Minutes for the 2025 Annual General Meeting of the
Army Apprentice National Memorial Trust.
Held at the National Memorial Arboretum on Saturday the 10th of May at 1300.
1 The Chairman, Terry Hanman, welcomed those present and opened the
meeting at 13.03
2 Members Present & Role:
Chaiman Terry Hanman (AOHA Harrogate)
Deputy Secretary Len Morland (AOHA Harrogate)
Treasurer Glyn Marsh (AOHA Harrogate)
Webmaster Colin Taylor [BEM] (HOBA Carlisle)
NMA Liaison Rob Cross (AOHA Harrogate)
Member David Hambidge (AOHA Harrogate)
Member Ken Carver (HOBA Carlisle)
Member Roger Traves (AOBA Arborfield)
Member Johnny McGahan (AOHA Harrogate)
3 Apologies received:
President Maj Gen John Stokoe (AOHA Harrogate)
Secretary Steve Joyce (HOBA Carlisle)
Member Peter Forster (AOHA Harrogate)
Member Dave Merrick (AOBA Arborfield)
Member Gordon Bonner (AOBA Arborfield)
Member Ray Armstrong(S/B) (BOBA Chepstow)
4 Minutes of 2024 AGM
The minutes of the 2024 AGM having been distributed to the Associations
for distribution to their members. Those members present were given
copies for their perusal and comment.
The minutes were accepted unanimously.
5 Matters Arising
Clarification of the closure of the Trust was assured.
That the criteria required by the Charities Commission to finalise the Trust
existence had been met, was assured.
The transfer to the Army Apprentice National Association completed
There was much discussion regarding the AANMT Website.
The consensus of which was that in order that duplication is avoided and
also excessive financial outlay the Army Apprentice National Association
becomes the Website Heading. Further we retain the website and domain
name.
Army Apprentice National Memorial Trust
The deputising Secretary to construct and forward a letter to Peter Forster
[AANA Webmaster], thanking him for his time and effort in developing their
website and offering him the option to assume the post of Webmaster
6 Secretary Report
The secretary, Steve Joyce, had given a statement. Appendix A
Unfortunately, gremlins attacked the Voice Recorder technology, so Len
has relied on his notes to compile this report
7 Election of Officers & Trustees
Since the Trust is no longer in existence there is no requirement for an
election of officers & trustees
8 Treasurer Report
Glyn reported that as required by the charities commission all matters
pertaining to the accounts had been settled and zeroed.
Final accounts details are at Appendix B
9 Webmasters Report
A vote of thanks is recorded to Colin for his sterling work down the years in
his role as webmaster, for his commitment and attention to detail.
His full report is attached at Appendix C
We also thank him for his offer to assist where necessary as the role is
handed over or to continue should Peter decide against taking up the role
10 Event Organiser Report
11 NMA Liaison Officers Report
12 A O B
13 Date of Next Meeting
Since the AANMT has now been formally closed and the conditions of the
Charities Commission having been met there will be no more meetings of
the Army Apprentice National memorial Trust
14 Closed @ 13.55
Appended Documents:
Appendix A Steve Joyce’s report
Appendix B Accounts
Appendix C Webmasters report
Army Apprentice National Memorial Trust
Appendix A:
Firstly, I would like to thank Len for stepping up and taking over the tasks of the
secretary at very short notice.
I’m sure many of you will be aware that during the summer last year I went to the
doctors regarding an itchy upper torso. This resulted in me having a multitude of
blood tests and scans.
I eventually ended up in a local hospital whilst they investigated the root cause. It
was cancer around the liver / bile duct.
I was eventually referred to Kings College Hospital London for even more tests to
confirm what could be done.
Thankfully the consultant said he can fix me!
The operation took place on 16th January, lasting 12 hours.
Recovery is taking much longer than I anticipated, but my consultant is more than
happy with my progress. I am now undergoing chemotherapy, thankfully in tablet
form.
They are letting me go on the cruise we had booked in March last year, which would
have prevented me attending this year’s reunion even if I had been fit enough.
I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend, and the weather is kind to you all on the
Sunday.
If all goes to plan, I should be able to pick up the secretary duties again later this
year.
Steve
Army Apprentice National Memorial Trust
Appendix B:
Income & Expenditure Statement for the
Army Apprence Naonal Memorial Trust
For the period 1st January 2024 – 31st May 2024
Funds as at 1st January 2024
Total Funds £347.21
Income Expenditure
Donaons from Assoc. £ 0.00 Insurance Excess Fund £ 347.21
Other Donaons £ 0.00
Total Income £ 0.00 Total Expenditure £ 347.21
In Year Surplus/(Deficit)£ (347.21)
Funds as at 31st May 2024
Total Funds £ 0.00
Glyn Marsh
Treasurer
Army Apprence Naonal Memorial Trust
Notes
- The Insurance Excess Fund was set up aer signing the new agreement with the NMA. This
stated that there was an excess liability of £500, aributable to the ‘Memorial’s Sponsor’.
This fund was established with the balance of £152.79 donated by the AANA.
Army Apprentice National Memorial Trust
Appendix C
WEBMASTERS REPORT 10 Ma 2025 - The AANM website is currently still up and running, but with a new hosting
Company as the original, (Falcoda), went into liquidation. The change to Heart
Internet was achieved with a lot of help from Glyn Marsh (Treasurer). - Since the change to Heart, there has been no further incidents where the site has
been down. - The AANM website also now has a current SSL Certificate.
- As the Trust and Charity are coming to the end of their tenure, I have amended the
website Title to just plain
Army Apprentice National Association & Memorial [ AANA&M ], although the use
of the word TRUST and TRUSTEES remain in the text where relevant. (As per
last years’ report). This is the website title when the website opens, but the web
address remains as • https://www.armyapprenticememorial.org.uk - The new name reflects that being used currently in Facebook
N.B. The name has been changed to “Army Apprentice National Association &
Memorial” to reflect what we are trying to achieve and keep the history of the
Memorial. - If this website is to remain in its current form, then the Rolls of Honour need
bringing up to date. Could the relevant Secretaries forward any updates to me. - If there is to be only one website representing the Army Apprentice community, we
need to maintain the History of how the Memorial came into being and all that goes
with that. The Rolls of Honour will still be required on the Site as well as other data. - See attached two examples of the current site statistics. There is more detail if the
meeting requires this. - We need to make a decision regarding the future of the AANM / AANA&M website?
Colin Taylor BEM
Webmaster
