2025-04-05-accounts

ANNUAL REPORT 2024-25

1. OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

• a. Objectives:

• i. To research, conserve, interpret and provide access to the tangible and intangible military heritage of the city of Ripon and its environs.

• b. Activities

• i. Extensive engagement with Homes England, North Yorkshire Council and MoD (including DIO)

• ii. Extensive engagement with local politicians at Unitary Authority and parish council

• iii. Extensive engagement with local organisations representing veteran bodies, local interest groups, other charities

2. ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

• a. Successful partnership with the Institute of the Public Understanding of the Past (University of York), culminating in mentorship and research programme with an M.A. student

• b. The research and initial production of an interactive, digital map marking WW2 sites relating to military, civil defence and the ‘Home Front’ of Ripon and its environs

• c. Research and collation of material to further the production of a Heritage Strategy with Homes England to aid the preservation of heritage assets at Ripon Barracks

• d. Continuation of the Oral History Project, recording memories of the military in Ripon

• e. Participation in local community events such as the Royal Engineers Freedom Weekend

• f. Giving talks to local groups to raise the awareness and understanding of the military history of the city and its surroundings

• g. The Trust has received a limited number of donations for its collection, for example a 1/6 scale wooden model of a Bailey bridge which was used to teach Royal Engineers. In response the Trust has produced and agreed a ‘Collections Acquisition & Disposal Policy’. This has been established in line with current best practice and professional collections management expertise

3. FINANCIAL REVIEW

• a. at present we have no assets beyond our modest bank balance, other than gifts of manuals, models and personal memorabilia.

• b. We therefore have no material financial investments and have set no policy for such

• c. The principal risks facing the charity are that we fail to achieve our immediate target – that of preserving examples of the huts in Deverell Barracks, in which case we would continue to work on our other ongoing programmes, including the Oral History Project.

• d. It has been appropriate to incur no liabilities while we have no assets against which to offset these. We do not intend to incur any liabilities at this stage.

• e. Funding during the period has been from donations and grants.

• f. At the end of the reporting period, the charity held £858.85 in its Unity Trust Bank account.

• g. No commitments beyond the cost of operating the bank account, the charity website and charitable rate subscriptions to Microsoft and ESRI have been identified.

• h. The cost of these commitments has been underwritten by a corporate donor, who has undertaken to provide £500 per annum to the charity.

• i. Future programmes will not be embarked on without funds having been secured to cover the cost of their implementation and completion.

4. STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

• a. RMHT is a CIO with six trustees

• b. RMHT has no employees

• c. The trustees meet frequently

5. REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS

• a. Ripon Military Heritage Trust

• b. Registered Charity number 1203294

• c. 30 Market Place West, Ripon HG4 1BN

• d. Trustees:

• i. Guy Wilson

• ii. Jane Furse

• iii. Stuart Martin

• iv. Michael Furse

• v. Rachel Wigginton

• vi. Andrew Coles - appointed at Trustee meeting 16/03/2025

• e. Contact [e-mail]

6. EXEMPTIONS FROM DISCLOSURE

• a. N/A

7. FUNDS HELD AS CUSTODIAN TRUSTEE ON BEHALF OF OTHERS

• a. Nil

The annual report was approved by the Trustees on 4[th] February 2025, and in consequences were approved for signature by the Chairman on their joint behalf.

Guy Wilson, Chairman Date: 4[th] February 2026

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