## Trustees' Annual Report 

|For the period<br>From (start date)<br>**0**<br>**1**|For the period<br>From (start date)<br>**0**<br>**1**|For the period<br>From (start date)<br>**0**<br>**1**|**0**<br>**4**<br>**2**<br>**1**<br>to end date|**0**<br>**4**<br>**2**<br>**1**<br>to end date|**0**<br>**4**<br>**2**<br>**1**<br>to end date|**0**<br>**4**<br>**2**<br>**1**<br>to end date|**0**<br>**4**<br>**2**<br>**1**<br>to end date|||||||
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|**Section A**|||**Reference and administration details**|||||||||||
|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<br>Names of the charity trustees who manage|||1<br>0<br>2<br>0<br>1<br>0<br>2<br>2nd Southam (Open) Scout Group<br>2nd Southam Scout Group|||||||||||
||||The Scout Hut|||||||||||
||||Welsh Road West|||||||||||
||||Southam|||||||||||
||||Postcode||||C|V|4|7|0|J|N|
||||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 for**<br>**whole year**|
|---|---|---|---|
||Gordon Ferguson|GroupScout Leader||
||Margaretgreenway|GroupTreasurer||
||LucyVials|GroupSecertery||
||Andrew Steele|Cub Section Leader||
||HilaryCrosby|Beaver Section Leader||
||Lee Thomas|Cub Section Leader||
||Kyle Fergusom|Scout Section Leader||
||Kathryn Ferguson|Explorer Section Leade|r|
||Malcolm Anderson|Scout Section Leader||
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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**|
|---|---|
|Description of the charity’s trusts<br>Additional governance issues (optional information but encouraged as best practice)<br>The Group is managed by the Group Executive Committee,<br>the members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout<br>Group which is an educational charity. As charity trustees they<br>are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to<br>charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper<br>accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as<br>appropriate.<br>The Committee consists of 3 independent representatives,<br>Chair, Treasurer and Secretary together with the Group Scout<br>Leaders, individual section leaders (if opted to take on the<br>responsibility) and parent’s representation and meets every<br>half term.<br>Members of the Executive Committee complete_'Essential_<br>_Information for Executive Committee'_training within the first 5<br>months of joining the committee.<br>This Group Executive Committee exists to support the Group<br>Scout Leader in meeting the responsibilities of the<br>appointments and is responsible for:<br>The maintenance of Group property;<br>The raising of funds and the administration of Group finance;<br>The insurance of persons, property and equipment;<br>Group public occasions;<br>Assisting in the recruitment of leaders and other adult<br>support;<br>Appointing any sub committees that may be required;<br>Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than<br>those who are elected.<br>(e.g. trust deed, constitution)<br>Type of governing document<br>You may choose to include additional<br>information, where relevant, about:<br>(e.g. appointed by, elected by)<br>Trustee selection methods<br>(e.g. trust, association, company)<br>How the charity is constituted<br>The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy,<br>Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.<br>The Group is a trust established under its rules which are<br>common to all Scouts.<br>Policies and procedures adopted for:<br>a) the induction and training of trustees; b)<br>trustee' consideration of major risks and<br>the systems and procedures to manage<br>them<br>The Group'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 Association.||
||The Group'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 Association.|
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||The Group 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 Group is managed by the Group Executive Committee,<br>the members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout<br>Group which is an educational charity. As charity trustees they<br>are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to<br>charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper<br>accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as<br>appropriate.<br>The Committee consists of 3 independent representatives,<br>Chair, Treasurer and Secretary together with the Group Scout<br>Leaders, individual section leaders (if opted to take on the<br>responsibility) and parent’s representation and meets every<br>half term.<br>Members of the Executive Committee complete_'Essential_<br>_Information for Executive Committee'_training within the first 5<br>months of joining the committee.<br>This Group Executive Committee exists to support the Group<br>Scout Leader in meeting the responsibilities of the<br>appointments and is responsible for:<br>The maintenance of Group property;<br>The raising of funds and the administration of Group finance;<br>The insurance of persons, property and equipment;<br>Group public occasions;<br>Assisting in the recruitment of leaders and other adult<br>support;<br>Appointing any sub committees that may be required;<br>Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than<br>those who are elected.|



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|**Section B**|**Structure, governance and management (continued)**|
|---|---|
||**Risk and Internal Control**|
||The group has in place systems of internal controls that are|
||designed to provide reasonable assurance against material|
||mismanagement or loss, these include 2 signatories for all|
||payments and a comprehensive insurance policies to ensure|
||that insurable risks are covered.|



|**Section C**|**Objectives and activities**|
|---|---|
|Summary of the objects of the charity set<br>out in its governing document|**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 which<br>we live.<br>**Belief -**We explore our faiths, beliefs and attitudes.<br>**Co-operation -**We make a positive difference; we co-operate<br>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.|



Summary of the main activities in relation to these objects 

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Additional details of the objectives and activities (optional information but encouraged as best practice) 

|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||
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||The Group 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.|



|**Section D**|**Achievements and performance**|
|---|---|
|Summary of the main achievements of<br>the charity during the year||
||The Group has had a full and varied program of events. The<br>group is currently collecting monthly payments from parents of<br>young peole that are going on the international trip the<br>Haarlem Jamborette in the Netherland in August 2023. there<br>is a contingent of 60 going on the trip. This will be the forth<br>time the group has attended this event.|



|**Section E**|**Financial Review**|
|---|---|
|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|The Group's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources<br>to continue the charitable activities of the group should<br>income and fundraising activities fall short. The Group<br>Executive Committee considers that the group should hold a<br>sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £15k.<br>The group's HQ has also been refurbished with the help of<br>the Orbit group providing free labour. The project took 6<br>months to complete and wes ready for the group returning is<br>September following the COVID lockdown.<br>**Reserves Policy**|
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Further financial review details (optional information) 

|You**may choose**to include additional<br>information, where relevant, about:<br>• how expenditure has supported the key<br>objectives of the charity;<br>• the charity’s principal sources of funds<br>(including any fundraising);<br>• investment policy and objectives;|The Group does not have sufficient funds to invest in longer<br>term investments. The Group has therefore adopted a risk<br>averse strategy to the investment of its funds. All funds are<br>held in cash using only mainstream banks or building<br>societies.<br> <br> <br> <br>**Investment Policy**|
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## **Section F Other Optional Information** 

|Plans for future periods (details of any<br>significant activities planned to achieve<br>them)||
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|**Section G**|**Declaration**|



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

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees 

|Signature(s)<br>Full name(s)<br>Date<br>Position (eg Secretary, Chair)||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||Gordon Ferguson||||||Margaret Greenway|
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||GroupScout Leader||||||GroupTreasurer|
||2<br>7<br>1<br>0<br>2<br>2|||||||
||2|7|1|0|2|2||



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## **2nd Southam Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** 

|**For the year from**|**Year start date**<br>**Year end date**|**Year start date**<br>**Year end date**|**Year start date**<br>**Year end date**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**01/04/2021**|**To**|**31/03/2022**|



## **Statement of Assets and liabilities at the end of the year** 

|**2021/22**<br>**£**<br>**Cash funds**<br>Bank current account<br>**1,246.51**<br>Bank deposit account<br>**26,278.33**<br>Internation Deposit Account<br>**1,903.01**<br>Expense Account<br>**0.00**<br>**Total cash funds**<br>**29,427.85**<br>**Other monetary assets**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**0.00**<br>**Investment assets**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**0.00**<br>**Non monetary assets for charity's own use**<br>Badge stock<br>**500.00**<br>Land and buildings<br>**176,500.00**<br>Scouting equipment, furniture etc<br>**27,000.00**<br>Other<br>**0.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**204,000.00**<br>**Liabilities**<br>Scout Association Capitaion<br>**7,000.00**<br>Stratford District Council Land Rent<br>**200.00**<br>Council Tax<br>**200.00**<br>Eon Electricity Bill<br>**3,000.00**<br>Water Plus<br>**100.00**<br>Insurance<br>**1,500.00**<br>Proficiecy Badge Bill<br>**300.00**<br>Normal Running & Maintenance Costs<br>**2,500.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**14,800.00**|**2021/22**<br>**£**<br>**Cash funds**<br>Bank current account<br>**1,246.51**<br>Bank deposit account<br>**26,278.33**<br>Internation Deposit Account<br>**1,903.01**<br>Expense Account<br>**0.00**<br>**Total cash funds**<br>**29,427.85**<br>**Other monetary assets**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**0.00**<br>**Investment assets**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**0.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**0.00**<br>**Non monetary assets for charity's own use**<br>Badge stock<br>**500.00**<br>Land and buildings<br>**176,500.00**<br>Scouting equipment, furniture etc<br>**27,000.00**<br>Other<br>**0.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**204,000.00**<br>**Liabilities**<br>Scout Association Capitaion<br>**7,000.00**<br>Stratford District Council Land Rent<br>**200.00**<br>Council Tax<br>**200.00**<br>Eon Electricity Bill<br>**3,000.00**<br>Water Plus<br>**100.00**<br>Insurance<br>**1,500.00**<br>Proficiecy Badge Bill<br>**300.00**<br>Normal Running & Maintenance Costs<br>**2,500.00**<br>**Sub total**<br>**14,800.00**|**2020/21**<br>**£**|
|---|---|---|
|**Cash funds**|||
|Bank current account|**1,246.51**|**379.96**|
|Bank deposit account|**26,278.33**|**28,214.96**|
|Internation Deposit Account|**1,903.01**|**0.00**|
|Expense Account|**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Total cash funds**|**29,427.85**|**28,594.92**|
|**Other monetary assets**|||
||**0.00**|**0.00**|
||**0.00**|**0.00**|
||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Sub total**|**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Investment assets**|||
||**0.00**|**0.00**|
||**0.00**|**0.00**|
||**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Sub total**|**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Non monetary assets for charity's own use**|||
|Badge stock|**500.00**|**500.00**|
|Land and buildings|**176,500.00**|**160,000.00**|
|Scouting equipment, furniture etc|**27,000.00**|**25,000.00**|
|Other|**0.00**|**0.00**|
|**Sub total**|**204,000.00**|**185,500.00**|
|**Liabilities**|||
|Scout Association Capitaion|**7,000.00**|**6,000.00**|
|Stratford District Council Land Rent|**200.00**|**200.00**|
|Council Tax|**200.00**|**200.00**|
|Eon Electricity Bill|**3,000.00**|**2,000.00**|
|Water Plus|**100.00**|**100.00**|
|Insurance|**1,500.00**|**1,200.00**|
|Proficiecy Badge Bill|**300.00**|**300.00**|
|Normal Running & Maintenance Costs|**2,500.00**|**2,000.00**|
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|**Sub total**|**14,800.00**|**12,000.00**|



**The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees on 26th October 2022 and signed on their behalf by:** 

|**Trustees on 26th October 2022 and signed on their behalf by:**||
|---|---|
|Signature|Print Name|
||**Gordon Ferguson**Chair (Act)|
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||**Margaret Greenway**Treasurer|
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## **2nd Southam Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** 

|**For the year from**|**Year start date**|**Year start date**|**Year end date**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**01/04/2021**|**To**|**31/03/2022**|
|||||
|**Receipts**||||
|Lease<br>Insurance<br>Electricity<br>Water Rates<br>Council Tax<br>Administration & Consumables<br>General Maintainence<br>GroupEquipment<br>Uniform<br>ProficiencyBadges<br>Leader Training<br>Section Activities/Admin<br>Section Camps/Events<br>GroupCamps/Events<br>District Camps/Events<br>CountyCamps/Events<br>International Camps<br>Miscellaneous<br>IT Systems<br>Bank Charges<br>Bank Interest<br>Capitation<br>Section Floats<br>GroupSubs<br>Gift Aid<br>Fund Raising& Donations<br>Hut Refurb Project<br>Unreconciled Transactions<br>**_Total Gross Income_**<br>**_Asset and investment sales, etc._**<br>**_Total receipts_**|**2021/22**<br>**£**<br>200.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>3.39<br>0.00<br>54.00<br>17,588.94<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>10,182.00<br>0.00<br>**28,028.33**<br>**0.00**<br>**28,028.33**||**2020/21**<br>**£**|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||750.23|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||338.98|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||12.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||4.92|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||7,065.26|
||||5,617.73|
||||21,050.85|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
|||||
||||**34,839.97**|
|||||
||||**0.00**|
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||**28,028.33**||**34,839.97**|





## **2nd Southam Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** 

|**For the year from**|**Year start date**|**Year start date**|**Year end date**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**01/04/2021**|**To**|**31/03/2022**|
|||||
|**Payments**||||
|Lease<br>Insurance<br>Electricity<br>Water Rates<br>Council Tax<br>Administration & Consumables<br>General Maintainence<br>GroupEquipment<br>Uniform<br>ProficiencyBadges<br>Leader Training<br>Section Activities/Admin<br>Section Camps/Events<br>GroupCamps/Events<br>District Camps/Events<br>CountyCamps/Events<br>International Camps<br>Miscellaneous<br>IT Systems<br>Bank Charges<br>Bank Interest<br>Capitation<br>Section Floats<br>GroupSubs<br>Gift Aid<br>Fund Raising& Donations<br>Hut Refurb Project<br>Unreconciled Transactions<br>**_Total Gross Expenditure_**<br>**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|**2021/22**<br>**£**<br>400.00<br>1,071.24<br>576.16<br>153.29<br>51.62<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>387.11<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>1,596.62<br>1,253.20<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>4,410.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>303.04<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>6,227.20<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>10,765.92<br>0.00<br>27,195.40<br>0.00<br>27,195.40<br>832.93<br>28,594.92<br>29,427.85||**2020/21**<br>**£**|
||||200.00|
||||1,158.58|
||||1,289.64|
||||78.83|
||||0.00|
||||295.93|
||||199.93|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||1,159.97|
||||755.20|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||1,155.00|
||||1,413.60|
||||0.00|
||||417.25|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||4,998.89|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
||||388.00|
||||0.00|
||||0.00|
|||||
||||13,510.82|
|||||
||||0.00|
|||||
||||13,510.82|
|||||
||832.93||21,329.15|
||28,594.92||7,265.77|
||29,427.85||28,594.92|





_**2[nd] Southam (Open) Scout Group**_ **Mailing address: 25 Lime Road, Southam, Warwickshire CV47 1EQ** 


**Registered Charity No. 1020102** 

Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the 

## 2nd SOUTHAM (open) SCOUT GROUP 

I report on the accounts of the Group for the year ended 31st March 2022, which are set out on the two preceding pages. 

## **Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner** 

As the charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of Section 43(2) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43(7)(b) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. 

## **Basis of examiner's report** 

My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. 

## **Independent Examiner's statement** 

In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements 

   - to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act and 

   - to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and 

   - to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act have not been met, or 

2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached, 

3. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the accounting rules of the Groups constitution have not been met. 

Name: _______Ian Welch___________________________ 

Signature:  _______________________________ Address :    ____9 Knightcote Drive_______________ ____Leamington Spa_________________ ____CV32 5FA______________________    Date : ___24/10/2022____ 





