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2025-03-31-accounts

Stroud and Tetbury District Scout Council

Registered Charity No: 1026324

Trustees’ Annual Report and Accounts

Address:

St Swithun’s Hall, Downton Road, Leonard Stanley, Gloucestershire GL10 3LT

The Purpose of Scouting:

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development,

empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

The Values of Scouting. As Scouts we are guided by these values:

The District's governing documents are those of the 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 District is managed by the District Trustee Board, the members of which are the “Charity Trustees” of the Scout District which is an educational charity. As charity trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as appropriate.

The Trustee Board consists of the Chair and Trustees and meets every 2 months. Members of the Trustee Board complete Being a Scouts Trustee learning within the

first 6 months of joining the Board. The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.

This District Trustee Board exists to make sure the charity is well-managed, risks are assessed and mitigated, buildings and equipment are in good working order, and everyone follows legal requirements and the organisation's policies and rules. Their support helps other volunteers run high-quality and safe programmes that gives young people skills for life.

The District 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 comprehensive insurance policies to ensure that insurable risks are covered.

Trustees:

Tony Dover, (District Chair), Paul Bentley, (District Lead Volunteer), Keelan Tootall, Rhys Herschell-Burns (District Youth Lead), Chris Jones, (Chairman Appointments Advisory Committee), Keith Stanley, Mary Jones.

Reports

District Lead Volunteer

Another exciting year for Stroud and Tetbury with all our Groups getting out and about on camps, events and adventures. There have been many highlights with our Young People enjoying and achieving across the District.

Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers have all enjoyed a range of activities from traditional Scouting, such as camping, wide games, fires, cooking and pioneering, through to practicing circus skills, getting out on the water and playing Human Hungry Hippos! I have enjoyed being able to visit them in our Scouting

venues, watch them have fun and even have a go myself. The range of activities facilitated by the District’s Leaders is huge and growing ever wider.

Our Young People have completed hundreds of nights away throughout the year. They have camped, had indoor sleepovers and completed expeditions both locally and around the UK. Events have ranged from individual Section’s camps, Group camps, District Explorer events to multi Group events such as the sleepover held at Ninja Warrior in the Spring where nearly 80 Scouts from 7 different Groups had fun, (although I’m not sure we can call this one a “sleepover’ as I understand not much sleeping was had). We also have had our Explorers completing elements of their Gold DofE in and around Fort William, an area I know well from my previous adventures.

Sections from across the District took part in Strategy, Evolution and Discover this year. These events offer something for all of our Young People with our more competitive Young People hitting the top of the Evolution leaderboard yet again, whilst those members taking a more leisurely approach propped up those leaderboards from the bottom! When I visited, I received lots of very positive comments and excited conversations from all that took part.

Our adult members have also been achieving. I was able to witness the presentation at Berkeley Castle where one of our Leaders, Tanwen Bird from 1[st] Minchinhampton, was awarded her King’s Scout Award. Well Done, a fantastic achievement.

Other Leaders have also been working hard to complete mandatory training in a timely way, and to gain their, now optional, Wood Badge. Congratulations to all. Nights Away adult training is taking place with more Leaders gaining their Nights Away Permit. Our Nights Away assessors offered a supported assessment camp to all Leaders in the

District wishing to gain their Permit, have assessed individual Leaders throughout the year and support me with advice during the NAN approval process.

We now have a District Fellowship; they have been out and about including a visit to S&E. Thank you Colin for your support at S&E. The aim is to support our Fellowship members to take an active part within the District.

The DLV role is a very diverse role and is the “hinge” between Groups and HQUK & County. It’s not just “getting out there” as I am constantly finding out. I have been

able to visit all the Groups in the District which means I’ve met more of the Sections and their Leaders and have had the privilege to present Awards to many Leaders. I have even been persuaded to run a Section meeting of wide games on Selsley common for one of the Scout Troops. Robbers and Bounty Hunters went down well with the Scouts, who were focused on gaining the shiny prize; only to be disappointed to discover it was a box of Pasta well wrapped in tin foil.

Part of my focus this year was to support the Groups through Transformation and the move to The Scouts’ new system. There were mixed reactions across the District but all are now settling into the new processes and have been adjusting to our new role names. With the aim of promoting best practice in the District, the GLVs now meet termly, supporting each other and demonstrating great teamwork. This is proving dividends and assisting the newer GLVs.

Within the District all but two Groups have an active GLV, and we are actively recruiting for those two, with names almost in the frame. This is great news for S&T and a long time coming. Colette, GLV at 1[st] Minchinhampton, is supporting The Stanleys and it is now functioning as a group rather than as three separate Sections. The Section Leaders are supporting each other, the whole team is doing an absolutely great job and Colette is now supporting a potential GLV and recruiting a new Trustee Board, Thank you. I now have a potential GLV for Cranham and the deck will be complete. Filling these roles is key to ensuring our Groups are running correctly and in line with our Scouting Values.

I also have Ali, our 14-24 Team Lead, having regular meetings with the Explorer Leaders from all our Units, so again good news.

We are all aware that lots of admin happens behind the scenes, more so with our new systems in place and with the

pressure for all to complete training in a timely way. A big thank you to all Stroud & Tetbury Lead Volunteers for supporting this, and a special thank you to Louise who has also supported our District Fellowship with their training compliance.

I have more aims to achieve in the short and long terms so continue to look for more adult support in many different areas. This will make us smarter and more effective as a District and in turn, as Groups. We hope to have an annual District event and to promote more involvement of Stroud and Tetbury Young People and Leaders at

international events. We need to recruit new Trustees to our Trustee Board to ensure governance, and to recruit more adults to support our operations and events. All in All, S&T is moving onwards and upwards which is due to all of the Leaders, their continual hard and selfless work, and hours they put in. Thank you.

Paul Bentley – District Lead Volunteer

District Youth Lead

In the last 12 months I have had the opportunity to get round most groups though there are still a few to visit. I have been invited to a number of camps this past year, from explorer camps to beaver overnights and to multigroup camps and of course larger camps such as Strategy and Evolution.

Probably the most important event this past year was the National Youth Forum. I was selected alongside our County Youth Lead and two leaders from across the county to take the Gloucestershire delegation to Oxford to attend the event in March this year. This was a great event that enabled the young people in attendance to voice their opinions and have their say. We completed a number of activities from youth voice promotion to looking at the recent Summit 25 decisions and deciding how we thought was best to help promote a better youth shaped scouting. All this information is being compiled into a report but the UK Youth Team and will help shape the vision for the next nine years.

Throughout the year I have attended a number of youth lead meet ups, whether that be at the youth lead support weekend or at other events such as All Wales Cub Fun Day in which a number of youth leads attended. These events help to continue my development and help to engage and expose us to different ways of thinking and different ideas.

Lastly, I have begun developing a ‘programme’ for our young leaders. The aim of this will be to provide a support network between the young leaders and ensure that both the young leaders and STYLE Team are getting adequate support. I am currently talking to the GARGOYLE team to help shape this.

Looking to the future, over the next year I intent on visiting the last couple of groups within the district and I am looking to expand the S&T Youth Team to ensure we can always get to everyone and to help push through some new ideas. I also hope to launch a couple of pilot projects to help engage young people at group and district levels.

Rhys Herschell-Burns – District Youth Lead

Young Leader Training

With Module A training now delivered exclusively online, Steve Jackson and Jacks Graham continue to offer Modules B to J at least once annually to the YLs in the District. Module K (First Aid masterclass) is offered by the County. Over the last 12 months, 3 training sessions have been delivered to 14 Young Leaders. A further training course is being held on 28th September.

Pennwood

The majority of camping bookings through the past year have been over weekends. It seems that many scout groups do not have week long summer camps. The range of groups have been the usual mix of scouts, guides, schools and other youth groups.

Bookings have come from our District, Dursley, Bristol, Cheltenham, Malvern, Birmingham, Gloucester, Swindon, Hereford, Somerset, various London groups, schools, DofE groups and several other youth groups. Looking through the forms we had approximately more than 2,500 people camping at the site. District groups also use the wooded area for bivouacs and other evening activities.

During the year the certificates have been renewed, for safety of fire extinguishers, alarms, electric plugs and gas. The trees had their bi-annual inspection, and remedial action taken. Three trees were felled, which required planning permission, (we are part of ancient woodland), and 3 new trees planted as replacements.

Many thanks are due to Paul Blanch for his help and support. Without him helping and looking after the site and the administration would be more difficult and time consuming. Thanks also to the District Fellowship for their cleaning of toilets and other necessary tasks.

More Volunteers to help are always very welcome.

Keith Stanley – Warden, Pennwood

District Headquarters – St Swithuns

Regular users and one-off bookings contribute to the running costs of the building that is used by The Stanleys Scout Group three sections, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, as do Farriers Explorers. All health and safety requirements are up to date and the fire alarm installed that enables us to take overnight bookings that is now

permissible with the variation to the planning approval. New energy contracts deliver improved value with refunds secured from the previous sole supplier.

The recent gas main replacement in Downton Road saw Wales & West Utilities fail to reconnect the supply to the building although restoration of supply was finally achieved. Subsequent to this a new boiler has now been installed and hot water supply reinstated.

Tony Dover – District Chair

Scout Shop

The shop continues to operate well and make profits for the District.

The shop is run by Ali and Nutt and opens on Tuesday from 7-7:30 for collections or in person orders but is open 24/7 for posting orders.

We do serve a number of leaders in the District but there are many groups and sections that do not order badges or uniform from us. We sell at the same prices as all other retailers, our postage prices are cheaper and all profits are reinvested back in the District. If you don’t buy from us at the moment please pop in or visit us online at https://shop.stscouts.org.uk/.

We are always looking for more help so if you can help with the shop when open or managing the online shop let us know. Thanks Ali & Nutt - shop@stscouts.org.uk

Ali Andrews – Team Leader, 14-24 Team

Explorers

Units continue to deliver a great program for Explorers in the District across our 4 Explorer Scout Units.

We’ve had a successful District Wintercamp and a number of Explorers have completed and continue to us to work towards their Top Awards.

Thanks as always to our amazing Leaders who give up their time each week and weekends, holidays to deliver for our Young People. If anyone is interested in joining the team let me know. Thanks Ali - alastair@explorerscouts.co.uk

Ali Andrews – Team Leader, 14-24 Team

Census of District Membership in Stroud and Tetbury For the year ending 31st January 2025

Census of District Membership
in Stroud and Tetbury
For the year ending
31st January 2025
YOUTH MEMBERSHIP
Squirrel Scouts 21
Beaver Scouts 209
Cub Scouts 212
Scouts 243
Explorer Scouts(includingYoungLeaders) 60
Network members 18
TOTAL YOUTH MEMBERSHIP 763
TOTALS
TOTAL YOUTH MEMBERSHIP 763
TOTAL ADULT MEMBERSHIP 212
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP 975

Registered Charity Number: 1026324

Report of the Trustees and Unaudited Financial Statements for the year ended 31 March 2025 for Stroud & Tetbury District Scout Council

Dark Consulting Ltd 34c High Street Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JA

STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Page
Reference and Administrative Details 11
Report of Trustees 12
Independent Examiner's Report 15
Statement of Financial Activities 16
Statement of Financial Position 17
Notes to the Financial Statements 18
Detailed Statement of Financial Activities 24

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Reference and Administrative Details For the Year ended 31 March 2025

Trustees: A W Dover (Chair)
P Bentley
K Stanley
K D Tootell
C M Jones
R Herschell-Burns
Address: District Scout Headquarters
Downton Road
Leonard Stanley
Stroud GL10 3LT
Registered Charity No: 1026324
Independent Examiner: Dark Consulting Limited
34c High Street
Yatton
North Somerset
BS49 4JA

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Report of the Trustees For the Year ended 31 March 2025

The Trustees of the Stroud and Tetbury District Scout Council, which is a registered charity (number 102632), present their report together with the financial statements. It is administered by the members of the District Trustee Board who are also the charity's trustees. The membership of the Trustee Board who served during the year is shown on page 3. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019).

OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

Objectives of the Charity: The objectives of the Charity are to support the local Groups in pursuit of the Scout Association objectives. The Scout Association objectives are to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.

The District is a trust established under its rules, which are common to all Scout Groups and Districts. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the policy, organisation and rules of the Scout Association.

Organisation: The trustees are elected for a term of three years by the membership in accordance with the constitution.

ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCE

Review of Developments, Activities and Achievements : The Charity has continued to carry out its primary objectives during the year under review.

Financial Controls: Financial controls are carried out through the Trustees.

Investment Powers and Restrictions: The trustees are authorised to invest surplus funds in high interest bank accounts. There are no restrictions as to where the funds may be invested, but policy must be agreed by the Trustees.

FINANCIAL REVIEW

Principal funding sources: The main source of income during the year were membership fees, and subscriptions.

Reserves Policy: It is the policy of the Trustees that funds that have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to 12 months' expenditure. This level of reserves has been maintained throughout the year. At the end of the financial year,

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funds in the sum of £3,073 (2024: £3,559) were reserved for the next year’s Farriers Stomp event.

STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Report of the Trustees For the Year ended 31 March 2025

Results: The results for the year and the charity's financial position at the end of the year are shown in the attached financial statements.

STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing document: The charity is governed by Royal Charter granted 4 January 1912. The District Constitution was approved by the Annual General Meeting of the Stroud and Tetbury District Scout Council on 12[th] June 2024.

Recruitment and appointment of trustees : Members of the District Trustee Board are the charity trustees of the Stroud District. Only persons aged 18 and over may be full voting members of the District Trustee Board. The trustees are elected for a term of three years by the membership in accordance with the constitution. Trustees are also appointed in select scouting roles.

Risk Management : The Trustees have identified the major risks to which they believe the district is exposed. They have reviewed these and have established systems to mitigate them including strict control of appointments, health and safety issues relating to the physical environment and activities, internal financial controls and the provision of suitable insurance.

STATEMENT OF TRUSTEES’ RESPONSIBILITIES

Trustees' Responsibilities: The law applicable to Charities in England and Wales requires the Trustees to prepare financial statements for each financial year which give a true and fair view of the charity's financial activities during the year and of its financial position at the end of the year. In preparing those financial statements, the trustees are required to:

The trustees are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

The trustees are responsible for keeping proper accounting records which disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the charity and to enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Charities Act 2011, the Charity (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 and the provisions of the trust deed. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the charity and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

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Approved by order of the board of trustees on 12[th] September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

A W Dover

A W Dover Trustee

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Stroud & Tetbury District Scout Council

Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Stroud & Tetbury District Scout Council

I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of Stroud & Tetbury District Scout Council (the Trust) for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's statement

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection 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.

Emma Dark AFA MIPA Dark Consulting Ltd 34c High Street Yatton North Somerset BS49 4JA

11[th] September 2025

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Notes
INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Scout Activities
2
Charitable Activities
5
Penn Wood Scout centre
St Swithuns Scout Centre
Explorers and Scout Activites
Other Trading Activities
3
Investment Income
4
Other Income
6
Total
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable Activites
7
Penn Wood Scout centre
St Swithuns Scout Centre
Stonehouse Scout Centre
Explorers and Scout Activites
District Scout Activities
Scout shop cost of goods sold
Total
NET INCOME
RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS
Total Funds brought forward
TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD		 31.3.25
31.3.24
67,975
72,520
8,727
11,764
2,920
4,835
9,222
7,020
13,834
11,625
-
329
631
103,006
108,393
6,351
8,881
5,879
16,510
692
-
12,148
18,470
60,735
62,188
11,957
18,689
96,378
124,739
6,629
(16,346)
104,301
120,647
110,930
104,301

The notes form part of these financial statements

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION 31 MARCH 2025

Notes
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible Assets
10
CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks
11
Debtors
12
Cash at Bank
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year
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NET CURRENT ASSETS
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
NET ASSETS
FUNDS
14
Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 31.3.25
31.3.24
568
2,054
15,045
17,277
11,630
26,043
120,321
100,284
146,996
143,604
(36,635)
(41,358)
110,361
102,246
110,929
104,301
110,929
104,301
110,929
104,301
110,929
104,301

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees and authorised for issue on 12[th] September 2025, and were signed on its behalf by:

A W Dover

A Dover- Trustee

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements

The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) ‘Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective 1 January 2019)’. Financial Reporting Standard 102 ‘The Financial reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’ and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

Financial reporting standard 102- reduced disclosure exemptions

The charity has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 ‘The Financial reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland’;

Income

All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received, and the amount can be measured reliably.

Expenditure

Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings, they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of the resources.

Grants offered subject to conditions which have not been met at the year-end date are noted as a commitment but not accrued as expenditure.

Tangible fixed assets

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates to write off each asset over its estimate useful life:

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Stocks

Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Taxation

The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Fund accounting

Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives a the discretion of the trustees.

Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.

Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.

2. SCOUT ACTIVITIES
Donations
Subscriptions
3. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITES
District Activities
Shop Income
4. INVESTMENT INCOME
Deposit account interest
5. INCOME FROM CHARITABLE ACTIVITES
Penn Wood Scout Centre
St Swithuns Scout Centre
Explorer and Scout Activities
Farrier Income		 31.3.25
6,941
61,034
67,975
31.3.25
329
13,834
14,163
31.3.25
0
31.3.25
8,727
2,920
7,352
1,870
20,869		 31.3.24
8,030
64,490
72,520
31.3.24
631

11,625
12,255
31.3.24
0
31.3.24
11,764
4,835
5,434
1,586
23,618

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

6. OTHER INCOME
Government grants		 31.3.25
31.3.24
0
0

Government grants were received via Stroud District Council in repsonse to the government's support for organisations affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

7. CHARITABLE ACTIVITES COSTS
Penn Wood Scout Centre
St Swithuns Scout Centre
Stonehouse Scout Centre
Explorer and Scout Activities
District Scout Activites
Scout shop cost of goods sold		 31.3.25
31.3.24
6,351
8,881
5,879
16,510
692
-
12,148
18,470
86
1,540
11,957
18,689
35,729
64,090

8. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS

There were no trustees' remueration or other benefits for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024.

Trustee's expenses

There were no trustees' expenses paid for the year ended 31 March 2025 nor for the year ended 31 March 2024, other than the return of funds incurred on behalf of the charity.

9. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITES

All incomes and expenditures in the comparative period were in respect of unrestricted funds.

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
COST
At 1 April 2024
Additions
At 31 March 2025
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024
Charge in year
At 31 March 2025
NET BOOK VALUE
At 1 April 2024
At 31 March 2025		 Improveme
nts to
Property
56,632
-
56,632
56,632
56,632
-
-		 Plant and
machinery
Total
15,053
71,685
-
-
15,053
71,685
12,999
69,630
1,486
1,486
14,485
71,116
2,054
2,054
568
568

The freehold property consists of Penn Wood Scout Centre and St Swithuns Scout Centre. A transfer of the land in this title dated 2 August 1993 was made between The Woodland Trust and The Scout Association trust. The council operates from these two sites and is resposible for running costs. All property improvements costs have been capitalised and depreciated at 15% on cost.

11. STOCKS
Stocks
12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
Trade debtors
Other debtors
Prepayments and accrued income		 31.3.25
31.3.24
15,045
17,277
31.3.25
31.3.24
11,630
26,043
-
-
-
-
11,630
26,043

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN YEAR
Trade creditors
Other creditors		 31.3.25
31.3.24
43,554
357
6,919
-
41,001
36,635
41,358
14. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 At 01.04.24
104,301
104,301		 Net
movement
in funds
At 31.3.25
6,629
110,930
6,629
110,930

Net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:

Unrestricted funds
TOTAL FUNDS		 Incoming
resources
103,006
103,006		 Resources
Expended
Movement
in Funds
(96,378)
6,629
(96,378)
6,629

15. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

During the year the charity entered into transactions with related parties, in the ordinary course of business. Transactions entered into, and balances outstanding at 31 March 2025 are as follows:

Randwick Scout Group (RSG)

A Bingle and P Blanch, two trustees of the charity also served as trustees for RSG during the year.

Contributions from RSG during the year were £9,628 (2024: £8,883) Contributions to RSG during the year were £390 (2024:nil)

Amount owed (to)/ from RSG at the year end: £nil (2024: £8,883)

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM
Notes
Scout activites
Donations
2
Subscriptions
Charitable activities
5
Penn Wood Scout centre
St Swithuns Scout Centre
Explorers and scout activites
District Activites
Farriers Income
Other trading activites
3
Investment income
4
Total incoming resources
EXPENDITURE ON
Charitable Activities
Penn Wood Scout centre
St Swithuns Scout Centre
Stonehouse Scout Centre
Explorers and scout activites
District Activites
Scout shop cost of good sold		 2025
2024
£
6,941
8,030
61,034
64,490
8,727
11,764
2,920
4,835
7,352
5,434
329
631
1,870
1,586
13,834
11,625
-
103,006
108,393
6,351
8,881
5,879
16,510
692
-
12,148
18,470
86
1,540
11,957
18,689
35,729
64,090

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STROUD & TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Support Costs
Admin, Audit & Accountancy fees
Adult Support & Training
Advertising & Marketing
Depreciation Expense
Donations
Donations - International Trips
Entertainment - 0%
Entertainment-100% business
Farriers/Stomp Expenses
General Expenses
Go Cardless
Insurance
IT Software and Consumables
Membership Fees - paid to County
Online Scout Manager
Power, Water
Printing & Stationery
Rent - Explorers
Repairs & Maintenance
Scout Shop - Postage, Freight & Courier
Subscriptions
Telephone & Internet
Travel Expenses
Uniform and badges
Young Leader (STYLE), Expenses
Total Resources Expended
Net Income/ (expenditure)
936
330
-
1,486
100
-
-
290
-
3,618
239
234
6,056
310
43,536
282
29
94
1,596
767
582
-
137
493
314
60,648

6,629		 877
150
42
2,258
2,000
2,608
10
-
-
1,864
99
150
5,769
90
41,746
551
381
89
960
24
465
28
27
298
181
-
60,648
(16,346)

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