Report and Accounts for the year ended …31.03.25 

## **1[st] St. Helen Auckland Scout Group** 

## **Trustees** 

Pat Elliott Christopher Chew – Treasurer John Bake – Group Lead Volunteer Jane Jacobs 

Neil Smith 

Zoe Embleton 

Danielle Horsman 

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Dianne Chew 

John Horsman Claire Bake Shaun Wade – Chair A Pat Bake 

Bankers CAF Bank 

Group registration number with the Scout Association – 29442 

Charity Registration Number – 1015837 

Contact 

John Bake, 34 Ullswater Ave, West Auckland, DL14 9LR 

## **Major Activities and Achievements throughout the year** 

The Group is continuing to thrive with the Beaver and Cub Sections holding waiting lists and the Scout section has a few places available. All sections continue to explore and follow the Scouting programmes and the number of badges being awarded over the last twelve months bears testament to this. Our Annual Scout camp was once again a great success with Cubs, Scouts and Young Leaders enjoying a week at Bramhope when we all went “Quakers” 

## Governance 

The Group’s governing documents are those of the Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter which in turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association. The group does have its own constitution which is modelled on POR. 

The Group has Trustees who form the Executive Committee and it is this committee who manage the group and are responsible for complying with the legislation that applies to charities. 

The Group Executive has reviewed the risks and internal controls and they are injury to any member of The Group and through subscription we are covered for such events through the Scout Association Insurance. There are internal controls in place that relate to finance and all payments require two signatories. 

The Accounts of the Group are prepared in accordance with the applicable accounting standards as required by “Accounting and Reporting by Charities “ 

The Group’s policy on reserves is to keep a contingency in the funds an amount of £2000 in general reserves to enable it to meet the next year’s liabilities. The mini bus fund is a restricted account for the costs associated with the mini bus and was a special account launched to purchase and now upkeep of the mini bus. 



The Group is a trust established under its rules, which are common to all Groups. 

Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation & Rules of The Scout Association 

Mrs S Johnson as an independent scrutineer has checked accounts 

Approved by the trustees on 16.09.2025 



## **1st St Helen Auckland Scout Group** 

Receipts for the year ending 31st March 2025 

||**2024 / 25**|**2023 / 24**|
|---|---|---|
|**Membership Subscriptions**|||
|Beavers|£3,111.30|£2,988.00|
|Cubs|£3,576.00|£3,960.00|
|Scouts|£3,038.00|£2,040.00|
|Membership Subs Rebate|£165.00||
|Less Paid|£4,224.50|£4,050.00|
||**£5,665.80**|**£4,938.00**|
|**Investment Income Received**|||
|CAF Gold Interest|£1,152.15|£920.08|
|CAF Interest|£6.15|£27.26|
|Virgin Money Interest|£0.00|£61.16|
||**£1,158.30**|**£1,008.50**|
|**Donations / Grants**|||
|Gift Aid|£3,296.62|£3,116.54|
|Grants|£0.00|£0.00|
|Donations|£0.00|£0.00|
||**£3,296.62**|**£3,116.54**|
|**Fund Raising (Gross)**|||
|Easy Fundraising|£0.00|£24.75|
|Newsletter Delivery|£100.00|£200.00|
|Summer Camp 2026|£1,003.15||
||**£1,103.15**|**£224.75**|
|**Sundry Income**|||
|Uniforms|£628.00|£748.00|
|Summer Camp|£9,405.00|£9,710.00|
|Summer Camp - 2026|£4,380.00||
|Beaver Camps / Events|£1,965.00|£1,870.00|
|Cub Camps / Events|£1,070.00|£1,711.00|
|Scout Camps / Events|£278.71|£179.00|
|Group T-Shirts|£0.00|£0.00|
||**£17,726.71**|**£14,218.00**|
|**Minibus Income**|||
|Income from minibus use (External)|£6,467.50|£7,179.93|
|Income from minibus use (Internal)|£850.00|£840.00|
|Trailer Hire|£0.00|£160.00|
||**£7,317.50**|**£8,179.93**|
|**Total Receipts for the year**|**£36,268.08**|**£31,685.72**|





## **1st St Helen Auckland Scout Group** 

Payments for the year ending 31st March 2025 

||**2024 / 25**|**2023 / 24**|
|---|---|---|
|**Premises**|||
|Rent|£2,340.00|£2,340.00|
|Insurance|£569.62|£278.15|
||**£2,909.62**|**£2,618.15**|
|**Minibus Expenses**|||
|Minibus Insurance|£2,551.00|£2,714.19|
|Minibus Fuel|£507.70|£548.63|
|Minibus MOT|£999.70|£0.00|
|Minibus Tax|£330.00|£330.00|
|Minibus Service|£1,742.30|£3,596.45|
|Misc Expenses|£227.78|£0.00|
||**£6,358.48**|**£7,189.27**|
|**Other Expenses**|||
|Camp's / Events|||
|Beaver Camp's / Events|£1,346.84|£2,768.09|
|Cub Camp's / Events|£2,847.43|£1,433.12|
|Scout Camp's / Events|£1,069.53|£351.99|
|Go Cardless Fees|£275.59|£158.66|
|Online Scout Manager Fees|£264.39|£260.25|
|Summer Camp|£7,855.03|£10,311.68|
|Summer Camp 2026|£11,825.00|£0.00|
|Training|£58.00|£0.00|
|Other Misc Expenses|£392.29|£364.46|
|Bank Charges|£120.00|£120.00|
||**£26,054.10**|**£15,768.25**|
|**Purchase of Capital Equipment**|||
|Tents & Equipment|£999.95|£0.00|
||**£999.95**|**£0.00**|
|**Purchase of Badges / Uniforms**|||
|Scout Shop - Badges|£796.52|£814.74|
|Scout Shop - Uniforms|£1,001.50|£990.03|
||**£1,798.02**|**£1,804.77**|
|**Total Payments for the year**|**£38,120.17**|**£27,380.44**|





## **1st St Helen Auckland Scout Group** 

Balance Sheet for the year ending 31st March 2025 

|||**2024 / 25**||**2023 / 24**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Total Reciepts For the Year||£36,268.08||£31,685.72|
|Total Payments for the Year||£38,120.17||£27,380.44|
|Net Reciepts for the year||-£1,852.09||£4,305.28|
|**Bank Balances b/f**||£48,081.38||£43,776.10|
|CAF - Main Account|£433.56||£1,420.54||
|CAF - Minibus Account|£1,028.20||£2,656.02||
|CAF - Deposit Account|£46,619.63||£29,699.55||
|Virgin Money Account|||£10,000.00||
|**Bank Balances Carried Forward**||£46,229.29||£48,081.38|
|CAF - Main Account|£496.10||£433.56||
|CAF - Minibus Account|£961.42||£1,028.20||
|CAF - Deposit Account|£44,771.78||£46,619.63||
|Virgin Money Account|||£0.00||
|||£46,229.29||£48,081.38|