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Trustees, Annual Report For the period F￿rn Islart datel to ond dots Section A Reference and èdmini5tration details ChorSty na 1 st Fintharn slead SD)Ut Grou Other n&￿￿6 the chaiity is knon by RegBl8red chaty nUr￿¢r Ol any) HQ rBgbtr¥lbn nurrtjer Chorfty'$ prt)al addreB8 Fknthba8e' Calrfomia Count P•dt Nne Mle RbJ• Fknth4 st•ad Wokkn ham Postujde Namos ol tho charfty trusts•s ¥kno man4g8 th• tharty Tru•t•• N•m• Offle• llf•ry) D•l• •elbd If nat )r whol• yui Bob Harfson Rebecca Gent An8belle Guillo Matthèw Radlord Chay Secreta T￿asurer GTOU Scout Loadèr Fffjm 1111212019 From 0711112018 From 1711212018 Frvm 1810912018 10 N8ns and ddresses of adv￿lS loplt*n81 nloThrnthJn but •ncour8g•d best prnctknl of ad￿tsr Banker Na HSBC Addrèss 1-2 Mgrkel Place, W0￿.n harn, RG40 1AL Section B SlrLlCtiirE governa TTrce and man,Igcmcnt D&s￿pt￿n of the charity'¥ trusts 1 LT700001 I3￿ Oecenknr 20181

Typg of goveming do￿￿nI The Group's oovemlng dooJwnts 8r8 th08e of the The ScLJut Assodatbn. They cons of 8 Roy81 Ch8rter. in tum gfvg9 authority lo the Bye La￿ of the AssO￿lI0n and Th$ Poky. Ofganty8knn and Rubgs of The SD)Ut ABSwat￿n. (e.0. trust doed. eonstitulJnl How the tharfly k con6thuted The Group 15 a tNst estsblishèd undtr Ms ruk8$ whth 8 coffrnn to all Scouts. l?.g. trusl. TnJst88 s•kctkJn mèthod$ le.g. Bppolnted by. elected by) Thg Trustees aTr appolnted kn accordance wth th& Poliw, anwlknn and FIJ￿$ ol The SCLJUI Assodation. Addrt￿￿81 goveman¢è wjes loplKJnal vifomwtion bul encourdged as b&sl prdcticl You may choos• to knthd8 8ddltK>ftal Inlonnallon. where ￿￿Vant, ?bouL' Th8 GrDUP ￿ managed by Ihe Group Execulfve Comnlttee, the ol are the 'Chathy Trustgas, of thg SeA)ut GrDUP thlch Is an educathjnal d)artty. As Lathy t￿$1?95 th$y rpsponsble lor cory)￿g lth knglBTratkJn appIcab￿ to thaths. Th15 Includes th• rggistratK)n. k¢eping propgr accounls and mkkng rnlum$ to th• Ch8rlty Clin￿￿￿)ft 86 approprfgt•. PolKaeB and pro¢edure$ odoptod for. 81 the Inductbn and trainng of tNstee$,' bl Irustee, conshJerati)n ol major ￿kS 8nd thg Sygtemg 8nd pro¢¢dure$ to man89• tham The Commrtteg ￿1n$￿tr of 3 knd¢pond•nl repre￿ntallY0s, Ch•tr, Trno$u(•r and Sewtsry together wlh the Group Scout Lgad•r$ 8nd Assbtane• Group So)ul Leader. rf appolnled. The CommMto• rn&&ts •v•ry 2-3 rwJnlh8. Sec¥)n leaderB aro InvM¢d to attond Ihè Cornlttee meetiigs. lrtlomlknn forExecutNe ConvTritee' wlhin th8 fst S n￿nthS of ￿k)kno Ihe rJJrfflthè. Thts Group Exe(yJli4 CoTrvrfMee extsis lo support tha Group Srnul Le8der In m86tKig the responsbltles of thg appoinlmnts and i8 rn8ponsb$8 (or. The n•lnlenance ol Group property: The rn15ing of lunds and tho adfftnistratl)n of Group fm8n¢&', The knsurance ol person$. prop&rfy 8nd ¥quO￿n1'. Group publk occ48i)ns", AssL8tlng kn the Te(¥ullmanl of18adrs and 0th0r adu Jpport.. Appolnlng any sub comkntt8è$ thot my be rgquwgd., Appolnllng Group Adrin4trdtors and Advi¥0￿ other Ih¥n those e￿Cl•d. Section B Structure, governan¢e and management IcontinuEdl sk and Inmal Control ISp•clm•n 1) The Group ExecutNe Cormthe has Klentir￿ the nwNIT risks 2 LT700001 (3rd D￿ntsr 20181

to they bele¥e the Gffjup h e¥4)OS8d. these have bg¢n revIe￿d and Syste￿ have been established to nitwJate against them. The main a￿aS of coneem that have b8en ident(￿d are: Daffoge to the buihlTrig. property arwj eqUipn￿n1. Tha Gruup ¥KJukl request the use ol buihJin95. P￿Pety and gquipryEnt f￿rn nelahboumg oryaAr￿thjnS 5uth as the ¢hun, conw)¥Jnty ￿ntre and other Scout GrDups. Synihr r9Cp￿l arAngemtrnts exist with th8se organ￿tKInS. The Group has sufknnl bu¢￿Ing5 Bnd contnts nsurance in pbce lo mthgate agawist ￿M￿nent InyJry to knoders, he¥Jers. Supportern and The Grrlup through the cap#8tKJn fees conlnbuies to the Scoul A?8OQat￿ns nat￿￿81 a¢xilent insurance polry. Ri8k A¥8essrywnts are undertaken belore all actNth$. Reducod Ino)m8 from fund rnbng. The Group * prhn•thty rekant upon IncoTh from sUbsc￿tKInS ond fundraein9. Th0 group doès hokl o r¢8¢rw lo Qnsurtr th• ¢ontknuNy of aclNitN98 shou&J therè b• a rfOP)r ffjdu¢lkJn kn Ino)m. Th• con￿￿￿&￿ th¢ ¥8￿0 of subscript)ns lo in¢reaBe the kncom8 to th& group on aft ongowig bas￿, oither tempornrfly or pemKqn¢ntty. Redu¢lon or ollgadern. Th• gffjup IB totaty rBlanl upon ¥ohJnt&rn lo run and admll)￿erthe actNitN?s ol the group. If th¢r¥ was a redudion in the nurt>or of k•ader5 to an Un0￿&plabJe ￿¥￿1 in o part￿￿kn1 Beca￿￿ or the group as then the￿ woubJ have to be a contraction, nSolbJat￿n or thsure of a section. In Iho ca8• xenatkj the Co￿p￿te rJsure ol the Group. Reducti)n or h)88 of m•mb•rn. Th• Grnup provhJ•8 acti¥it•$ for 811 young people aged 6 to 18. If thore a rnduction in rtJer5hip li a partkul&rs•clion of th• group a8 whob th?n there ￿￿ukj have to b• a contracti)n, L¥JnsolKlation oi ek)sure of a sectKJn. In the s￿nar￿) th• ￿n￿let• clo8ur• ofthe Group. Rlsk and Intsm•l Control ISp•clm•n 2) The group has kn pkce sysl•ms ol intèrnal ￿ntrOLl Ih8t • des+aned to provk1e ressonab￿ assurdnca 8gaw)st mateiial rThgmanag&rront or bss. tha￿ indud• 2 signBtori8¥ for all payThnts and a wrryr8hon￿ nsuranc• polu¥$ to •n¥u that hgurablg ri¥b arg Section C Objectves and activilies Th• Purp)s• of ScoutlThJ Scouting extsts to adlvety en9ag? 8nd 8UPPOrt yDung poop in their pernonal dev8bprnnL Sumrrory of the objocts ofthe tharty ¥et out li its govern￿g dOrAry￿nt 3 LT100001 13nJ Decertier20181

erryJoBmg m¥m w rrBK 8 PO#N8 con1rn5￿￿>n w socBry. Thg ValuB¥ of SC￿li1Vj As Sc>)ut$ 9UKled by Ihe8e vaknes.. Inknyity-V•b art with intsgrity.. ￿ arB honesL tw81%￿rthY 8nd byal. Rg•p•ct-We ha￿ 5elryrespe( and respect for othorn. wpw)rt otherJ and take care of the In VP liwe. B•li•f - exph)re ourfahhs. bell•fs and attitud•s. Coyrnllon- ffoke a posmlve dNf8ronc•", wo COlloparat• vath other5 and maka fmnds. Th• Scoul M•thod Scouting tak•s plac• vkn•n young p8oplB. kn partn8r5h¥J WT aduts, togalhér basod on th• values of Scouttiig and= - •nioy wthat théy arB dolng and ha￿ fun - t8k8 part n adp41t￿$ indoDrJ and outdoo - bam by doing - shafv In spiritual Trfi•clbn - tsko o$ponsibilty and cho￿6 - undertake new and thalbngSng a(aNitle$ - rngk• and Sve by ther Prnmw. Sumrr4ry ol tho makn act￿ttle¢ In r•iqlbn lo these obJ8cts The GJDUP op?Trles six sedDn8.' 2 Scoul sedons, 2 Qjb Cl￿n8 and 2 88avef seclons. Th¢ G￿up lolbwB a balanced ol across 0189e ranges In order to develop all ch￿ren kn SCA)Uting prfnc4pkn8. Each s8cltJn weekty In lerm t￿. Each se4￿)n kn8d8r prepare8 a pffjgTanwrn to ensure that wkje varfety of theffo8 act￿lIeS are OTganLd. Workkng towards badges Br? an knportont part of the programme. ny ￿￿etIngS arB hehj at 'FlnLb88e', bLFt throughout th8 PTogr8rrrn8 all chlklren lll have th• opportunty, gnd ar encournged to engoge In c4npkng and other coffnyjnlty based projects. These actfvttl88 happen on and off ￿e 4nd eve P￿nned kn 8ceord8nce Scoulkng regulatbn8. safeguaNlkng prnclkxs and are fulty tsk a89es8ed. AdditKJnal d•tsik ol th• obpdiv•s and loptK>n¥l but enrnurBged as bejt You may ehoM• to lurthè $tat¢rr¢nt¥. wh¢TrJ r¥l¢vant. Jbout.. ' poky on g￿ntmakIng,. * contrt)ulK)n rrode by volunleeTr,' . polw on nvostments. Publ￿ benelh 8taternenl The Gn)up nets the Cthathy Comrrassksn's publ benef rxiterfa un¢Jer both the adVanCe￿nt of educ4tk•n and the advancerrenl of cmlzenshlp or coJ7YNnMy devek)prrent headwi s. 4 LT70000113rd Decnkner 2018}

Section D Achievements and perforrnance Surnmary of Ihe main achk?veffnt5 of the tharity durng the yea For the period Ap1￿ 2021 to Ktsrch 2022. Finchampstead Scr)ut g￿up acli¥lties S￿￿ started pkkkng up agaln after akTh)st 2 yearn of events on hokj due to the CK>vld19 PandenK. The￿ vas no tkre to organlse a s￿￿t Summer 2021 but some scouts ere ab￿ lo ￿￿) the Cub$ sunvner Plrale cany In eaty septen￿er 2021. A Scthit Sufyivol Caryi was held at the end ol October 2021. In No¥ertJ¢f 2021. the gK>up hod a fundr8k8UIg ¢wnt 8t th¢ Wokkngham Wnter Camfvol and In February 2022. the group ran one of th¢ ¥lbkff)gham Half nwrathon water stati)n$. Otherth, the Cubs 8nd Sojvts eni)yYd pathipaltng again In outdoord suth 88 K8tskanoekng, Padd￿ boarding and kayaking and the Cubs Iradrf￿naI trp to the Christm88 Pantomwre resuThd n Decerrtjer 2021. The yearty Eastrek in 21. Soction E Financial Roviow Brfel 81alem&nl ol th& th8rty'8 poky on res8Ne8 R•••N•• Poll¢y The Group'8 poky on r•s•r4e8 fjs to hold Su￿6nt re8ourc&8 lo ￿nthu• the ¢h81ilablè of tho group 8houhJ incgJfr and lundr3wng 8clMlkns 1811 Bhort. Th8 G￿up ExeculNe Coryrlt¢e& D)nskJerB that the gIDUP 8houSJ hobJ sum equfval8nt lo 4 mnths runnkng (x¥st8, ckn £10,000. The Gmup hold fvrth•r rns•N•s for $p•nd on 'Fiichb#e' onc• ih¢ ¢un¥nl lease positbn IB resolved and fo r￿p￿￿￿OnI of the Group's n￿•buS shoulj thi% btr Ttrquired. The Gruup held lotsl reseryes of £71,195 agBlnst Ihl& at yea end Quantfy and explain any de$KJn8tkn8 Detsils o18ny funds nkql&ii81ty ll) ¢Jef¢l (cIrcu￿tanc•S plus steps lo olknmnalel Net rv(ipt$ forthe y¢ar7Ar £10,119. Thb Is In 18rpe eXP￿Ined by the a￿Cal￿n of 1 grant {Omlryon Hospitalty Bnd Leisu￿ Grant 2021) in the aftemth of the COVID19 pande￿￿ and ￿¢￿•sed fvndTr¥ing le.g. Lottory). Further financial rpvEw detsls (Opl￿nal inforTrol￿n1 You may chooB• to incknde addthonal inf0M￿tion. thgr9 r￿vant. aboul.. Inv•sbMnl Poll¢y (Spo¢lmn 11 5 LT700001 (3r¢1 Decthr 20181

. the charitys prinupal sources of funds {FickJdlng any fundraLsi191', The Group's Ino)ft ond ExpendItU￿ * very $mal and 8B ¢ons¥qugnce not have Suff￿)ent fund5 to invest in kJngor4emi investff¢nts suth as slocs and 8haTe8. The GTVUP has Iherefore adopled a bw risk Strategy lo the Inveslnnl of ts funds. Al funds are hèlj In Cash UGkng onty mafftslream banks or bulding So&t￿5 or Tho Scout Assocknlk>n Short Tom) Inbstment S8Nc¢. • how exp•ndfturn has gjpported tho key obi•div¢$ of thtr charfty., Th8 Group Exe¢ulpo rg9ubty nx)nlts￿ tha lovols of bank baLan¢ès and the ￿terest rales Tecefved lo ensure the 9￿up obtsi18 mxirThJm value and Irom its banknng ary¥ngenwnls. Sowe funds are hekl li a no not￿ d8po81 account lo rrnxwr#se int•r•st rne•wad. • ￿￿￿trnent poky 4nd obJJth•s'. Scclon F Other Optional Information Plan8 lorfuturo p•i)ds Idotaib of any 8ignlfl¢ant pbnnd lo o¢hlg¥0 Ih&m> Th• Group IJ finalwg 8 new 14 year19480 ith the b¢•1 Cound for Flnchbas8'. Onc• S8￿r0d th8 Group Wll knvast the base. Section G Declaration Tho Irugtee8 declare th¥1 they h8ve apprO￿d tho trustees, r•port abov• Slgn8d on behaw of the charfty's tN8t SlgnaturBIBI Ful nan(s) Robert Harfson Anabele Gulb P08ilion leg SecT8tsry. C8¥1 Chainn TreBsuwr 6 LT700001 I3￿ De(*rthr2018}

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