WORLD WAR TWO ESCAPE LINES MEMORIAL SOCIETY

Charity Number: 1148116
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

EDUCATE AND INSPIRE FUTURE GENERATIONS ON THE ROLE OF WW2 ESCAPE LINES. PROMOTE THE RETRACE OF WW2 ESCAPE LINES. RECOGNISE THE ROLE OF THE LOCAL HELPERS WHO ASSISTED ALLIED SERVICE PERSONNEL AND OTHERS WHO HAD EVADED CAPTURE OR ESCAPED FROM CAPTURE AND GUIDE THEM BACK TO FREEDOM. PROVIDE RELIEF FOR HELPERS WHO ARE NOW IN NEED THEMSELVES. PROMOTE HUMANITY AND INTERNATIONAL UNDERSTANDING.

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £23,736
Total expenditure: £30,067

People

7 Trustee(s)

12 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

This charity does not have any trading subsidiaries.

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Economic/community Development/employment
  • Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Makes Grants To Individuals
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Advocacy/advice/information
  • Sponsors Or Undertakes Research
Where the charity operates:
  • Andorra
  • Belgium
  • Denmark
  • France
  • Greece
  • Italy
  • Luxembourg
  • Netherlands
  • Norway
  • Poland
  • Slovenia
  • Spain

Governance

Registration history:
  • 16 July 2012: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • 'WW2 ESCAPE LINES MEMORIAL SOCIETY', OR 'ELMS' (Working name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Conflicting interests
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Land and property:
This charity does not own and/or lease land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

7 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
ALLAN GERARD HUNN Trustee 27 April 2024
None on record
STEPHEN JAMES SIMS Trustee 25 April 2015
None on record
MAJOR JONATHAN WHITE Trustee 25 April 2015
None on record
JOHN MORGAN Trustee 27 May 2013
None on record
MAJOR BORIS SPENCE Trustee 23 May 2011
None on record
ROGER STANTON MBE Trustee 23 May 2011
None on record
JEREMY PEARCY Trustee 23 May 2011
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £23.67k £13.19k £8.64k £15.66k £23.74k
Total expenditure £17.71k £4.49k £6.56k £10.71k £30.07k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 29 July 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2023 16 November 2023 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2022 24 August 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2021 09 December 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 Not Required
Annual return 31 March 2020 23 October 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 Not Required
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

CONSTITUTION ADOPTED 30/04/2011 AS AMENDED ON 28/04/2012 AS AMENDED ON 30 APR 2016 as amended on 27 Apr 2019 as amended on 04 Dec 2022

Charitable objects

(1) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE WW2 ESCAPE LINES, THROUGH EDUCATIONAL AND REMEMBRANCE ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING: • THE MAINTENANCE AND DISSEMINATION OF INFORMATION HELD IN THE COLLECTIVE ARCHIVES OF ELMS MEMBERS; • TALKS AND VISITS TO SCHOOLS AND OTHER ORGANISATIONS; AND • THE STAGING OF REMEMBRANCE SERVICES AND COMMEMORATIVE TUTORIAL WALKS (WALKING MEMORIALS) ALONG ESCAPE LINE ROUTES. (2) THE RELIEF AND ASSISTANCE OF ANY PERSONS WHO ASSISTED MEMBERS OF THE ALLIED ARMED FORCES TO ESCAPE OR AVOID CAPTURE FROM ENEMY ARMED FORCES IN WW2 WHO ARE NOW IN NEED THEMSELVES THROUGH POVERTY, DISABILITY, SICKNESS OR OTHERWISE SUFFERING FROM ILL HEALTH AS A RESULT OF THEIR WARTIME ACTIVITIES.

Contact information

Address:
5 Tansy Road
Harrogate
HG3 2UJ
Phone:
01423508667
Email:
ROGERSTANTON.ELMS@TPIZ.CO.UK
Website:

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