THE BURMA STAR MEMORIAL FUND

Registered charity 1109753 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To advance the education of people who are in need of financial assistance and who come from those Commonwealth and Allied countries that contributed service men and women to the Burma Campaign.To establish and maintain memorials in remembrance of those who served in the Campaign.

Objects

(I) TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PEOPLE WHO ARE IN NEED OF FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE AND WHO COME FROM THOSE COMMONWEALTH AND ALLIED COUNTRIES THAT CONTRIBUTED SERVICE MEN AND WOMEN TO THE CAMPAIGN. (II) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MEMORIAL OR MEMORIALS IN REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN THE CAMPAIGN (III) TO RELIEVE THOSE PEOPLE WHO SERVED IN THE CAMPAIGN AND THEIR SPOUSES AND DEPENDANTS WHO ARE IN NEED BY VIRTUE OF FINANCIAL HARDSHIP, SICKNESS OR OLD AGE BY: a. MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO THEM OR b. PROVIDING OR PAYING FOR GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES FOR THEM INCLUDING EDUCATION OR TRAINING OR c. MAKING GRANTS OF MONEY TO OTHER PERSONS OR BODIES WHO PROVIDE GOODS, SERVICES OR FACILITIES TO THOSE IN NEED(IV) TO ESTABLISH AND MAINTAIN A MUSEUM FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC TO FURTHER ADVANCE THE EDUCATION, REMEMBRANCE AND LEGACY OF THE BURMA CAMPAIGN

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.

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Environment/conservation/heritage · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net deficit of £40,415 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds to £397,446. Unrestricted reserves stood at £289,451, which the trustees consider sufficient to meet financial commitments for the next six months alongside anticipated income. The trustees confirm the charity is a going concern.

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.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Investment
• Risk management
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2021)

Reported reserves equal ~14.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 7.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 6.5% of total income — above the median for charities its size (3.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lord MARK WILLIAM RAWDON SLIMchair
• JEREMY ARCHER
• Lieutenant Colonel Retd Paul Corden
• REAR ADMIRAL CHRISTOPHER CLAYTON
• Vikas Krishan

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with PROSPECT BURMA CIO.

• PROSPECT BURMA CIO income £696k
• BURMA SKINCARE INITIATIVE income £332k
• BRAMA TRUST income £111k
• MIMANSA FOUNDATION TRUST income £153k
• GIVING OPPORTUNITIES TO ACHIEVE AND LEARN FOR THE GAMBIA income £75k
• MOBILE EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS income £66k

Side by side with its peers

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