Ancre Somme Association
Annual Report and Receipt5 and Payment5 Account
For the perlod ended 30th September 2025
Northern Ireland Charities Number: 108368

Ancre Somme Association
Contents
Page
Charity Information
Trustees, Annual Report
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees
Statement of Recelpts and Payments
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Notes to the Financial Statements
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Referen￿$ and adrninistrdtlve detalls
Charity Name:
Ancre Somme Associatlon
Charity Registration Number-
108368
Contact Address:
Brownlow House
Windsor Avenue
Lur8an
Craigavon
BT67 9BJ
Trustees:
Mark Scott Jameson
Sharon Woods
William John Woods
Gillian Dorothy Bleakney
Grenville Ashley Forbes
Richard Stewart Jameson
Independent Examiner:
WJ Mcclelland
WJ Mcclelland & Co
7A Gilford Street
Tandragee
BT62 2DA
Bankers:
Ulster Bank

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Trustees, Annual Report for the period ended 30th September 2025
The trustees present the annual report and accounts for Ancre Somme Association for the year
ended 30th September 2025.
Objectlves and Artivltle$
Educate OUT communities about ourArmed Forces hlstoryfrom WWI. WW2 and all subsequent wars and
confllct's. Organlse or assist in organising meetings, lectures, classes and exhibitions, and publish or assist
in publishing reports, periodicals, recordings, books or other documents or information.Remember the
brave men and women of our Armed Forces who have paid the ultimate sacrifice from WWI to the
present day.
Promote and carry out, or assist in promoting and carrying out research, surveys and investigations and
publish the useful results thereof.
Recruit and train volunteers with relevant skills to carry out the purposes of the Charity. Support our
Armed Forces and our Armed Forces charities and leave a legacy for future generations.
Achievements & Perfomiance
•Celebrated the 15th Anniversary of the Ancre Somme Association Charity with a commemorative dinner
at Brownlow House, hosted by BBC presenter Liam Beckett MBE, bringing together member5, SUPPOrters.
veterans, and community representatlves.
•Continued to promote the charity's core aims of Educatlon. Remembrance and Veterans Supportthrough
a wide range of commemorative and educational events across Northern Ireland.
•Or8anised and hosted an 80th Anniversary commemoratlon of the Liberafjon of Auschwitz-Birkenau in
January 2025, including a lantern parade involving local schoolchildren and an evening of reflection and
Holocaust education at Brownlow House.
•Delivered Holocaust education presentations focusing on the experiences of children during the
Holocaust. ensuring future generations understand the impart of Auschwitz-Birkenau and the importance
of remembrance.
•Hosted a commemorative event marking the 80th Anniversary of the Liberation of Dachau Concentration
Camp in April 2025, featuring presentations from historians, documentsry makers and relatives of
liberators connected to Northern Ireland.
•Welcomed U.S. Consul General James Applegate to Brownlow Courtyard as part of commemorations
recognising the role of Northern Ireland and American forces during the Second World War.
•Held a special event commemorating the 75th Anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War,
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Flnanclal Revlew
The charities funds continue to grow and remain strong allowing it to carry out its activities and
objectives.
Going Concern
The trustees have reviewed their financial position and are in a positlon to contlnue runnlng
events next year. The nature and number of events will be dependent on the what funding

Strurture Govemance and Mana
ment
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Goveming Document and Constitution of the Charity
The charity 15 governed by its constitution.
Recrultment and Appolntment of Volunteers
The Trustees welcome new volunteers to help with the running of the charity, any new volunteers
initially meet with the Trustees so they have a understanding of the work involved are glven
training and support.
Organlsatlonal Strurture
The governin8 body of the charity 15 the board of trustee's who are listed on the information page.
The charity is run by the trustee's who work together to make decisions regarding the running
of the charitv.
Statement of Trustees, Responslbllltles
The Trustees are responsible for preparing the Trustee'5 Report and the Statement of Receipts
nd Payments and Statement of Assets and Liabilities in accordance with applicable law and
regulations.
The law applicable to Charities in Northern Ireland with income of less than £250,000 requires
the Trustees to prepare a statement of Receipts and Payments and a Statement of L55ets and
Liabilities for each financial year.
The Trustees are responsible for keeping accounting records that are sufficent to show and
explain the transactions and disclose with reasonable accruacy at any time the Assets and
Liabilities of the charity. They are a150 responsible for safeguarding the A55ets of the charlty
and hence taking resaonable Steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other
irregularitie5.
Statement as to disclosure to our examlners
In so far as the trustees are aware at the timing of approving our trustees, annual report:
there is no relevant audit information of which the charity's auditor is unaware: and
the trustees have taken all steps that they ought to have taken to make themselves
aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the charity's auditor is
aware of that information.
Publk Benefit Statement
The trustees are satisfied that it adheres to the public benefit test set out by the Charities
Commission of Northern Ireland due to the objectives it provides.
Independent Examlner
The examiner. W J Mcclelland & Co have indicated their willingness to continue in office.

Independent Examlner's Report to Ancre Somme Associatlon
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I report on the accounts of the charity for the period ended 30th September 2025 which are set out on
pages 5-6.
Re5peLtlve re$F￿nsIbIlItIeS of Tn￿tee$ and Examlner
As the Charit￿5 trustee5 you are responsible for the preparation of the Bccount5 in accordance with the
Charities Act (Northern Irelandl 2QKJ8.
It is my responsibility to..
examine the accounts under sertion 65 of the Charlties Art;
follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern
Ireland under sectlon 65191(bl of the Charities Act- and
State whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basls of Independent Examlnels report
I have examined your charity accounts a5 required under sertion 65 of the Charities Act and my examination
was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
under section 6519llbl of the Charities Act.
My examination included a review of the attounting rècords kept by the charity and a comparison of the
accounts presented with those records. It also included consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the
accounts, and seekin8 explanations from you as charity trustees conterning any suth matters.
My role is to state whether any material matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe:
l. That accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 63 of the Charlties Act
2. That the accounts do not accord with those accounting records
3. That the accounts do not comply wlth the accountlng reqLtlrements of the Charities Art
4. That there is further information needed for a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Independent examinerfs statement
I have completed my examination and have no concern5 in respect of the matters111 to141 listed above and, in
connection with following the Directions of the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, I have found no
matters that require drawing to your attention.
WJ Mcclelland
Certified Public Accountants
7A Gllford Street
Tandragee
County Armagh
BT67 ZDA
Date: 04th August 2026

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Statement of Receipts & Payments for the period ended 30th September 2025
Unrestrirted Restrirted
Note funds
funds
Prior year
Total funds total funds
Income from:
Donations
Fundraising
Grant Funding
Total Income
3,335
13,107
22,402
38,844
3,335
13,107
22,402
38,844
11.600
24.992
12,025
48,617
Expendlture on:
Fundraising
Charitable Activities
Total expendlture
Net Income / lexpendlture) resources
16,599
33,599
50.198
11,354
16,599
33,599
50.198
11,354
40,047
29.866
69.913
21,296

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Statement of Assets & Liabilities- Period Ended 30th September 2025
2025
2024
Reconciliation of funds at 31st Sep 2025
Total funds brought forward
Surpluslldeficitl this year end
Total funds carried forward
37,869
7,682
45,551
59,164
-21,295
37,869
Bank & Cash Balan
Cash at bank and in hand
45,551
45,551
37,869
37,869
Represented by
Unrestricted funds
Restricted funds
Total Funds
45,551
59,164
45,551
59,164
Notes on pages 7 to 8 are an integral part of these financial statements,
The financial statements on pages 5 to 6 were approved by the Board of Trustees on
3 April 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
Markjameson
Chair Person
Gillian Bleakney - Treasurer

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Notes to the financial statements for the period ended 30th September 2025
l. Accounting policles
The principal accounting politie5 èdopted, Judgements aDd key sources of estlmatlon uncertalnty In the
preparation of the finantial statements are as follows:
a) Preparation of ac¢ounts on a golng concern basls
The Group meets Its flnanclal obligations mainly from income received at events the Group run and also from
making grant funding applicatlons for specific purposes. The Group has some reserves and so ff there was a fall In
income then It coultl stlll contlnue but wlth reduced attivbty. The expenditure relating to grant income is most
dependent on the funding being succe55ful and as such rfihis income dropped then the group would also have a
drop in expenditure. Therefore these financlal statements have been prepared on a Eolng concern basis.
bl Income
Income is accounted for on a cash receipts basis a5 the amount Is collected and are allocated as either restricted
or unreslrlcted funds according to the terms of the donation.
cl Expenditure
Expenditure is recognised on a cash payments basi5.
dl Cash and cash equlvalents
Cash anil cash equivalents Includes cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid
Investments with oriBinal rnaturitie5 of three months or less and bank overdrafts.
l) Funds
Funds are classlfled as eriher restricted funds or unre5tricEed funds. defined a5 follow5.'
Restricted fund5 are funds subject to speciPJc requirements as to thelr use whlch may be declared by ihe donor or
wtih their authortty or created through legal processes, but still within the wlder objects of the Group.
Unre5tritted funds are expendable at the discretion of the trustees in furtherance of the objects of the charity. If
parts of the unrestrlcted funds are earmarked at the discretion of the trustee5 for a particular purpose, they are
designated as a separate fund. This deslgnatlon has an adminlstratlve purpose On￿ and does not legally restrict
the trustees. discretion to applythe fund.
2. Fundralslng
Unrestrlrted
Restrlrted
Total 2025
Totsl 2024
Service Collection
Sale of Merchandise
Donatlohs
Trlp
McGrnth Festlval
103
4,182
3,335
8,823
103
4,182
3,335
8,823
841
14.127
20,605
1,019
36,592
16.442
16,442
3. Grants
Unrestrlrted
Re$trlrted
Totsl 2025
Total 2024
Grants
22.402
22,402
12,025
22.402
22,402
12,025

Pa8e 8
4. Analy$15 of Expendlture
Unrestrfthd Restrlthd
Totsl 2025
Totsl Z024
Fundraising
Purchase5
48,328
62,363
Totsl
48,328
62,363
Charltable Acllvltles
Donations
Prlntlng, Postage & Stationery
Trip Refund
Rent, Heat & Llght
To Empire Poppy Store
Bank Charges
Grant Refund
General Expenses
Bench Deposit Refvnd
Heny Wilson Framing
McGrath Festlval
Empire Poppy Store
Bandlslnger
Bus Hire
Wreaths
587
149
587
149
350
745
3,$04
104
104
136
186
186
2.808
Total
1,870
1.870
7.550
5. Taxatlon
Ancre Somme A550Ciation is not subject to taxation on its charitable artivtiies.
6. Analysls of trust¢¢ remuneratlon and expenses.
No Trustee received any payments other than for out of ptxket expenses Incurred on behalf of the group