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6 QARANC THE GAZETTE
QUEEN ALEXANDRA’S ROYAL ARMY NURSING CORPS ASSOCIATION
TRUSTEES’ ANNUAL REPORT PERIOD FROM 1 JANUARY 2016 TO 30 JUNE 2016
Bankers The Royal Bank of Scotland plc Holt’s Farnborough Branch
Lawrie House, Victoria Road Farnborough
Hampshire GU14 7NR
Investment advisors Merrill Lynch Investment Managers Ltd 12 Throgmorton Avenue
London EC2N 2DL Auditor TTCA Ltd
Registered Auditors 269 Farnborough Road Farnborough Hampshire GU14 7LY
STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
The Charity name
The legal name of the Charity is: Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps Association.
The charity’s areas of operation and UK charitable registration
The Charity is registered in England and Wales with charity number 1163821. This Charity is the successor to Charity Number 270278.
Legal structure of the charity
The Charity is constituted as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation established on 2 October 2015 by a written constitution and its governing document is a written constitution. The Charity Trustees, having consulted with its members, transferred their assets from the Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps Association (Charity Number 270278) to the new Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO) number 1163821. It was agreed that this would assist in the future protection of their assets and support to the Trustees. The Trustees are all individuals.
The Charity’s organisational structure
The General Secretary of the QARANC Association and an administrative assistant (who is shared with the other three corps of the Army Medical Services) carry out the work of the Association on a day-to-day basis. The General Secretary left post at the end of June – day-to-day running has continued whilst the recruitment process is underway. Bookkeeping services are contracted. The QARANC Association is administered and managed by the Board of Trustees who are Managing Trustees of all assets, funds and property of the Association. The Board consists of 3 ex officio Trustees, 5 nominated Trustees and not less than 4 nor more than 7 appointed Trustees. The Vice President (a nominated Trustee) passed away on 19 May 2016 and a replacement did not assume appointment in this accounting period. Vacant posts for the appointed members are publicised, applications invited and appointments made following selection by the Board
Members. All new Trustees receive a copy of the Constitution and the Charity Commission booklet ‘The Essential Trustee: What You Need to Know’. All are encouraged to attend a training course funded by the Association.
OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES
Objects and activities of the charity
The QARANC Association was established in 1947 to assist distressed nurses requiring support and who served in any of the Army Nursing Services or served in the ATS during the Second World War as nursing orderlies. The current membership comprises approximately 1,296 retired members of the Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service (QAIMNS) and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps (QARANC) as well as 747 serving members of the Regular and Reserve Officers and Soldiers of the QARANC.
The purposes of the Charity as set out in its governing document
The operational activities of the Charity through the Board of Trustees are restricted to the objects laid down in the ‘Constitution’. The ‘Objects’ of the Association are:
1.To promote efficiency of the Army by:
A. Maintaining contact between past and present
members of the QARANC (the Corps), fostering mutual friendship between them and providing for social gatherings for them.
B. Fostering esprit de corps, comradeship and the welfare of the corps and preserving its traditions.
2. Relieving, either generally or individually, members of the Association or past and present members of the Corps and their dependents, who are in conditions of need, hardship or distress (beneficiaries).
The main activities undertaken in relation to those purposes during the year
The main work of the Charity is for the relief of members. Over the period January 2016 to June 2016, the Association dealt with 38 charitable requests and made 36 grants totalling £25,368. This includes grants made to Annuitants.
The main activities undertaken during the year to further the Charity’s purpose for the public benefit
The Trustees make grants to those who face hardship and meet the Association’s eligibility criteria. This is often following assessment by other organisations such as the Royal British Legion, SSAFA Forces Help, the Officers’ Association or Veterans’ Aid. In addition they support members with grants for adventurous training, certain sporting activities and sporting equipment. Branches of the Association may apply to Headquarters for help with funding for social gatherings.
The Trustees are aware of the commitment made by all serving personnel and award grants for conferences and prizes for outstanding professional achievement.
All members over the age of eighty are remembered on