## The Tristan da Cunha Association
## Registered UK Charity Number 1197018
_**President: Vice-Presidents** : Sir Martin Holdgate & Lady Elizabeth Alton_ _**Co-Chair** : John Cooper_
_**Secretary & Treasurer:** Jim Kerr_ _**Minutes Secretary:** Barry Carter_ _**Co-Chair & Editor:** Richard Grundy_ _**Webmaster:** Peter Millington_ _**Website:** www.tristandc.com_
_From:_ John Cooper, 22 Aquila Close, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8TY. Email: cochair@tristandc.com
## Report of Trustees 2024
The Annual Report of the Trustees of the Tristan da Cunha Association, a Registered UK Charity Number 1197018 for the year ended 31[st] December 2024. The charity has continued to operate in contact with the government on the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic Ocean for the public benefit on the islands of Tristan da Cunha following its objects:
1. The advancement of education and training of resident Tristan da Cunha islanders by the provision of grants,
bursaries and support to enable them to study including participating in study outside the islands;
2. Advancing the education of the public in Tristan da Cunha culture, traditions and economy and of the history,
geography and wildlife of the islands;
3. The preservation and protection of life and property by providing grant funding to assist the community to
prepare for and recover from natural or other disasters.
Whereas no grants were paid during 2024, bids had been received from the island. These included:
- A grant for equipment for extending an archive project begun just before the Covid epidemic. This grant was agreed in principle depending on detailed response to questions raised by the trustees.
- A grant for equipment for the creche on the island. Again, this had been agreed in principle depending on details which were awaited.
- A grant for accommodation in Cape Town for a group which had been travelling for the Young Ocean Champions which was rejected as the trustees felt it was not covered by our objects.
During the year, members of the Association received two Newsletters containing information and news.
A very successful Association Annual Gathering was held in March 2024 at the Holiday Inn, Southampton. This was attended by 70 members who enjoyed being together, a successful AGM and an entertaining talk from a vet who had worked on Tristan da Cunha at the end of the 1970s, Joe Hollins.
The Trustees met on two occasions during 2024, once at the Holiday Inn during the Annual Gathering in March and then in July to discuss the bids which had been received from the island, the ongoing business of the Association and the place for the Annual Gathering 2025 as the Holiday Inn would not be available due to refurbishments.
Officials Trustees shown *
1. Michael Swales * President ( died 22[nd] December 2024)
2. Martin Holdgate Vice-President
## The Tristan da Cunha Association
## Registered UK Charity Number 1197018
_**President: Vice-Presidents** : Sir Martin Holdgate & Lady Elizabeth Alton_ _**Co-Chair** : John Cooper_
_**Secretary & Treasurer:** Jim Kerr_ _**Minutes Secretary:** Barry Carter_ _**Co-Chair & Editor:** Richard Grundy_ _**Webmaster:** Peter Millington_ _**Website:** www.tristandc.com_
_From:_ John Cooper, 22 Aquila Close, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 8TY. Email: cochair@tristandc.com
3. Elizabeth, Lady Alton
4. John Howard Cooper *
Vice-President
- Co-chair
5. Richard Grundy * Co-chair and Newsletter Editor 6. James Barrington Kerr * Secretary and Treasurer 7. Barry Carter * Minutes Secretary 8. Peter Thomas Millington * Webmaster 9. Clive Philip Siddall * Librarian
10. Jan Carel Nicolaas Schonfeld *
11. Dr. Colette Michele Halter-Pernet *
12. Megan Alice May Elsmore *
13. Aniket Ashok Sardana *
14. Michael Dudley Faulds *
15. Hazel Carter *
16. Michael Joseph Hentley *
17. Alison Jane Hentley *
18. Lucinda Buxton *
19. Anna Hicks *
## Address of Charity
- 24 Rectory Road, Dickleburgh, DISS, Norfolk, IP21 4NW
**Tristan da Cunha Association - Income and Expenditure Year Ended 31st December 2024 YR 2024 YR 2023**
|**General Fund**
**Brought forward**
**Income**
Membership Subscriptions
Association Donations
Newsletters and Binders
Book - Nothing Can Stop Us
Gift Aid
Interest (Barclays)
Interest (Hampshire Trust Bank)
Income total
**Expenditure**
Newsletters Print and Post
Binders
Book - Nothing Can Stop Us
Website
Admin Expenses
PayPal and SumUp Fees
House Rebuild Grant
Other
Expenditure total
**Annual Gathering**
**Income**
Day Tickets
Dinner Dance
Raffle/Stall/Auction
Income total
**Expenditure**
Annual Meeting
refunded tickets
Dinner Dance
Expenditure total
**Annual Gathering Balance**
**Tristan da Cunha Association Balance**
**Education Fund**
**Brought Forward**
**Income**
Donations
Income total
**Expenses**
Payment for Computers
Expenses total
**Balance**
**Emergency Fund**
**Brought Forward**
**Income**
Donations
Income total
**Expenditure**
House Rebuild Grant
Expenditure total
**Balance**
**Total Funds at 31st December**
As represented by:
Barclays Current Account
Barclays Savings Account
Hampshire Trust Bank
**TOTAL**|**21,368.95**
**£**
4,360.00
£
55,867.44
£
105.50
£
1,495.00
£
789.66
£
310.58
£
2,347.95
£
65,276.13
£
5,288.80
£
205.56
£
158.81
£
288.68
£
134.29
£
179.29
£
6,255.43
£
1,940.00
£
1,103.00
£
748.92
£
3,791.92
£
2,178.00
£
1,175.00
£
3,353.00
£
**438.92**
**£**
**80,828.57**
**£**
**82,356.76**
**£**
-
£
-
£
-
£
**82,356.76**
**£**
**-**
**£**
-
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
**163,185.33**
**£**
84,130.38
£
20,956.23
£
58,098.72
£
**163,185.33**
**£**|**22,609.11**
**£**
4,124.53
£
2,920.15
£
98.00
£
1,225.00
£
800.24
£
194.69
£
883.37
£
10,245.98
£
5,251.40
£
140.72
£
156.41
£
195.56
£
98.67
£
7,118.38
£
102.00
£
13,063.14
£
3,038.00
£
1,520.00
£
1,184.00
£
5,742.00
£
2,840.00
£
1,325.00
£
4,165.00
£
**1,577.00**
**£**
**21,368.95**
**£**
**82,155.12**
**£**
201.64
£
201.64
£
-
£
**82,356.76**
**£**
**2,945.82**
**£**
254.69
£
254.69
£
3,200.51
£
3,200.51
£
**-**
**£**
**103,725.71**
**£**
27,329.29
£
20,645.65
£
55,750.77
£
**103,725.71**
**£**|
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