Trustees, Annual Report
For the period
F￿rn Islart datel
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Section A
Reference and èdmini5tration details
ChorSty na
1 st Fintharn
slead SD)Ut Grou
Other n&￿￿6 the chaiity is kno*n by
RegBl8red chaty nUr￿¢r Ol any)
HQ rBgbtr¥lbn nurrtjer
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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
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1-2 Mgrkel Place, W0￿.n
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Section B
SlrLlCtiirE governa TTrce and man,Igcmcnt
D&s￿pt￿n of the charity'¥ trusts
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Typg of goveming do￿￿nI
The Group's oovemlng dooJw*nts 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. eonstitul*Jnl
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 prdctic*l
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 L*athy 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.
lrtlom*lknn forExecutNe ConvTritee' wlhin th8 f*st 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 of18ad*rs 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 In*mal Control ISp•clm•n 1)
The Group ExecutNe Cormthe has Klentir￿ the nwNIT risks
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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 w*ith th8se organ￿tKInS. The Group has
sufknnl bu¢￿Ing5 Bnd cont*nts 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$.
Reducod Ino)m8 from fund rnbng. The Group * prhn•thty
rekant upon IncoTh from sUbsc￿tKInS ond fundraein9. Th0
group doès hokl o r¢8¢rw lo Qnsurtr th• ¢ontknuNy of
aclNitN98 shou&J therè b• a rfOP)r ffjdu¢lkJn kn Ino)m. Th•
con￿￿￿&￿ th¢ ¥8￿0 of subscript*)ns lo in¢reaBe
the kncom8 to th& group on aft ongowig bas￿, oither
tempornrfly or pemKqn¢ntty.
Redu¢lon or ollgadern. Th• gffjup IB totaty rBlanl upon
¥ohJnt*&rn lo run and admll)￿erthe actNitN?s ol the group. If
th¢r¥ was a redudion in the nurt>or of k•ader5 to an
Un0￿&plabJe ￿¥￿1 in o part￿￿kn1 Beca￿￿ or the group as
then the￿ woubJ have to be a contraction,
nSolbJat￿n or thsure of a section. In Iho ca8•
xenatkj the Co￿p￿te r*Jsure ol the Group.
Reducti)n or h)88 of m•mb•rn. Th• Grnup provhJ•8 acti¥it•$
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
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erryJo*Bmg 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
V*P 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 OTganL*d. Workkng
towards badges Br? an knportont part of the programme.
ny ￿￿etIngS arB hehj at 'FlnL*b88e', 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
$tat¢rr¢nt¥. wh¢TrJ r¥l¢vant. Jbout..
' poky on g￿ntmakIng,.
* contrt)ulK)n rrode by volunleeTr,'
. polw on nvostments.
Publ￿ benelh 8taternenl
The Gn)up n*ets the Cthathy Comrrassksn's publ* benef
rxiterfa un¢Jer both the adVanCe￿nt of educ4tk•n and the
advancerrenl of cmlzenshlp or coJ7YNnMy devek)prrent
headwi s.
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Section D
Achievements and perforrnance
Surnmary of Ihe main achk?veff*nt5 of
the tharity durng the yea
For the period Ap1￿ 2021 to Ktsrch 2022. Finchampstead
Scr)ut g￿up acli¥lties S￿￿ started pkkkng up agaln after
akTh)st 2 yearn of events on hokj due to the CK>vld19
PandenK. The￿ vas no tkre to organlse a s￿￿t Summer
2021 but some scouts **ere ab￿ lo ￿￿) the Cub$
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 resuTh*d 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 $p•nd on 'Fiichb*#e'
onc• ih¢ ¢un¥nl lease positbn IB resolved and fo
r￿p￿￿￿OnI of the Group's n￿•buS shoulj thi% btr Ttrquired.
The Gruup held lotsl reseryes of £71,195 agBlnst Ihl& at yea
end
Quantfy and explain any de$KJn8tk*n8
Detsils o18ny funds nkql&ii81ty ll) ¢Jef¢l
(cIrcu￿tanc•S plus steps lo olknmnalel
Net rv(*ipt$ forthe y¢ar7A*r* £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
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. the charitys prinupal sources of funds
{FickJdlng any fundraLsi191',
The Group's Ino)ft* ond ExpendItU￿ * very $mal and 8B
¢ons¥qugnce not have Suff￿)ent fund5 to invest in
kJngor4emi investff¢nts suth as sloc*s and 8haTe8. The
GTVUP has Iherefore adopled a bw risk Strategy lo the
Invesln*nl of ts funds. Al funds are hèlj In Cash UGkng onty
mafftslream banks or bulding So&t￿5 or Tho Scout
Assocknlk>n* Short Tom) Inb*stment S8Nc¢.
• how exp•ndfturn has gjpported tho key
obi•div¢$ 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 pbnn*d 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. C*8¥1
Chainn
TreBsuwr
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Re5ponsibllWes and basis of report
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