2024-04-05-accounts

Trustees' Annual Report for the period

Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year 06 04 2023 To 05 04 2024

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Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name Welling Cadet Forces Foundation Other names charity is known by WCFF Registered charity number (if any) 1176753

Charity's principal address c/o Mr Kris Cottier WCFF 5 Portman Close, Bexleyheath, Kent Postcode DA7 4HG

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

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		Mr Kristen Cottier	Chairman
		Rev Andrew White
		Mrs Melanie Franklin	Treasurer
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Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

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Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

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Section B Structure, governance and management

Description of the charity’s trusts

Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution)[Constitution ]

How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)[CIO]

Trustee selection methods (eg. appointed by, elected by)[Appointed]

Additional governance issues (Optional information)

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• policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;

• the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;

• relationship with any related parties;

• trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.

Section C Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

(1) To develop the physical, mental, spiritual, moral and cultural capacity of young persons, and an understanding of personal values, through education in the context of adventurous and military style training, so that they may grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society and to cultivate confidence, teamwork, judgement and powers of communication so that their conditions of life may be improved;

(2) To promote the efficiency of the united cadet forces, particularly but not exclusively in Welling, through fostering cadet activity and advancing the youth leadership abilities of cadet force adult volunteers.

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In support of these objects but not otherwise the CIO may establish a cadet training centre/s and provide buildings and facilities for support of the activities of cadet forces or other organisations or groups in order to support these objects.

The WCFF has continued to promote the need for a permanent site for the cadet forces in Welling

We confirm the trustees have had regard to the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit.

Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)

Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)

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You may choose to include further statements, where relevant, about:

• policy on grantmaking;

• policy programme related investment;

• contribution made by volunteers.

Section D Achievements and performance

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Section D Achievements and performance

Summary of the main achievements of the charity during the year

The WCFF has continued to promote the need for a permanent site for the cadet forces in Welling.

The WCFF is continuing to apply to grant giving bodies for support of the foundation's work.The Covid pandemic has hampered the fundraising work of the WCFF.

The Churches, Charities and Local Authorities (CCLA) investment management Ltd has agreed to allow the WCFF to invest with them.

Section E Financial review

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Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves

The WCFF is building the funds to purchase a permanent site for the cadet forces in Welling.

It is necessary to hold sufficient funds to allow the branch to undertake its fundraising obligations for the year.

This is deemed sufficient working capital for the forthcoming year and to allow the WCFF to be closed in an orderly fashion should the need arise.

Details of any funds materially in deficit

There are none

Further financial review details (Optional information)

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• the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);

• how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;

• investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.

Section F Other optional information

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Section G Declaration

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s) Full name(s) Position (e.g. Secretary, Chair etc.) Date	e-signed Kris Cottier	e-signed Andrew White
	Mr Kris Cottier	Rev Andrew White
	Chairman	Trustee
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17:06 THE WELLING CADEf FORCES FOUNDATION 29375725123-05-801 Business Community Current Acco... £41.596.16 February in.. £0.00 February out.. £0.00 OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB Feb 2025 No transacttons to di$￿aY for February j Jan 2025 No transactions to display for January Dec 2024 No transactions to display for December i Nov 2024 No transactions to dlsplay for November Oct 2024 No transactions to display for October Sep 2024

Cadet forces foundation account Communi account December Recei £41596.16 TOTAL IN Pa TOTAL our Balan￿ at 31/12124 £41￿96.16 P￿pared by: MELANIE FRANWN Checked by: SI￿ed & Date