## ON THE RECORD MEMORIAL
Charity Number 1211219 (England and Wales)
Unaudited Charity Accounts for the Year ended 31 December 2025
## ON THE RECORD MEMORIAL
## Contents of the Charity Accounts
|Annual Report|2|
|---|---|
|Statement of Financial Activities|3|
|Balance Sheet|4|
|Notes to the Charity Accounts|5|
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ON THE RECORD MEMORIAL
## Trustee Annual Report
## for the year from 9 December 2024 to 31 December 2025
The principal address of the charity is Saddlers House, High Street, Bloxham, Banbury OX15 4LU The following individuals were the charity trustees on the date the report was approved
Andrew Baud Sarah Sands Jon Williams
The Charity was formed on 9 December 2024. The Charity is governed by a constitution The Charity is constituted as an unincorporated association
The Charitable purpose of charity is the promotion of good citizenship for the public benefit, through the creation of a permanent national memorial and accompanying online database that commemorates and remembers UK and UK-based journalists killed in the line of duty.
To further these purposes for the public benefit, we carried out the following activities:
Advancing the development of the memorial through governance, fundraising and stakeholder engagement; progressing the concept and scope of the accompanying online database; initiating and managing a national design competition to identify a suitable artistic vision for the memorial; and continuing to build partnerships with industry, media and civic organisations to support delivery and long-term stewardship.
The main achievements of On The Record Memorial in the year were:
Strengthening the charity’s governance and operating framework; securing early-stage support and commitments from key stakeholders; successfully launching and progressing the memorial design competition, with strong interest from the design community; and establishing clearer plans for the integration of the physical memorial with an accessible and enduring digital archive.
The trustees have read the Commission’s Public Benefit requirement statutory guidance and have had regard to this when running the charity.
A review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the year:
In the financial 2025, the Charity had an income of £10,607 and an expenditure of £2,493.
There are no funds held by the charity that are materially in deficit.
## Sarah Sands
Sarah Sands (Jul 2, 2026 21:58:43 GMT+1)
Sarah Sands Trustee and Chair Date
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## Statement of Financial Activities for
## Year ended 31 December 2025
|**Income Resources**
Donations
Charitable Activities
Other
**TOTAL**
**Resources Expended**
Raising Funds
Charitable Activities
Other
**TOTAL**
**Net**
**income/(expenditure)**
**Extraordinary items**
Transfers between
Funds
Net Movement in Funds
**Reconciliation of**
**Funds**
Total funds brought
forward
**Total Funds Carried**
**Forward**|**Unrestricted**
**Funds**
**Restricted**
**Income**
**Funds**
**Endowment**
**Funds**
**Total**
**Funds**
**Prior Year**
**Funds**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
**£**
10,607
0
0
10,607
0
**10,607**
**0**
**0**
**10,607**
0
(2,015)
0
0
(2,015)
0
(477)
0
0
(477)
0
**(2,492)**
**0**
**0**
**(2,492)**
**8,115**
**0**
**0**
**8,115**
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0|
|---|---|
||**8,115**
**0**
**0**
**8,115**
**0**|
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## Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025
|Notes
**Current Assets**
Cash at Bank and on hand
**Creditors: amounts falling due within**
**one year**
**Net current assets/(liabilities)**
**Total assets less current liabilities**
**Total net assets or liabilities**
**Funds of the Charity**
Unrestricted Funds
**Total Funds**|£
8,365|2025
£
8,115
8,115|£
0|2024
£
0
0|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||8,365
(250)||0
0||
|||**8,115**||0|
|||8,115||0|
|||**8,115**||**0**|
The company was entitled to exemption from audit under s477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.
The members have not required the company to obtain an audit in accordance with section 476 of the Companies Act 2006.
The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Companies Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.
These accounts have been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to small companies subject to the small companies’ regime and in accordance with FRS102 SORP.
The financial statements were approved and authorised for issue by one of the Trustees on 1[st] July 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Sarah Sands {{sig2_es_:signer1:signature:dimension(width=80mm, height=15mm)}} ~~Sarah S~~ Sarah Sands (Jul 2, 2026 21:58:43 GMT+1) ands
Trustee and Chair
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ON THE RECORD MEMORIAL
## Notes to the Charity Accounts for the
year ended 31 December 2025
## **1. Accounting policies**
## **Basis of Accounting**
These accounts have been prepared under the historical cost convention with items recognised at cost or transaction value unless otherwise stated in the relevant note(s) to these accounts.
The accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice: Accounting and Reporting by Charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) issued on 16 July 2014
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