CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Trustees, Annual Report for the period From 12th October 2023 Period end date Period start date To 12th October 2024 Charity name: The Gloucestsrshire Regiment Memorial Charity registration number: 1205169 Objectives and Activities SORP refErer8 Para 1.17 Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in rts goveming document To gather together sufficient funds for the purpose of erecting a Memorial to reflect and remember the 300 years of the Gloucestershire Regiment at the NMA, Stsffordshire Individual and group donations from ex- members of the Regiment and those who support its activities. The Memorial will provide a long overdue focus of the Regiment's history. Its large number of battle honours will help illustrate and enhance the publi reputation it has achleved and from which it will be remembered. The Memorial is located at the NMA and is available for all those visiting to see, read about and understand the history of the Gloucestershire Regiment and its place in the history of the country. The various inforniation Gontscts are readily available via the QR code located on the Memorial. Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the publi benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts. Pzrn 1.17aTrJ 1_19 Statement confinning whelher the trustees have had regard to the guidan issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit Parnl.18 Additional infomiation (optionall You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP refen Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Regimental Association branches in the Counties of Gloucestershire and Bristol have been Instrumental in Para 1.38
Contribution made by volunteers encouragement of Individual donations from those within their sphere of influence both individual and collective. Other Achievements and Performance j Having started with no funds at all it has been extremely praiseworthy to be able to have accumulated sufficient funds from donations in order to design, plan and erect a Memorial at the NMA within 2 years. The Memorial was dedicated in September 2024 at the NMA with some 300 plus individuals attending the unveiling. It was unveiled by HRH The Duke of Gloucester. The ceremony was widely broadcast locally and nationally by the press and TV. A$ part of the benefit to the wider public a QR code was attached to the Memorial so that current and future visitors to the NMA can link into the Regimental Museum and other Re imental websites. Summary of the main achievements of the chanty, identifying the difference the charity's work has made to the circUmstanS of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole. Para 1.20 Additional infomiatlon (optionall You ma choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against objectives set Pora 1.41 Perfomiance of fundraising activities against objectives set Para 1.41 Investment performance against objectives Para 1.41 Other
Financial Review Review of the charity's financial position at the end of the eriod Statement explaining the policy for holding reservés staling why they are held Pafa 1.21 The funds gathered exceedèd expectations and thus covered all the ex enses relatin to the whole ro ect See above- surplus funds will be transferred, after the end of the next FY, to a further Regimental charity once all outstandin bills have been £8.235 NIA Para 1.22 Amount of reserves held Reasons for holding zero reserves Details of fund materially in deficit Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern Pafa 1.22 Para 1.22 Pora 1.24 NIA Para 1.23 AS stated above the charlty wlll transfer its funds at the end of the project Additional infomiatlon (optional) You ma hoose to include further statements where relevant about.. The charity's principal sourrRs of funds (including any fundraising) PaR 1.47 Investment policy and obiectives including any social investment policy adopted Pars 1.46 A description of the pnncipal risks facing the charity Para 1.46 Other
Structure, Governance and Management Description of charity's trusts.. Type of goveming document Para 1.25 Trust Deed How is the charity constituted? le.g unincorporate assoc12tion CIO) Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or b¢Jdy entitled lo appoint one or more trustees Para 1.25 cio Parn 1.25 . Selected by fellow association members who support all activities Addltlonal inforniation (optional) You ma choose to include ftjrther statements where relevant about.. Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees Para 1.51 The charity is managed by the Chaimian and the 2 fellow Trustees. Its network includes all examembers of the Regiment and those supporters who have connections with the Regiment by family or association The charity's organisational structure and any wider neOrk with which the charity works Para 1.51 Relationship with any related parties Para 1.51 Other Reference and Administrative details Charity name The Gloucestershire R iment Memorial Other name the cha uses Re Islered charit number Charity's principal address 1205169 Picton House, Waterloo RQad.Cah0rpe. Lincolnshire NG32 3DX
Namos of the Charity trustees who manage the charlty Truste• nam• Office {rf any) Chairman Trustee Trustee Datas aeted if not for wholè ear Richard James Leonard Keeling Martin Vine 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Cor orate trustees- names of the directors at the date the re Director name Richard Jame$ Leonard Keelln Martin Vine rtwasa roved Name of trustees holding title to propety belonging to the chartty
Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others Description of the assets NIA held in this ¢apacty Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity's objects NIA Details of arrangements for safe Gustody and segregation of such assets from the charity's own assets NIA Additional infomiation (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional infomiation e of adviser Name Name of chief executive or names of senlor staff members (Optional infomiation) Exemptions from disclosure Reason for non4isdosure of ke rsonnel details Other o tional infomiation
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CHARITY COMMISSION J FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report lo the trustees rqe On accounts for the year ended Charfty no (il any) 1205J 14 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charityllhe Trust") for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charitys trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (llhe Act-). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried oul undér $8Ction 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under seclion 145(5Mb) of the Act. Independent trhe charty's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l am qualified to examiner's statement undertake the examinatn by being a qualrfied mèmber of linsert nam8 of applicable listed body]]. Delete I l rfnot applicabl8. I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come lo my attention in connects'on with the examination {gtkeptt die) which gtves me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charibes Act. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or the accounts did nol comply with the applicable requirements conceming the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement thal the accounts give a 'true and fair. view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems and have come awss no other matters in conneclion th the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounls to be reached. . Hease delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signèd: Date: Name: Relevant professlonal qualification(sl or body IER Oct 2018
(rf any): Address: 18 Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlighl matenal matters of concem (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give hero brfef details of any items that the examlnerwishes to disclose. IER Oct 2018