## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 02 June 2023 Period start date to 01 June 2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name We Remember Submariners.** ## **Charity registration number:1176446** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The main aim of We Remember**
**Submariners (WRS) is to gift a memorial**
**lapel pin, known as a “Moly” pin in**
**memory of the late Lt Cdr Ian Molyneux**
**GM RN. These will be gifted to close**
**relatives of the departed Submariner.**
**The pin, which cannot be purchased,**
**features a gold poppy in a wreath of red**
**poppies, representing the deceased**
**Submariner.**
**WRS also funds wreaths at Submarine**
**memorials and at the funerals of**
**deceased Submariners.**
**WRS will also provide financial support**
**to veteran or serving Submariners if**
**required.**| |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|**The main activities of WRS are to:**

**Provide a wreath,” Moly” pins**
**and condolence card to the**
**immediate family of all notified**
**Submariners past or present that**
**sadly pass away.**

**Design and produce a unique**
**annual remembrance pin to sell.**

**Provide wreaths to submarine**
**related memorials.**

**Provide monetary donations to**
**suitable organisations and**
**individuals that meet our aims**
**and objectives.**

**Provide access and usage of a**
**Respite Caravan in Cornwall for**
**use by members and submariner**
**beneficiaries in times of hardship**
**and illness.**

**Continue to promote WRS and**
**increase our membership.**
**Support this year has been given to**

**£4700 through £1500 grant and a**| |||**further £3200 raised at the WRS**
**Charity Ball for a serving**
**submariner diagnosed with**
**terminal cancer.**

**£340 grant to HMS VICTORIOUS**
**crew to support Golf tournament**

**£1200 to serving Submariner for**
**ongoing sponsorship for elite**
**sport Powerlifting and promotion**
**of the charity**

**£2000 to Neptune field gun**
**Crew 2024 Competition**

**£300 to a WRS member/Supporter**
**for costs purchasing disability**
**wheelchair**

**£1000 to trainee Submariners**
**towards cost for trip to national**
**submariner memorial London.**

**£5000 towards jointly organising**
**and running a Submarine**
**memorial event at the Submarine**
**Memorial at the National**
**Arboretum**

**Provision of several short respite**
**breaks at the WRS Respite**
**Caravan in Cornwall.**| |---|---|---| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The charity commission’s guidance on**
**public benefit has helped WRS achieve**
**its aims and objectives by:**

**Ensuring the charity trustees**
**focus on the charity objectives,**
**when planning activities.**

**Link with impact reporting and**
**demonstrating the charities**
**transparency and accountability.**

**Improve the overall quality of**
**reporting on the charities work.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**The trustees will review all applications**
**for funding on a case-by-case basis.**
**Applications are approved on merit if**
**they meet the aims and objectives of the**
**charity. All donations are recorded and**
**used as PR material, but amounts are**
**never publicised.**
**A Majority decision is required for any**
**application to be approved.**
**The Chair has the authority to grant up**
**to £1500 without Trustee commitment.**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The charity does not undertake social**
**investment.**| |||**WRS is entirely run by volunteers and**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**does not pay any wages. Legitimate**
**expenses are paid to individuals for**
**their mileage although some volunteers**
**do not claim.**
**We are very grateful for the many hours**
**that volunteers freely give, listening and**
**supporting families, submariners and**
**members of WRS in their time of need**
**and always signpost to the most**
**appropriate support agencies.**
**Without this valuable contribution of**
**time and effort WRS would not be able**
**to have achieved so much since our**
**foundation.**| |---|---|---| |Other||**WRS is supported by a robust structure**
**of Trustees, a Chairman, Operations**
**Manager and Operations Team as well**
**as, a network of Ambassadors and**
**supporters with the sole aim of**
**delivering the charity Aims and**
**Objectives**| ## **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|**During this period, we have gifted over**
**180 wreaths to the families together with**
**Moly pins and condolence cards.**
**Support this year has been given to**

**£4700 through £1500 grant and a**
**further £3200 raised at the WRS**
**Charity Ball for a serving**
**submariner diagnosed with**
**terminal cancer.**

**£340 grant to HMS VICTORIOUS**
**crew to support Golf tournament**

**£1200 to serving Submariner for**
**ongoing sponsorship for elite**
**sport Powerlifting and promotion**
**of the charity**

**£2000 to Neptune field gun**
**Crew 2024 Competition**

**£300 to a WRS member/Supporter**
**for costs purchasing disability**
**wheelchair**

**£1000 to trainee Submariners**
**towards cost for trip to national**
**submariner memorial London.**

**£5000 towards jointly organising**
**and running a Submarine**
**memorial event at the Submarine**
**Memorial at the National**
**Arboretum**

**Purchase of a Respite Caravan -**
**£28,000**

**Provision of several short respite**
**breaks at the WRS Respite**| **Caravan in Cornwall. Affiliation with the Royal Navy Submarine Charity “The Submarine Family” which is underwritten by the RNRMC. WRS are recognised as the Submarine Service Remembrance Subject Matter Experts.** ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|
**In the year 2023 7,500 annual**
**remembrance pins were ordered and**
**sold through membership, outstations,**
**and the on-line shop.**
**In the 2024 year we have ordered 8,000**
**annual remembrance pins and it is**
**anticipated all pins will be sold through**
**membership, shop, and outstations.**| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**WRS now attends several UK wide**
**events with the aim of promoting WRS**
**and its objectives and raising funds**
**through the sale of surplus pins and**
**merchandise. This has helped to**
**increase funds and membership through**
**awareness of our charity.**| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**We do not make investments. We have**
**however, purchased a second-hand**
**holiday/residential caravan which can be**
**rented out for income generation.**| |Other||**We organised our second annual ball in**
**Haydock for the submarine community.**| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity accounts are attached as a**
**separate document with a balance at the**
**end of the year of £93,053**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**WRS has agreed to ringfence a sum of**
**£30,000 in reserve to ensure WRS can**
**continue to achieve its aims and**
**objectives in the next year if forecasted**
**sales are not achieved**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£30,000**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**Not applicable**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**Not applicable**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None currently**| ## **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|
**Principle sources of revenue were**
**derived from:**

**Membership of WRS**

**Sales of the annual remembrance**
**pin**

**The WRS on-line shop**

**Donations from Bereaved families**
**and submarine groups who**
**donate to our charity to assist in**
**our aims and objectives**

**Funds raised at the Annual Ball**

**Festival Events – Sale of stock**
**and membership – Armed Forces**
**Day, HMS Collingwood Open Day**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**We purchased a Respite Caravan in the**
**year 23-24. This has been acquired to**
**provide our beneficiaries with a rest and**
**respite facility in times of need such as**
**illness, recovery from illness, mental**
**wellbeing and when dealing with**
**bereavement.**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**The charity recognises that there is the**
**potential; for risks and have collated a**
**risk register to manage these and**
**mitigate against**| |Other||**The membership scheme has grown**
**slowly and at the end of the year we had**
**over 1700 members**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**None**| |---|---|---| |||| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Rules and constitution that is reviewed**
**yearly**| |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|**Trustees are appointed or re-appointed**
**annually at the charity AGM through an**
**open vote, the initial tenure is for 3**
**years**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|**WRS constitution requires all new**
**trustees complete an induction**
**programme which is co-ordinated by the**
**trustee co-ordinator.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Membership of WRS is open to anyone**
**who is aged 18 or over regardless of**
**location.**
**The charity has a management structure**
**in place, and this is reviewed**
**periodically to ensure the structure**
**meets the needs of the charity**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**We Remember Submariners has forged**
**positive working links with several other**
**submarine charities and organisations,**
**the head of the fighting arm supports**
**the charity and allows the serving**
**submariners to wear their annual**
**memorial pin on their uniforms at the**
**November remembrance parades**| |Other||**WRS will be changing their main**
**address within the next reporting year.**| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|We Remember submariners| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|WRS| |Registered charity number|1176446| |Charity’s principal address|17 St Andrews way
Church Aston
Newport
Shropshire
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Mick Dewhirst|Chairman||AGM| ||Nigel Mellor|Treasurer/Ops
Manger|1STJune 23 – 05thApr
2024|AGM| ||Martin Anderson|Treasurer|5thApril 2024|AGM| ||Nick Miller|PR and Media||AGM| ||RockyMcGovern|IT and data|Standingdown Sep25|AGM| ||Rob Richards|Membership||AGM,| ||Paul Foran|Sales and marketing||AGM| ||Graham Bishop|Crossing The Bar
(CTB)||AGM| ||Peter Fisher|Asst Treasurer||AGM| ||Gill Molyneux|Patron, Trustee Co-
ordinator||Life post| ||John Bradbury|Founder, Historian||Lifepost| ||Robert Anstey|Trustee|6thApril 2024|AGM| ||Andrew James|Trustee|6thApril 2024|AGM| ||Daniel Bryant|Trustee|6thApril 2024|AGM| ||Michael Cushing|Trustee|6thApril 2024|AGM| ||Marc Simon|Trustee|6thApril 2024|AGM| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the None charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for None 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**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|**Name**
**Address**| |---|---|---| |**Independent**
**financial**
**examiner**|James Wood|8 Willow Terrace
Sowerby Bridge
HX66 2JN| |||| |||| |||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **Not applicable** ## **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) Full name(s)** M A Dewhirst **Position (eg** Chairman **Secretary, Chair, etc)** **Date** 24 Mar 2025 ||**We Remember Submariners**
**Charity Name**|**We Remember Submariners**
**Charity Name**|**We Remember Submariners**
**Charity Name**|**We Remember Submariners**
**Charity Name**|**We Remember Submariners**
**Charity Name**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**||01/06/2023
Period start date||**To**||31/05/2024
Period end date||| ||||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |
Sales|**61,618**||||||**61,618**||**54,191**| |Events|**1,326**||||||**1,326**||| |Grant|**15,000**||||||**15,000**||**12,500**| |Membership|**11,243**||||||**11,243**||**10,680**| |Donations|**3,635**||||||**3,635**||**21,323**| |Bank Refund|||||||**-**||**100**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**92,822**||**-**||**-**||**92,822**||**98,794**| ||||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||||| ||||||||||| ||**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||||| ||||||||||**98,794**| ||||||||||| |
AccountancyFees|||||||||**500**| |Bank Charges|**1,688**||||||||**1,773**| |Donations|**24,297**||||||||**21,184**| |Insurance|**157**||||||||**157**| |Office/General administrative expenses|**8,752**||||||||**4,898**| |Purchases|**11,105**||||||||**13,569**| |Sponsorship|**7,727**||||||||**15,691**| |Subscriptions|**771**||||||||**990**| |Advertising|**2,176**||||||||**3,554**| |Commission|||||||||**1,097**| |Legal and Professional fees|**2,134**||||||||**36**| |Travel and Accomodation|**18,083**||||||||**7,286**| |**_Sub total_ **|**76,890**||||||||**70,735**| ||||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||||| |Caravan|**36,494**||||||||| |Computer|||||||||**3,423**| |Computer|||||||||**3,425**| |**_Sub total_ **|**36,494**||||||||**6,848**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||| ||||||||||**77,583**| ||||||||||| ||**- 20,562**||||||||**21,211**| ||**-**||||||||**-**| ||**113,615**||||||||**113,615**| ||**93,053**||||||||**134,826**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 19/11/2024 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**|We Remember CIO
WRS Operations
TFS Holding Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|We Remember CIO
WRS Operations
TFS Holding Account
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments account(s))
**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**90,045**||**-**||**-**| ||||**178**||**-**||**-**| ||||**2,830**||**-**||**-**| ||||**93,053**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||OK| ||||||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||Signature
**Details**
Caravan
**Details**
**Details**
Computer
Computer||**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**3,423**
**3,425**
**36,494**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
Print Name
Graham N Bishop
Peter Fisher||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||**When due**
**(optional)**| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||||||Date of approval| ||||Graham N Bishop||||19/11/2024| ||||Peter Fisher||||20/11/2024| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 19/11/2024 2 **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the** Charity Name We Remember Submariners **trustees/directors/ members of On accounts for the year** 31 May 2024 **ended Charity no.:** Company no.: 1176446 **Set out on pages** 1 and 2 I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Charity for the year ended **31/05/2024** . **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the CIO you are responsible for the preparation of **basis of report** the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (‘the Act’). I report in respect of my examination of the CIO’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. Having satisfied myself that the accounts of the Charity are not required to be audited for this year under Part 16 of the 2006 Act and are eligible for independent examination, I report in respect of my examination of your charity’s accounts as carried out under section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (“the 2011 Act”). In carrying out my examination, I have followed the Directions given by the Charity Commission (under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **Independent** come to my attention which gives me cause to believe that: **examiner's statement** • accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 386 of the Companies Act 2006; or - the accounts do not accord with such records; or •the accounts have not been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS102). I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. **Signed: Date:** 28/11/2024 **Name:** James Wood **Relevant professional** Member of Association of Accounting Technicians (AAT) 1 **October 2018** **IER** **qualification(s) or body** AAT Level 2 foundation certificate in Accounting **(if any):** AAT Level 3 advanced diploma in Accounting AAT Level 4 professional diploma in Accounting **Address:** 8 Willow Terrace Sowerby Bridge HX6 2JN ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **October 2018** **IER**