INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1094928 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organises and supports activities in the British Isles and Spain to commemorate and study in the international brigade volunteers in the Spanish Civil War 1936-39.

Objects

THE CHARITY'S OBJECTS ("THE OBJECTS") ARE(1) TO EDUCATE THE PUBLIC IN THE HISTORY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO FOUGHT IN THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADES AND IN THE MEDICAL AND OTHER SUPPORT SERVICES IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR.IN PARTICULAR, BY PRESERVING AND CATALOGUING VALUABLE HISTORICAL MATERIAL RELATING HERETO AND BY MAKING SUCH MATERIAL AVAILABLE TO THE PUBLIC.(2) TO FOSTER GOOD CITIZENSHIP BY REMEMBERING THOSE WHO HAVE FALLEN IN THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR BY PRESERVING, MAINTAINING AND ASSISTING IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF WAR MEMORIALS.

Area of benefit: NATIONAL AND OVERSEAS

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity incurred a net expenditure of £9,522 for the year, reducing its unrestricted reserves from £56,742 to £47,220. The trustees consider it necessary to hold unrestricted reserves to discharge projected expenditure for the next 12 months, though no specific policy target amount is stated. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention giving cause to believe the accounts were materially non-compliant.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• JIM JUMPchair
• Alan Lloyd
• Alexander Fraser Gordon
• David Chanter
• David McKnight
• Denis Anthony Lenihan
• Dolores Elizabeth Long
• Jonathan Havard
• Luke O'Riordan
• Lynda Mary Walker
• MEGAN DOBNEY
• Michael Stewart Arnott
• PAUL COLES

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Ireland · Northern Ireland · Scotland · Spain

Income and spending

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