forthe pffi(Kl 2 Au8USt 2024 to 31 A• 2025 Ashford Heritage and Memorlal Charitable Foundation We seek to prese￿e, maintaln and promote public awarn￿ of ￿ritage anefacts of real hlstodd Impor. tance.to the people of Ashford In KellL ObJecthTe8 And actlvltles • To establish and mainiain a histodc colleLtlon kn re]atiOD to the distrids military and dvic lllstory for the benefit of the publlc. • To advance the education of the public in d* subject of the mibtary and clvlc history of the dlstrlct of Ash- fo￿. Since the Foundation's inception in August 2024. the Thjstees I￿ve f(KI￿1 on four key hthtage assets. In October 2024, the Foundailon applfied to the Herftage Lottay Fund for £1.4 miJ]ion to begln essentlal re- poir work on this nationally and internationally acdaitned monumenL Out of 52 applicants. AHMCF pro. gr￿ed to the final three, and although ultimately unsucwful, It was suongly encoura8ed to reapply fin the Ashford Bomugh Councll has since earn1a￿d £3(KI.(KYJ from its ￿ServeS to support the restondon of the Tank. AHMCF is now submitting an Exptession of llnter￿ io the National Lottery Heritage Funl which wfill forn] the basts of a full app]Icario The bid wlll be Si￿￿CandY strengthened by the Council's match kndillg and by the results of a conTprehen. slve public engagement pwe, wluch detnonstrdted overwhelming COmmUDity SUPPOrt for the project. The Foundation is prepariog a new appllcation to the Haitage Lottery Fun4 seeloD8 Sup[￿ to bevin the project in 2026. October 2025 nwked the 150th anllivew of the biTth of Mai4 and the Foundation organised a screeDin8 of the fthn of her life alongside preswtations from the Ambassakn of Rouwiia and Dr Tessa txm. lop. Ashford Bornugh Council is &]ivering a £250 mllllon to￿1 celltre regeneration project on a hi5torAc brown. field site, and as part of that pmgraD)tne the Foundation prnrA)sed the cre*ion of a monument aj￿ MeM￿la1 to honour the people who tragically l(k5t their lives dwing the World War tE attack on Newtown Works. AIIMCF has designed a sensitive and appropriate thrte to tt* falla4 following ex￿￿1Ve engagement with thè local LN)mmunity. The reSryj￿5e has been Of¥dTrAthgly positive. demollsDAting strollg public support for the Melt￿rIaL The Foundation has already secuted fi￿dIllg ￿ tl* pmject and is cutrelltly in the pEtJcess of seeking p]anwDg permiwon to move the s￿￿le foTh¥ar Ashford has a strong Nepalese commuDiry, and the Foundation wanted to (Teare a couununity centsE that is open to everyone whtle also helping NepaIe5e Te5idenLS reconnect with their traditions ai)d heritage. A devel- oper is committed to bringing this viston to lifr. with the Foundation tskng a leading mle in malang this dream a reality. n additio￿ the Foundation is being ￿'fted a￿ of laD¢ which will be l￿d in ljvst for the people of A5hford. This Spa￿ will be protected and enjoyed by future generdtion4 ensutillg a Jasting legacy for the community. Looking ahead Given the critical stao of the tanL the TrU￿eS. f￿￿S will be to seek fundin8 for the restorntion and preser. vation of thÉs. and will work with stskeholders to find a viable way to raise the nece&sary fund%. A5 part of these effons, there will be Strong public engagement ￿ gajner sjpport. They will also njn a schools enga8ement PD)jea about the life of Queen Marie of Romania and her Ilnks to Ashfotd. Strneturej governanee and management AHMCF is a Charitsble Incory)OTated Orgamisition a ConstitirtiOhL Cbatltable objetts • To establish and maintain a historfc collection in ￿LitIon to the dI￿ld$ mllitary and dvlc history for the benefit of the publlc. • To advan￿ the education of the publlc In the subject of d* military and dvic hlstory of the dlstiict of Ash- ford. The Tll￿tees confirm that tly have pald due re8ard to the guida￿ tsgued by the Charity Commission on public beneflt in decfidlng what actyities the dw7ty sl¥)uld undertth. There must be at least threE ch￿ify-ll1mee$. The mawitlln number of ttU5tees is 12. In accordance with the constitutio￿ Tn￿ are appoin￿d or rtrappointed for a terni of th￿e years by a tts- olutlon passed at a properly convened meethig of the chaxity tn￿ee& In appointing Thjstees. due consideration is ￿Ven to ensuring that the Ilijstees have. bettveen them, the skills and ex￿rienCe necessary to manage the chatity effectively and in aLThrdance with charity law. ChaLIty Registration No. 12LV3410 Ashford Volunteer CenttE Berwick House 8 Elwick Road Ashford TN23 IPF E￿all. co]rtact a5hf rdve.or . Sir George Jessel DL . Chair pet￿ Feacey. Deputy Cbair aud fOu￿le[ melllber Lee Michael Forema Bethau Peal. Tn]stee Stephen Gallagher Gopi Lin8am AP￿illted January 2025 Appoittted August 2024 Appointed Jalluary 2025 Resigrt￿ April 2026 Appointed March 2025 AptKJinted ma￿ 2025 Ap￿]ntsa Ma￿h 2025 Lindsay Wrdtten. Cbarity admI￿trator Mettt) Banl 95 High Stre¢ Asbfor¢ Kent TF424 &SA gi r ¢, y- Cok( %£. JL Signatslre The Foundatioll had a firt rep￿ting Grants and Donations totslling £9,529A4 being re- ceived. WbiEe the first reporting ￿lod oDly s3w m(xlest ex￿1th. ￿ fu￿1￿8 has enabled the Queen Marie project to be undertaken after reporting perio(i While these contiibutions are fantastiq and enable SD￿]leT scale evfflt& addiiioua] sigD}fiC￿ external ing will lleed to LE sought to untstake some of the aspirdtional projttts the Fowidation ha5. The Statement of CoMprehe￿￿1ve Income aThl Statement of FI￿7￿ClaI Positioll foi the reEK)tting periods is showll at AppeEtdix A to this reporL The.Foundation will retain restrÉcted and unrestricted ftmds on the balance sheet derived from the sOu￿e of the fLwding. There is cU￿endY no expbat on reserves aud this will be developed as the need ￿lseS. ALI Tr]stees act in a voluntary capacity a[￿ receive no remunerntion or other material benefits ftom their set- vices to the Charity. Out.of.pocket expenses neCeSs￿Y and tea50nably InL7wr￿ by Thtstees ill pl￿o￿llg the purp￿ of the Ch￿lty aTr reittthutsed at cosL The Ttustees decjare that • The Ch￿lty has given no giiarantees WI￿ Weutial liabi]ity thider the guara￿ is outstanding at the date of this ststement (eg." an¥ outst3uthtyongoin8 contract or legal undertaking to buy OT provide specific ser- • The charity ba5 no debt outstallding at the date of this 5Litement whicb 15 Ow￿[ by the CIO and Tryhich is se- cured by an express cbarge on any assets of the CIO (eg: a ￿ortgage on pn)paty owned by the charity) Appendix A Ashford Heritage and Memorial Charitable Foundatlon Statement of Anancial Posltlon as at 31/0812025 Unrestricted Restrirted Funds Funds Total Funds Fixed Assets Current Assets Stock Debtors Donations Cash at Bank Total Current Assets 0.00 0.00 9,502.75 9,502.75 0.00 9,502.75 0.00 9,502.75 Current liabilities Creditors 0.00 Net Current Assets 9.502.75 0.00 9,502.75 Total Assets less Current Liabllltles 9,502.75 0.00 9.502.75 Net Assets 9,502.75 0.00 9,502.75 Funds Unrestricted Funds Restri cted Funds 9,502.75 9,502.75 Total Funds 0.00 9.502.75 Appendlx A Ashford Heritage and Memorial tharltable Foundation Statement of Comprehensive Income and Expendlture Period 02/8/2024 - 31108/2025 Unrestrirted R￿trIcted Funds Funds Total Funds Income Donation Grants Investment Income 529.84 9,000.00 32.75 529.84 9,CK)O.00 32.75 Total Income 9.562.59 0.00 9.$62S9 Expenditure on Charitable Activities Governance Costs.-. Event Expenditure Queen Marie 2025 Queen Marie 2026 Administration 0.00 0.00 (59.84) {59.84) Total Expenditure (59.84) 159.84) Net Income 9.502.75 0.00 9,502.75