THE NORMANDY MEMORIAL TRUST LTD

Registered charity 1168973 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To facilitate the design and construction of a memorial in Normandy, France in tribute to the members of the British armed services and those who served directly with them who died during in the Normandy Campaign of 1944.

Objects

(1) TO PROMOTE GOOD CITIZENSHIP AMONG THE PUBLIC AND TO PROMOTE THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE CROWN BY CREATING AND OPERATING A FITTING AND PERMANENT PUBLIC MEMORIAL IN NORMANDY, FRANCE TO THOSE MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH ARMED FORCES, INCLUDING MEMBERS OF OTHER SERVICES AND THOSE FROM OTHER NATIONS WHO FOUGHT DIRECTLY ALONGSIDE THEM, WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE LANDINGS ON ?D-DAY?, 6TH JUNE 1944, AND IN THE ASSOCIATED AND SUBSEQUENT FIGHTING WHICH IS COLLECTIVELY KNOWN AS THE ?NORMANDY CAMPAIGN?; AND (2) TO ADVANCE EDUCATION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT IN THE HISTORY OF D-DAY, THE NORMANDY CAMPAIGN, AND OTHER HISTORICAL CONFLICTS.

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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Registered contact address: Westminster, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group reported a surplus of £92,150 for the year ended 30 June 2025, with total net assets of £30,995,926. The trustees confirmed that the Group has adequate resources to meet ongoing costs for the foreseeable future, noting free reserves of £799,129. The financial position is supported by significant heritage assets valued at £26,654,245 and unrestricted funds of £30,875,087.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by TC Group. 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

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Normandy Memorial Trust (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 30/06/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~7.6 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (55% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 22.6% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Lord Richard DANNATTchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Baroness Gabrielle Louise BERTIN
• General Sir Peter Anthony WALL
• JOHN CONACHER HARRISON
• Lord Arthur Nicholas Winston Soames
• NICHOLAS NEWTON HENSHALL WITCHELL
• Richard Andrew Swallow · trustee of 1 other charity
• SIR MICHAEL DEREK VAUGHAN RAKE
• Viscount Henry Montgomery · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: France

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SPIRIT OF NORMANDY TRUST.

• SPIRIT OF NORMANDY TRUST income £123k
• THE REMEMBRANCE TRUST income £40k
• THE MERCURY FOUNDATION income £91k
• THE NATIONAL ARMY MUSEUM DEVELOPMENT TRUST income £25k
• THE YEOMANRY TRUST income £31k
• CHURCH MONUMENTS SOCIETY income £35k

Side by side with its peers

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