Registered Charity No: 1201272 President: Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL **THE 1805 CLUB ANNUAL REPORT FOR 2023** ## **Contents** |**Contents**|| |---|---| ||Page| |Chairman’s Report
………………………………………………………….|3| |Secretary’s Report
………………………………………………………….|4| |Governance
…………………………………………………………………|7| |Treasurer’s Report
…………………………………………………………|8| |Membership Report …………………………………………………………|10| |US Secretary Report ………………………………………………………….|11| |Club Projects
…………………………………………………………|12| |Cornwallis Plaque|| |McMullen Naval History Symposium|| Nelson’s Uniform & Display Case for the Nevis Historical & Conservation Society’s (NHCS), Charlestown, Nevis Conservation of the St John Figtree’s Parish Register: Formerly LIBOR #3 Upgrading of the Club website: Formerly LIBOR #2 Publications Kedge Anchor The 1805 Dispatches The Trafalgar Chronicle Cornwallis Commemorative Monograph Trafalgar Way: Formerly LIBOR #5 Flagship Fundraising Project List of Events …………………………………………………………… 22 List of Appendices …………………………………………………………… 22 Appendix A: The 1805 Club Organisation Chart (2023) Appendix B: Constitution of The 1805 Club: A Charity registered in England and Wales 1201272 1st Edition, 8 May 2021 2 Appendix C: The 1805 Club Trading Company Report 3 ## **The Chairman’s Report** I am happy to report that our Club had a successful year on several levels. From a governance perspective, the Club began its first year operating as Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCEW). Operationally, the Club successfully conducted its business as a CIO, by completing a major commemorative project; the purchasing and installation of a commemorative stone to Vice Admiral Sir William Cornwallis; contracting for an environmental display case to house the replica of Nelson’s captain’s uniform and tricorn hat; sponsoring McMullen Naval History scholars, and our Award at the Admiral Lord Nelson School; further developing our websites; and successfully producing the three Club periodicals — _The 1805 Dispatches_ bi-monthly electronic newsletter, _The Kedge Anchor_ twice-yearly magazine, and _The Trafalgar Chronicle_ annual journal. This year saw one of the Club’s most important conservation projects back on track toward completion. The conservation of the nearly three-hundred-year-old St John’s Figtree Church Parish Register, Nevis by the experts at The Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York is now estimated to be completed by October 2024. Conservation by The Borthwick Institute will also include the production of digital and hardbound facsimiles that will be available to researchers, notably including descendants of people (some of whom were enslaved) recorded in the Register. During 2023, The Club established an enhanced membership giving programme — The Flagship Fund. The objective of the fund is to obtain additional revenue to support such ongoing projects as the purchase of the Nelson uniform display case; website development, to include maintaining and improving the several databases that members and the general public can explore; the creation of a virtual museum, and funding toward special events. Three progressive levels of giving were developed - Blue, White and Red Ensigns. **The White Ensign level is the former Topman plan** . Those who came onboard as Topmen are being informed of their new status. The CIO also transferred most of its assets from the old charity. However, because many of the Club’s members had renewed their 2023 membership by depositing their monies into the old charity’s bank account, we have had to keep the unincorporated charity with the CCEW. A parallel accounting structure was kept in place. This will continue through 2024, and despite this inconvenience, I am happy to report that your Club is financially sound. (Please refer to the Treasurer’s report) After all that we have been through with the pandemic, and the resulting inflation that caused considerable damage to our collective pocketbooks, the consequence of all that saw our membership dropping again in 2023. But, I think you will be encouraged, as I am, to see how many new members have joined during the period. I feel confident that 2024 will see an uptick in membership. 4 This year has seen the first full year of The 1805 Club Trading Company Ltd. As an independent entity, it is tasked to deliver products and services of The 1805 Club to the Club’s membership and to the general public. Profits derived from the company are transferred to The 1805 Club to help fund Club projects and events. This type of arrangement is commonly used in the UK’s charity sector; the purpose is to avoid placing the CIO at a commercial risk for the trading company’s sale of goods and services. Finally, it has been my honour to continue as your Chairman. Standing with my fellow Trustees and members of Council, I feel that your Club is firmly on course to become a global ‘go-to’ naval history not-for-profit organisation for those with an interest in the maritime/naval history and heritage of the Georgian era. _John Rødgaard_ Captain USN Ret Chairman ## **Secretary’s Report** ## **A NEW STATUS WITH THE SAME PURPOSES: The Creation of the CIO** Thanks to the support and approval of its members, The 1805 Club continues to evolve. At our AGM on 17 June 2023, in the Princess Royal Gallery of the National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth, and by the unanimous vote of members present and voting, together with proxies, the Club changed from being an unincorporated registered charity – the status adopted on 26 September 1998 – to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) registered in England and Wales, number 1201272. The business and assets of the unincorporated Club were transferred to the CIO at that meeting. However, we cannot yet fully wind up the unincorporated Club and close its bank account because more than 100 members have paid into that account. **Members can help the winding-up process by making sure that subscription payments are made to the new account, as promulgated already. Please also ensure that you have paid or will pay the correct amount for the year.** Before the winding-up is complete, we are obliged to run formal aspects of the unincorporated Club in parallel with the activities of the CIO. Our meeting on 25 May 2024 will therefore include an AGM of the unincorporated Club, followed by the first of the CIO. ## **COUNCIL** We have for the time being retained the name ‘Council’ for the group overseeing the unincorporated Club, as distinct from the Trustees of the CIO. ## **TRUSTEES** 5 In the unincorporated past, all members of the Club’s Council had to accept personal liability for the debts or obligations of the charity. One of the major benefits of the new incorporated status is that Trustees – the new name for the people who oversee the Club and its activities – do not have personal liability. We _must_ have at least 4 Trustees and _may_ have as many as 12. The first four Trustees, appointed on 17 June 2023 and named in the founding Constitution, are John Rodgaard, Geraint Day, Stephen Howarth, and Nicholas Ridge. The basic CIO Constitution does not dictate titles or roles, but the first four Trustees retain their previous roles. At the forthcoming first AGM of the CIO, all four of the first appointed Trustees _must_ stand down and _may_ present themselves for election. As it happens, and to the regret of all his friends and colleagues, Geraint Day has decided not to present himself for election. Having been a member since January 2005, Geraint has been a great friend of the Club and latterly has provided expert guidance on Governance, especially in the transformation to CIO status. His new love of travel in the Arctic and Antarctic mean that he is ‘going outside and may be some time’ – but he remains a loyal Club member. We are deeply grateful for his past service. At subsequent AGMs of the CIO, only one-third of the Trustees (or number nearest to one-third) _must_ retire at the subsequent AGM. They may still be re-elected, or replaced either by election of the members or, if necessary, by appointment by the other Trustees. We will publish a rotational calendar of Trustees who must stand down, in the hope ( _we remain hopeful!_ ) that with a period of notice longer than a year, members will think ahead beyond their current obligations outside Club and stand for election. Your Club really **does** encourage this. An important new ability introduced by CIO status is that we may have non-Trustees on committees. This offers potential benefits for all, because members who would like to make their expert advice available to the Trustees may now do so, and indeed may chair a Committee, without having to become a Trustee. **All members are earnestly encouraged to consider how best they might contribute to this.** Please inform the Secretary. The bimonthly meetings of the Trustees, whether online, hybrid, or face to face, provide the forum. In this connection, **please note too that we seek to appoint a Clerk to the Trustees.** ## **PURPOSES OF THE 1805 CLUB Conservation Education Related cultural and historical events Publications** CONSERVATION: The new CIO arrangements retain the original purposes of The 1805 Club: firstly, the conservation of monuments and memorials of the 18C Royal Navy. No other organisation has this as a prime purpose. Conservation projects are assessed individually for their long-term viability; we do not usually engage in restoration. Under the umbrella of conservation, we include the detailed recording of such artefacts in our Memorials Log (Mem- 6 Log), the provision of permanent on-site transcriptions of inscriptions, and the creation of new memorials. The past year has been highly notable for the creation of the Cornwallis Memorial: the culmination of our decade-long project in partnership with the Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society. Moreover, despite a serious but happily temporary setback, we are also proud to see the progress with the Nevis Register project, possibly our most important historical conservation project ever, in partnership with the world-class Borthwick Institute for Archives of the University of York. The coming year holds promise of the successful conclusion of the long-running George Forbes memorial project in Aberdeenshire, and a possible new memorial in Cornwall to Private Richard Masters, Royal Marines, killed at Trafalgar. EDUCATION: Changes in the UK primary schools’ history curriculum and similar challenges at Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth, have made it more difficult to deliver classroom education, and for the time being we have withdrawn from these. However, we continue as annual sponsors of “The 1805 Club Special Award for Personal Endeavour in Overcoming Adversity” at Admiral Lord Nelson School in Portsmouth, UK, awarded in 2023 to wheelchair-bound student Cayla Maddix. In addition, at the biennial United States Naval Academy’s McMullen Naval HistorySymposium, Annapolis, we have doubled our sponsorship from one panel of three presenters to two panels, each of three presenters. Our sponsored presenters in 2023 included fellow Club members Drs Samantha Cavell, Cori Convertito, J. Ross Dancy and Evan Wilson. Additionally, Drs Abigail Mullen and Kevin D. McCranie were sponsored by the Club. Our general education of the public continues successfully through our publications. EVENTS: Events are an important and much valued part of our annual calendar, creating great opportunities for members to get together and share their interest in the Georgian-era Royal Navy. Some enterprising London-based members organised their own successful social get-together this year, and within the constraints of Data Protection we will gladly help others do likewise. If you would like to investigate this, please ask. Main events of the year included the splendid unveiling of the Cornwallis memorial; a semi-formal dinner in the Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth; the momentous AGM (chaired by Richard Cornwallis); a US commemoration of the battle of the Nile; the bi-annual McMullen Symposium in Annapolis, with two panels sponsored by us; and our always special Trafalgar Night Dinner (TND) in HMS NELSON WARDROOM, with guest of honour Captain the Right Honourable Penny Mordaunt MP RNR, Leader of the House of Commons and President of the Privy Council. In the spirit of collegiality, we were pleased to welcome members of the Society for Nautical Research to our TND. In the spirit of vital fundraising, we were even more pleased by the Dinner’s financial success, and we are grateful to all attendees for their support. 7 PUBLICATIONS: Our stable of publications remains strong with its usual five members and one outstanding addition, for this year only. The usual five are our twice-yearly magazine **The Kedge Anchor** , the bimonthly newsletter **The 1805 Dispatches** , our excellent annual journal **The Trafalgar Chronicle** , and our two websites www.1805club.org and www.thetrafalgarway.org. The very special addition, which will be sent to all members, is **The Cornwallis Decade Book** , compiled and edited by Peter Turner. ## _**Stephen Howarth**_ MA (with Distinction), FRHistS, FRGS, Cert. Ed. (Oxon) Hon. Secretary The 1805 Club ## **Governance Report: The 1805 Club Charity** As soon as any outstanding business, primarily related to financial matters is concluded, it is intended to wind up the previous, unincorporated, Club. The CIO constitution is at Appendix B. ## **Stewardship** The CIO's board of trustees undertakes oversight of the Club’s activities. Currently there are four trustees, with the CIO status allowing for up to 12. The board meets roughly every two months online via Zoom. ## **Other matters** The Club is run largely by unpaid volunteers. An honorarium is paid to the editors of _The Trafalgar Chronicle_ . Additionally, the Club pays AMA Dataset for IT services to maintain and update its webpages. The CIO form allows trustees to call on the expertise of the wider membership for various tasks and deliberations. Previously in the unincorporated Club, committees had to consist solely of Council members. The committees of the unincorporated charity have been formally reconstituted under the CIO and currently are four in number: Events, Finance, Governance and Projects. The Governance Committee has not met during the year. In order to support governance and regulatory matters the board of Trustees decided to recruit a Clerk. After advertisement and interview an individual was appointed. Unfortunately, owing to subsequent work commitments, the person resigned after a few months. The Trustees set in motion another recruitment process, this time adding minuting of Board meetings in the duties. Additionally, the CIO structure allows Trustees to call on the expertise of the wider membership for various tasks and deliberations. The following identifies by name the current 8 Trustees and the positions of Recorder, Clerk, and Bookkeeper, to include those which the Trustees inform on various matters pertaining to The Club: ## **TRUSTEES** Chairman: Captain John Rodgaard USN (Ret) Vice Chairman: Geraint Day POSITION BECOMING VACANT AS OF AGM Secretary: Stephen Howarth Treasurer: Nicholas Ridge **RECORDER** Dr Judith Pearson ## **CLERK TO THE TRUSTEES** POSITION VACANT **BOOKKEEPER** Victoria Callow ## **COUNCIL** Elected Members: Mark Billings, Josephine Birtwhistle, Kate Jamieson, Harold P. Stark Co-opted: Kathy Brown, Sue Carr, Peter Turner, Mark West ## **Circulated for Information to:** PRESIDENT Admiral Sir Jonathon Band GCB DL VICE PRESIDENTS Michael Nash, Keith Evans, Ken Flemming, Mary Arthur, RADM Joe Callo USN (Ret), Dr Agustín Guimerá, Bill White _**Geraint Day** ,_ BSc (Hons) (Lond) PgCert Health Econ (Aberd) CGI 730 FE Teachers Cert ICD Co-operative Directors Cert FRAS FBIS Fellow of the Royal Statistical Society MInstP Vice-Chairman ## **Year-End Reports** The following reports relate to the Club’s functional and geographic responsibilities ## **Treasurer's Report for the year ended 31 December 2023** Last year’s AGM saw the migration of the former unincorporated charity The 1805 Club number 1071871 into the new 1805 Club CIO number 1201272. The main item remaining on the ToDo list arising from that conversion is the closure of the former charity’s CAF bank account. That will take place in 2025, by which time all members will have switched their Standing orders etc to paying online. It is necessary to present 2 sets of accounts, both for the year ended 31 December 2023, one for the former charity number 1071871 covering its activity up to 17 June 2023, the date of the AGM, and the other covering the remainder of the year, after the CIO took over. 9 The main events emerging from both sets are the Cornwallis unveiling; the success of Trafalgar Night; and progress on the Nevis marriage register and replica uniform project. Free reserves stand at £63,000 at the year end, sufficient to provide a cushion in the event of sudden downturn, with some left over for expansion and development of the charitable activities, and £49,000 in restricted funds, mainly for the Nevis marriage register and replica uniform project, the George Forbes restoration project and the conservation, communication and education fund. As well as embracing its new status of CIO, the charity has taken firm steps to establishing itself as a fundraising organisation, through the success of its events programme, and by increasing its subscriptions – which by virtue of the members’ vote in 2023 will be £60 per member next year – and the launch of the Flagship Fund. Fortunately for the Trustees, what to do with all this money is unlikely to be a problem, as there are a number of ambitious ideas for 2025 in active development, which will be considered over the Summer and Autumn. The trick will be to embrace the Charity’s wider role without losing touch with or sight of its ethos as a members’ club, where people can share their informed enthusiasms in a mutually supportive environment – we can count on the founders however to remind us of that from time to time and keep things on an even keel. A major constraint on progress is the current lack of a Clerk to the Trustees, for which you may well have seen a recruitment notice elsewhere in the Club’s publicity. Please offer to help if you can, or let the Chairman know if you know someone else who might. I would like to thank Victoria Callow, who keeps our QuickBooks accounts up to date and has collaborated in a number of other projects. I should like to pay tribute to Lindy Mackie, who has taken the opportunity of the transfer of business from the unincorporated charity to the new CIO to hang up her ledger books and black biro after many years of diligent and accurate work. She continues to take a keen interest in what the Club does and you can be sure that she will give a gentle nudge if she believes that things are not moving in the right direction. ## _**Nicholas Ridge**_ **FCA, CTA Treasurer** 10 ## **Membership** ## **1805 Club Membership Report December 2023** ||at December 2022|**at December 2023**| |---|---|---| |United Kingdom|280|**251**| |North America|122|**116**| |Europe|23|**23**| |World|8|**12**| ||______|______| ||433|**402**| |Resignations, deceased and non-renewals|99|**88**| |New members|74|**64**| In additional to the Ordinary members, the membership included Life Members (33), Honorary Members (8) and Corporate Members (10). Club membership numbers have overall remained steady during 2023, with losses mostly mitigated by new memberships. ## **Membership Trends** The Club membership has remained steady totalling 402 members at the end of 2023. Whilst we have lost a few members due to resignations and other, we have picked up new and returning members to equal numbers lost. There have been a few 'gift' memberships purchased and this is something to look into going forward. ## **1805 Club Constitution** The Club's Constitution under the new CIO status needs to be formalised in order to properly instruct members' interests. Also the minimum membership age limit of 18 under the old constitution arrangements needs to be removed in order to attract new younger members. Such interested parties might include sea cadets and sixth-formers from whom I have had a couple of enquiries, but was unable to sign up under the existing constitution. ## **Member sign-up timeline and subscription coverage** Membership sign-up timeline needs to be formally regulated. Currently our instructions suggest that members signing up after 1 September will be entitled to 16 months membership with a first subscription payment. However, this should be changed to reflect the recent agreement that those signing up after the end of October with be entitled to an initial 14 months' membership with a first subscription payment. This takes into account the fact that both the Club's printed publications (KA and TC) are issued in October to those who have - paid a current full year subscription. Members signing up ahead of the publication issue date 11 will be deemed to have paid a _current_ year subscription and not a future year subscription. Those signing up after the issue date will not receive current year hard copy publications and their subscription (including benefits of publications) will be operative from 1 January following. ## _**Sue Carr**_ **Membership Secretary** ## **US Secretary Report** The United States membership as of the end of 2023 includes 85 paid members, plus 4 life members. I am pleased that we have been gaining new members from various parts of the country. Word about us seems to get around. In 2023 we held the Battle of Cape St. Vincent Commemoration dinner at the Hummingbird Restaurant in Alexandria, Virginia. There were 20 participants, who enjoyed a good meal and a small ships reenactment of the Battle of Cape St. Vincent by Club Chairman John Rodgaard. In August we held a luncheon to commemorate the Battle of the Nile, likewise at the Hummingbird Restaurant, where 14 participants reenacted the Battle of the Nile with John's miniature battle fleets. A large highlight of 2023 was The 1805 Club’s very active participation in the bi-annual McMullen Naval History Symposium, an event with worldwide participation held at the US Naval Academy in September. The Club sponsored two panels of three scholars each and had an information table with Club information available for attendees. In October nine members and guests met in Lewes Delaware, at the Zwaanendael Museum, for a lecture on HM Brig _DeBraak_ , which had sunk in the Delaware Bay in June 1798. The remains of the ship as well as many artifacts have been recovered. Some of the artifacts are displayed in the museum. We viewed the remains of the hull preserved in a warehouse nearby. In 2024 we hope to arrange a more in-depth discussion, perhaps visiting other artifacts, including the great guns, housed in Dover Delaware. Several 1805 Club members attended the British Officers Club of Washington DC Trafalgar Dinner on October 20. Held at the beautiful Country Club of Fairfax, The 1805 Club had a display using chairman John Rodgaard’s fleet of small ships, representing the British fleet and combined Spanish and French fleets positions at noon on 21 October 1805. To close the year, Chairman John Rodgaard hosted a pop-up luncheon at Il Porto Restaurant in Alexandria on 16 December. Looking forward to 2024, we are seeing interest on the West Coast for putting together a gathering, perhaps to commemorate the Glorious First of June. This is in early planning. Tentatively scheduled for 15 June is a tour of the Nelson collection of the Maritime Museum, Newport News, Virginia, including items that are not usually displayed. We have begun discussions with the tall ship _Oliver Hazard Perry_ in Newport, RI, about holding an event on board for those in the New England area. 12 _**Harold E. “Pete” Stark**_ **US Secretary** ## **Club Projects** ## **Overview** Club projects completed during the year include a major memorial project, and two educational sponsorships. In addition the Club has several major ongoing projects. ## **COMPLETED PROJECTS** ## **The Cornwallis Plaque** Last year’s annual report featured the planning that had been and continued to be undertaken to deliver the commemoration service and unveiling of the Cornwallis Remembrance stone outside St Ann’s Church within the HM Naval Base Portsmouth. An extremely successful day in June 2023 was enjoyed by over 70 Club members and as many from Milford-on-Sea Historical Record Society (MOSHRS). Our Guest of Honour was the Lord-Lieutenant for Hampshire with other principal guests including the Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral, the Lord Mayor of Portsmouth, the MP for Portsmouth South, the Commodore of HM Naval Base, the Chaplain of HMS _Excellent_ , Professor Andrew Lambert and Professor Dominic Tweddle. We also had a contingent of the Portsmouth Sea Cadets helping at the event and forming a Guard of Honour for the Lord-Lieutenant. The church service started the event and was led by the Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral, ably assisted by the Chaplain of HMS _Excellent_ and our own Club Chaplain, the Reverend Lynda Sebbage. Following the service, the Dean of Portsmouth Cathedral blessed the Cornwallis Remembrance Stone before the Lord-Lieutenant unveiled it. Everyone then moved into the neighbouring gardens of Admiralty House, the official residence of the Second Sea Lord (2SL) and Deputy Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Martin Connell had given the Club his permission to use the gardens for a buffet lunch. The weather was glorious, the event surpassed expectations, all to be captured in a book being printed as this is typed: “The Cornwallis Memorial Decade”. ## _**Stephen Tregidgo**_ **Project Manager** **Also completed in 2023 was that year’s involvement in the US Naval Academy’s McMullen Symposium, which will be repeated in 2025.** 13 ## **US Naval Academy’s Bi-Annual 2023 McMullen Naval History Symposium** The US Naval Academy’s History Department held the bi-annual McMullen Naval History Symposium at the Academy between 21-22 September. This is the sixth McMullen in which The 1805 Club has sponsored scholars presenting papers on various topics pertaining to the Georgian sailing era. This year The Club sponsored two three-person panels. The McMullen is considered the most prestigious and largest naval history symposium of its kind. It attracts scholars and enthusiasts from around the world. The first panel’s theme was _Royal Navy Management of Captured Populations, 1793-1815_ . The panel comprised: _POWs in All But Name: The Capitulation of Nantucket, 1814_ Dr. Samantha Cavell, Southeastern Louisiana University _Maintaining French Prisoners of War in British Ports and Colonies, 1793–1815_ Dr. Cori Convertito, Key West Art & Historical Society _Prisoner Exchanges and British Naval Manning in the Great Wars with France, 1793-1815_ Dr. J. Ross Dancy, U.S. Naval War College The second panel’s theme was _Learning About Navies_ . The panel comprised: _A Grand Tour on a Budget: Naval Officers and Intelligence Gathering in the Age of Sail_ Dr. Evan Wilson, US Naval War College _Plagiarism or Inspiration? Borrowings Between the Royal Navy and the U.S. Navy_ Dr. Abigail Mullen, US Naval Academy _The Living Value of History: Age of Sail History as Intelligence at the Turn of the Twentieth Century_ Dr. Kevin D. McCranie, US Naval War College An honorarium of $300.00 was presented to those panelists who are not US government employees. Fellow Club members, Drs Samantha Cavell and Cori Convertito each received an honorarium. In addition to the panels, The Club had a display table, which told attendees about The Club. _Kedge Anchors_ and _Trafalgar Chronicles_ were available to attendees. Additionally, Nelson’s uniform and tricorn hat were on display. Twelve Club members attended the symposium. The next McMullen will be in September 2025 _**Harold ‘Pete’ Stark Judy Pearson Peter Turner John Rodgaard**_ **Also completed in 2023 was that year’s Annual Award to the Admiral Lord Nelson School, reported on here by Stephen Howarth, which will be repeated in 2024.** 14 Founded in 1995, Admiral Lord Nelson School is a secondary comprehensive day school in Portsmouth, UK. Its founding head teacher, Dianne Smith, was a Council member of The 1805 Club. The Club soon established THE 1805 CLUB SPECIAL AWARD FOR PERSONAL ENDEAVOUR IN OVERCOMING ADVERSITY, which took the form of an engraved silver cup. The name of the award was inspired by Nelson's characteristic and constant endeavour to overcome adversity. Each year the name of a new student, selected by the school, was added. Following a presentation, the student could keep the cup for one year. In 2022 the engraved area of the cup was full, and with the school’s agreement we redesigned the award. It is now an individual personalised engraved glass trophy, in the shape of a vertical A5-size plane with the Club’s crest, the name of the award and the year, the name of the student, and the school’s logo. Unlike the original cup, the recipient of the trophy keeps it forever. The first recipient was wheelchair-bound Cayla Maddix. ## **ONGOING PROJECTS** ## **Nelson’s Uniform and Display Case for the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society’s (NHCS), Charlestown, Nevis** Henry Poole & Co., the acknowledged founders of Savile Row, are long-standing friends of The 1805 Club. Their master tailor Mr Keith Levett personally and free of charge made for the Club a replica of Nelson’s uniform as a captain, for presentation to the Nevis Historical and Conservation Society, with a replica tricorn hat. This was in fact the second such uniform made for the Club by Keith and was presented to the Club at our 2023 AGM. John Rodgaard and Judy Pearson subsequently transported the uniform and the hat to the US for eventual inclusion in the future Nevis Maritime Museum. The first uniform made by Keith in the 1990s for us and the NHCS had deteriorated badly by exposure to the Nevis climate. Therefore the Club has arranged for the second uniform and hat to be displayed in a climate-controlled museum-quality case, which was commissioned - from EXPLUS Inc of Manassas, Virginia. Their website may be visited at https://www.ex plusinc.com/. After a series of staged payments, the case will be shipped in 2024 unassembled to the NHCS, with detailed video instructions for its assembly. _**John Rodgaard**_ **, Captain USN Ret Project Manager** _**Harold ‘Pete’ Stark**_ **US Secretary** ## **Conservation of the St John Figtree’s Parish Register containing Lord Nelson’s and Frances Nisbet’s marriage signatures — Formerly LIBOR Project #3** 15 The conservation of the Register by Ms Alison Fairburn of The Borthwick Institute for Archives, University of York, England continued through 2023. https://www.york.ac.uk/ borthwick/ The following is Ms. Fairburn's year-end progress report: “On 1 November 2023, I finished the large task of completing the repair infills needed for the missing and damaged areas of the register. This has taken time as I have needed to trace out maps of all the areas of damage and then needle out the infill from the repair paper I am using. I don't currently have the actual number of infills I have prepared but I am going to count them up. It's certainly in the hundreds. “Now that piece of work is complete, I can seriously get back into the paper repair. I'm hoping it will be fairly quick to complete the sections that are more robust. The more fragile pages will take more time. It is very difficult to give time scales on this work, which I know is frustrating. A number of sections have been repaired but I took the decision to complete all the infills for the whole register instead of continuing section by section. I thought this was a more efficient way of proceeding. It also means that I can build up my experience with what works and what doesn't during the repair work and it can be done more consistently without the need to stop and start to prepare more infills. “I have added a few (not very good) pictures to give you an overview of the infills work. The photos show the needled out infills within melinex polyester folders. They are numbered to match the numbers on the maps, so I can keep track of what goes where. This photo shows just a fraction of the infills that have been prepared. “Photo 0795 [below] shows the preparation of one of the maps. Just to confirm that there is no writing on the document. All the drawing of the missing areas is done on the melinex polyester. 16 “Currently 3 sections of the register are fully repaired, and 8 sections remain to be repaired (all infills prepared). Once the repair work is completed that will inform what type of binding would be best for the continued preservation of the register. A storage box will also be made. “With best wishes, “Alison Fairburn” Conservation of the document, to include the production of a hardbound copy, together with a digitised interactive facsimile, is scheduled for completion by October 2024. ## _**John Rodgaard**_ **, Captain USN Ret** ## _**Stephen Howarth**_ **Project Managers** ## **Upgrading of the Club websites — Formerly LIBOR Project #2** I have continued as The 1805 Club’s Webmaster and Coordinator working with AMA throughout the year. With AMA’s assistance and technical expertise, the website has continued to be updated and amended, with new functions being developed and added. During the year the _Kedge Anchors_ and _1805 Dispatches_ were uploaded twice/three times along with the _Trafalgar Chronicle_ making these documents accessible for members online. We now have the new function of _flip pages_ for the first ten pages of the _Trafalgar Chronicle_ which includes the List of Contents for members and potential purchasers to view. This facility is also available from the Publications box on the Home Page, plus the dropdown menu also on the Home Page. We are making all functions, where possible, to be interactive wherever they are on the website. AMA assisted with Shopify to expand the Shop under the expert eye of Kathy Brown. It now includes more items, more back copies of the _Trafalgar Chronicle_ and used books for sale, plus a Used Book Catalogue listing for buyers to view and then order. To mention just a few of the changes carried out; we migrated our dedicated email addresses from an external server to AMA’s own server, with the view to manage the facility with greater ease. We designed and implemented work forms for Stephen Howarth and events, on the same basis as the previous year for Stephen Tregidgo and the Cornwallis Event. We made changes to the payment methods, including a donation button, etc. and the changeover to Stripe (initially set up by Sue Carr) method of payment for subscriptions, renewals and donations etc. Throughout the year we have investigated digitalisation of the _Trafalgar Chronicle._ This publication has a wealth of material which we can use in so many different and exciting 17 ways in future projects, such as a virtual museum. We expanded our design brief to investigate how the website can become more interesting, versatile, and appealing to a wider audience of national and international researchers which can dovetail into existing functions, but also new projects. Work continues on the databases with further information being constantly added, and, on the different datasets and functions to incorporate the databases as a searchable, integral whole as Research Databases. Future work has been planned on the Memorial Map making it more interactive and searchable as we develop the website with new data. ## _**Josephine M. Birtwhistle**_ **Hon. Webmaster** ## **Publications** ## _**The Trafalgar Chronicle**_ The 2023 _Trafalgar Chronicle_ , New Series 8 was delivered to 1805 Club members in October 2023. Five-hundred copies were printed. Published by Seaforth, it consisted of 207 pages and 70 illustrations. For the theme, _Navies of the Georgian Era: An International Perspective_ , contributors gave our readers informative, often exciting stories of the interactions of leading navies in the Age of Sail: navies of the UK, US, France, Bombay Marine (India Navy), Russia, Sweden, Denmark, and the Ottoman Empire. The tale of Saumarez’s diplomacy in negotiating Britain’s relations with Sweden, Russia, and Denmark was particularly admirable. Authors for this edition reside in six countries: UK, US, India, Australia, Canada, and Sweden. Through extensive research, they gave us dramatic stories of mutiny, piracy, privateering, sea battles, diplomacy, international alliances, victory and advancement, loss and defeat, all in the quest for sea power. To recognize the 500th anniversary of the founding of the Swedish Navy, this edition included three reprinted articles from the compilation _The Baltic Cauldron -_ a collection of papers on the history of the Swedish Navy, from 1522 to the present, published in 2022. This section featured two articles by Peter Hore and one by Christer Hägg, former captain in the Royal Swedish Navy and an accomplished maritime artist whose painting of the SOIC East Indiaman _Götheborg_ graced the cover. The contents also included three biographical portraits and a general interest section that included research on the various swords the Duke of Clarence gave as gifts to Royal Navy officers, the many incarnations of a Royal Navy schooner, _Whiting_ , and an analysis of Nelson’s opinion of privateers. 18 _‘ Well written, well researched, well-illustrated, this is a publication that will both delight and inform. A most enjoyable read.’_ - D. J. Paul in _Naval Review_ ## _**Judith E. Pearson, PhD Captain John Rodgaard, USN Ret**_ **Co-editors,** _**The Trafalgar Chronicle**_ ## _**The Kedge Anchor**_ We continue with the two printed editions of _KA_ – spring and autumn. Stephen Howarth has continued to be an invaluable proof-reader and mentor. I have some help from Jennifer Newbold behind the scenes. The plan is to have someone ready to take over if and/or when events prevent me from doing the work. Jenny is as reluctant to take over as Editor, as I am for her to need to. The printing of _KA_ is still being ably done by Suffolk Digital, at a very good price, so I do not propose to change anything at this time. Prior to placing the order for each edition, I ask for a firm quotation, and if this turns out to be very different from the previous edition, I may review the situation. I also do not propose to change from Responsible Mailing for distribution of _KA_ , as they proved to be most competitive when last compared. ## _**The 1805 Dispatches**_ We also continue to produce the _TD_ every two months, with the first edition being in February. There seems to be plenty of news to fill the four standard pages, but, being digital (not printed), we have the flexibility to add a page or more when it is necessary. ## _**The Cornwallis Memorial Decade (CMD) Book**_ The _CMD_ is progressing, though still a lot to do and one article promised for the end of January, when it should be possible to carry on to completion during February. A number of items need to be discussed: Do we want/need an ISBN? Is the title satisfactory? How many copies (see Distribution below)? ## **Secondhand Books** Ms Kathy Brown, Ms Gillian Knight and Mr. Peter Turner are progressing with the book sales, as Kathy will enlarge upon. ## **Distribution** Last Autumn Mr Peter Turner took on responsibility for the mailing lists for both _KA_ and _TC_ . It became apparent that the number of complimentary copies of both publications is a bit ad hoc. I suggest that an agreed list for each publication is compiled, to ensure that we maximise their use as Club promotion material, without waste. This also applies to the _CMD_ book this time. I will ask the printer to do 20 copies for me, for which I will contribute the extra cost to the Club. Agreement needs to be reached as to the distribution list before print quantities can be decided. This needs to be finalised by the end of February 2024. 19 ## _**Mr. Peter Turner**_ **Editor,** _**Kedge Anchor**_ **and** _**Dispatches**_ ## **The Trafalgar Way** ## **Activities of The Trafalgar Way for 2023** The four-year contract for the Director of The Trafalgar Way terminated in February 2022. Since then, voluntary promotion efforts have continued on a "time available’ basis. ## **Website** The website continues to be maintained and added to, although on a limited basis as time permits. It continues to act as a valuable, high-profile resource for The 1805 Club. It is used notably by those interested in following the route of The Trafalgar Way or researching information for Pickle Night events. The website is a source of sign-ups to The 1805 Club and The Trafalgar Way mailing list with 139 new opt-in subscribers in calendar year 2022. ## **Social media** We continued sharing content and engaging with the public on social media, including our Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts. Our @LtLapenotiere twitter account once again 'live-tweeted' throughout the entire period September to November 2022 reporting 'on this day' of Trafalgar and for the journey back to the Admiralty with the Dispatches. This was again very entertaining and gained further followers, who were then directed to follow @TheTrafalgarWay. Current Twitter followings are up from last year: @TheTrafalgarWay – 869 followers @LtLapenotiere – 658 followers @1805Club – 698 followers (189 up from previous year) ## **The Official Story Map** 19 copies sold online in various formats 1 copy sold via Gardner’s book wholesaler ## **Events - Talks** Talks were given on a voluntary basis and used to fundraise for The 1805 Club and The 1805 Club Trading Company Ltd and to recruit new Club members where possible. - Friends of the Willis Museum, Basingstoke, November 2022 ## **Educational Content** No new educational content was created, but visitors continue to download free educational worksheets from our website. 20 ## **The Trafalgar Way End to End Virtual Running and Walking Challenge** This fundraising and awareness campaign, conducted via an online ‘Virtual Challenges’ provider, End to End (https://endtoend.run/) ended in November 2022. Over the course of one year, participants paid to enter a virtual running and walking challenge covering 271 miles, equivalent to the length of The Trafalgar Way, completing their miles anywhere in the world and logging their progress on the End to End website. By November 2022, 334 people had completed the challenge and the organisers, End to End, donated £1670 from the entry fees to The 1805 Club. ## **Slow Ways** In 2021 we created a "Waylist’ of safe footpaths fitting as closely as possible to the route of The Trafalgar Way, using the $Slow Ways” network. We continue to appeal to walkers to help us verify that route on foot, and it may in future be used for new fundraising and awareness challenges. ## _**Ms. Kathy Brown**_ **Project Manager** ## **The Flagship Fundraising Project** In 2023 the Trustees established an enhanced membership giving programme. It is a fundraising plan identified as The Flagship Fund. The objective of the fund is to obtain additional revenue to support Club projects and events. 21 **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Events** ## **for 2023** The Club held the following events during 2023: 3 February, Talk on the Trafalgar Way, Sidmouth, UK 11 February, Battle of Cape St Vincent, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 25 February, Midshipman Dale Commemoration, St George’s, Bermuda 18 March, Tour of Penn House, Buckinghamshire, UK 16 June, Cornwallis Dedication, HMNB Portsmouth, UK 22 16 June, 1805 Club Dinner, Royal Maritime Club, Portsmouth, UK 17 June, Annual General Meeting, National Museum of the Royal Navy, Portsmouth UK 5 August, Battle of the Nile Luncheon, Alexandria, Virginia, USA 21-22 September, McMullen Naval History Symposium, US Naval Academy, Annapolis, USA 14 October, HMS _DeBraak_ Tour, Lewes, Delaware, USA 21 October, Trafalgar Dinner, Fairfax Country Club, Fairfax, Virginia, USA 21 October, Trafalgar Dinner, HMS _Nelson_ Wardroom, Portsmouth, UK ## **LIST OF APPENDICES** Appendix A: The 1805 Club Organisation Chart (2023) Appendix B: Constitution of The 1805 Club: A Charity registered in England and Wales 1201272 1st Edition, 8 May 2021 Appendix C: The 1805 Club Trading Company Report **………………………………………… John A. Rodgaard, Capt, USN Ret Chairman 1 May 2024** 23 ## THE 1805 CLUB CHARITY NUMBER 1201272 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Nicholas Ridge, CTA Waltham Chase, Hampshire, SO32 2NP INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF THE 1805 CLUB Independent examinerfs report to the trustees of The 1805 Club I report to the charity truslees on my examination of the accounts of The 1805 club for the year ended 31 December 2023. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees ofthe Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Acr). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5){b) of the Act. Independent examinerfs ststement I have completed my examination. I confim that no material matters have come lo my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect- accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or the accounts do not accord with those records., or the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements COn￿rning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Paul Underwood Morrls Crocker Chartered Accountants Slalion House North Street Havant Hampshire P09 1QU Date.. ## THE 1805 CLUB STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ||Note||Unrestricted funds|Events|-Unrestricted
funds
Restricted income funds|Total funds| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||| ||||£||£
£|£| |Incoming resources|4|||||| |Income and endowments from:||||||| |Donations and legacies|||70861||55784|126645| |Charitable activities|||2391||13898|16289| |Other trading activities||||||| |Investments||||||0| |Total|||73252||13898
55784|142934| |Resources expended||||||| |Expenditure on:||||||| |Raising funds||||||0| |Charitable activities|5||16175||7952
6522|30649| |Total|||16175||7952
6522|30649| |**Net income/(expenditure)**|||**57077**||**5946**
**49262**|**112285**| |Transfers between funds|||5946|(5946)||0| |**Net movement in funds**|||**63023**|**0**
**49262**||**112285**| |||||||| |||||||| |||||||| |**Total funds carried forward**|||**63023**|**0**
**49262**||**112285**| 2 ## **THE 1805 CLUB** ## **BALANCE SHEET - 31 DECEMBER 2023** ||**Note**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Designated**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**income funds**|**Ttal**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**£**|**£**|**£**|**£**| |**Fixed assets**|||||| |**Curent assets**|||||| |**Debtors**|||||| |**The 1805 Club Trading**
**Company Ld**
**The 1805 Club, charit**
**number 1071871**|**7**|**1000**
**53013**||**49262**|**1000**
**102275**| |**Cash at bank and in**
**hand**|**8**|**13101**|||**13101**| |**Ttal current assets**||**67114**|**0**|**49262**|**116376**| |**Creditor: amounts**
**fallng due within 1 year**
**Accruals**||**4091**|||**4091**| |**Net current**
**asset/(liabites)**||**63023**|**0**|**49262**|**112285**| |**Ttl net aset or**
**liabiliies**||**63023**|**0**|**49262**|**112285**| |**Funds of the Charir:**|||||| |**Restrcted income funds**|
**9**|||**49262**|**49262**| |**Designated fnds**|**9**||**0**||**0**| |**Unrstricted funds**|**9**|**63023**|||**63023**| |**Ttl funds**||**63023**|**0**|**49262**|**112285**| **The accompanying notes numbers 1-1 O form part of these accounts.** ## **Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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John A Rodgaard
1 May 2024
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**. � Signed ............................................... . Nicholas Ridge FCA, CTA** **3** ## THE 1805 CLUB NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ## 1. Accounting Policies ## (a) Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.The Club constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102.The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Club's ability to continue as a going concern. In particular, the Club does not contract for goods or services unless it has the funds in hand to pay for them: it carries no overheads and is not exposed to unexpected fluctuations in income or expenditure. ## (b) Income recognition All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. Donations are recognised when the Club has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period. Subscription income, which offsets the costs of production of the Club's publications, Trafalgar Chronicle and Kedge Anchor, is included within Donations and legacies together with the related Gift Aid. Legacy gifts are recognised on a case by case basis following the granting of probate when the administrator/executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date. ## (c) Expenditure recognition Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings. Grants payable are payments made to third parties in the furtherance of the charitable objects of the Club. ## (d) Irrecoverable VAT Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it was incurred. ## (e) Allocation of support and governance costs Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support costs. Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. ## (f) Charitable activities Costs of charitable activities include grants made, governance costs and an apportionment of support costs. ## (g) Going concern The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. ## (h) Taxation The Charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. ## (i) Financial instruments The charity only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial 4 assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties and loans to related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares. ## (j) Debtors and cash at bank Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transactions costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. ## (k) Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents compromise cash at bank and on hand, deposits with bank and other shortterm highly liquid investments and bank overdrafts. In the balance sheet, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. ## (l) Creditors and provisions Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. 2. CIO formation; commencement of activity, and relationship with its predecessor, unincorporated charity number 1071871 also called The 1805 Club The charity was formed on 8 December 2022 with the object of taking over the business and assets of its predecessor, unincorporated charity also called The 1805 Club, charity number 1071871. The CIO became active on 17 June 2023 following resolutions at the AGM of the predecessor charity. As the predecessor charity must necessarily maintain a bank account, pending the eventual migration of Standing orders from members for their subscription renewals to the CIO, the Trustees of the predecessor charity have resolved in the meantime to make a grant to the CIO, equivalent to its reserves – see Note 4. The predecessor charity will be formally wound up in due course. ## 3. Related party transactions and trustees’ expenses and remuneration A trustee John Rodgaard received £2418 ($3000) for joint editorship of The Trafalgar Chronicle. A payment of £180 was made to the Treasurer’s firm Nicholas Ridge CTA for an annual subscription to Intuit Quickbooks accounting system: the charge benefitted from the discount available to the Treasurer’s Firm for the software. No other form of remuneration or other benefit in cash or kind was made to any of the trustees. There were no other related party transactions in the year, except where reported elsewhere in the accounts. ## 4. Analysis of Incoming resources |Donations and legacies:
_Subscriptions plus the related_
_Gift Aid_
_Donation from The 1805 Club_
_charity number 1071871_
_Other donations and legacies_
Charitable activities, see Note 9
Investments, being bank
interest||Unrestricted
funds
£
1876
69298
1563
515
-|Unrestricted
funds
£
1876
69298
1563
515
-|Events-
Unrestricted
funds
£
13898|Events-
Unrestricted
funds
£
13898|Restricted
income funds
£
50691
5093|Total funds
£
1876
119989
6656
14413
0| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||**73252**||**13898**|**55784**|**142934**| 5 ## 5. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities |Project costs:
_LIBOR projects, see Note 9_
_Nelson uniform and cabinet_
_Cornwallis/Peyton Memorials_
_McMullen Sponsorship_
_Menheniot and Nelson Room_
_Other_
Events
Publications
Advertising/Website
Clerical and secretarial
expenses
Bank charges
Governance and support costs:
_AGM_
_Council_
_Independent Examiner_
_Insurance_
_Other support costs_||Unrestricted
funds
£
484
87
11837
1975
268
85
0
0
960
479
0|Unrestricted
funds
£
484
87
11837
1975
268
85
0
0
960
479
0|Events-
Unrestricted
funds
7952|Events-
Unrestricted
funds
7952|Restricted
income funds
£
6494
28|Total funds
£
0
6494
0
484
0
87
7952
11837
1975
268
113
0
0
960
479
0| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| ||||||||| ||||**16175**||**7952**|**6522**|**30649**| ## 6. Staff costs The Charity had no employees during the year. No staff were paid emoluments greater than £60000. 7. Debtors represents a loan to The 1805 Club Trading Company Ltd, company limited by guarantee number 13702954, incorporated 25 October 2021. According to the company’s Articles, its profits are directed solely towards the objects of The 1805 Club. The 1805 Club is the company’s sole member and controls appointments to the company’s Board. 8. Cash at bank |8. Cash at bank|| |---|---| |Unity Trust bank
Stripe credit card account|2023
£
12435
666| ||**13101**| 6 ## 9. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year |9. Creditors: amounts falling due within one year||| |---|---|---| |Trade creditors
2024 Subscriptions in advance
Other creditors and accruals||2023
£
**307**
**2824**
**960**| |||**4091**| |10. Movement in funds
_Unrestricted funds_
General
_Restricted funds_
Flagship Fund
LIBOR:
Project -
Marriage register
Project -
conservation;
communication
and education
Nelson uniform
and cabinet
Cornwallis
publication
Fund for
restoration of the
grave ofGeorge
Forbes
Restricted fund
for the
commemoration
of Admiral de
Brueys
Total funds||Incoming
resources-see
Note 4
£
87150
483
24917
21906
2482
2119
3000
877|Incoming
resources-see
Note 4
£
87150
483
24917
21906
2482
2119
3000
877|Expenditure on
Charitable activities
-Note 5
£
(24127)
(6522)|Expenditure on
Charitable activities
-Note 5
£
(24127)
(6522)|Transfers
between funds|Carried forward, 31
December 2023
£
63023
483
24917
21906
(4040)
2119
3000
877|Carried forward, 31
December 2023
£
63023
483
24917
21906
(4040)
2119
3000
877| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| |||||||||| ||||**142934**||**(30649)**|**0**||**112285**| 7 THE 1805 CLUB CHARITY NUMBER 1071871 ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 Nicholas Ridge, CTA Waltham Chase, Hampshire, SO32 2NP ## THE 1805 CLUB STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ||Note||Unrestricted funds|Events|-Unrestricted
funds
Restricted income funds|Total funds||2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||| ||||£||£
£|£||£| |Incoming resources|3|||||||| |Income and endowments from:||||||||| |Donations and legacies|||14691||1585|16276|27244|| |Charitable activities|||259||2657|2916|15658|| |Other trading activities||||||||| |Investments|||1102|||1102|428|| |Total|||16052||2657
1585|20294|43330|| |Resources expended||||||||| |
Expenditure on:||||||||| |Raising funds||||||0|0|| |Charitable activities|4||80777||325
52783|133885|36044|| |Total|||80777||325
52783|133885|36044|| |**Net income/(expenditure)**|||**(64725)**||**2332**
**(51198)**|**(113591)**|**7286**|| |Transfers between funds|||2332|(2332)||0|0|| |**Net movement in funds**|||**(62393)**|**0**
**(51198)**||**(113591)**|**7286**|| |||||||||| |Reconciliation of funds:||||||||| |Total funds brought forward|||62393|0
51198||113591|106305|| |**Total funds carried forward**|||**0**|**0**
**0**||**0**|**113591**|| 1 THE 1805 CLUB BALANCE SHEET- 31 DECEMBER 2023 Unrestrict funds Desi na funds Restric income f nds 22 ixed Current asset$ Dabtors Cash at bank and in hand Total curfenl assets 1000 102275 102275 126114 102275 102275 127114 Creditors.. 8mounls falling due within 1 year Aecruals Due lo The 1805 Club CIO, charity numbof 1201272 Net current assetsllllabilitles) 13523 102275 102275 113591 Totsl net assets or Ilabilltles 113591 Funds of the Ch Restricted income funds Designated funds Unreslricled fund8 Total funds 51198 62393 113591 Notes 1-9 on the following pages form part of these accounts. Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by.. Signed . John A Rodgaard, ChaiM￿n Signed . Nicholas Ridge FCA, CTA IM ## THE 1805 CLUB NOTES TO THE ACCOUNTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 ## 1. Accounting Policies ## (a) Basis of preparation and assessment of going concern The accounts (financial statements) have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant notes to these accounts. The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the second edition of the Charities Statement of Recommended Practice issued in October 2019, the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) and the Charities Act 2011.The Club constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS 102. Following the formation of The 1805 Club CIO, charity number 1201272 the business and assets of the Club were transferred to the new CIO at the AGM on 17 June 2023. The trustees consider that there are no material uncertainties about the Club’s ability to carry on its normal business in the meantime. In particular, the Club does not contract for goods or services unless it has the funds in hand to pay for them: it carries no overheads and is not exposed to unexpected fluctuations in income or expenditure. ## (b) Income recognition All income is recognised once the charity has entitlement to the income, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount of income receivable can be measured reliably. Donations are recognised when the Club has been notified in writing of both the amount and settlement date. In the event that a donation is subject to conditions that require a level of performance before the charity is entitled to the funds, the income is deferred and not recognised until either those conditions are fully met, or the fulfilment of those conditions is wholly within the control of the charity and it is probable that those conditions will be fulfilled in the reporting period. Subscription income which largely offsets the costs of production of the Club's publications, Trafalgar Chronicle and Kedge Anchor, are included within Donations and legacies together with the related Gift Aid. Legacy gifts are recognised on a case by case basis following the granting of probate when the administrator/executor for the estate has communicated in writing both the amount and settlement date. ## (c) Expenditure recognition Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that settlement will be required and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. All expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis. All expenses including support costs and governance costs are allocated or apportioned to the applicable expenditure headings. Grants payable are payments made to third parties in the furtherance of the charitable objects of the Club. ## (d) Irrecoverable VAT Irrecoverable VAT is charged against the expenditure heading for which it was incurred. ## (e) Allocation of support and governance costs Support costs have been allocated between governance costs and other support costs. Governance costs comprise all costs involving the public accountability of the charity and its compliance with regulation and good practice. ## (f) Charitable activities Costs of charitable activities include grants made, governance costs and an apportionment of support costs. ## (g) Going concern The business and assets of the Club were transferred to The 1805 Club CIO, charity number 1201272 at the AGM on 17 June 2023. The Club’s bank account remains open however whilst members’ Standing orders for membership renewals are transferred into the bank account of the new CIO. It is expected that the exercise may need to continue into 2026, during which time the Club necessarily remains technically active as a going concern. 3 ## (h) Taxation The Charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities. ## (i) Financial instruments The charity only enters into basic financial instruments transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities like trade and other accounts receivable and payable, loans from banks and other third parties and loans to related parties and investments in non-puttable ordinary shares. ## (j) Debtors and cash at bank Short term debtors are measured at transaction price, less any impairment. Loans receivable are measured initially at fair value, net of transactions costs, and are measured subsequently at amortised cost using the effective interest method, less any impairment. ## (k) Cash and cash equivalents Cash and cash equivalents compromise cash at bank and on hand, deposits with bank and other shortterm highly liquid investments and bank overdrafts. In the balance sheet, bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings or current liabilities. ## (l) Creditors and provisions Creditors and provisions are recognised where the charity has a present obligation resulting from a past event that will probably result in the transfer of funds to a third party and the amount due to settle the obligation can be measured or estimated reliably. Creditors and provisions are normally recognised at their settlement amount after allowing for any trade discounts due. ## 2. Related party transactions and trustees’ expenses and remuneration No form of remuneration or other benefit in cash or kind was made to any of the trustees: in 2022 a trustee John Rodgaard received £3000 for joint editorship of The Trafalgar Chronicle. There were no other related party transactions in the year, except where reported elsewhere in the accounts. ## 3. Analysis of Incoming resources |3. Analysis of Incoming resources|s|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Unrestricted
funds
£
Donations and legacies:
_Subscriptions plus the related_
_Gift Aid_
14424
_Other donations and legacies_
267
Charitable activities
259
Investments, being bank
interest
1102
**16052**
4. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities
Unrestricted
funds
£
Project costs:
_LIBOR projects_
_Cornwallis/Peyton Memorials_
4950||Unrestricted
funds
£
14424
267
259
1102||Events-
Unrestricted
funds
£
2657|||Restricted
income funds
£
1585||Total funds
2022
£
£
14424
19373
1852
7871
2916
15658
1102
428|| |||||||||||| |||||||||||| ||||**16052**|||**2657**||**1585**|**20294**
**43330**|| |||||Events-
Unrestricted
funds|||Restricted
income funds
£
507||Total funds
£
507
4950|2022
£
7339
897| |||||||||||| ## 4. Analysis of expenditure on charitable activities 4 |_Nelson uniform and cabinet_
_McMullen Sponsorship_
_Menheniot and Nelson Room_
Events
Trafalgar Chronicle
Kedge Anchor
Other publications
Postage
Stationery and Club Flyer and
Logo
Website/IT exps
Grant to The 1805 Club CIO,
charity number 1201272 – see
Note 8
Bank charges
Governance and support costs:
_AGM_
_Council_
_Independent Examiner_
_Insurance_
_Other support costs_|1585
1585
0
0
0
0
1000
325
325
7353
0
10191
1957
1957
4569
0
500
165
165
228
137
137
0
1649
1649
739
69298
50691
119989
0
96
96
98
2525
2525
1619
0
84
0
972
0
455
0
0
0| |---|---| ||**80777**
**325**
**52783**
**133885**
**36044**| ## 5. Staff costs The Charity had no employees during the year (2022: none). No staff were paid emoluments greater than £60000. ## 6. Cash at bank |6. Cash at bank|| |---|---| |CAF Bank
Nat West Events account|2023
2022
£
£
102275
125835
0
279| ||**102275**
**126114**| 5 ## 7. Movement in funds and comparatives |Brought
forward, 1
January
2022
£
_Unrestricted funds_
General
49311
_Designated Events fund:_
89
_Restricted funds_
LIBOR
53028
Nelson uniform
and cabinet
Fund for
restoration of the
grave ofGeorge
Forbes
3000
Restricted fund
for the
commemoration
of Admiral de
Brueys
877
Total funds
**106305**|Brought
forward, 1
January
2022
£
_Unrestricted funds_
General
49311
_Designated Events fund:_
89
_Restricted funds_
LIBOR
53028
Nelson uniform
and cabinet
Fund for
restoration of the
grave ofGeorge
Forbes
3000
Restricted fund
for the
commemoration
of Admiral de
Brueys
877
Total funds
**106305**|Incoming
resources-
see Note 3
£
41698
1632|Expenditure on
Charitable
activities-Note 4
£
(28705)
(7339)|Transfers
between
funds
89
(89)|Transfers
between
funds
89
(89)|Carried
forward, 31
December
2022
£
62393
0
47321
0
3000
877|Incoming
resources-
see Note 3
£
18709
1585|Expenditure on
Fundraising
Charitable
activities-Note 4
£
£
~~-81102~~
(47321)
(1585)
(3000)
(877)|Expenditure on
Fundraising
Charitable
activities-Note 4
£
£
~~-81102~~
(47321)
(1585)
(3000)
(877)|Transfers
between
funds
£|Transfers
between
funds
£|Carried
forward, 31
December
2023
£
0
0
0
0
0|Carried
forward, 31
December
2023
£
0
0
0
0
0| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||||| ||**106305**|**43330**|**(36044)**||**0**|**113591**|**20294**|**0**|**(133885)**||**0**||**0**| 8. A grant of £119989 equal to the Club’s reserves was made to its successor organisation The 1805 Club CIO, charity number 1201272 in accordance with the powers contained within the Club’s constitution and in furtherance of its objectives. 9. No Independent Examination is required because the Club’s income was less than £25000. 6