Charity number: 1184870 ## **Paradis Commemoration Group Memorial Appeal** **Unaudited** **Trustees’ Report and Financial Statements For the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** **Also known as** **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** ## **Contents** ||**Page**| |---|---| |Reference and administrative details of the Charity and its Trustees|3| |Trustees’ Annual Report (TAR)|4-6| |Statement of financial activities|7| |Balance sheet|8| |Notes to the financial statements|9| |Independent Examiner’s Report on the Accounts|10| **2 |** P a g e ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Reference and administrative details of the charity and its trustees
For the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024
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|**Trustees**|| |---|---| ||Robert Edwards, Chair| ||Nicholas Brayne| ||Brig Max Marriner, CBE| ||Dennis O’Callaghan| ||Raymond Smith| |**Charity registered no**|1184870| |**Principal office**|| ||12 Lowestoft Road| ||Beccles| ||Suffolk| ||NR34 7DE| **3 |** P a g e ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** **Trustees’ Report For the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** The trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements for the period 1[st] January 2024 to 31[st] December 2024. ## **Structure, governance and management** ## **a. Name** The registered name is _**Paradis Commemoration Group Memorial Appeal.**_ The working name _**Le Paradis Memorial Appeal**_ is also registered. ## **b. Constitution** The charity is registered with the Charity Commission as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) under a Foundation constitution, dated and approved by the Charity Commission on 12 August 2019. ## **c. Method of appointment of Trustees** The management of the charity is the responsibility of the existing Trustees who appoint new Trustees as designated under the terms of the constitution. ## **d. Policies** The charity has approved the following policies: Complaints procedure Conflicts of interest GDPR Risk management Volunteers The charity also maintains a risk register. The policies and register are reviewed every two years. **4 |** P a g e ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** ## **Trustees’ Report (continued) For the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** ## **Objectives and activities** ## **a. Objective** The object of the charity as set out in its governing document is ‘The promotion of civic responsibility and good citizenship among people in the county of Norfolk in particular, and the UK in general, by commissioning a memorial in Norfolk to the 97 British soldiers massacred at Le Paradis on 27 May 1940, to maintain said memorial and to support other memorials to the Le Paradis Massacre as deemed appropriate by the Trustees’. In setting objectives and planning undertakings the Trustees have given due consideration to general guidance published by the Charity Commission relating to public benefit, including the guidance ‘Public benefit: running a charity (PB2)’. ## **b. Strategies for achieving objectives** The principal objective, a permanent memorial to the memory of the victims of the massacre was achieved in 2021. The Trustees have since reviewed the work of the charity, leading to a focus on ‘ _to support other memorials to the Le Paradis Massacre as deemed appropriate by the Trustees_ ’. In addition, the following three strands continue to inform the work of the Trustees: - Supporting the annual Service of Remembrance on the 27[th] May in Norwich Cathedral - Ensuring that supporters and the general public are kept fully informed of the ongoing work of the charity - Ensuring that all administrative requirements are met. **5 |** P a g e Le Paradis Memorial Appeal Trustee3' Rèport Icontinuedl For the perfad l January 2024 to 31 Oécembèr 2024 A¢hle¥ements and performan¢e For the fourw consecutive year the Trustees worked with the Cathedral to or8anise Service of Remembrance at the memorial on Monday 27th May, the 84th anniversary of the massacre. This was very well attended. The Trustees also focussed on raising sufricient funds to pay for the production and installation of the memorial in The National Memorial Arboretum INMAI. This was successful such that durin8 the year the Trustee5 formally commissioned Kindersley Workshop to purchase the stone and begin work on the memorial. The Trustees are working towards the installation of the stone in the NMA durin8 2025, and a Service of Dedication. Flnanclal Revlew Goln8 ¢on¢ern The Trustees have a good expectation that the Charity has adequate resources, supported by a well-developed fund-raisin8 campaign, to contlnue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For that reason they continue to adopt the 8oin8 concern basis in preparing the financial staiements. b. Reserv•s pollcy The charlty carries forward into 2025 sufficient reserves to cover all anticipated financial commitments. Workin8 Wlthin the guidelines established by the constitution, the Trustees will determine what use to make of these funds. This report was approved by order of the Trustees and signed on their behalf bv.. Oate 8 March 2025 Robert Edwards 8S¢ PGCert Chair ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** ## **Statement of financial activities For the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** |||**Unrestricted**|**Total**|
_Total_| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**funds**|**funds**|_funds_| |||**2024**|**2024**|_2023_| ||**Note**|**£**|**£**|_£_| |**Income**||||| |Fund raising events (net of costs)||**330**|**330**|_0_| |Donations|1|**33,300**|**33,300**|_320_| |Gift Aid|2|**3,525**|**3,525**|_0_| |CAF|3|**4,392**|**4,392**|_-_| |Other||**158**|**158**|-| |Interest on deposit account||**568**|**568**|_263_| |||**------------**|**------------**|------------| |Total income||**42,273**|**42,273**|_583_| |||**------------**|**------------**|------------| |**Expenditure**||||| |NMA memorial initial payment||**12,720**|**12,720**|1,000| |Insurance||**143**|**143**|90| |||**------------**|**------------**|------------| |Total expenditure||**12,863**|**12,863**|_1,090_| |||------------|------------|------------| |Net receipts||**29,410**|**29,410**|_507_| |Cash funds at start of period||**28,252**|**28,252**|_28,759_| |||------------|**------------**|------------| |Cash funds at the end of this period||**57,662**|**57,662**|_28,252_| |||**=======**|**=======**|=======| **7 |** P a g e Le Parddis Memorial Appeal Balance sheet Forthe perlod l January 2024 to 31 Detember 2024 2023 2022 Note Assds Cash at bank at 31 December 2024 57,662 28.252 Creditors Net current a55ets as unrestricted funds 57.662 28,252 The flnancial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustee5 and sl8ned on their behalf by Date 8 March 2025 Robert Edwards 8k PGCert Chalr The notes on page 9 form part of these financial statements ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** **Notes to the Financial Statements For the period 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024** 1. Cash donations as received 2. Gift Aid claimed direct from HMRC on qualifying donations 3. Donations through CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) including Gift Aid reclaimed for us by CAF **9 |** P a g e Le Paradis Memorial Appeal Independent Examinerfs Rèport Far the perlod l January 2024 to 31 December 20Z4 Independent examlnerfs report to theTrustees of the Parad15 Commemoratlon Group Memorlal Appeal Charlty no 1184870 I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity 1.the TrusVI for the financial year January 2024 to 31rt December 2024 set out on pages 7 to 9. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responslble for the preparation of the a¢count5 in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 20111.the Act~l. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carrled out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying Out my examination. I have followed the appllcable Direttions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llbl of the Act. Independent examlner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no materlal matter5 have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect.. accountin8 records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed Dated /0.05. 2oz Name Address IOIPage