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FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n FD Business Ltd<\/p>\n Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n Page<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Member\u2019s Report<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 1\u20144<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Accountant’s Report<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 5<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Profit and Loss Account<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 6<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Balance Sheet<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 7<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n Notes to the Financial Statements<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 8<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n The following pages do not form part of the statutory accounts:<\/p>\n Trading Profit and Loss Account<\/p>\n<\/td>\n 9<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n The Chair presents her report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 January 2019.<\/p>\n The Emily Davison Memorial Project (EDMP) was officially launched on 6th February 2018, the date that Parliament passed the Representation of the People Act 1918, when some women got the right to vote. The first official meeting was held at 3pm on 15th February at 31 Links Road, Epsom, Surrey KT17 3PP, attended by Sarah Dewing and Paul Taylor (What\u2019s on in Epsom).<\/p>\n The aim of the EDMP is to support the creation of a memorial to the suffragette Emily Wilding Davison in Epsom and Ewell. It was decided to form an unincorporated association to run the project and the constitution was finalised on 18th February 2018, with Sarah as Chair and Paul as Vice\u00adChair. It was decided not to become a charity, even though this may have opened up more funding sources, due to the urgency of trying to complete the time\u00adlimited project during the centenary year of 2018 if possible.<\/p>\n Support came from a variety of places: Initial discussions with local borough councillors was favourable and there was cross\u00adparty support from local MP, Rt. Hon Chris Grayling MP, and Emily Thornberry MP, who had attempted to get a statue of Emily installed at the Houses of Parliament in 2013, the centenary of her death.<\/p>\n Philippa Bilton, Emily\u2019s descendent, expressed her desire to be involved with the project, and we also received encouragement from \u201cEmily Inspires\u201d project in Morpeth, Northumberland, that was also running a campaign to install a statue of Emily in her home town. Several academics in modern and suffragette history were also excited by the initiative and offered their support, and Jeremy Harte and David Brooks form Bourne Hall Museum also joined the group.<\/p>\n On 24th April 2018, the council unanimously passed a motion, tabled by Cllr. Kate Chinn, formally calling for support for the project. Since then, the group has worked closely with the council to move the project forward. Two councilors, Eber Kington and Tella Wormington regularly attend EDMP meetings. Cllr. Kington and CFO Amardip Healy were identified as our main points of contact for both councilors and council staff.<\/p>\n A call\u00adout was sent through the Facebook page set up by Paul and a list of potential group members was drawn up and invited to the next meeting on Wednesday 14th March at Bourne Hall, Ewell. This was well attended, and a number of people volunteered their participation.<\/p>\n The current group comprises of: Also closely associated with the project are: Other volunteers who have contributed time to the fundraising aspect of the project: Local sculptor Christine Charlesworth agreed to take on the commission. She is a member of both the Royal Society of British Sculptors and Society of Women Artists, with many previous commissions to her name. After much discussion between Sarah and Christine, it was agreed that it should be a life\u00adsize bronze of Emily, seated on a contemporary granite bench, in a conversational pose, with her books and mortar board beside her and her many suffragette badges adorning her jacket, representing her academic achievements, intelligence, sacrifice and courage. Being seated would also make her accessible on a human scale to the public who could sit beside her and engage with her. An accompanying plaque would describe not just the tragic circumstances of her death, but more importantly her life and importance to the suffragette campaign. We also hope to integrate an interactive video element to the work.<\/p>\n Christine has created a 1\/3 scale bronze resin maquette of the statue which she has exhibited locally. We are hoping to sell some copies of this and also a bronze bust of the life\u00adsize model once it is completed, with profit donated to the project. It also provides a very useful promotional tool.<\/p>\n A community bank account was opened at Metro Bank and accountant Peter Stamps from local business FD Business Ltd. agreed to act as Treasurer. An initial budget was drawn up. It is outlined below:<\/p>\n Cost of life\u00adsize bronze sculpture \u00a332,400 * Estimated costs<\/p>\n A Treasurer\u2019s Report accompanies this report.<\/p>\n Discussions were held with the council about siting the statue in a prominent location in the town centre from the beginning of the project. However, it took until July to finally agree on the specific location in the market place and sort out the legal implications. This was due to the fact that both the county and borough councils needed to be consulted around permissions and agreements. The market place was also due for redevelopment and the memorial needed to become a part of the official plan, which took some time.<\/p>\n An ambitious timeline was set for the fundraising campaign to be completed by November 2018, to allow enough time for the memorial to be created for an unveiling on the anniversary of her death on 8th June 2019. The urgency was due to the national focus on 2018 being the centenary year of women getting the vote, and all the publicity around this, including the Vote 100 campaign and various other statues of suffragettes being unveiled around the country.<\/p>\n The council have been supportive since the beginning, in terms of facilitating the legal and planning side of things, liaising with Surrey County Council, and agreeing to take ownership and responsibility for insuring and maintaining the statue once installed. In addition to support from many councilors, in particular Eber Kington and Tella Wormongton, Amardip Healy, Chief Finance Officer at the council has been most helpful in facilitating the identification of a suitable site, the permissions needed for the memorial and the commitment of the council to take ownership and to cover insurance and maintenance. She also acted as liaison with Surrey County Council. An Agreement in Principle was given on 26th June 2018, and the specific location for the statue was agreed in July.<\/p>\n Initially, due to the limited time capacity of the group, we had hoped that we could secure a small number of substantial sponsorships, using member\u2019s own contacts, or approaching CSR and HR departments of large corporates with a local presence. However, we needed to wait until we had developed a suite of sponsorship packages and had a confirmed site. Unfortunately, this was not until July, with the summer holiday season approaching, which meant that Charlotte had limited opportunity to approach companies until September. By this time, many had already allocated their CSR funds. Charlotte Dring offered to take the lead on this.<\/p>\n At the same time, Sarah was researching and applying to various grants funds, including the Heritage Lottery Fund, Surrey Community Fund and the Goisoncott Foundation, unfortunately without success to date.<\/p>\n Paul initiated donate buttons on both the Facebook page and website, but donations from the public were slow to come, perhaps because more awareness of the project was needed.<\/p>\n Organising fundraising activities was also discussed, but it was decided that we did not have the capacity as a group to manage any at this time.<\/p>\n A \u201c100 for 100\u201d campaign was launched in the autumn, to encourage smaller local businesses to give to the project. However, at the first meeting of 2019, it was agreed to suspend this campaign that had limited success and it was felt might limit the amount that could be offered by local business.<\/p>\n A significant boost was given to the project in early February, with the council approving a contribution of \u00a320,000 from development funds towards the project. This will greatly help us to secure match funding going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n
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The Beginning<\/strong><\/h3>\n
The Organisation<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Support for the Project<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Membership<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Plilippa Bilton Descendent of Emily Davison
Sarah Dewing Chair & Local resident and artist
Charlotte Dring Whitehall civil servant
Dr. Subo Emanuel Local GP, formerly of the Old Cottage Hospital
Cllr. Eber Kington Leader of RA Group, Epsom & Ewell Borough Council
Peter Stamps Treasurer & local business person
Paul Taylor Vice Chair & local business person
Barbara Watts Epsom Siroptimists
Cllr. Tella Wormington Town Ward Councillor, Epsom & Ewell Borough council<\/p>\n
David Brooks Bourne Hall Museum
Christine Charlesworth Commissioned sculptor
Irene Cockcroft suffragette historian
<\/span>Jeremy Harte Curator, Bourne hall Museum
Alana Harris Lecturer in Modern British History, Kings College London<\/p>\n
Jonathan Gunesekera Formerly of W.S. Atkins
Nathan Dewing Graduate student<\/span><\/p>\nThe Memorial Design<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Finance<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Cost of maquette \u00a33,780
Cost of the granite bench \u00a32,000
Cost of accompanying information plaque \u00a31,800*
Cost of engraving the bench \u00a31,000*
Cost of unveiling event \u00a35,000*
Contingency @ 10% \u00a34,598
Total \u00a350,578<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Site<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Timeline<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Council Support.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Fundraising<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Publicity and Promotion<\/strong><\/h3>\n