## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun** ## **Future Fit is a Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registration No. 1177870** ## **Bird’s Eye View of Inter-School Competition - AFD Plymouth Hoe** ## **2022 Trustees’ Annual Return** **Printed by Babcock Printers** ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun** ## **(Foundation Charitable Incorporated Organisation Registration No. 1177870)** |**Contents:**|**Numbered Pages**| |---|---| |Front Cover|1| |List of contents|2| |Legal and Administrative Information|3| |FF’s Aims and Objectives|4| |Ensuring Our Work Delivers Our Aims|5| |Future Plans|6| |Management and Administration|6 - 7| |Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees|7| |Financial Overview|7 - 8| |Notes Forming Part of the Financial Statements|9 - 10| |Balance Sheet|11| |Summary of Income & Expenditure Activities|12| |QuickBook entries (Notes)|13 - 14| |Depreciation of Fixed Assets|15| |Independent Examiner’s Report|16 - 17| |Patron pages|18 - 19| |Trustees and volunteers|20 - 21| |List of sponsors|22| |Four-page extract from Newsletter No.8 - Inter-school tournament 2022.|| Page 2 ## **: Legal and Administrative information** **Charity Name:** Future Fit - Junior Field Gun **Charity registration number:** 1177870 **Registered Office and operational address:** Future Fit - Junior Field Gun 38 The Hoe Carpenders Park Watford WD19 5AY Cdr Charles Crichton OBE, RN(Ret) **Chairman: Project Manager:** David Worrall Mobile No. 07767 882099 **Secretary:** Brian O’Hara Mobile No. 07828 426468 **Board of Trustees: Names and potted history at:** Page18 **Independent Examiners:** James Parsons FCCA (Partner) Sawford Bullard The Old Mill Blisworth Hill Farm Stoke Road Blisworth Northants NN7 3DB **Bankers:** Lloyds Bank plc PO Box 1000 BX1 1LT Page 3 ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun (FF)** ## **Our Aims and Objectives** 1. The following objectives were approved by the Charity Commission and feature in FF’s written Constitution: - **To act as a resource for young people by providing advice and assistance and organising a junior field gun programme which involves physical and educational and other activities as a means of advancing them in life and helping young people by developing their skills, capacities and capabilities to enable them to participate in society as independent, mature and responsible individuals.** - **To facilitate and support Object 1 by engaging in the manufacture of Junior Field Gun equipment, which is specially designed for the subject market.** 2. Until April of 2018, FF was part of a Charitable Company, which had been involved with introducing Junior Field Gun into the education sector for six years. At the end of 2017 the charitable company was dissolved and the Future Fit element became a charity in its own right. However its purpose remains unchanged, i.e. FF manufactures wooden replica Boer War 9 lb guns and limbers and sells them to Primary schools, with a Senior version selling to Colleges and other senior educational establishments. 3. Future Fit request each school to pay an Affiliation Fee of £125, each year, to help defray the costs of maintenance and other expenses. The list below identifies some of these benefits and presents a value for money scenario, as follows: - **Training** . Initially, combined training of a member of the school’s staff and the school’s JFG Crew. Once the school’s Trainer is competent to train the team unaided the FF Coach withdraws, but is always available, if necessary. Subsequently, should the school’s JFG Trainer be unable to continue as Trainer - for whatever reason - a FF Coach will visit the school again to train a replacement, should the in-post Trainer have moved to another school/retired, etc., and no handover was possible before the Trainer’s departure. - **Maintenance of Units** . While the JFG units are robust and can withstand hard usage, there comes a time when wear and tear takes its toll and the unit needs an MOT on safety grounds. In such cases the unit will be collected and taken to FF’s workshop, where it will be brought back to pristine condition. - **Events** . FF’s annual highlight is the Inter-school Tournament that takes place on Plymouth Hoe. FF coordinates this Event with the Armed Forces Day organisers and the Plymouth Council Event Management team. The schools taking part are supplied with a time-table, which advises each school at what time the school’s team(s) will be ‘running’ and which school team(s) they will be competing against. FF provide JFG units, so no transport costs are incurred. Bottled Spring water is supplied for the children, hopefully, to cut down on the amount of organising the schools need to do. FF, also, provide trophies, medals and certificates, at no cost to the schools. All the schools have to do is get their teams to the Hoe; and, if possible, provide a tent for shelter. FF have been invited to organise a similar event for affiliated Portsmouth schools. continued. Page 4 ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun (FF)** ## **Ensuring Our Work Delivers Our Aims** 1. Until the end of 2021 FF made and assembled its Junior Field Gun (JFG) Units in the Devonport House workshop owned by the Salvation Army. Unfortunately, management decided that their workshop facilities would be better used teaching people to make garden furniture. As a result, FF had to find workshop facilities, in order to continue supplying schools with hand made JFGs. After several months of searching FF signed a contract and have now a workshop at: Unit 8, Westover Industrial Estate, Ivybridge, PL21 9ES Workshop long-view with Board Room and presentation area to the right of the photograph. From L to R: Graham Smith, Robert Hunter, Dave Worrall, Brian O’Hara, and (centre) Samantha Morcumb. 2. Almost on a daily basis FF’s Operations Manager visits schools to either, give presentations, discuss the ramifications of Junior Field Gun to Head teachers interested in having a Crew of their own and delivering purchased units. As we are a children’s charity organisations frequently make a donation that allows FF to present a free unit to schools that do not have the funds to partake. The following are some of the donors: ● Mr. John McAndrew, who has pledged to donate a substantial sum, each year, as described under Future Plans. - HMS GANGES Association x 2 units. - The Federation Of Plymouth And District Ex-Services Associations x 2 units. - Clemas Trust x 3 units. 3. In addition, Bob Hunter, who is one of FF’s Trustees, is also a Director of Student Journey at City College Plymouth, through whom FF has been able to benefit from their sponsorship in the following areas: - Providing a classroom for Board Meetings. - Assisting with the production of certificates, etc., by courtesy of their Printing Department. - Producing promotional DVDs via the college’s Graphics Design Department. - Bob’s apprentices have, also, worked on genuine late 19[th] century field pieces owned by HMS DRAKE Sea Cadets at FF’s behest. Page 5 ## **Future Plans** 1. With hundreds of primary schools in Devon, and Cornwall, the 30+ primary schools affiliated to FF informs the reader where FF is in terms of capturing the primary school JFG market in Devon and Cornwall. To make in-roads into this huge market it will require a team of individuals who can coordinate Sales, Production and Procurement, a team which FF do not, currently, have. While FF has volunteers to assist the Operations Manager (OM) at Events, most of the time, the OM is managing the day-to-day functions on his own. However, a very important donor, who keeps a very close eye on the workings of FF, has pledged £30,000 a year, for 10 years, to enable FF, primarily, to employ part-time staff to relieve the OM of mundane activities, leaving him more time to develop influential contacts, etc. Two high calibre individuals - one of them a trustee - now share four days a week between them. Dividing the management responsibilities between three individuals, instead of just one, has provided a much better development platform for the charity’s commercial opportunities in the southern counties. 2. Following an invitation to the OM, by a high ranking Portsmouth Council official, a meeting, at which the JFG opportunities in Portsmouth were discussed, resulted in Portsmouth Council agreeing to support Portsmouth schools that wished to emulate FF’s Plymouth organisation. Plymouth and Portsmouth are both naval towns that have been training RN Command Field Gun Teams for over 100 years, to compete against each other at the Royal Tournament, Earls Court, London. In the Portsmouth area two teams were based: Fleet Air Arm and Portsmouth. It is no surprise, therefore that, like Devonport, the population of Portsmouth have an affinity with Field Gun. Thanks to this affinity two Hants schools are now practising Junior Field Gun - Rowner Primary School ( **Gosport, Hants** ) and Crofton Anne Dale Junior **(Fareham, Hants).** At the time of the Covid outbreak there were eight other schools interested. ## **Management and Administration** 1. FF’s Governing Document is its ‘Constitution’. When FF decided to become a charity in its own right the trustees elected to become a Foundation CIO, because the charity no longer had a membership. It would, also, no longer be a Company and therefore have no statutory obligations to Companies House. ## 2. Risk Management. When dealing with schools there is more than just a simple Risk Assessment required. We are, also, obliged by schools and Show Event organisers, etc., to supply the following documents without which they will NOT allow FF to participate: - £5m Public Liability insurance. - Risk Assessment Policy - Safeguarding Policy - Events Method Statement. This is best described as an overall umbrella of things that we may or may not do, together with the appropriate Risk Assessment forms. This can be adapted for any Event we attend, such as: HMS Drake and Babcock families Day. It seems that most companies have these nowadays and that's what Event organisers now demand from FF. ## ● All FF Coaches are EDBS cleared. 3. Organisational Structure. At the close of 2022, Future Fit had a Board of Trustees of 8 members, who meet, approximately, every six weeks to discuss and maintain the charity’s forward strategy and policies. At present the Board has 3 members that are not ex-field gunners, but who have been invited onto the board because of their distinct expertise and contacts. The Hon Secretary/Treasurer is, also, a trustee and has voting rights. Page 6 4. The charity has a team of Honorary officials, as follows: - Operations Manager - Secretary/Treasurer ● Risk and Safeguarding Assessor - Management Planner - Newsletter Editor ● Schools’ Liaison Officer In addition to the above the charity has a number of volunteers working in a honorary capacity. 5. Related Parties. FF is an independent entity; however, working with schools brings the charity into constant contact with senior members of Plymouth Council, in particular the Senior Leadership Adviser (RA & NTG) Education, Learning & Families. ## **Responsibilities of the Board of Trustees** 1. Charity Commission regulations state that a charity, such as FF, are required to prepare a Trustees Annual Return, which gives a true and fair view of the state of the charity’s finances, as at the Balance Sheet date and of its application of resources, including income and expenditure, for the financial year. In preparing those financial statements, the Board should follow best practice and: - select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently; - make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and - prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is not appropriate to assume that the charity will continue on that basis. 2. The Board of Trustees are responsible for maintaining proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy, at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable it to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Commission regulations. The Board is also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities. 3. Members of the Board. Members of a Foundation CIO’s Board of Trustees are, also, deemed to be Members for technical reasons. A list of Board members is listed on page 16. ## **Financial Overview** ## **Fixed Assets** 1. At the end of 2013 the Armed Forces Community Covenant Grant Scheme awarded DFGA a £52,900 grant, in order to promote the sport of Junior Field Gun in primary schools. This enabled the purchase of a Peugeot Boxer Panel Van, for use in transporting finished units to schools and return when repairs were needed. It also enabled the purchase of a trailer to enable the transport of JFG units to competitions, etc. 2. On 16[th] October 2017, at a General Meeting of Devonport Field Gun Association Ltd., the Board of Directors passed a motion to dissolve the charitable company, which would permit the Heritage element to revert back to being an unincorporated Association and FF to become an entity in its own right. In addition, so that the company’s accounting period could be 31[st] December 2017, it was decided to keep the charity ‘live’ until that point. As the Fixed Assets were purchased, specifically, to enable FF to develop the new JFG sport, it was acknowledged and approved that the Fixed Assets should be transferred to the new FF organisation. Page 7 ## **Current Assets** 1. As FF’s accounts will prove, FF has been, extremely, fortunate to have a benefactor, who is prepared to sponsor FF by £30,000 per year for 10 years. FF has recently received the third tranche of £30,000. This money is to be regarded as ‘designated’, because the annual donations will be used, primarily, to pay part-time subcontracted personnel to assist with the day-to-day task of helping the Operations Manager with organisational tasks that normal volunteers could not guarantee the time to accomplish on a daily basis. Where appropriate, it will, also, be used to purchase JFGs for schools in deprived areas, where a large part of the school’s budget is used to minimise any disadvantages the school faces in educating the children. ## **Principal Funding Source** 1. FF manufactures two types of field guns, as follows: - Junior Field Gun, at a sales price of £825, plus £125 affiliation fee. - Senior Field Gun, at a sales price of £2,500. The above income is supplemented by sundry items, such as gaiters and memorabilia. It is hoped to develop a range of memorabilia to sell at major Events. ## **Gift Aid** 1. FF’s benefactor has created a Trust which manages his philanthropic activities. Any Gift Aid claimable on £30,000 donated to FF is, therefore, collected by that Trust. 2. At 31[st] December 2022, FF had claimable donations of £3518.50. A claim will be submitted in 2023. £879.62 for 2022 is claimable. ## **Donated JFGs** 1. In addition to our principal sponsor, a growing number of donors have sponsored JFG units that have been presented to schools. Page 8 ## **Notes forming part of the Financial Statements of FF for the year ended 31[st] December 2022** ## **Accounting Policies** 1. The principal accounting policies are summarised below. The accounting policies have been applied consistently throughout the year and in the preceding year. ## **(a) Basis of accounting** FF’s accounting process is based on the Charity Commission's regulations governing Accrual accounting procedures. ## **(b) Fund accounting** **Unrestricted** funds are available for use at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the general objectives of the charity. **Designated** funds are unrestricted funds earmarked by the Management Committee for particular purposes. **Restricted** funds are subjected to restrictions on their expenditure imposed by the donor or through the terms of an appeal. ## **(c) Incoming resources** Voluntary income is received by way of grants and donations and is included in full in the Statement of Financial Activities when receivable. Grants, where entitlement is not conditional on the delivery of a specific performance by the charity, are recognised when the charity becomes unconditionally entitled to the grant. The value of services provided by volunteers has not been included in these accounts. Incoming resources from charitable trading activity are accounted for when earned. ## **(d) Resources expended** Expenditure is recognised in accordance with FF’s accounting process. Expenditure includes any VAT which cannot be fully recovered, and is reported as part of the expenditure to which it relates: Costs of generating funds comprise the costs associated with attracting voluntary income and the costs of trading for fundraising purposes including the charity’s memorabilia sales. Governance costs include those costs associated with meeting the constitutional and statutory requirements of the charity and include the fees for the ‘Independent Examination’ and costs linked to the strategic management of the charity. All costs are allocated between the expenditure categories of the SoFA on a basis designed to reflect the use of the resource. Page 9 ## **(e) Fixed Assets** Fixed assets are stated at cost less accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is provided at rates calculated to write off the cost of each asset over its expected useful life; which, in all cases, is deemed to be 5 years. Impairment reviews are carried out as and when evidence comes to light that the recoverable amount of a functional fixed asset is below its net book value due to damage, obsolescence or other relevant factors. ## **(f) Material Designated Funds** As detailed in the trustees annual report a material designated fund has been received in the year. This fund has been designated by the management committee for the following purposes, as detailed within the paragraph “Future Plans” and “Current Assets” on page 5 and 7 of the annual report: “to enable FF to, employ part-time staff to relieve the OM of mundane activities, leaving him more time to develop influential contacts, etc.” The opening balance of this fund was £98.771. The movement of this fund equated to -£11254.87, with a closing balance of £87,516 as at 31st December 2022. Page 10 FUTURE FIT Future Flt - Junior Field Gun Balance Sheet for the year ended 31st December 2022 Unrestrlct•d Designated 2022 2022 Total 2022 Unrestricted Designated 2021 2021 Total 2021 Flx•d Assets Tangiblo Assets: Van Trailer Other tangible assets 0.00 0.00 2,826.72 0.00 0.00 2,826.72 1,586.00 330.00 1,290.22 1,586.00 330.00 1290.22 Current Assets Cash at bank Trade Debtors Prepayments Security deposit 34,775.05 1,075.00 0.00 3.625.00 34.775.05 1,075.00 86,998.82 500.00 893.00 86,998.82 500.00 893.00 0.00 3,625.00 Current Liabllltles Accruals 780.00 780.00 3,180.00 3,180.00 Net Assets 41.521.77 41,521.77 88,418.04 88,418.04 Reserves Excessl-Deficit in period Starting balance 35.641.40 -11,254.87 46,896.27 - 10,161.08 10,353.29 98.771.33 88.418.04 - 192.21 45,994.69 87,516.46 41.521.n - 10,353.29 24,750.00 14,588.92 74,021.33 73,829.12 98.771.33 88,418.04 The8• a¢￿unts, Including th• bal•n¢e 5hoe¢ wern appmv•d by th• Trnsloes •nd arn slqn•d on th•k b•half by." Brlan O'H•r4 TnA8to•, Tr￿ul¥f and Societary Page 11 Future Fit- Junior Field Gun 5￿m*Y of FSnanclal ActMtl•s Iln¢lvdlng Income & Ex￿￿liu¢* A¢￿￿ntI lor th• year •nd•d 31st Doc•mber2022 and 2021 Ilntmtrlcled Fum Des￿1￿ated Unmt Fund• 2021 DMlgnat•d Rab Fund$ T+Xal 2022 2022 Sal8s of Gun Unls 5,200.LX) S2￿.(Th) 2.4(Ktr.tKI 2,4Th).( VoluntarylDc cth th)nali)ns Chaty DIn￿r CIJn*￿#S 2.789.¥2 5,599.08 2.789.92 5,599.08 ),(W.W ￿.OB5.cpJ GIft￿d Intwest Affllatkn F888 Traini JFG RelUth$hm￿t Dekvwy Ch•yÈ6 o.(#) 2.375.00 137.¢JO 175.¢)0 7.571.45 7.571.43 2,375.(K) 137.LX) 175.LKI Adlvlllegfor F￿ Unil relund Sales of ju￿r￿￿ky Fle￿ Gu T¢Jtal Ine¢me 1Q361.10 1(361.00 10.0x45 20,000.00 ￿￿jeA3 Co8t ￿ g•n•r*ing fund JunK¥ Fidd Gun produca S£niu a Juniorpj'nt costs MI￿ wrchase51repwts TrophWMedal$ Conlract Al¥￿￿.n￿proMot￿ft Vehide expenBe5 Deprec4atloTr Premises (￿ts Other exp8nthture Total exwnditur• 5,292.71 39.98 2,918.CKI 2,41192 s,2￿2.71 3,437.76 3,437.76 2,918.C#] 2,411.92 11,254.87 262.20 3,810.84 2.703.33 I8,670.￿$ 15,893.36 11.2x87 63.257.27 2.83 2.83 11,254.87 1,050.Th1 6230.55 2,217.17 2.238.56 5.250.CiI 6,300.IXI 6,230.55 2,217.17 2,238. 262.20 3,810.84 2,703.33 18,670.06 15,893.36 51002AO 4,236.67 2U2t7,53 4.236.67 25h67.53 5,250.00 N•t InwWIExp¢ndlbJr•l 46,896.27 14,568.92 Page 12 |**Notes**
**January - December 2021**
**Income**
1140 Junior Field Gun Sales
**Voluntary Income**
1020 Donations
1050 Charity Dinner
**Other Income**
1143 Annual Affiliation Fee
1145 Unit refurbishment
1144 Delivery charge
1230 Trainingg
**Expenditure**
**Cost of generating funds**
**1**
**2000 Junior Field Guns**
2001 Waterjet cutting
2003 Paint
2004 Plywood
2005 Screws (Misc)
2009 Limber parts
2010 Axles
**2050 Senior Field Guns**
**2**
2053 Paint||**Page 1**
**Unrestricted Designated**
**Total**
5,200.00
5,200.00
2,789.92
2,789.92
5,599.08
5,599.08
2,375.00
2,375.00
175.00
175.00
85.00
85.00
137.00
137.00| |---|---|---| |||| |||| |||**16,361.00**
**0.00**
**16,361.00**| ||523.80
244.80
2745.78
223.03
24.90
1,530.40|| |||| |**Miscellaneous expenses**||| |2075 Tool repair
2078 Drag Ropes
2079 Miscellaneous
2080 Tool purchases
2081 Medals
2082 Starter Pistols and accessories
2085 Trophies
2090 Meals & Entertainment
**Memorabilia**
**4**
2083 FF Clothing
**5**
2095 Contracted expertise
2131 Postage and packing
2132 Computer supplies
**Advertising/Promotional**
2143 Website costs
**Total Page 1 expenditure**||| |||**78.00**
**0.00**
**78.00**
**11,262.46**
**11,254.87**
**22,517.33**| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| Page 13 ## **Future Fit Junior Field Gun - Income & Expenditure Page 2** ||**Total income b/f**||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**Page 1 expenditure b/f**||**11,262.46**|**11,254.87**|**22,517.33**| ||**Vehicle expenses**||||| |**8**|2190 Van insurance|1031.88|||| ||2200 Van fuel|2,053.70|||| ||2220 Van Road Tax|344.85|||| ||2230 Van Maintenance|343.20|||| ||2231 Auto|37.21|||| ||||**3,810.84**|**0.00**|**3,810.84**| |**9**|**Other Expenditures**||||| ||2246 On-line Accounting Software|156.00|||| ||2245 Office/General Administrative|96.79|||| ||2150 Rent|15794.69|||| ||2171 Service charge|2529.37|||| ||2172 Utilities|346.00|||| ||2180 General insurance|1,741.66|||| ||2181 Insurance|226.02|||| ||2100 Indpendent Inspection|780.00|||| ||2120 Fixed Asset Depreciation|2703.33|||| ||2240 Donations, Awards and Grants||||| ||2250 Charity Dinner|4274.90|||| ||2251 Repar and Maintenance|151.24|||| ||2260 Workshop costs|6727.44|||| ||2169 Travel (DW personnel fuel)|1,401.66|||| ||||**36,929.10**|**0.00**|**36,929.10**| ||**Total Expenditures**||**48,191.56**|**11,254.87**|**63,257.27**| ||**Net Income/-Expenditure**||||**-46,896.27**| ||||||| Page 14 FUTURE FIT Future Fit - Junior Field Gun Depreciation of Fixed Assests as at 31st December 2022 Other assets Van Trailer Total Cost At 1 January 2022 Addib'ons 7.930.00 1,650.00 1,290.22 2.323.83 10,87022 2,323.83 At 31 December 2022 7,930.00 1,650.00 3,614.05 13,194.05 Depreclation At 1 January 2022 Charge for the year 6,344.00 1,586.00 1.320.00 330.00 7.664.00 2,703.33 787.33 At 31 December 2022 7,930.00 1,650.00 787.33 10.367.33 Carrylng amount At 31 December 2022 At 31 December 2021 0.00 1,586.00 0.00 330.00 2,826.72 1.290.22 2,826.72 3.206.22 Page 15 CHARITY COMMISSION Independent examlner's report on the FOR ENGLAND AND WALES accounts R•port to tru8t•as I FLrture Fit- Junior Field Gun On accounts for the year end I Charity no (if any) , 1177870 31 December 2022 S•touton pages ', 10- 11 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above ¢harity {￿he Trust.) for the year ended 31 December 2022. Rospon8lbllltles and basis of r•port As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparallon of the ac¢ounts in accordance with tho requir8ments of the Charities Act 2011 (llhe Act"). I report in respect of my examlnation of the Trust's accounts carrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5Kb} of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. S ¢onfinn that no material matters have examlnerfs statsment come to my att6ntion in connection with the examlnation (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in. any mat8rial respectr. the accounting records were not kept In accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the aGcounts did not comply ￿1th the applicable requirements conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charilies (Accounts and Reports) R6gulations 2008 other than any r8quir6ment that the accounts give a Irue and fair. view whlch is not a matter consldered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matt8rs in conneclion with the examination to which attention should b& drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandlng of the accounts to be reached. Date: 27 Sept8mber 2023 1 Nam•: Jame8 Parsons Relevant profosslonal ACCA quaimcation(8) or body (if any): Addr•s8: The Old Mill, Bllsworth Hill Fam), Stoke Road, Northampton NN7 3DB IER Page 16 Oct 2018 Only Gomplele if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of con¢em (see CC32, Independent examination of Charty accounts.. dlrections and guidance for examiners). Glva har• brfgf dots11s of I any Items that the Oxaminor wlshes to dlsdo80. IER Oct 2018 Page 17 ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun Patrons** ## **Admiral Sir Mark Stanhope GCB,OBE,DL** Promoted to full Admiral in July 2004, Sir Mark served in NATO as the Commander in Chief Fleet before becoming the First Sea Lord and Chief of Naval Staff in July 2009. He retired in April 2013 and now has many charitable interests ## **Commodore Jamie Miller CBE RN** After 48 years dedicated service, Cdre Jamie Miller CBE RN, retired from the Royal Navy on 10 Sep 2017, as Naval Regional Commander Wales & Western England (NRCWWE). Page 18 **Page 15** ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun Patrons** ## **David Fitzgerald** Hugely popular and multitalented BBC Devon radio presenter and writer. ## **Lt.Cdr Stephen Carbery, CEng, MIET, RN (Retd)** 3 times Command Field Gunner who, subsequently ran and trained Brickwood style crews. Now lends his extensive knowledge in a consultative capacity. On leaving the RN Stephen was engaged as an Engineering Manager by BAE Filton, Bristol. Page 19 ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun Board of Trustees** ## **FF’s distinguished Chairman (deceased November 2022)** ## **Cdr Charles Crichton** , **OBE, M Soc SC** _**,**_ **RN (Ret)** Following some 47 years of service as a Seaman Officer in the Royal Navy he managed Plymouth Armed Forces Week for five years culminating in Plymouth hosting the National Armed Forces day in 2012. Actively engaged in charitable work in support of veterans and young people. He retains an abiding interest in heritage and especially the history of support to the Royal Navy at Plymouth. ## **David Worrall - FF Project leader and Coach** 5 times Devonport Command Field Gunner. When David retired from the Royal Navy he turned his interest in antiques into a successful business. In 2012 he founded Junior Field Gun as it is practiced today by Future Fit. ## **Samantha Morcumb, Bed (Hons) (Design &Tech)** Schools’ Liaison Officer (Acting Principal and Coach) Sam’s knowledge of the education system has been invaluable in directing policy nd decision making. **Robert (Tab) Hunter, BA(Hons), FSET, CertEd, QTLS, ATS, CTEACH, MCIEA, MCCT (Chartered Teacher and Fellow of the Society of Education & Training)** Six times Devonport Command field Gunner and Captain of the world record breaking ‘A’ crew of 1999. Now Director of Student Journey at City College Plymouth, which is a FF sponsor. Page 20 ## **Future Fit - Junior Field Gun Board of Trustees Page 2** ## **Wg Cdr Francis Reis RAFAC** Joined the RAF Air Cadets in 1973 as a cadet, becoming a Civilian Instructor in 1980, later in 1989 to Reserve Forces Commission in the RAFVR(T). My main interests as a cadet were powered flying, gliding and adventurous training, especially Ten Tors and the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme. I am still a Ten Tors Scrutineer and train teams annually for this event. I’m fortunate to able to clock up many hours flying from RAF St Mawgan in Nimrods. I now command 23 ATC squadrons across Plymouth and Cornwall and West Devon. In my civilian life I trained as a professional photographer with Plymouth Polytechnic in 1979 and went on to become Head of Marketing Operations for the University of Plymouth before leaving in 2015. ## **Jed Stones** Two times Command Field Gunner representing Devonport in 1993 and 1998. A serving member of the Royal Navy, working as the Chief Instructor for 47 Cdo Royal Marines Board and Search School based at HMS Raleigh. Jed has been involved with Future Fit from its inception and became a Trustee in 2019. ## **Brian O’Hara, MBA, DMS** A three times Command Field Gunner, winning silver in Tom Luther’s 1978 Crew. Now helps FF as Secretary and Treasurer. Page 21 ## **Future Fit Sponsors** Babcock International, who print our Newsletter Bogey Knights (Army & Navy Surplus) Brickfields Sports Centre City College Plymouth Clemas Trust (3 field guns) Federation of Ex-Servicemen (Devon (1 field gun) Ganges Association - Plymouth & Solent Division (2 field guns) Gary Lovejoy Enterprises (film company) Lang & Potter Marine Ltd Mr & Mrs J McAndrew (6 field guns) Mr Normal Fookes (2 field guns) Need-A-Cab Plymouth City Council Roper James Solicitors (1 field gun) Royal Navy - WOs & Chiefs’ Mess Salvation Army Sea Cadets The Federation Of Plymouth And District Ex-Services Associations Wrays Jewellers **Ten Field Guns have been paid for or sponsored by the schools themselves** . Page 22 ## **Photographs from AFD 15[th] June 2022** ## **Boringdon v Sir Robert Geffery** ## **Tor Bridge v Widwell** ## **Pennycross B v Yealmpstone Farm** **Widey Court v Ernesettle** Page 6 ## **Photographs from AFD 15[th] June 2022 Page 2** ## **St. Stephens v Whitleigh** **Stowford v Sir Robert Geffery** **Mount Wise v Brunel** **Brunel primary School** Page 7 ## **Photographs from AFD 15[th] June 2022 Page 3** **Pennycross B** **Widewell Primary** **Yealmpstone Farm Primary** **St. Stephens Primary** **Tor Bridge Primary** **Whitleigh Primary** **Brunel Primary** **Dir Robert Geffrey’s Primary** Page 8 ## **Photographs from AFD 15[th] June 2022 Page 4** **Carbeile Primary** **Ernesettle Primary** **Mount Wise Primary** **Stowford Primary** **Pennycross A** **St Georges’s Primary** **Boringdon Primary** **Widey Court Primary** Page 9