## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
## **From 1 May 2024 Period start date To 30 Apr 2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: Soldiers League**
## **Charity registration number: 1178408**
## **Objectives and Activities**
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|Summary of the purposes
of the charity as set out in
its governing document|Para 1.17|The object of the CIO is to relieve the
needs of people who have served or
who are serving members of the armed
forces who are in need by virtue of
sickness, disability or financial hardship
by:
(1) the provision of event tickets or
hospitality facilities at events, with a
view to facilitating their rehabilitation
and well-being.
(2) providing and assisting in the
provision of recreational facilities in the
interests of social welfare with the
object of improving their conditions of
life.
Nothing in this constitution shall
authorise an application of the property
of the CIO for the purposes which are
not charitable in accordance with
[section 7 of the Charities and Trustee
Investment (Scotland) Act 2005] and
[section 2 of the Charities Act (Northern
Ireland) 2008]
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|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 charity has enabled the beneficiaries of
its efforts (injured soldiers, sailors, airmen,
and veterans) to compete in a wheelchair
rugby league side,to attend the World Club
Challenge, the Challenge Cup final and our
annual Wembley dinner. These have helped
these physically and/ or mentally injured
service person to integrate with society and
have positive experiences.|
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|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the
guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on
public benefit|Para 1.18|When planning our activities for the year, we
have considered the
Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Policy on grant making
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Para 1.38||
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Policy on social
investment including
program related
investment
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Para 1.38||
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Contribution made by
volunteers
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Para 1.38|Yet again, the volunteers who support
our charity have been the backbone
and driving force to our achievements.
As always we are thoroughly indebted
to them.|
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Other
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## **Achievements and Performance**
SORP reference
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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|The charity has enabled the
beneficiaries of its efforts (injured
soldiers, sailors, aviators, and veterans)
to attend the Rugby League fixtures
and participate in a wheelchair rugby
league side. In addition in 2024/5 we
established a Masters Rugby League
side which allows likeminded veterans
and service personnel to find common
ground and discuss issues in a safe
environment. All of which are helping
these physically and/ or mentally
injured service person to integrate with
society and have positive experiences.|
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## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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Achievements against
objectives set
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Para 1.41
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Performance of
fundraising activities
against objectives set
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Para 1.41||
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Investment performance
against objectives
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Para 1.41||
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Other
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## **Financial Review**
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|At the end of the period the Charity had
£28,547.31 cash in bank. The charity
received an income of
£27,689.67 which is back to the pre-
covid levels this consisted of profits from
our annual dinner and donations from
members.
The charities expenditure totalled
£14,146.92 the major outlay being the
purchase sports equipment, dinner
costs andmerchandise stock.|
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|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|As the charities sole income is from
donations, a contingency is maintained
to ensure continued operation should
donations not be forthcoming.|
|Amountof reservesheld|Para 1.22|£10,000|
|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
goingconcern|Para 1.23|Not applicable|
## **Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds
(including any
fundraising)
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Para 1.47|The charity receives regular donations,
one off donations, profit from the annual
dinner, merchandise sales and auctions.|
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Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted
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Para 1.46||
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A description of the
principal risks facing the
charity
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Para 1.46||
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Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
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|Type of governing
document
(trustdeed,royalcharter)|Para 1.25
|**Constitution**|
|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 nominated and then**
**voted in at the Annual General**
**Meeting. The AGM is advertised for**
**public attendance on the website**
**and social media.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
|Charityname|Soldiers League|
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|Other name the charity
uses|Nil|
|Registered charitynumber|1178408|1178408|
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|You maychoose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
Para 1.51
The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
Para 1.51
Relationship with any
related parties
Para 1.51
Other
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Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees
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Para 1.51||
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The charity’s
organisational structure
and any wider network
with which the charity
works
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Para 1.51||
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Relationship with any
related parties
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Para 1.51||
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Other
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## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity’s principal address|THE OLD BARN
MORETON ROAD
CROSSWAYS
DORCHESTER
DT28DX|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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2
3
4
5|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any) **|
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||Jeremy Bethell|President||AGM|
||David Charles
Groce MBE|Chairman||AGM|
||Steve Sampher|||AGM|
||Ryan Swindale|||AGM|
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Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved
|**Director name**|||
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|**Nil**|||
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Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
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|**Nil**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
|Description of the assets
held in this capacity
|Nil|
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|Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf
the assets are held and
how this falls within the
custodian charity’s objects
|Nil|
|Details of arrangements
for safe custody and
segregation of such
assets from the charity’s
own assets
|NA|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **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)** _D C Groce_ **Full name(s)** DAVID CHARLES GROCE OBE **Position (eg Secretary,** CHAIRMAN **Chair, etc) Date** 22 FEB 2026
**Date**
## **Soldiers League Accounts Part FY 2024/25 (01 May 24- 30 Apr 25)**
|**Description**|**Money Out**|**Money Out**|**Money In**|**Money In**|||||**Incomes**|**Incomes**||||
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|Membership (Bank SO)|||£|2,244.00
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|Membership (Paypal)|||£|466.36
||**Donations**||**£**|**970.00**
|**Membership**||**£**|**2,710.36**
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|Donations|||£|970.00
||Breedon Trading||£|300.00
|||||
|Money Tree|||£|-
||Rochdale Masters||£|670.00
|**Raffles**||**£**|**603.50**
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|Card Donations and Auctions|||£|5,226.76
||||||Online Raffle (Raffall)||£|603.50
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|Book Sales|||£|-
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|Raffle Sales|||£|603.50
||||||**Donations and Auctions**||**£**|**5,226.76**
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|Dinner Sales|||£|18,059.31
||||||Dinner Auction (Card)||£|3,950.00
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|Reserve Account Interest|||£|119.74
||||||Dinner Donations (Card)||£|1,276.76
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|(A) VSC 2024 Road to Wembley Dinner Payment|-£|10,075.00
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|(B) Public Liability Insurance|-£|292.65
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|Adrian Morley Payment (+£300, -£300)|£|-
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|(C) Website Event Calendar (liquid)|-£|144.78
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|Lion Art Work Auction Refund (2nd Picture)|-£|393.00
||||**2024 Dinner Sales**||**£**|**9,736.31**
|**2025 Dinner Pre-Sales**||**£**|**8,323.00**
|
|(D) Merchandise (pins, bands, bears etc) Fluid|-£|1,020.00
||||Eventbrite Sales||£|5,316.59
|Stripe (Charity Hive) Bookings||£|8,323.00
|
|(E) 2025 Dinner Deposit (VSC Trading)|-£|1,000.00
||||Cash Money Tree|& Auct(CR00067)|£|2,174.72
|||||
|(F) Army Rugby League HAC Dinner Donation|-£|300.00
||||Cootes SL||£|85.00
|||||
|(G) Andy Gregory Room (VSC Trading) 2024 Dinner|-£|354.00
||||Fanning Co Ltd||£|2,160.00|||||
|(H) UKAFRL Masters Ravensport Strip|-£|417.60
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|Bluehost Domain Charge|-£|22.42
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|Sundry|-£|127.47
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||**-£**|**14,146.92**
|**£**|**27,689.67**
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||||||||**Current Account**||||**Reserve Account**|||
|**Cash in Bank**||||||£|1,631.37
|Start||£|11,457.40
|||
|Start Balance|£|13,088.77
||||£|16,828.27
|Close||£|10,061.23
|||
|Close Balance|£|26,889.50
||||||||||||
|**Paypal**||||||||||||||
|Start Balance|£|1,915.79
||||£|15,004.56
|-£|13,542.75
|||||
|Close Balance|£|1,657.81
||||||||||||
|**Total**|**£**|**28,547.31**
||||||£|13,542.75
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