
## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 1 April 2024   Period start date   To 31 March 2025 Period end date** 

## **Charity name: VC10 Preservation Group** 

## **Charity registration number: 1182150** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

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|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governingdocument|Para 1.17|Formerly to preserve the Vickers-Armstrong<br>Super VC10 previously registered as GASGM<br>and laterlyZD241 with the Royal Air Force.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Formerly using the aircraf as an educatonal<br>platorm to promote engineering, the airline<br>and military heritage.<br>**Currently dormant**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|Nil, further than the guidance ofered by the<br>Charity Commission.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

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|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The charity does not provide grants.|
|Policy on social investment<br>including program related<br>investment|Para 1.38|The charity’s aims do not include such<br>investment.|
|Contribution made by<br>volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers make up the entre human element<br>of the charity, from the Trustees to those<br>maintaining and operatng the aircraf in<br>ground running conditon.|
|Other||Nil.|





## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|There was no actvity during this period<br>following COVID and the lack of access to the<br>aircraf. Trustees worked to try and save the<br>airframe from being dismantled and recycled.<br>It was subsequently scrapped in Apr 2022.|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

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

|<br>Achievements against<br>objectives set|<br>Para 1.41|<br>Nil.|
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|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|None were set with the above (para 1.20) in<br>mind.|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|n/a|
|Other||n/a|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
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|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|Sound. No change from 31 Mar 2024|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Nil.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£7790.|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|n/a|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|n/a|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|With the main asset now destroyed (it was not<br>owned by the charity, only operated), the<br>Trustees will seek a resoluton to dissolve the<br>CIO in 2026.|



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|<br>The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|<br>Para 1.47|<br>No longer actvely fundraising at this tme.|
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|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|n/a|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|n/a|
|Other||Nil.|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
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|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|Trust|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|CIO|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|Voluntary|



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|<br>Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|<br>Para 1.51||
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|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related<br>parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname||VC10 Preservaton Group|
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|Other name the charityuses|||
|Registered charitynumber||1182150|
|Charity’s principal address||Bruntngthorpe Proving Ground Luterworth Leics|
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Christopher<br>Haywood|Chair|||
||John Kite||||
||Philip Jufs||||
||Jason Kelly||||
||Keith Wilson||||
||Aine Spoors||||
||Mark Wollage||||
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– 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 Nil held in this capacity 

Name and objects of the Nil charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects 

Details of arrangements for Nil 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 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 

Nil 

## **Other optional information** 

Nil 



## **Declarations** 

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

**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** 

Original Signed **Signature(s)** Original Signed Philip Juffs **Full name(s)** Christopher Haywood **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** 

Chair 6 Jan 26 

**Date** 




**VC10 Preservation Group 1182150 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period** 01-Apr-24 31-Mar-25 **To from** 


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Section A Receipts and payments<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Total funds Last year<br>funds funds funds<br>to the nearest      £  to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £<br>A1 Receipts<br>Nil                               -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                - 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                             -                               -<br>Sub total                                -                                -                                -                              -                               -<br>Total receipts                          -                           -                           -                              -                            -<br>A3 Payments<br>Nil                               -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                -                                -                             -<br>                              -                              -                                - 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                            -<br>A4 Asset and investment<br>purchases, (see table)<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>                              -                                -                                -                              -<br>Sub total [                              - ]                               -                                -                              -                               -<br>Total payments                           -                            -                            -                              -                            -<br>Net of receipts/(payments)                           -                          -                            -                            -                          -<br>A5 Transfers between funds                          -                         -                          -                                -                          -<br>A6 Cash funds last year end                    7,793                         -                          -                      7,793                        -<br>Cash funds this year end                    7,793                          -                            -                      7,793                        -<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

07/01/2026 

1 




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Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>Categories  Details   funds  funds  funds<br>to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £<br>B1 Cash funds  Bank                        7,739                              -                             -<br> Cash<br>                           54                              -                             -<br>                            -                                -                             -<br>Total cash funds                      7,793                          -                          -<br>(agree balances with receipts and payments<br>account(s)) OK OK OK<br>Unrestricted  Restricted  Endowment<br>funds  funds  funds<br>Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £<br>B2 Other monetary assets                             -                                -                             -<br>                            -                                -                             -<br>                            -                                -                             -<br>                            -                                -                             -<br>                            -                                -                             -<br>                            -                                -                             -<br>Fund to which  Current value<br>Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)<br>B3 Investment assets                             -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>Fund to which  Current value<br>Details asset belongs Cost (optional) (optional)<br>B4 Assets retained for the                              -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>                            -                             -<br>Fund to which  Amount due  When due<br>Details liability relates (optional) (optional)<br>B5 Liabilities                             -<br>                            -<br>                            -<br>                            -<br>                            -<br>Signed by one or two trustees on  Date of<br>behalf of all the trustees  Signature Print Name approval<br>Electronically Signed C H Haywood 06-Jan-26<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 

07/01/2026 

2 

