituted?|||||||
|Ie g
Ll
llpco. pol ales
association|||||||
|CIO|||||||
|Trustee selection methods|Para 1.25|By the Trustees|||||
|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|||||||
|Additional|Additional|information|(optional)|(optional)|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|You ma|choose to include|||further statements
where relevant
about|||
||||||When a vacancy amongst the Trustees
is||
||||||expected,
potential
candidates
are identified,||
|Policies
adopted|and procedures
for the induction||and|Para 1.51|Following
an initial approach
by a Trustee,
candidate's
name is put to a properly|a|
|training|oftrustees||||convened
meeting ofthe Trustees
with a||
||||||copy oftheir CV. If approved,
they are||
||||||appointed
by the Trustees for a period of 5||
||||||years. On appointment,
a new Trustee is||
||||||given an aide memoire
containing
a history||
||||||ofthe Durham
Light infantry
and ofthe||
||||||Charity, a copy ofthe Constitution,
the||
||||||Trustees'
Roll, a copy ofthe Charity's
most||
||||||recent accounts and copies ofthe minutes|of|
||||||the previous
two Trustees'
meetings.||
||||||The Charity works very closely with the||
|The charity's||organisational|||Heritage Venues and Collections
Ma~ager|of|
|structure
network|and
with|any wider
which the||Para 1.51|Durham
County Council's
Culture,
Sport and
Tourism as well as with the County Archivist||
|charity works|||||at Durham
County Record Office.||
||||||The Charity recognises the general
support||
|Relationship||with any related|||offered by the Army Museums
Ogilby Trust||
|parties||||Para 1.51|and will seek to engage more closely in||
||||||2023.||
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|Charity's|principal|address|The Rifles Durham|ONce|
|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||County Durham||
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||Trustee name||Office (if any)|Dates acted ifnot for whole
ear|Name
to a|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|ofperson (or body) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|
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||Colonel Harry||Chair||The|Trustees themse! ves||
|1|Edward Shields|||||||
||MBE DL|||||||
||Christian
Hugh||Secretary||The|Trustees themselves||
|2|Stuart Swinburne|||||||
||LLB Hons|||||||
||Major David||Treasurer||The|Trustees themselves||
||Hamilton
MSc|||||||
||Lieutenant
Colonel||||The|Trustees themselves||
|4|Timothy John Harris|||||||
||MBE|||||||
||Colonel Stephen||||The|Trustees themselves||
||John Hopper TD|||||||
||Colonel Arthur|||1 January to 17June|The|Trustees themselves||
|6|Watson Charlton|TD||2022||||
||DL|||||||
||Brigadier Paul||||The|Trustees themselves||
|7|Joseph Andrew|||||||
||Baker OBE|||||||
||Dr Keith John||||The|Trustees themselves||
||Bartlett PhD BA|||||||
||Major General||||The|Trustees themselves||
|9|Charles Seymour|||||||
||Collins DSO OBE|||||||
||Lieutenant
Colonel||||The|Trustees themselves||
||Daryl Dowdall|||||||
||Lieutenant
Colonel|||18 March to 31|The|Trustees themselves||
||Andrew
Hugh Ward|||December 2022||||
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