THE ARMY CATERING TRAINING TRUST

Registered charity 1197606 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ACTT

To promote, in such ways that the Trust from time to time think fit, the efficiency of the Army and in particular the Cookery Training Squadron (LAND), Cookery Training Wing, Defence Logistics School and maintain the current high standards of catering within the Army.

Objects

THE OBJECT OF THE CIO IS TO PROMOTE, IN SUCH WAYS AS THE TRUSTEES FROM TIME-TO-TIME THINK FIT, THE EFFICIENCY OF THE ARMY AND IN PARTICULAR THE FOOD SERVICES TRAINING SQUADRON (LAND) (THE FSTS(L)) AND TO MAINTAIN THE CURRENT HIGH STANDARD OF CATERING WITHIN THE ARMY.

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 holds unrestricted reserves of £918,295, which represents an increase from the previous year's £885,328. The trustees have indicated that day-to-day operational cash requirements should not exceed £100,000, with any excess transferred to a reserve fund to provide flexibility against potential government policy changes affecting apprenticeship funding. The charity reports no fund deficit and confirms that its resources are adequate to continue operating.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• 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
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/03/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jamie Russell Webb-Fryerchair
• Andrew Jones
• Darrin Karl Sinclair
• Helen Carney
• Lieutenant Colonel Marcus Richard Appleton
• Major Adam Harrison RLC
• Martin Raymond Foulds RLC
• SSgt Michele Elaine Hunter RLC
• Stephen Wharton

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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