## |A.
Objec|tives and Activities||| |---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe objects ofthe|The|objectives ofthe charity are as apart ofthe Scout Association.| |charity as|set out In Its|The|purpose ofScouting| |governing|document|Scouting exists to actively engage
and support
young
people
in|| |||their|personal
development,
empowerlng
them to make a positive| |||contribution
to society.|| |||The|values ofScouting| |||As Scouts we are guided
by these values|| |||Integrity —We act with
integrity;
we are honest,
trustworthy
and|| |||loyal|| |||Respect —We have self-respect
and respect for others|| |||Care —We support others and take care of the world
in which we|| |||live|| |||Belief - We explore our faiths, beliefs and attitudes|| |||Co-operation
—We make a positive
difference;
we co-operate|| |||with|others and make friends| |||The|Scout method| |||Scouting
takes
place when
young
people,
in partnership
with|| |||adults, work together based on the values ofscouting
and:|| |||- enjoy what they are doing and have fun|| |||-take part in activities
indoors and outdoors|| |||- learn by doing|| |||-take responsibility
and make choices|| |||- undertake
new and challenging
activities|| |||- make and live by their promise|| |||- gain skills for life|| |Summary|ofthe main|The|County's
main
function
is to support
the seven
Districts
in| |activities|In relation tothese|achieving
the strategic objectives ofthe Scout Association
based|| |objects||on growth,
Inclusivity,
community
impact, youth-shaped
Scouting|| |||and|quality
programme.
As a County,
the main activities
during| |||the|last twelve months
have been:| ||||1.
Providing
management,
leadership,
governance
and| ||||support,
in partnership
with the Headquarters
and South| ||||West
Region
Growth
and
Communities
Teams
in| ||||ensuring
Scouting
continued
to
grow
throughout
the| ||||County.
The 2023census saw a5%increase (257)giving| ||||a total of 5,814 In 4-1 8 year old youth
members
and 2%| ||||increase
(38) giving
a total
1,890
in
adult
volunteers| ||||compared
to last year's census outcome.| ||||2.
Supporting
the
development
and
delivery
of
quality| ||||programmes
and
activities
to young
people across the| ||||County
and
in the Districts and their Groups,
including
by| ||||the provision
of dedicated
development
and programme| ||||support.
This
support
is
aimed
at
increasing
adult| ||||volunteers,
reducing
waiting
lists to Join, growing
small| ||||Groups,
Introducing
Sections to those Groups that do not| ||||have a full complement
of Sections
and
reaching
into| ||||areas where there
is limited
or no Scouting
provision
at| ||||present.| ||||3.
Providing
Countywide
events
for
all those
involved
in| ||||Scouting,
including
an
Annual
Celebration
of Scouting| ||||held at the Wiltshire
Scout Centre which saw over 1,000| ||||participants
and
activity
days
I County
competitions
for| ||||Beavers,
Cube,
Scouts
and
now
for the
new
Squirrel| ||||Scouts provision.| ||||4.
Running
a twice yearly,
online
modular
based Section| ||||Leader, Manager
and Supporter
training
programme
for| ||||all
adult
members.
Providing
on-going
bespoke
online| ||||training
and personalised
support for County,
District and| ||||Grou
Trustee Boards and their Sub-Committees.| ## |Wl|ltshlre|Sco|ut Co|uncil —Ann|ual
Financial Statements
for the year to 31 March 2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||5.
Providing
active
County-wide
support
for
the
Scout| ||||||Association
transformational
changes
that
are
being| ||||||Implemented
though 2023, 2024 and 2025.| ||||||6.
Participating
in
online
Regional
Support
Meetings
for| ||||||County
Chairs,
County
Commissioners,
County
Youth| ||||||Commissioners
and
Deputy
County
Commissioners
for| ||||||Development,
Programme
Support
and
youth-shaped| ||||||support,
including
updating
and upskilling
County Training| ||||||Managers.| |Public Benefit|||||The
County
meets
the
Charity
Commission's
Public
Benefit| ||||||criteria
under
both
the
advancement
of education
and
the| ||||||advancement
ofcitizenship
or community
development
headings.| |.|Achievements|||and performance|| |Summary||ofthe main|||The
County
Scout
Centre
is
now
fully
operational
following| |achievements|||ofthe charity||restrictions
imposed
due
to
the
Covid-19
pandemic
at
the| |during the||year|||beginning
of the reporting
period
and
Is now experiencing
an| ||||||increase
in both external
agency
and
internal
Scout bookings,| ||||||which
have
included
the return
of face to face delivered
adult| ||||||training
weekends,
County
Trustee
Board
meetings,
Section| ||||||based activities and large scale, whole County celebration
events.| ||||||Furthermore,
the Scout Centre
has
received
a major
digital| ||||||upgrade
that has Included
faster broadband,
IT equipment
and| ||||||enhanced
security video surveillance
equipment.| ||||||With
the
return
of face to face Scouting
and
all
restrictions| ||||||removed
from
overseas
events,
including
the
reopening
of| ||||||European
border
crossings,
International
Scouting
events
are| ||||||now being resumed
Including
a World Scout jamboree to South| ||||||Korea in July 2023, Including
two European
skiing events
having| ||||||been planned
and delivered
at the beginning
of2023 to Andorra| ||||||and Valle d'Aosta,
Italy with the latter delivered as a county-wide| ||||||event.
In addition
to this, the County
Activities
Team resumed| ||||||their
Mid-Winter
Expedition
to North Wales between
Christmas| ||||||and the New Year.| ||||||Training
for Adult Leaders,
Managers
and Supporters
has been| ||||||successfully
delivered
using
a combination
of both face to face| ||||||and online delivered
training
session
by members
of the County| ||||||Adult
Training
Team
and
locally,
within
Districts,
by
suitably| ||||||qualified
and
experienced
leaders.
This
training
has
included| ||||||mandatory
ongoing
learning
for example,
safety,
safeguarding,| ||||||GDPR, Trustee
Introductory
and
First Aid training.
County
led| ||||||face to face training
has taken
place at Wiltshire
Scout Centre| ||||||over a weekend
in November
2022, with a second
weekend| ||||||course
recently
completed
in March 2023. As a result
of the| ||||||additional
mandatory
training
and support
offered, the number
of| ||||||those
outstanding
in
this
particular
training
has
signlffcantly| ||||||reduced to below the HQ directed maximum
of5%and is currently| ||||||just 2% of the total
adult
membership
for the
County,
with
a| ||||||number of Districts
reporting
0%, ensuring
that our membership| ||||||remains
compliant
with
our Policy, Organisatlon
and
Rules and| ||||||HQ directives.| ||||||In line with our growth
and development
over the reporting
period,| ||||||our Squirrel, Beaver, Cub, Scout, Explorer and Network members| ||||||from all seven Districts continue to deliver exciting and fun-packed| ||||||quality
programmes
and
therefore
meeting
our
skills
for
life| ||||||objectives,
undertaking
regular,
hybrid
Section meetings
using a| ||||||combination
of
online
virtual
lafforms
and
face-to-face| ## ## ## ||||||programme
delivery,
including
taking
part
In
The
Scout| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Association's
national
activities
and events.
Now that we have| ||||||successfully
adopted
a
hybrid
approach
to
programme
and| ||||||activity delivery
our youth
membership
has grown
and continues| ||||||to grow,
with
many
Groups
now reporting
healthy
waiting
lists.| ||||||The focus now is on recruiting,
inducting,
training
and retaining| ||||||young
people and adult volunteers
that will enable those young| ||||||people currently
on waiting
lists
)oln Scouting and leam valuable| ||||||skills for life. In support ofthis, the County has recruited
two Local| ||||||Growth Assistants,
managed
by a County Volunteer
and the Local| ||||||Growth
and Communities
Team who will work on specified tasks| ||||||across all areas ofthe County to ensure that we continue to grow| ||||||as a youth organisation
In Wiltshire.| |C.|Finance review||||| |Policy|on Reserves||||The total funds are F867,257 ofwhich 6104,039 are restricted for| ||||||specific purposes,
including for legacies gifted. Ofthe unrestricted| ||||||funds 8520,026 are held as fixed assets
(including
the Wiltshire
Scout Centre).
Therefore at 31"March 2023 the charity
had net| ||||||unrestricted
current assets of6243,192.| ||||||The County's
policy on reserves has been to hold the equivalent| ||||||of a year's
lettings
plus a fund for redecorating
the centre every| ||||||four years and to be able to continue
with our development
work| ||||||on growing
the movement.
This equates to fxxx. Any additional| ||||||funds
will be to develop
the activities
offering
made available
at| ||||||the centre and to support
development
and Scouting across the| ||||||County,
including
supporting
Districts and Groups facing financial| ||||||difficulties,
and also to support the return
to Scouting.| |Further|Rnancial|review|||The County does not have sufficient funds to invest
in longer term| |details|||||investments.
The County
has therefore
adopted
a risk averse| ||||||strategy
to the investment
of its funds.
All funds are held
in cash| ||||||using only mainstream
banks or building
societies| |Finance review|||||The Total Income for the year was F103,121 (2022 F50,251) and| ||||||the total expenditure
F118,408 (2022 F56,726) The reduction
in| ||||||income and costs reflects the reduction
ofScouting activities and| ||||||lettings due to the ongoing
Coronavirus
pandemic.| ||||||The
net
current
assets
at
year-end
were
F338,258 (2022| ||||||8336,636).| |D.|Structure,|governance|||and management| |Type of governing|||document||The
County's
governing
documents
are those
of The Scout
Association.
They consist ofa Royal Charter,
which
in turn gives| ||||||authority
to the Bye Laws
of the Association
and
The Policy| ||||||Organlsatlon
and Rules ofThe Scout Association.| |How the charity is|||constituted||The
County
is a trust
established
under
its
rules
which
are| ||||||common to all Scouts| |Trustee selection||methods|||The
Trustees
are
appointed
in
accordance
with
the
Policy| ||||||Organisation
and Rules ofThe Scout Association| |Additional
governance||||issues|The County
is managed
by the County
Board of Trustees,
the| ||||||members
ofwhich are the 'charity Trustees" ofthe Scout County| ||||||which
is an
educational
charity.
As
charity
trustees
they
are| ||||||res onsible for com
I
in
with
le islation a
licable to charities.| ## |Wllts|hlre|Scout|Council —Annu|al
Financial Statements
for the year to 31 March 2022|al
Financial Statements
for the year to 31 March 2022|al
Financial Statements
for the year to 31 March 2022||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||This
includes
the
registration,
keeping
proper
accounts|||and|| |||||making|returns
to the
Charity
Commission|as appropriate.||In| |||||addition|the Board ofTrustees
maintain
appropriate
governance|||| |||||policies|and a Risk Register, which are reviewed
periodically.|||| |||||The Board, who meet 6 times a year, consist||of 14 Independent||| |||||members:||||| |||||~|5Ex —officio (Chair, County Commissioner,
County Youth|||| ||||||Commissioner,
Secretary, Treasurer)|||| |||||~|5 Elected Members|||| |||||~|2 Nominated
Members|||| |||||~|2 Co-opted Members|||| |||||This Board exists to support
the District
and||Group
Leaders||in| |||||meeting|the
responsibilities
of
their
appointments.||It|is| |||||responsible
for ensuing
the
charity
Is well||manged
and||this| |||||includes|responsibility
for:|||| |||||~|Ensuring
that
there
are
sufficient|resources|(and|| ||||||reserves) to deliver
high quality Scouting;|||| |||||~|Promoting a positive image ofScouting|in the community,||| ||||||as well as its development;|||| |||||~|Ensuring
that County property
is appropriately
managed;|||| |||||~|Maintaining
appropriate
Insurance
of|persons,
property||| ||||||and equipment;|||| |||||~|Assisting
in the recruitment
of leaders
and other||adult|| ||||||sUpport;|||| |||||~|Appointing
any sub committees
that may be required;|||| |||||~|Appointing
County
Administrators
and
Advisors||other|| ||||||than those who are elected;|||| |||||~|Ensuring
compliance
with
applicable|governance||and| ||||||charity
regulations,
Including
in respect of reporting|||and| ||||||risk management.|||| |||||The County
has
in place systems
of Internal||controts
that||are| |||||designed|to
provide
reasonable
assurance|against
material||| |||||mismanagement
or loss, these
include
2||signatories
for||all| |||||payments
and comprehensive
Insurance
policies to ensure||||that| |||||insurable|risks are covered|||| |E.|Plans for||Future Periods|||||| |Plans|for|future|Periods|To ensure the continued
support of Scouting
in Wiltshire.||||| |||||To ensure the long term future ofthe County||Scout Centre|and to|| |||||develop|the offer ofwell managed
and available
outdoor activities.|||| |F.|Reference||and administration
details|||||| |Charlt|name|||Wiltshire|Scout Council|||| |Charit|number|||1025277||||| |Chart|'s|rincl|al address|Wlltshire|Coun
Scout Centre, Potterne Wick,|Wlltshire SN10 5QT||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||f|or the Year E|nded 31 M
ch|2023||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||2023|2022| ||||Unrestricted|Restdcted|Total|Total| |||Notes|funds
6|funds|funds|fundsf| |INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS|FROM|||||| |Donations
and legacies|||28,297||28,297|34,257| |Charitable
activities||||||| |Wlltshire Scouts|||70,826||70,826|15,187| |Other trading
activities
Investment
Income|||834
3164||834
~3164|718
89| |Total|||103,121||103,121|~50 251| |EXPENDITURE ON||||||| |Raising funds|||||184|2,364| |Charitable
activities||6||||| |Wlltshire Scouts|||116,507|1,717|118224|54 362| |Total|||116,691|1,717|118408|56726| |NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)|||(13,570)|(1,717)|(15,287)|(6,475)| |RECONCILIATION
OF FUNDS||||||| |Total funds brought
forward|||776,788|105,756|882,544|889,019| |TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||~763 218|104,039|~867 257|~882 544| ||||||2023|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||Vnrasbtctad|Reslrlotad|Total|Total| ||||funds|funds|funds|funds| |||Notes|2||2
.|6| |FIXEDASSETS||||||| |Tangible assets||12|520,026|8,973|528,999|645,908| |CURRENT ASSETS||||||| |Stocks||13|585||585|585| |Debtors
Cash at bank||14|348,098
47418S|850M|348,098
~2211|120,054
4811303| ||||822,842|95,066|917,908|589W2| |CREDITORS||||||| |AmountsfalIlng|due wtgdn one year|15|(679,860)||(579,650)|(253,308)| |NET CURRENT|ASSETS||243182|85056|3!IL268|SMMS| |TOTAL ASSET8LESSCURRENT UASILITIES|||783,218|104,039|867&7|882,544| ||||~788 773|707068|~887 25T|M2 644| |FUNDS
UnrestrkAad
funds
~funds||16|||763,2'ld
104058|775,788
10876!| |TOTAL FUNDS|||||~Wt 757|'882 544| |Theframe!al statamsnfa were approved by the Board of|||Trustees and~forIssue||on ... Z.......3".~/...XC~|| |and were signed on lts behalf b)c||||||| |o Trustee|—Jusdn
ISurlds|||||| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ## ||||||||2023|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Badges||||||834|718| |4.|INVESTMENT||INCOIIIIE|||||| ||||||||2023f|2022f| ||Deposit account Interest||||||3,164|89| ||INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||||| |||||Activity|||2023|2022f| ||Centfe income||and fees|Wlltshlre Scouts|||25,631|15,187| ||International|trips||Wlltshlre Scouts|||45,195|| ||||||||~70 826|~15 187| |6.|CHARITABLE||ACTMTIES COSTS|||||| ||||||Direct||Support|| ||||||Costs|(see|costs (see|| ||||||note
f|7)|note 8)
f|Totalsf| ||Wlltshire Scouts||||~115607||~2617|~118224| ||DIRECT COSTS OF CHARITABLE ACTIVITIES|||||||| ||||||||2023|2022| ||Staff costs||||||4,320|2,700| ||Insurance||||||4,924|4,837| ||Premises||||||12,530|6,385| ||Repairs||||||6,856|5,958| ||Office costs||||||1,481|1,590| ||Other costs||||||14,720|4,432| ||international|trips|||||42,251|| ||Events||||||7,326|5,975| ||Depreciation||||||21 199|~20 242| ||||||||115607|~52 119| |6.|SUPPORT|COSTS||||||| ||||||||Governance|| ||||||Finance||costs|Totals| ||||||f|||| ||Wiltshire Scouts|||||495|2 122|2617| ## ## ## ## ## ## ## |31 March 2022.||||

|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |STAFF COSTS|||||||| |||||||2023f|2022| |Wages and salaries||||||4 320|~2700| |||||||4,320|2,700| |The average
monthly|number of|employees||during the year was as follows:|||| |||||||2023|2022| |Employees||||||1|1| |No employees
received emoluments|||ln excess off60,000.||||| |COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT||||OF RNANCIAL ACTMTIES|||| |||||Unrestricted||Restricted|Total| |||||fundsf||funds
f|funds| |INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS||FROM|||||| |Donations
and legacies||||34,257|||34,257| |Charitable
activities|||||||| |Wlltshire Scouts||||15,187|||15,187| |Other trading activities|||||718||718| |Investment
income|||||89||89| |Total||||~50|251||~50251| |EXPENDITURE ON|||||||| |Raising funds||||2,364|||2,364| |Charitable
activities|||||||| |Wlltshlre Scouts||||52|646|~1716|~54362| |Total||||~55|010|~1716|~56726| |NET INCOMEI(EXPENDITURE)||||(4,759)||(1,716)|(6,475)| ## ## ## |||||||Unrestricted|Restricted|Total| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||funds|funds|funds| |||||||6|6|E| ||RECONCILIATION|OF|FUNDS|||||| ||Total funds brought|forward||||781,547|107,472|889,019| ||TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD|||||~776788|105756|~882 544| |12.|TANGIBLE FIXEDASSETS|||||||| ||||||Training|||| ||||||and||Climbing|| |||||Freehold|Potteme|Activity|frame and|| |||||property
f|equipment
F|equipment
6|fittlngs|Totals
f| ||COST|||||||| ||At 1 April 2022
Additions|||775,432|102,611
~4290|10,324|15,651|904,018
~4290| ||At 31 March 2023|||~775432|~106901|~10324|~15 651|~908308| ||DEPRECIATION|||||||| ||At 1 Apdl 2022
Charge for year|||243,701
15,309|88,434
~5890|10,324|15,651|358,110
21,199| ||At 31 March 2023|||~259010|~94 324|10,324|~15651|~379309| ||NET BOOK VALUE|||||||| ||At 31 March 2023|||~516422|12,577|||528,999| ||At 31 March 2022|||~531 731|14177|||~545 908| |13.|STOCKS|||||||| ||||||||2023|2022| |||||||||6| ||Stocks||||||585|585| |14.|DEBTORS: AMOUNTS||FALLING|DUE WITHIN|ONE YEAR|||| ||||||||2023|2022| |||||||||6| ||Trade debtors||||||2,357|131| ||Prepayments||||||345,741|~119923| ||||||||348,098|120054| ## ## ## ## |CREDITORS: AMOUN|TS
FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE|YEAR|| |---|---|---|---| |||2023|2022| |||F|| |Trade creditors||212,296|1,053| |Social security and other taxes||24|(23)| |Other creditors||313|605| |Accruals and deferred|Income|~387017|251,671| |||579,650|253 306| ## |MOVEMENT||IN FUNDS|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Net|Translers|| ||||||movement|between|At| |||||At 1.4.22
f|in funds
E|funds
f|31.3.23| |Unrestricted||funds|||||| |General fund||||776,788|(13,570)|(75,000)|688,218| |Development||fund||||60,000|60,000| |County Event||fund||||5,000|5,000| |Intemallonal|fund|||||~10 000|10000| |||||776,788|(13,570)||763,218| |Restricted funds|||||||| |Intemallonal||||13,674|||13,674| |Legacy||||76,220|(1,539)||74,681| |Car Park||||7,554|(178)||7,376| |Scout Centre
Jamboree||||1,500
6,808|||1,500
~6808| |||||105756|~1,717)||104,039| |TOTAL FUNDS||||~882 544|~15287)||~867 257| |Net movement||in funds,|included|In the above are as follows:|||| ||||||Incoming|Resources|Movement| ||||||resources
8|expended
f|In funds
f| |Unrestricted||funds|||||| |General fund|||||103,121|(116,691)|(13,570)| |Restricted funds|||||||| |Legacy
Car Park||||||(1,539)
~178)|(1,539)
~178)| |||||||~1717)|1 717| |TOTAL FUNDS|||||~103 121|~118408)|~15 287)| ## ## |Comparatlves|for moveme|nt
In fun|ds|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Net|| ||||||movement|At| |||||At 1.4.21|in funds|31.3.22| |||||||6| |Unrestricted|funds|||||| |General
fund||||781,547|(4,759)|778,788| |Restricted funds||||||| |International||||13,674||13,674| |Legacy||||77,758|(1,538)|76,220| |Car Park||||7,732|(178)|7,554| |Scout Centre
Jamboree||||1,500
6,808||1,500
~6808| |||||~107472|~1716)|~105756| |TOTAL FUNDS||||889,019|~6,475)|~882 544| |Comparative|net movement|In funds,|Included|In the above are as follows:||| |||||Incoming|Resources|Movement| |||||resources
f|expended|In funds
2| |Unrestricted|funds|||||| |General
fund||||50,251|(55,010)|(4,759)| |Restricted funds||||||| |Legacy
Car Park|||||(1,538)
~178)|(1,538)
~178)| ||||||~1716)|~1716)| |TOTAL FUNDS||||~50 251|(56,726)|~6475)| ## ##