THE QUICK RESPONSE MEMORIAL WOODLAND TRUSTEES REPORT
FOR YEAR ENDING 30- JUNE 2024
Ob'ectives and actlvitle5
The Quick Response Memorial Woodland IQRMW) is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (ClO},
charity number 1174651. The objectives of the charity are:
Providing and maintaining a woodland as a public memorial to commemorate
and remember those who have lost their lives or suffered injury, or put themselves at risk af
life or injury, in service of the public
To prevent or relieve poverty or financial hardship among former personnel
of Her MajestVs Armed Forces {Veterans}, their dependents and carers in such ways as the
Trustee5 think fit. including by
providing grants, items, and services to such indlvlduals in need and/or
charities, or other organisations worklng to prevent or relieve poverty
among such individuals,. and
providing such individuals with goods or services which they could not
otherwise afford through lack of means; and
In addition to these objectives, QRMW are also very proud to:
support and invest in woodland and wildlife conservation
educate young people {cadets, scouts, cubs, schoolchildren) on woodland
management, learning about an ancient English woodland, and the purpose of QRMW
Since 2016 thls support has been provided in many ways, including assistance with clothes, shoes,
food, temporary accommodation, train fares, utility bills, and funeral expenses.
The rnemorial woodland is an Integral part of the charty. As well as being a public memorial the
woodland also provides a safe sanctuary for those who are troubled mentally, be it from the eftecrs
of active sen/ice, or from the difficulties some face adapting to civilian Ilfe. Durln8 the COVID
pandemlc the woodland has provided a safe outdoor environment, easy to social distance, for
Veterans who are lonelyi and/or suffering with depression, anxiety, Post Traumatlc Stress Disorder
{PTSD).
QRMW are an all-inclusive charity and never turn anyone away. The memorial woodland is open
2417 all year round. People visit the woodland to volunteer with general maintenance, for a chat and
cup of tea with like minded people who have been through similar experiences, and/or just to reflect
in a tranquil, safe, and calm environment.
Many families and friends of Veterans plant trees, scatter ashes, and visit the woodland to
remember their loved ones. Often this is in groups with several generations proud to remember the
bravery and life of their loved ones.
The objectives and activities of the charity are promoted through QRMW.org and Facebook.
Currently there are 3,267 Facebook members with regular posts from Trustees and members.
The charity remains in a healthy financial position, and most importantly still able to fulfil all its
objectives. Details of the finances can be found in the Year End Treasurerfs Report.

Achievements and erfomiance
Thank you to all the Trustees and volunteers who work tirelessly to support veterans in need,
maintaining a beautiful tranquil memorial woodland, and sustaining wildlife conservation. Thank yo
as well to our incredible supporters who make QRMW the amazing charity that it is today.
For the period I"July 2023 to 30 June 2024 QRMW has invested fund5 to meet its objectives:
£861 memorial woodland maintenan
£762 wildlife conseniation
Honouring and remembering Veterans at the QRMW Anniversary event,
which was held I" June 2024
£615 supporting Veterans in need
As with all charities QRMW has operating and charity artivity costs. This includes, fundrai'sing co
special events, IT consumables, web hosting, electricity, telephony, and transport costs for t
charity vehicle i.e. maintenance, insurance, MOT. and fuel. A breakdown of these costs is available in
the Year End Treasurerfs Report.
Flnanclal revlew
The Treasurer has written a yearend financial report, which is available on request and/or publicly
viewable via the Charities Commission; Search the re
ister of charities
charit
commission.
ov.uk
Strutture
overnance and mana
ement
The charity is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation {CIO) comprising 7 Trustees and 3 Patrons:
Mr George Paul Cooling - Chairman
Mrs Deborah Hornblow- Secretary
Mr Martin David Jackson - Treasurer
Mr John Houghton - Memorial Woodland Site Coordinator
Mr Colvin Nurse- Veterans Support Coordinator
Mr Mark Stringer- Trustee
Mr Stewart Hornblow - Trustee
Lt Colonel Michael Rowney MBE - Patron
Mr B Cooper BEM - Patron
Sir Paul Beresford MP - Patron
Apart from the first charity Trustees, every Trustee is appointed by a resolution passed at a proper¥¥'
convened meeting of the charity Trustees.
The Trustees have collective responsibility for running the charity and strive to meet at least four
times a year. The meetings have a set agenda, including a Chairman's and Treasurerfs financial
report, and are fully documented by the Secretary. The aim of the meetings is to ensure all Trustees

are fully informed, important topics are discussed, and decisions effecting the charity are made as a
team.
The charity has strict rules in place to assess Veterans in need of help. An assessment is completed
and documented by a minimum of two Trustees followed by a wider consultation with the other
Trustees. The assessment considers the level of risk, safeguarding, emotional and physical health,
and general wellbeing. Where possible the Trustees meet the Veteran in person and aim to decide
within 24 hours.
All Trustees and volunteers are unpaid.
Reference and admlnistratlve details
The Registered name of the charity is The Quick Response Memorial Woodland, charity number
1174651. The charity uses and is commonly known as QRMW.
The address of the principal office is QRMW, Little Hey, Bonsey Lane, Westfield, Wokin& Surrey
GU22 9PP.
Email address
RMWCharit
mail.com
Telephone number 0744 409 4700.
The charities solicitors are Barlow Robbins Solicltors, Concord House, 165 Church Street, Working,
Surrev GU216HT.
Exem
Ions from dlsclosure
There are no exemptions from disclosu￿.
Funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others
There are no funds held as custodian trustee on behalf of others.
Plan
q>ver the last 10 years QRMW has risen from strength to strength. We are now In a position where
we can consider expansion of the memorial woodland If the opportunity arSses to purchase
additional land. Funds have been ringfenced by the Treasurer to ensure this remains a viable
financial option in the future.
The charity is committed to growth with the objectives of:
Supporting Veterans, their dependents, and carers acr05S the UK
Expanding the QRMW network of 5UPPOrters, advocates, and donors. We
have seen a IO% increase in the number of Facebook members in the last 2 years
Promoting QRMW across the UK to reach more Veterans, dependants, and
carers
Partnering with Veteran charities, businesses, and organisations with the
same ethos as QRMW
Purchasing the remaining land from the Chairman

In addition, the charity also plans to hold the following events at the woodland as well as attending
military events in the area:
th
Easter event 13 Aril 2025
th
th
11 Anniversary event 7 June 2025
th
Remembrance Service 11 November 2025
th
Christmas event 7 December 2025
Other events include:
th
Music in the Marsh, Saddlers Arms, Send Marsh, Ripley 12 July 2025
Ih
Rockin on the River, Crown & Anchor, Old Working 24 August 2025
The charities Trustees would like to acknowledge and thank all supporters of QRMW who have made
QRMW what it is today, thank you all.
Declaratlons
The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees report above.
Sl8ned on behalf of the charlty's Trus
es
Slgnature
Full name
Posltlon
Date
Paul Coolin
Chalrman
Signature
Full name
Posltlon
Date
orah Hornblow
etarv

THE QUICK RESPONSE MEMORIAL WOODLAND
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TREASURER'S REPORT FOR YEAR ENDING 30 JUNE 2024
BALANCE OF ACCOUNTS
. VDTAL
£27,944.38
£23,153.67
£16,095.38
Opening balance
Receipts
Payments
HIGHLIGHTS
Our finances continue to look very healthy with a surplus of £7,085.29 from the previous year.
Quick Ae$ponse
M•morf•l Woodlor41
Donations increased by £1,842.44 from the previous year.
Quick Response
mem￿1$1 Woodland
A huge thank you to Stewart Hornblow and his fellow fundraisers for
raising £3,143.67 in sponsored events for the charity.
Quick Re8pon8e
Memwiol WoodlwKI
Another huge thank you to everyone at the Crown and Anchor, Old
Dorking, and all the musicians who gave up their time for the highly successful Rockin on the
Rlver fundraiser which raised £2,485.38.

RECEIPTS
RECEIPTS
£14,000.00
£12,000.00
£10,000.00
£8,000.00
£6,000.00
RECEIPTS
£4,000.00
£2,000,00
£0.00
Fundraislng
Donatlons
Memorlal
treeslplaques
Glft Ald
PAYMENTS
PAYMENTS
4000
3500
3000
2500
2000
1500
iooo
500
PAYMENTS
Speclal events are primarily for the purchase of QRMW branded gazebos. A huge thank you to Lt
Colonel Michael Rowney for donating £1,500 towards the cost.
Legal fees are for solicitor fees in relation to the lease of the land.

BUDGET FORECAST
Please see attached 'Annual Budgev for a detailed breakdown:
Opening balance
Receipts
Payments
Ringfenced funds
£35.000
£14,400
£12,280
£21,000
Forecasting a budget is always challenging so I've called out some of my thoughts below which
helped me make some 'educated' predictions / assumptions:
Quick Response
M¢moli￿ Woodllnd
I have ringfenced £21,000 for the following reasons".
£20,000 for the potential puchase of additional land to expand the memorial
woodland.
o £1,000 to cover labour costs to maintain the woodland when there's limited
availability from the Trustees. All Trustees remain unpald. However, maintain8 the
memorial woodland throughout the year is extremely important. Provisionally, we
would require this additional support for 2 weeks in June and October.
Quick Response
I have budgetted £1,000 in legal fees to complete the lease of the
land.
Quick Response
M•mprial Woodland
Supporting veterans in need is core to our values so I have again
budgetted heavily for this £1,000. l appreciate we often support veterans in other ways
rather than just financially, but I do feel It's important to have a robust budget for this.
AThACHMENTS
Quick Response
Memorial Woodland
Financial Year report
Quick Response
Men￿rial Woodlond
Financial Year Detail report
Quick Response
IAemwial Woodlond
Annual Budget l July 2024- 30 June 2025

Quick Response
Memorial Woodland
Independent audit examination report
SIGNED:
DATED: 17 November 2024
QRMW TREASURER: Martin Jackson

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QRMW
Financial Year
l July 2023 to 30 June 2024
Year to Date Detail Report as at
30 June 2024
fteceipts
yments
l)on)tlons
Restr5ctsd
Unrestrlrted
Insuranc•
8uildlngs
Contents
Eoulpment
Vehlcle
Road slde aS￿StanCe
Publlc UabllRv
Professlonal Indemnlty
£662.61
£2,127.99
£6,214.45
£O.LX]
£0.00
£0.00
Fundralslng
Soc5al events
Mllitsry events
Woodland events
5how5 and falrs
Sporwred events
Raffles
Other
£￿.142.87
£486.24
£2,635,39
£42.60
£0.00
£176.37
£6,778.21
£22&LKI
£3.143.67
£215.00
£ioo.00
£0.
C￿rItabl* Acuvlty
Fuel
£9,576.52
£2,363.14
£2,753.41
£615.00
Fundral$ln8 Costs
suppor￿￿1 Veterans In need
tsterln8
5peclal events
Purchase of land
Purchase of other assets
G•n•r4ted
Sale of QRMW rnerchandlse
Sale of memtrrlal trees
Sale of memorlal plaques
Sale of land
Sale of assets
Property rental
Other.
£i.w.00
£O.L
£9.00
£3,844.97
£0.00
£99D.
£160.Ch)
£o.c
£0.00
£0.00
Oper*tlni
Offite equlpment and ststlonery
rr consurnables
Bulldlng malnten4nc*
Woodland malntenance and seojrlty
Vthlde m4lntenance / MOT
Other malntenante
Orher equlprnent
QRMW merchandl$e
Wlldllfe conservalon
Postsge
Web h05fjng
Flxtures and flthn85
£4IOQ97
£92.66
£523.34
£e.00
£0.00
Grants
Restrlcted.
Unrestrlcted.
£861.26
£0.00
É791.82
f 170,
£0.00
£67.84
Un￿rned
Glft Ald
Bank Irtterest
1509.36
£379.rKI
£762,
£5C8.36
£O.(K)
£123.58
£324.59
£8.80
Ovèrheods
Rent
£474.J3
£0.00
Rates
£Q.CK)
£o.D)
Water rate5
Lease r￿eS
£0.00
Electriclty
G•$
£300.68
£O.LJJ
Telephone and broadband
Alarm monltorlng
Flre certlflcatlon
Elettrlc ￿rtifiCation
Gas safety
Other cert1flca￿OTh
£173.65
£0.00
£o,c¥)
£0.
0.00
£0.00
Fee5 and Char8e$
AudltlAccountsncy fees
Legal fees
Other professlonal fees
Bank Charges
£1276.95
£0.00
£900.00
£364.95
£12.OJ
£16,095.38
Surplus / DefKit
l July 2023 to 30 June 2024
Financial Year
£7,058.29
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Informatyon Corret as at 17liV2024

QRMW
Financial Year
l July 2024 to 30 June 2025
Annual Budget
2024. 2025
2024- 2025
Recelpt$
Donatlons
Re5trlcted
Unrestricted
Payments
Insurance
Bulldin85
Contents
£0
£0.
Equlpment
Vehlde
Road slde a5slstance
Publlc Liibillty
Professlonal Indemnlty
Fundra155ng
S¢xial events
Mllltary events
Woodland Èvents
£500.
£0.
.,£50.
£200.
Shows and falr5
Sponsored events
Raffles
Other
Ch4rftsble Artlvlty
Fuel
Fundralsln8COSts
Supportlngveterans In need
Catefln%
5peclal èvents
Puichase of land
Purchase of other assets
£0.
£1,000.
£0,
Generatsd
le ol aRMW merchandlsè
Sale of memorlal trees
Sale of memorlal plaques
Sale of land
S?le of assets
Property rental
Other.
£50PJ
£i,'ooo.
£o.o
£o,o
£o.o
Operatlng
Offlce equlprnent aftd statlonery
IT consumablis
Bulldln8 malntenance
Woodlond maIntenan￿ and securlty
Vehlde malntenancel MOT
Other malntenance
£600.
£0.
Grants
Rertrlcted.
Unrestrlcted.
£800.
£200.
Other equlpment
QRMW rnerchand￿e
Wlldllfe conservatlon
Postage
Web hostlng
FLxture5 and tlttinq5
f.100.
Une4meil
Gfft Ald
Bank Interest
£0
£350.
Ovetheads
Rent
Rates
Water rates
Lease rats5
Electrlclty
Ga5
Telephone and broadband
Alarm monltorlng
Flre certlftcatlon
Elettrlc ￿rtIfi￿tIon
Gas safety
Other certlficatlon
Fees and Char8es
AudltlAccotJntancyfees
Lègal fee5
Other professlonal fees
8ank charges
Budgeted Re¢elpts
Bud8eted Payments
£22,280.00

ARHY
Independent examinerfs report on the accounts
Section A
Indepeiident Examiner's Report
Report to thg trnsteosj
member8 of
QRMW
On accounts for the year
ond•d
30 June 2024
Charlty no
1174651
Set out on page8
Rg8pe¢llve rn8pon$lbllltle8 The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the a¢¢ounts.
of tru8tse8 and examiner The charity's Irustses consider Ihat an audit is not required for this year
under section 144 of the Charilies Act 2011 (the Charitie$ Act) and that an
.naeDondent examination is needed.
It 1$ my r•sponsibilty to-.
examine the accounts under section 145 of the Charities A¢L
to follow the Procedu￿ lald down in Ihe general Directions
given by the Cttarity Commission lunder 8&Ction 14515llbl of
the Charities A¢t. and
10 8tal8 ￿ether particular matters have Gome to my attentlon.
Bi818 of Ind•pond•nt My 8xamlnallon w88 carried out in accordaneè with général Directlons given
gxarninor's statgmgnt by the Charity Commlssion. An examination include8 a review of thè
accountsng records kept by th8 charity and a compari80n of the accounts
pres8nted with those record8. It also includ88 consideration of any unusual
items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from the
truslee8 ￿nCerning any such matters. The procedure8 unijertaken do not
provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and
consequently no opinion is given as to wheth8r the 8¢counls present a 'true
and fairf view and the report is limitéd to those matters set out in the
8talem8nl'beiow.
Indopondont 0xamlno￿s In Connection with my examinatton, no matter has come to my att8ntion
Statomont (other than that disclosed below.)
1. which gives mg rea8onabl8 cause to believe that in, any material
respect. the requirem8nts'.
to keep accoLsnting ￿cOrdS In accordance with 8eGtlon 130
of the Charities Act,. and
to prepare accounts which accord wsth the accountin9
records and comply with the accounting requirements of th8
Chantie8 Act
have not been met,. or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should b8 drawn in order to
enable a proper understandin9 of the accounts to be re8ched.
"Pl8a¥e ddotp wY>rfs in ￿￿￿818 IllheyLtNKJlapply
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Emma Cheshire
Date:
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