## Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31S March 2021 Charity Name: Chorley District Scout Council Registered Charity No: 1024746 District Registration No: The Scout Association: 12910 Governing instrument: The Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association by authority of a Royal Charter dated 4!? January 1912. / Aim Aim of Scouting: Scouting: Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. The method of achieving the Aim of the Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law, and guided by adult leadership. Legal & Administrative Information 

## Purpose / Aim Aim of Scouting: Scouting: 

Bankers: Main bankers - TSB (Chorley Branch) Chorley District Scout Council, Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2SE Other bankers - HSBC (Chorley Branch) 26 Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 4HE National Westminster Bank (Chorley Branch) 46 Market Street, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 2RZ Investment: The Scout Association, Short Term Investment Service, Gilwell Park, Bury Road, Chingford, London E4 7QW Independent Examiner: | King Name & Address: & Address: Address: Jim Banks 54 Westhoughton Road, Adlington, Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 4ET President: Sir Lindsay Hoyle Vice Presidents: Alan Fishwick Jim Banks Trustees - Ex-Officio: Peter Beesley Chair Chorley District Scout Council Jim Banks District Secretary Alan Venn District Treasurer Andrew Lewis District Commissioner Philip Fairclough District Explorer Scout Commissioner Chelsea Wilkinson Network Commissioner Pip Climpson District Youth Commissioner Trustees - Elected: Steve Owen District Executive Committee Member Peter Goldsworthy District Executive Committee Member Dave Trueman District Executive Committee Member Matthew Fishwick Explorer Scout Leader Stephen Morton District Executive Committee Member Trustees — Nominated: Andy Walton District Group Scout Leader Representative Sandra Mercer Appointments Chairperson Trustees — Co-opted: Paul Smith Assistant District Commissioner Cubs 

## Independent Examiner: | King Contact Name & Address: & Address: Address: Jim 

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Scouts Or Chorley ““f District CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Report of the Trustees for the year ended 31°t March 2021 

The legal and administrative information as set out forms part of this report. The financial statements comply with current statutory requirements, Articles of Association and Statement of Recommended Practice — Accounting and Reporting by Charities. The accounts have been drawn up on a Receipts and Payments basis, which is consistent with the previous year. The District is a Trust established under its rules, which are common to all Groups and Districts. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation & Rules (POR) of the Scout Association. 

## Trustees’ Interests: 

No Trustee had a personal interest in any assets of the Chorley District Scout Council. 

## Organisation: 

The Scout District is ted by the District Commissioner and is supported by the following The District Scout Council, The District Executive Committee, District Administrators & Advisors and the District Team which comprises of all Assistant District Commissioners and District Scout Leaders. 

District Scout Council: The District Scout Council is the electoral body which supports Scouting in the Chorley District. It is the body to which the District Executive Committee is accountable. District Executive Committee: 

The District Executive Committee exists to support the District Commissioner in meeting their responsibilities to provide support for the Scout Groups within Chorley District. Members of the District Executive Committee are the “Charity Trustees” of the Scout District and are responsible for complying with the legislation that is applicable to charities. 

## The Objectives of the District are: 

- e To continue to increase the number of trained leaders in all sections of the District. * To identify areas for development of Scout & Explorer Groups with the District. * To continue to improve communications and publicity not only within the Scout District but within the wider local community. 

- To maintain and improve the District resources. 

- e To provide an opportunity for the members of the District to participate in International activities with members of Scouting from other countries through International camps. 

- ® To identify areas of training need and to make adequate provision for them. 

The policy of the District is to have adequate strategic financial reserves in order to provide the requisite level of support to the Scout Groups within the District for a minimum period of two years and to retain sufficient resources for the adequate maintenance of the properties that aré held in the name of Chorley District Scout Council. The various sections of the District also maintain their own resources to support the particular activities in which they are involved. 

At the end of the year the General reserves amounted to £175,864 of which £80,000 was in designated funds and monetary assets of £95,864. 

## Financial: 

The year opened with consolidated funds of £157,467 and closed with £183,441 at the end of the financial year, with an income over expenditure of £25,974. 

The Covidi9 pandemic has greatly affected our Scouting Activities across all sections including the Districts International Expedition to Kandersteg Switzerland 2021 which was cancelled with funds returned. The Scout Association Membership fee was greatly increased this year and this was absorbed by the District in order that no member would be hit financially, also the District Executive did not include the proposed District increase. 

Our Incoming Resources were strengthened by the Goverments — Covid 19 Retail Hospitality and Leisure Grant with the initial and subsequent grants we have received £21,070. 

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Scouts An if Chorley District 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

The Short Term Investment with The Scout Association has provided zero interest this year with the investment of £80,000 secure. 

The Scout Shop Agency and the Badge Shop both have been closed due to covidi9 pandemic, so for current year there is financial support to the District. 

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S t AQn couts <> Chorley District 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Statement of Trustees’ Responsibilities 

The law applicable to charities in England and Wales requires that the Trustees prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the financial activities of the charity during that year and of its financial position at the end of the year. 

In preparing the financial statements the Trustees are required to: 

- ¢ Select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently. 

- e Make judgements and estimates that are reasonable and prudent. 

- e State whether applicable accounting standards and statements of recommended practice have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements. 

- e Prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the Charity will continue in operation. 

- e The Trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose, with reasonable accuracy, the financial position of the Charity and which enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charity Act 2011. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Charity and hence for taking responsible steps for the prevention, and detection, of fraud and other irregularities. 

## Independent Examiner: 

A resolution will be proposed at the Annual General Meeting that L.King be appointed as the Independent Examiner to the Charity for the ensuing year. This report was approved by the Trustees on 12 May 2021 and signed on their behalf by: 

P Beesley r AY 2. Chair, Chorley District Scout Council A Lewie fa[itn][ hbLoy] District Commissioner 

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Scouts We couts “y Chorley District 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Statement of Financial Activities Summary for the year ended 31% March 2021 

||This year|Previous|
|---|---|---|
||General Fund|Year|
||£|=|
|TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES (page 6)|64,819|120,177|
|TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED (page 7)|38,845|74,726|
|NET INCOMING (OUTGOING) RESOURCES|25,974|45,451|
|Gains (losses) on investment assets|||
|Realised|||
|Unrealised|||
|Revaluation of tangible assets|||
|NET MOVEMENT IN FUND|25,974|45,451|
|Prior Year Adjustment<br>(see note 7)|0|0|
|FUND BALANCES BROUGHT FORWARD|251,967|206,516|
|FUNDBALANCESCARRIEDFORWARD|£277,944|£251,967|



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ScoutsChorley District An“> 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31%t March 2021 

||Notes|This Year|Previous|
|---|---|---|---|
||||Year|
|||E|£|
|INCOMING RESOURCES||||
|Membership Subscriptions||43,552|56,675|
|Less: Payable||39,785|38,831|
|||3,767|17,844|
|INVESTMENT INCOME||||
|Bank Interest||||5|
|The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service||0|312|
|Property rents|41|1,524|2,509|
|DONATIONS||0|29,265|
|ACTIVITIES||||
|District||2,259|729|
|Scout Active Support Unit||0|975|
|Beaver Section||292|4,858|
|Cub Section||0|6,467|
|Scout Section||1,100|7,522|
|Explorers||338|12,540|
|Chorley Capers|4|0|4,575|
|International Camps||19,150|6,536|
|FUND RAISING||||
|District||0|18)|
|ScoutActive Support Unit||0|0|
|Explorers||41|562|
|Chorley Capers||0|0|
|OTHER INCOMMING RESOURCES||||
|Grants|5|21,070|0|
|GiftAid||2,732|1,573|
|Badge Sales||327|5,400|
|Scout Agency Shop||0|4,887|
|Miscellaneous||12,218|13,618|
|TOTALINCOMINGRESOURCES||£64,819|£120,177|



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Scouts Qe Chorley District 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31St March 2021 

||Notes|This Year|Previous||
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||Year||
|||£|E||
|RESOURCES EXPENDED|||||
|PREMISES|||||
|Rent& Rates|2|7389|1,353||
|Light, Heat and Water|2|1,248|2,018||
|Insurance|2|1,996|2,068||
|Repairs and Renewals|2|1,665|701||
|Phone|2|152|151||
|All Saints||1,207|1,537||
|DONATIONS/GRANTS|a|130|450||
|ACTIVITIES|||||
|District||1,068|1,825||
|Scout Active Support Unit||0|1,032||
|Beaver Section||0|4,281||
|Cub Section||Q|5,633||
|Scout Section||0|8,764||
|Explorers||3,169|19.043||
|Chorley Capers|4|100|1,545||
|International Camps||19,868|6,135||
|FUNDRAISING EXPENSES|||||
|District Explorers||0|0||
|ScoutActive Support Unit||0|0||
|ADMINISTRATION EXPENSES||2,551|771||
|OTHER EXPENDITURE|||||
|Scout Agency Shop||0|3,073||
|Badge Sales||547|4,590||
|District||2,082|5,966||
|Scout Active Support Unit||0|0||
|Beaver Section||0|0||
|Cub Section||19|620||
|Scout Section||0|0||
|Explorers||2,204|3,435||
|Chorley Capers|4|70|35||
|TOTALRESOURCES EXPENDED||£38,821|£74,726||
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Scouts Wr couts “%} Chorley District 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Balance Sheet as at 31°* March 2021 


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Notes This Year This Year Previous Previous<br>Year Year<br>z = £ 4<br>FIXED ASSETS<br>Tangible assets 6 94,500 94,500<br>Investments<br>CURRENT ASSETS<br>Stocks 8,854 9,337<br>The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service 80,000 80,000<br>Cash at bank and in hand 95,864 75,462<br>Less: CURRENT LIABILITIES:<br>Amounts due within one year 1,277 7,332<br>NET CURRENT ASSETS 183,441 157,467<br>NET ASSETS<br>Represented by:<br>GENERAL FUND £277,941 £251,967<br>These accounts were approved by the Trustees on 12'" May 2021 and signed on their behalf by:<br>estes a@ & Chair, Chorley District Scout Council<br>e— -<br>A Venn A / Treasurer, Chorley District Scout Council<br>The notes on page 9 form part of these accounts ;<br>**----- End of picture text -----**<br>


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Scouts AQK Chorley = District 

## CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## Notes to the Accounts 

- Note Details 1 These figures include half of the income from the joint management account of the Scout Centre which is run jointly by Chorley District and Chorley Healey Scout Group (charity no 521546) 

- 2 These figures include half of the expenses from the joint management account of the Scout Centre which is run jointly by Chorley District and Chorley Healey Scout Group (charity no 521546) 

- 3 The following donations/grants were made during the year: Derian House £100 Christies Hospice £30 

- 4 The Chorley Capers Gang Show is a bi-annual activity and there was a performance due to the covidi9 pandemic. 

- 5 The donations/grants received during the year were: Chorley Borough Council — Covid 19 Retail Hospitality and Leisure Grant £21,070. 

- 6 The total value of the property (at original building cost) is £215k and is split 70% Chorley Healey Scout Group and 30% Chorley District Scouts. There is also £30k value (at original cost) for All Saints Scout building. 

- 7 There were no Prior Year adjustments. 

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S t AQn couts = Chorley District CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL 

## independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the Chorley District Scout Council 

| report on the accounts of the District for the year ended 31st March 2021 which are set out on pages 5 to 8 of this annual report. Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner 

As the Trustees of the District you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. You consider that an audit is not required for this year under Section 144 (2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. 

## It is my responsibility to: 

- e Examine the accounts (under Section 145 of the 2011 Act; * To follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 145 (5) (b) of the 2011 Act); and 

- « To state whether particular matters have come to my aitention. 

## Basis of independent 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 District 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 concerming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequently | 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 130 of the 2011 Act: and 

   - * fo prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 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. 


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