ST NAZAIRE RAID MEMORIAL TRUST

Registered charity 1208309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The construction of a permanent memorial to perpetuate the memory of the men of all three Services who mounted and supported the Raid on St Nazaire on 28th March 1942.The development and maintenance of a programme of education based on the memorial.

Objects

THE PROMOTION OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT THROUGH THE BUILDING AND MAINTENANCE OF A MEMORIAL, AND ASSOCIATED EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, TO PERPETUATE THE MEMORY OF THE MEN OF ALL THREE SERVICES WHO MOUNTED AND SUPPORTED THE RAID ON ST NAZAIRE ON 28TH MARCH 1942.

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Armed Forces/emergency Service Efficiency · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit on unrestricted funds of £83,670, reducing its general reserves to £32,743. However, the trustees are satisfied that the charity is a going concern, citing sufficient unrestricted funds to meet remaining obligations for its education programme and adequate funding for the completed memorial construction.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting 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.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• The Royal Logistic Corps — “The Royal Logistic Corps” (source page)
• Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association — “Liverpool Scottish Regimental Association” (source page)
• The Gosling Foundation — “The Gosling Foundation” (source page)
• The Auston Trust Fund — “The Auston Trust Fund” (source page)
• Babcock International Group — “Babcock International Group” (source page)
• Booth King Partnership — “Booth King Partnership” (source page)

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Lander Best TD MAchair · trustee of 4 other charities
• Ann Leslie MItchell MBE
• David Cullen Arnott
• Jonathan Patrick Rooke
• Major James Marshall Wilson-White MBA
• RICHARD JOHN HOLMAN FCA
• Richard John Holman FCA · trustee of 9 other charities
• Stephen Mark Pryde

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

Operates in: Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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