## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01-04-2024 Period start date To 31-03-2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Ringwood Veterans Hub** ## **Charity registration number: 1204288** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Offers a relaxed weekly meeting and ad**
**hoc activities to all Armed forces**
**veterans and emergency services**
**personnel.**| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or services
identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Space to meet with other veterans to talk**
**and share concerns they may have and**
**direct to any relevant organisations for**
**assistance if needed.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**Summary of Achievements:**

**Purpose:**Reduce social isolation.

**Events:**Regular and ad hoc events
promoting wellbeing and friendship.

**Membership:**40 members, with 30
actively attending sessions.

**Activities:**
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Monthly Breakfast and
Luncheon clubs
`o`
Christmas Party
`o`
Armed Forces Day
celebrations
`o`
Regular events with speakers
and quizzes
`o`
Day trips| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Achievements against
objectives set|
Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**Bank balance £13,276.84**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**No reserves held**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**N/A**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Fundraising activities, including**
**collection boxes in local shops and we**
**receive individual donations**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Memorandum and articles of association**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Advertise particular skills and**
**experience. Interviews by current**
**trustees.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|
Para 1.51|| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Ringwood Veterans Hub| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1204288| |Charity’s principal address|Greyfriars Community Centre, 44 Christchurch Rd,
Ringwood, BH24 1DW| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||RosemaryWhite|Chair||Board of Trustees| ||Brenda Rolfe|Treasurer|Jan 2025 – Current|Chair| ||Ruth Sparks|Treasurer|April 2024 to Dec 2024|Chair| ||Natalie Bale||April 2024 to Dec 2024|Chair| ||Malcolm Dowland|IT Officer|Jan 2025 – Current|Chair| ||Robert Stanyard||Jan 2025 – Current|Chair| ||Pauline Chalk|Secretary|Jan 2025 – Current|Chair| ||Martin Hughes||Jan 2025 – Current|Chair| ||Sarah Hughes||Jan 2025 – Current|Chair| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Brenda Ann Rolfe **Full name(s)** Brenda Ann Rolfe **Position (eg Secretary,** Treasurer **Chair, etc)** **Date** 9/8/2025