Charity number: 1184870 ## **Paradis Commemoration Group Memorial Appeal** **Unaudited** **Trustees’ Annual Report (TAR) and Financial Statement For the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025** **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 and Balance Sheet|7-8| |Notes to the financial statement|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 2025 to 31 December 2025
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|**Trustees**|| |---|---| ||Robert Edwards, Chair| ||Nicholas Brayne (Resigned 2ndJuly 2025)| ||Brig Max Marriner, CBE| ||Dennis O’Callaghan| ||Raymond Smith| |**Charity registered no**|1184870| |**Principal office**|| ||12 Lowestoft Road| ||Beccles| ||Suffolk| ||NR34 7DE| |**Patrons**|Brig Max Marriner, CBE| ||Debbi Lane| **3 |** P a g e ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** **Trustees’ Report For the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025** The trustees present their annual report together with the financial statements for the period 1[st] January 2025 to 31[st] December 2025. ## **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 2025 to 31 December 2025** ## **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. ## **Achievements and performance** For the fifth consecutive year the Trustees worked with the Cathedral to organise a Service of Remembrance at the memorial on Tuesday 27[th] May, the 85th anniversary of the massacre. The weather was wet, so for the first time the Service was held in St Saviour’s Chapel. This was very well attended. The focus of the year was the installation of the memorial in The National Memorial Arboretum (NMA). Trustees worked closely with the NMA to: - select a site for the memorial - arrange for the installation of the memorial in the ground - arrange a Service of Dedication for the memorial - arrange a Service of Thanks-Giving for the memorial **5 |** P a g e Le Paradis Memorial Appeal Truste￿ Report Icontinued) For the period l January 2025 to 31 December 2025 The cutting of the inscription on the memorial was completed by Kindersley Workshop in June, and the memorial transported to the NMA and secured in the ground at the chosen location in July by Hibbitt & Sons. The memorial was dedicated in situ by HRH The Princess Royal at the formal Service of Dedication. led by the Chaplain General HM Land Forces. on 25 September. This was followed by a much larger se￿iCe of Thanks-Givin8 in the Aspects building at the NMA with HRH the principal guest. Thi5 Service was again led by the Chaplain General and included 250 invited guests, more than twenty standards. with music provided byThe Band of the Royal Anglian Regiment. Both sepiices were very well supported by the Royal Anglian Regiment. Financial Review a. Going concern The Trustees have a good expectation that the Charity has adequate resources, supported by a well-developed fund-raisin8 campaign. to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For that reason they continue to adopt the going concern basi5 in preparing the financial statements. b. Reserves policy The charity carries forward into 2026 sufficient reserves to cover all anticipated financial commitments. Working within 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 TnJstee5 and signed on their behalf bv: Date 26 January 2026 Robert Edwards Bsc PGCert Chair ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** ## **Statement of financial activities and Balance Sheet For the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025** |||**Unrestricted**|**Total**|
_Total_| |---|---|---|---|---| |||**funds**|**funds**|_funds_| |||**2025**|**2025**|_2024_| ||**Note**|**£**|**£**|_£_| |**Income**||||| |Fund raising events (net of costs)||**0**|**0**|_330_| |Donations|1|**16,006**|**16,006**|_33,300_| |Gift Aid|2|**125**|**125**|_3,525_| |CAF|3|**39**|**39**|_4,392_| |Other||**0**|**0**|_158_| |Interest on deposit account||**568**|**568**|_568_| |||**------------**|**------------**|------------| |Total income||**16,738**|**16,738**|_42,273_| |||**------------**|**------------**|------------| |**Expenditure**||||| |Memorial production – final payment||**25,440**|**25,440**|| |Memorial - transport and installation||**15,300**|**15,300**|| |NMA Maintenance agreement|4|**13,880**|**13,880**|| |NMA Services of Dedication & Thanksgiving|5|**10,622**|**10,622**|| |Photographer for Services|6|**670**|**670**|| |Orders of Service|7|**322**|**322**|| |‘97’ badges for Service attendees||**386**|**386**|| |Miscellaneous||**57**|**57**|| |Insurance|8|**142**|**142**|_143_| |||**------------**|**------------**|------------| |Total expenditure||**66,819**|**66,819**|_12,863_| |||------------|------------|------------| **7 |** P a g e Summary Net receipts for the year -50.081 -soj￿1 29.410 Cash funds at start of period 57.662 57,662 28.252 Cash funds at the end of this period 7.581 7.581 57.662 2025 2024 Assets Cash at bank at 31 December 2025 7.581 57.662 Creditors Net current assets as unrestricted funds 7.581 57.662 The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by Date 26 January 2026 Robert Edwards BSC PGCert Chair The notes on page g fornl part'of these financial statements ## **Le Paradis Memorial Appeal** **Notes to the Financial Statements For the period 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025** 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 4. The Maintenance agreement for the memorial was an integral cost of the agreement with the NMA (National Memorial Arboretum) 5. Cost of hiring NMA Aspects building for the day, plus catering for 220 guests 6. The official photographer for the day 7. Printing the order of Service for the: - a. Service of Dedication at the memorial - b. Service of Thanksgiving in Aspects 8. Annual insurance cover for the charity **9 |** P a g e Le Paradis Memorial Appeal Independent Examlnerfs Report For the peflod l January 2025 to 31 December 2025 Independent examinerfs report to the Trustees of the Paradis Commemoration Group Memorlal Appeal Charity no 1184870 I report to the trustees on my examination of the account5 of the above charity 1.the Trust"} for the financial year I, January 2025 to 31° December 2025 set out on pages 7 to 9. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the charity trustees of the Trust. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {"the Act"). I report in respett of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed the applicable Oirettions given by the Charity Commission under section 14515llb) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any materlal respect: accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or the account5 do not accord with the accounting records I have no concerns and have come acr055 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. 518ned Dated 2/ &1. 2oL6 Name Address ioi ge