## Trustees  Annual Report 

## For the period 

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|Charity name<br>Other names the charity is known by<br>Registered charity number (if any)<br>HQ registration number<br>Charity’s principal address|||SANDWELL SCOUT DISTRICT<br>1<br>0<br>2<br>0<br>0<br>4<br>2<br>1<br>0<br>0<br>0<br>1<br>6<br>6<br>2|||||||||||
||||SANDWELL SCOUT DISTRICT|||||||||||
||||THE ORCHARD SCHOOL,CAUSEWAY GREEN ROAD|||||||||||
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## Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity 

_(These will be published in the annual report of the charity and the Charity Register if reporting for a Registered Charity with a charity regulator)_ 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15|**Trustee Name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not**<br>**for whole year**|
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||CHRIS WALLACE|CHAIR||
||LUCY CARTER|SECRETARY||
||GEMMA DIXON|TREASURER|JAN 23 - MAR 23|
||KIERAN ANDREWS|||
||WILLIAM FELLOWS|||
||RYAN HADLEY|||
||NICOLA JOHNSON|||
||ALISTAIR HEAD|||
||LYNN TYLER|||
||STEPHEN DAVIES|||
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Names and addresses of advisers (optional information but encouraged as best practice) _(These will be published in the annual report of the charity)_ 

Type of advisor Name Address 

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|**Section B**|**Structure, governance and management**|
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|Description of the charity’s trusts<br>Additional governance issues (optional information but encouraged as best practice)<br>Type of governing document<br>The District's governing documents are those of the The<br>Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in<br>turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and<br>The Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout<br>Association.<br>(e.g. trust deed, constitution)<br>The District is a trust established under its rules which are<br>common to all Scouts.<br>Trustee selection methods<br>You may choose to include additional<br>information, where relevant, about:<br>The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy,<br>Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.<br>(e.g. appointed by, elected by)<br>The District is managed by the District Trustee Board, the<br>members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout<br>Group which is an educational charity. As charity trustees<br>they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable<br>to charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper<br>accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as<br>appropriate.<br>The Trustee Board consists of the Chair, Treasurer and 8<br>Trustees (including 2 Ex Officio Trustees, and 2 co-opted<br>Trustees) and meets every # months.<br>Members of the Trustee Board complete Being a Scouts<br>Trustee learning within the first 6 months of joining the<br>Board.<br>This District Trustee Board exists to make sure the charity is<br>well-managed, risks are assessed and mitigated, buildings<br>and equipment are in good working order, and everyone<br>follows legal requirements and the organisation's policies<br>and rules. Their support helps other volunteers run high-<br>quality and safe programmes that gives young people skills<br>for life.<br>Policies and procedures adopted for:<br>a) the induction and training of trustees; b) trustee' consideration of major risks and the systems and procedures to manage them<br>How the charity is constituted<br>(e.g. trust, association, company)||
||The District's governing documents are those of the The<br>Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in<br>turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and<br>The Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout<br>Association.|
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||The District is a trust established under its rules which are<br>common to all Scouts.|
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||The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy,<br>Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.|
||The District is managed by the District Trustee Board, the<br>members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout<br>Group which is an educational charity. As charity trustees<br>they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable<br>to charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper<br>accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as<br>appropriate.<br>The Trustee Board consists of the Chair, Treasurer and 8<br>Trustees (including 2 Ex Officio Trustees, and 2 co-opted<br>Trustees) and meets every # months.<br>Members of the Trustee Board complete Being a Scouts<br>Trustee learning within the first 6 months of joining the<br>Board.<br>This District Trustee Board exists to make sure the charity is<br>well-managed, risks are assessed and mitigated, buildings<br>and equipment are in good working order, and everyone<br>follows legal requirements and the organisation's policies<br>and rules. Their support helps other volunteers run high-<br>quality and safe programmes that gives young people skills<br>for life.|



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|**Section B**|**Structure, governance and management (continued)**|
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||**Risk and Internal Control**<br>The District Trustee Board has identified the major risks to<br>which they believe the District is exposed, these have been<br>reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate<br>against them. The main areas of concern that have been<br>identified are:<br>• Damage to buildings, property and equipment. The District<br>has sufficient buildings and contents insurance in place to<br>mitigate against permanent loss.<br>• Injury to leaders, helpers, supporters and members. The<br>District through the capitation fees contributes to the Scout<br>Association's national accident insurance policy. Risk<br>Assessments are undertaken before all activities.<br>• Reduced income from fund raising. The District is primarily<br>reliant upon income from the annual District levy. The<br>District does hold a reserve to ensure the continuity of<br>activities should there be a major reduction in income. The<br>Committee could raise the value of the levy to increase the<br>income to the District on an ongoing basis, either temporarily<br>or permanently.<br>• Reduction or loss of leaders. The District is totally reliant<br>upon volunteers to run and administer the activities of the<br>District. If there was a reduction in the number of leaders to<br>an unacceptable level in a particular section or a group as a<br>whole, then there would have to be a contraction,<br>consolidation or closure of a section, or a Group.<br>• Reduction or loss of members. The District provides<br>activities for young people aged 4 to 25. If there was a<br>reduction in membership in a particular section or the group<br>as whole then there would have to be a contraction,<br>consolidation or closure of a section, or a Group.<br>• The District has in place systems of internal controls that<br>are designed to provide reasonable assurance against<br>material mismanagement or loss, these include two<br>signatories for all payments and a comprehensive insurance<br>policies to ensure that insurable risks are covered.|



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|**Section C**|**Objectives and activities**|
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|Additional details of the objectives and activities (optional information but encouraged as best practice)<br>You**may choose**to include further<br>statements, where relevant, about:<br>• policy on grantmaking;<br>• contribution made by volunteers;<br>• policy on investments.<br>Public benefit statement<br>**The Purpose of Scouting**<br>Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people<br>in their personal development,<br>empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.<br>**The Values of Scouting**<br>As Scouts we are guided by these values:<br>**Integrity -**We act with integrity; we are honest, trustworthy<br>and loyal.<br>**Respect -**We have self-respect and respect for others.<br>**Care -**We support others and take care of the world in<br>which we live.<br>**Belief -**We explore our faiths, beliefs and attitudes.<br>**Co-operation -**We make a positive difference; we co-<br>operate with others and make friends.<br>**The Scout Method**<br>Scouting takes place when young people, in partnership with<br>adults, work together based on the<br>values of Scouting and:<br>- enjoy what they are doing and have fun<br>- take part in activities indoors and outdoors<br>- learn by doing<br>- share in spiritual reflection<br>- take responsibility and make choices<br>- undertake new and challenging activities<br>- make and live by their Promise.<br>Summary of the objects of the charity set<br>out in its governing document<br>Summary of the main activities in relation<br>to these objects<br>The District works to support Groups and Explorer Units to<br>provide active and safe Scouting and provides activity<br>opportunities to enhance the programme offered by<br>Groups. The District is responsible for implementing a safe<br>recruitment process, in line with Policy, Organisation and<br>Rules.<br>The District meets the Charity Commission's public benefit<br>criteria under both the advancement of education and the<br>advancement of citizenship or community development<br>headings.|**The Purpose of Scouting**<br>Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people<br>in their personal development,<br>empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.<br>**The Values of Scouting**<br>As Scouts we are guided by these values:<br>**Integrity -**We act with integrity; we are honest, trustworthy<br>and loyal.<br>**Respect -**We have self-respect and respect for others.<br>**Care -**We support others and take care of the world in<br>which we live.<br>**Belief -**We explore our faiths, beliefs and attitudes.<br>**Co-operation -**We make a positive difference; we co-<br>operate with others and make friends.<br>**The Scout Method**<br>Scouting takes place when young people, in partnership with<br>adults, work together based on the<br>values of Scouting and:<br>- enjoy what they are doing and have fun<br>- take part in activities indoors and outdoors<br>- learn by doing<br>- share in spiritual reflection<br>- take responsibility and make choices<br>- undertake new and challenging activities<br>- make and live by their Promise.|
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||The District works to support Groups and Explorer Units to<br>provide active and safe Scouting and provides activity<br>opportunities to enhance the programme offered by<br>Groups. The District is responsible for implementing a safe<br>recruitment process, in line with Policy, Organisation and<br>Rules.|
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||The District meets the Charity Commission's public benefit<br>criteria under both the advancement of education and the<br>advancement of citizenship or community development<br>headings.|



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|**Section D**|**Achievements and performance**|
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|Summary of the main achievements of<br>the charity during the year||
||This year has been a whirlwind of experiences creating an<br>immense range of emotions for myself particularly and has<br>been a real learning curve for me and the District Team.<br>Scouting this year has returned to as much as normal as it<br>possibly can since Covid, but has felt the most normal it has<br>been for a long time All groups are now returned to doing<br>what they do best – providing amazing opportunities and<br>experiences to around 500 young people.<br>Our census figures had risen slowly (about 6% growth in<br>young people and 4% growth in adults), which is always<br>good and air of growing and exploring ways of offering even<br>more Scouting opportunities seemed a focus for so many in<br>our District<br>January started with a small but important awards evening<br>at Smethwick Labour Club. A combined 185 years of service<br>to Scouting was celebrated by some very committed adults<br>from our District. As well as long service awards, wood<br>badges were also presented as well as some national<br>awards for outstanding service to Scouting.<br>We continued to offer out our monthly drop in’s at District<br>Office – some months were supported better than others<br>depending on the needs of the members and who just<br>fancied a cuppa, a cake and a chinwag. However, they did<br>give opportunities for the District Team to meet and plan<br>future events.<br>Chris Wallace, who has continued to be a star and real<br>grounding District Chair has worked with Gemma (District<br>Treasurer) to continue keeping us safe, financially stable<br>and as legal as we need to be to comply with HQ and<br>Charity Commission requirements. These 2 along with the<br>exec have been a real steadying force, sounding board and<br>a great source of knowledge for when things have been a<br>little tricky. Thank you for your tireless hard work and<br>commitment, it really is appreciated.<br>So the 2022 highlights in no particular order include:<br>*Sandwell opened its second Squirrel Drey in July 2022 at<br>617 Air Scouts in Wednesbury and the Squirrel Drey at 46th<br>Sandwell celebrated its first birthday in October of this year.<br>*We held our District AGM for the year 2021/22 face to face<br>– where we again celebrated the hard work of our District<br>and Groups as well as sharing some of our future plans for<br>2023 onwards.<br>*Beaver International Badge Day – 9th April 2022 at St<br>Peters Church Hall Great Bridge. Around 85 Beavers and<br>around 25 adults turned up for a truly international day of<br>friendship, fun, games, craft and food. They even gained a<br>badge too!<br>*District Scout Camp at Patshull Campsite, Wolverhampton<br>– end of July, attended by 5 groups – around120<br>participants. A massive thank you to Chris Wallace and his<br>Ariel Scout Team for being our amazing caterers. Also thank<br>you to all the leaders who supported the event and just got<br>involved and helping out where and when necessary.<br>*Ryan and a growing team of willing adults have continued<br>to offer YL training at the District Office every other month.<br>We really can see the impact this has on our Yl’s  because<br>when out visiting, they really are being the best they can be<br>making a big difference to the sections and groups they<br>support. Thank you to Ryan and the team that grows,<br>changes and evolves every session.<br>*Appointed a new District Nights Away advisor – Andy<br>Barlow, who has hit the ground running and has signed off 1<br>new permit and 4 renewals – again a massive thankyou for<br>all you have done, as even more young people now get to|



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experience the best bit of scouting – being away from home * Civic Remembrance Parades were attended in Oldbury, Wednesbury, Smethwick, Tipton and  West Bromwich, as well as some groups supporting more intimate ones at their local churches or community centres. It is so good to see the Scout uniform loud and proud at these events, proving that we are still well thought off and needed. *Queens Jubilee Party Day at the District Office in June – a day of madcap madness, drums, food, traditional games, crafts and challenges to celebrate this historic occasion. *YL Skills and Training weekend – at 1st Sandwell HQ. Ryan and his team provided training, skills and practical Scouting activities for 21 YL’s in Sandwell. A big thank you to Team1st Sandwell for hosting this event and sharing their knowledge and expertise with the young leaders and other adults present. *Chris Jones (1st Sandwell) and Nic J (DC) were named as 2 of 400 National Platinum Champions from over 5000 nominations nationwide. Well done and thank you to all who were nominated *Eat and Meet with Santa – Christmas Parties at Rowley HQ with around 100 Squirrels, Beavers and Cubs and around 35 Scouts and Explorers in the evening. Food, friendship, games and a lot of Christmas singing – a massive thankyou to “Santa Carl” who stayed all day to be the best santa you could ever need. *The DAAC team have continued to provide invaluable support in welcoming new adults in to Scouting, discussing their potential roles and training commitments and being the first few friendly faces that encourage them on their scouting journey. Thank you for all this unseen work, time and commitment given to these roles. *The District Training Team have also really been working hard supporting members, holding validation evenings an generally showing support and commitment to all leaders who have training needs. A combined Sandwell and Halesowen team really works well and offers us the flexibility to offer the trainings and expertise we have. Thank you for your time and support. *District Carol Service (9th Dec 2022) at St James Church – West Bromwich. A combination of tradition, modern and down right crazy – ending with a massive snowball fight. Approximately, 120 young people and adults turned up to sing, eat and be merry! A really festive and enjoyable atmosphere was created. A big thank you to Revd Mark Wilson and the Church Wardens of St James for hosting and supporting this event. The food and gift collection from all who attended was really appreciated by  2 local food banks and the flowers and planters were very much appreciated by a local residential home. *I have attended 5 Group AGM’s this year (Oakham, 1st Sandwell, 46th Sandwell, Abbey Hill and 617 Sandwell Air Scouts. Thank you for the invitations and thank you for everything you do to show due diligence in relation to the Trustee and charity commission expectations at your group level. *Phil Bird (Blue Ribbon) and Lewis Tucker (1st Sandwell) were both nominated and successfully awarded with the National Chief’s Scouts Commendation Award for their service and commitment to Scouting in Sandwell. Well done, congratulations and definitely deserved. There are probably many more things I have missed out because to be honest so much happens at District, Group and Section level, it really is impossible to keep up with everything. Please accept my apologies if I have missed anything out, especially if it was important, amazing and 

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fantastic! This year also saw, as did the rest of the nation and the Commonwealth the death of her late Majesty Queen Elizabeth second who passed away on 8th September this year. As a long serving patron of our organisation, her passing was a real blow to Scouting on the whole. Many sections and groups marked this sombre occasion with real professionalism and respect and showed their allegiance to he 70 yrs service in a way that made me feel very honoured and proud to be DC at the time. The District has also benefitted again from funding, albeit much less, linked to its buildings that the District Trustees must ensure is used wisely to support the long-term development of Scouting in Sandwell. We hope to continue in the same vain, ensuring our buildings Whilst the past year wasn’t anywhere as challenging as the previous year, we believe Scouts across Sandwell have a lot to be proud of and as we look back, we can see how the efforts of these twelvemonths have enabled us to grow strongly and provide that super quality Scouting we have always done.  A calendar of District events – some whole District and many for specific sections has been put together and shared with groups. We have tried really hard to listen to you all and take on board as much as we can – your ideas, suggestions and feedback from previous events etc so hopefully the District Team and myself can provide you with a District to be proud of and that you want to Scout in an be part of. The future- January 2023 onwards… hopefully holds… *Our Top Awards and Thanks Evening for young people and adults *The continuation of District Drop in evenings *More Sports Events, Section Badge days, sleepovers and camps *More growth, recruitment and promotion – hopefully another Squirrel Drey and a new Explorer Scout provision *Out Transformation Journey – Scout Association changes – will start to be more obvious and will see and hear much more as we all journey on the good ship transformation together The first few months have been a whirl wind but the amazing people around me have kept me grounded, enthused, motivated and have shown so much support and kindness it is unbelievable. A special thanks to my Dave and my mom for all their love and support and slaps when they think I needed a reality check! A big thank you to all of you present and all the members who are not here tonight – your support and faith in me really does make my role much easier and to be honest, without what you do, I would not have my role… But remember, Sandwell Scouts is and will always be a TEAM and…“Together, Everyone Achieves More” Thank you for all you have done and in advance…thank you for everything you will continue to do and as our Scout promise says… I promise I will do my best for you, your young people, their families and the wider community. You are an inspiration to me and so many young people and families.  x 

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|**Section E**|**Financial Review**|
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|Quantify and explain any designations<br>Details of any funds materially in deficit<br>(circumstances plus steps to eliminate)<br>Brief statement of the charity’s policy on<br>reserves|**Reserves Policy**<br>The District's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient<br>resources to continue the charitable activities of the District<br>should income and fundraising activities fall short. The<br>District Executive Committee considers that the District<br>should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs,<br>circa £20,000.The District held reserves of approximately<br>£90,000 against this at year end. This is above the level<br>required for operating expenses.|
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Further financial review details (optional information) 

|You**may choose**to include additional<br>information, where relevant, about: <br>• the charity’s principal sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising);<br>• how expenditure has supported the key<br>objectives of the charity;<br>• investment policy and objectives;|**Investment Policy**<br> <br>The District's Income and Expenditure is very small and as a<br>consequence does not have sufficient funds to invest in<br>longer-term investments such as stocks and shares. The<br>District has therefore adopted a low risk strategy to the<br>investment of its funds. All funds are held in cash using only<br>mainstream banks or building societies. The District Trustee<br>Board regularly monitors the levels of bank balances and the<br>interest rates received to ensure the District obtains<br>maximum value and income from its banking arrangements.<br>Occasionally this may involve using an account that requires<br>a period of notice before funds may be withdrawn, before<br>doing so the District Trustee Board considers the cash flow<br>requirements.<br> <br>|
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## ~~ee~~ **Section F Other Optional Information** 

Plans for future periods (details of any significant activities planned to achieve them) 

## ~~ee~~ **Section G Declaration** 

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above 

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

Signature(s) Full name(s) ~~ee~~ KIERAN ANDREWS NICOLA JOHNSON Position (eg Secretary, Chair) ~~|~~ TRUSTEE DISTRICT COMMISSIONER Date ~~a~~ 2 7 1 0 2 4 

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|||**Charity Name**|||**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**||||
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|||**Sandwell Scout District**|||**1020042**|||||
|||**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||**CC16a**||
|||**For the period**<br>**from**<br>Period Start Date<br>01/01/2023||**To**||Period end date<br>31/12/2023||||
|**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||||||
|||**Unrestricted**<br>**funds**<br>**Restricted**<br>**Funds (1st**<br>**Rowley Regis)**||**Restricted (Bob**<br>**Addie Fund)**|**Restricted (Bob**|**Total funds**||**Last year**||
|||**to the nearest      £**<br>**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||
|**A1 Receipts**||||||||||
|MembershipFees<br>**24,185**<br>**24,185**<br>**19,367**<br>Short Term Investment Fund Interest<br>**247**<br>**247**<br>**69**<br>Refund of Short Term Investment Fund<br>**20,533**<br>**20,533**<br>Cash Deposited<br>**303**<br>**303**<br>COVID Grants<br>**-**<br>**8,001**<br>Other Income<br>**226**<br>**226**<br>**150**<br>Activities & Events<br>**4,991**<br>**4,991**<br>**1,757**<br>Uniform / Badges / LogBooks<br>**36**<br>**36**<br>**49**<br>**_Sub total_                     50,520**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,520**<br>**29,392**<br>**_Total receipts_**<br>**50,520**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**50,520**<br>**29,392**<br>~~Le~~||||||||||
|**A3 Payments**||||||||||
|MembershipFees||**21,830**||||**21,830**||**19,006**||
|Utilities||**2,165**<br>**1,783**||||**3,948**||**2,115**||
|Rates||**400**||||**400**||**776**||
|Activities & Events||**7,255**||||**7,255**||**1,430**||
|Closure of Short Term Investment Fund||**20,533**||||**20,533**||**784**||
|Cash Deposited from lastyear||**231**||||**231**||||
|Volunteer Expenses||**38**||||**38**||**122**||
|Miscellaneous Expenditure||**206**||||**206**||**-**||
|Uniform / Badges / LogBooks||||||**-**||**70**||
|Maintenance||**7,323**<br>**29**||||**7,352**||**149**||
|**_Sub total_ **||**59,980**<br>**1,813**||**-**||**61,793**||**24,453**||
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**A6 Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|**59,980**<br>**1,813**<br>**-**<br>**61,793**<br>**24,453**<br>**-                 9,460**<br>**-                 1,813**<br>**--                   11,272**<br>**4,939**<br>**90,591**<br>**18,844**<br>**4,000**<br>**113,434**<br>**108,495**<br>**81,131**<br>**17,031**<br>**4,000**<br>**102,162**<br>**113,434**<br>~~=====~~||||||||**4,939**<br>**108,495**<br>**113,434**|
|**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**<br>~~a~~||||||||||
|||||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**||**Endowment**||
|**Categories**||**Details**||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**||
|||||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B1 Cash funds**|**81,131.00**<br>**21,031**<br>**81,131**<br>**21,031**<br>**-**<br>Barclays Bank Account<br>**_Total cash funds_**<br>~~====~~|||||||||
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|||||**funds**||**funds**||**funds**||
|||**Details**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||
|**B2 Other monetary assets**||||||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**B3 Investment assets**<br>**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own**<br>**use**|**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>**-**<br>**Fund to which**<br>**asset belongs**<br>**Cost (optional)**<br>**Current value**<br>**(optional)**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Unrestricted<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>Restricted Funds (1st<br>RowleyRegis)<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Details**<br>**Details**<br>Orchard School Scout HQ<br>Westbourne Road Scout HQ<br>1st Rowley Regist Scout HQ<br>~~——~~||||||||**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|
|||**Details**||**Fund to which**<br>**liability relates**||**Amount due**<br>**(optional)**||**When due**<br>**(optional)**||
|**B5 Liabilities**||||||**-**|**-**|||
|Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the<br>trustees|Signature<br>Print Name<br>kandrews<br>KIERAN ANDREWS<br>~~———~~|||||||Date of<br>approval<br>05/13/2024||



CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 

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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** 

**Section A                        Independent Examiner’s Report** 

**Report to the trustees** Charity Name SANDWELL SCOUT DISTRICT **On accounts for the year** 31/12/2023 **Charity no** 1020042 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 3, 4 (remember  to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/12/2023. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. 

**Independent** I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection **examiner's statement** with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached _._ 

**Date:** 20/10/2024 **Signed: Name:** DAVID ROBERT WESTWOOD **Relevant professional** NONE **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 16 Drayton Road Smethwick, West Midlands B66 4AJ 

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## **Section B                           Disclosure** 

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). 

**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 

**Oct 2018** 

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