THE WATERLOO ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 269938 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE ASSOCIATION OF FRIENDS OF THE WATERLOO COMMITTEE, THE WATERLOO COMMITTEE

Promote interest and research into the Peninsular Wars and The Waterloo Campaign. Support Waterloo 200.Support an annual conference and relevant visit.Hold AGM (spring) and autumn meetings. At each meeting there is a relevant public lecture.Publish 3 journals/year containing original articles.

Objects

A) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE HISTORY OF THE WARS BETWEEN ENGLAND AND FRANCE AND KNOWN AS THE NAPOLEONIC WAR AND IN PARTICULAR FOR THE ADVANCMENT OF THE EDUCATION OF THE PUBLIC OF THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE CAMPAIGN OF 1815; B) TO PROMOTE PUBLIC EDUCATION BY THE PRESERVATION OF THE SITE OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO; C) SUCH OTHER CHARITABLE OBJECTS OR PURPOSES AS THE TRUSTEES SHALL IN THEIR ABSOLUTE DISCRETION FROM TIME TO TIME DETERMINE.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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 £94,179, representing a significant increase from the previous year's £64,853. The trustees report that prudent cost control ensures the Association will have no problems continuing to fulfil its obligations. Additionally, the specific Quatre Bras Memorial maintenance fund is noted to be exhausted, with future maintenance costs to be covered by the General Fund.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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• Risk management
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• MAJOR GENERAL SIR EVELYN JOHN WEBB-CARTER KCVO, OBEchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Gareth Glover · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Peter Morewood
• LADY CAROLINE JANE WELLESLEY · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Belgium · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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