## ## |Contents|||Page| |---|---|---|---| |independent|Examiner's|Report|| |Receipts and|Payments|Account|3-4| |Statement of|assets and|liabilities|| |Trustees'
Annual
Report|||6-14| ## ||Only complete|Only complete|ifthe examiner needs to highlight|matters|ofconcern (see CC32,| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Independent|examination
ofcharity accounts: directions|||and guidance for| ||examiners).||||| |Give here brief details of
any items that the
examiner wishes to|No~||P
i~~||| |disclose.|||||| ## |||||||||Forthe year
from|01 April|2023|To|31 March|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||2022I23|||2021/22|| ||||||||||Unrestricted|funds||Unrestricted|funds| |Receipts|||||||||||||| |Donations,|legacies and|||similar income|||||||||| |Membership|subscriptions|||||||||24,837|||18,487| |Less:Membership||subscriptions|||paid on|(National/County/Area/District)|||||||| |Net membership||subscriptions|||retained|||||24,837|||18,48?| |Donations||||||||||1,000|||| |Legacies|||||||||||||| |Gift Aid||||||||||2,77?|||| |Other similar|income||||||||||||| ||||Sub total||||||||||| |Maintenenace|grant||||||||||||| |Other grants||||||||||300|||| ||||Sub total||||||||||| |Fundraising|(gross)||||||||||||| |Detail 1|||||||||||||| |Detail 2|||||||||||||| |Detail 3|||||||||||||| |Other fundraising||activities|||||||||||| |||||Sub total|||||||||| |Investment|income||||||||||||| |Bank interest|||||||||||||| |Building Society||interest|||||||||||| |The Scout Association Short||||Term investment|||Service||||||| |Property Rent income|||||||||||||| |OSer investment||income|||||||||||| |||||Sub total|||||||||| |||||||Total|Gross income||||||| |Asset and|investment||sales, etc.||||||||||| ||||||||Total receipts||||||| ## ||||||Forthe year
from|01 April 2023|01 April 2023|To|31 March|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||2022/23|||2021/22|| |||||||Unrestricted|funds||Unrestricted|funds| |Payments||||||||||| |Charitable|Payments|||||||||| |Youth programme||and activities|||||21,880|||13,756| |Adult support|and|training||||||||| |Rent||||||||||| ||||||||3,720|||1,718| |Nfater and Sewerage||||||||||| |Electricity and Gas||||||||||| |Insurance||||||||||| |Repairs and|Renewals|||||||||| |Materials and equipment||||||||||| |Printing
and|photocopying|||||||||| |Contribution|to camp costs|||||||||| |AGM and trustee||expenses||||||||| |Census payment|||||||5,701|||5,088| |Other costs detail||2||||||||| |Other costs detail||3||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||||| |Fundraising|expenses|||||||||| |Detail 1||||||||||| |Detail 2||||||||||| |Detail 3||||||||||| |Other fundraising||costs||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||||| ||||Total Gross Expenditure|||||||| |Asset and|investment||purchases,|etc.||||||| |||||Total payments||||||| ||||Net ofreceiptsl(payments}|||||||| |Cash funds last year|||end||||20,430|||22,516| ||||Cash funds this year end|||||||| ||||||31 INarch|2023|31 INarch|2022| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||Unrestricted|funds|Unrestricted|funds| |Cash funds||||||||| |Bank current account||||||18,043||20,430| |Bank deposit account||||||||| |Building society account||||||||| |The Scout Association||Short|Term Investment|Service||||| |||Total cash funds||||||| |Other monetary|assets|||||||| |Taxdaim||||||||| |Debts due from the|County/Area/District/Group|||||||| |Insurance
claim||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||| |Investment
assets||||||||| |Invesbnent
property|- detail|||||||| |Quoted investments||||||||| |Other investments
-detail||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||| |Non monetary assets for charity's||||own use||||| |Badge stock||||||||| |Shopstock||||||||| |Other stock||||||||| |Land and buildings||||||||| |Motor vehicles||||||||| |Scouting equipment,||furniture|etc|||||| |Other||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||| |Liabilities||||||||| |Accounts not yet paid||||||||| |Expenses incurred|but not invoiced|||||||| |Subscriptions
not yet||paid||||||| |Loan - detail||||||||| |Other liabilities||||||||| ||||Sub total|||||| ## |Description ofthe charity's|Description ofthe charity's|Description ofthe charity's|Description ofthe charity's|trusts|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Type ofgoverning
document||||||The Group's governing
documents
are those ofthe The|| |||||||Scout Association. They consist ofa Royal Charter,
which|in| |||||||turn gives authority
to the Bye Laws ofthe Association
and|| |||||||The Policy, Organisation
and Rules ofThe Scout|| |(e.g. trust|deed,|constitution}||||Association.|| |How the charity||is constituted|||||| |||||||The Group is a trust established
under its rules which are|| |(e.g.trust,|association,||company)|||common to all Scouts.|| |Trustee selection methods
(e.g. appointed
by, elected||||by)||The Trustees are appointed
in accordance
with the Policy,
Organisation
and Rules ofThe Scout Association.|| |Additional|governance||issues (optional|||information
but encouraged
as best practice)|| |You may choose to include
information,
where relevant,||||additional
about:||The Group is managed
by the Group Executive Committee,
the members
ofwhich are the 'Charity Trustees' ofthe|| |||||||Scout Group 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.|| |Policies and procedures|||adopted||for:||| |a)the induction
and training
oftrustees;
b}trustee'
consideration
ofmajor risks
and the systems and procedures
to
manage
them||||||The Committee
consists of3 independent
representatives,
Chair, Treasurer
and Secretary together
with the Group
Scout Leaders,
individual
section leaders (ifopted to take
on the responsibility)
and parent's
representation
and meets|| |||||||every 3 months.|| |||||||This Group Executive Committee
exists to support the|| |||||||Group Scout Leader in meeting
the responsibilities
ofthe|| |||||||appointments
and is responsible
for:|| |||||||The maintenance
ofGroup property;|| |||||||The raising offunds and the administration
of Group|| |||||||finance;|| |||||||The insurance
ofpersons,
property and equipment;|| |||||||Group public occasions;|| |||||||Assisting
in the recruitment
ofleaders and other adult|| |||||||support;|| |||||||Appointing
any sub committees
that may be required;|| |||||||Appointing
Group Administrators
and Advisors other than|| |||||||those who are elected.|| |||||||The trustees
would
like to place on record their thanks to|| |||||||the members
ofthe Committee,
the section leaders and all|| |||||||ofvolunteers
for their contributions
throughout
the year. The|| |||||||Group could not operate successfully
without this.|| |Risk and internal
Control||| |---|---|---| |The Group Executive Committee
has identified
the major||| |risks to which they believe the Group is exposed, these||| |have been reviewed
and systems
have been established||to| |mitigate against them. The main areas ofconcern that have||| |been identified are:||| |Damage to the building,
property
and equipment.
The Grou||| |would request the use of buildings,
property
and equipment||| |from neighbouring
organisations
such as the church,||| |community
centre and other Scout Groups. Similar||| |reciprocal arrangements
exist with these organisations.|The|| |Group has sufficient
buildings
and contents insurance
in||| |place to mitigate against permanent
loss.||| |Injury to leaders, helpers, supporters
and members.
The||| |Group through
the capitation fees contributes
to the Scout||| |Associations
national accident insurance
policy. Risk||| |Assessments
are undertaken
before all activities.||| |Reduced income from fund raising. The Group is primarily||| |reliant upon income from subscriptions
and fundraising.|The|| |group does hold a reserve to ensure the continuity
of||| |activities should there be a major reduction
in income. The||| |Committee
could raise the value ofsubscriptions
to increase||| |the income to the group on an ongoing basis, either||| |temporarily
or permanen'tly.||| |Reduction
or loss ofleaders. The group is totally reliant||| |upon volunteers
to run and administer
the activities ofthe||| |group. Ifthere was a reduction
in the number of leaders|to|| |an unacceptable
level in a particular
section or the group||as| |a whole then there would have to be a contraction,||| |consolidation
or closure ofa section.
In the worst case||| |scenario the complete closure ofthe Group.||| |Reduction or loss of members. The Group provides||| |activities for all young people aged 6to 18.Ifthere was|a|| |reduction
in membership
in a particular section or the group||| |as whole then there would have to be a contraction,||| |consolidation
or closure ofa section. In the worst case||| |scenario the complete closure ofthe Group.||| |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|| |bank payments
and a comprehensive
insurance
policies|to|| |ensure that insurable
risks are covered.||| |Summary|of|the main achievements|the main achievements|the main achievements|the main achievements|of|Successful operation
of2 Beaver colonies, 2 Cub Scout|Successful operation
of2 Beaver colonies, 2 Cub Scout|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||the charity during
the year|||||packs, 2Scout units and an Explorer Scouts group
in||| ||||||||Wymondham,
Norfolk, encompassing
over 100young||| ||||||||people aged 6 -14. The Group has a number of adult||| ||||||||volunteers
and also uses the services ofyoung people aged||| ||||||||14 - 18as leaders. Further information
on|activities|| ||||||||undertaken
during the year can be found|on our website at|| ||||||||www. wymondham-scouts-and-guides.
uk.||| |Brief statement|||ofthe charity's||policy on||Reserves Policy||| |reserves|||||||The Group's
policy on reserves
is to hold|sufficient|| ||||||||resources to continue the charitable
activities ofthe group||| ||||||||should
income and fundraising
activities
fall short. The||| ||||||||Group Executive Committee
considers that the group should||| ||||||||hold a sum equivalent
to 6 months
running|costs and|| ||||||||calculate this to be circa E15,000.||| ||||||||The Group
held reserves
of 818,043 at|year end which|is| ||||||||considered
adequate.||| |Quantify
and explain any designations|||||||||| |Details ofany||funds materially|||in deficit||||| |(circumstances|||plus steps to|eliminate)|||||| |Further financial|||review details||(optional||information)||| |You may choose to include|||||additional||nves men
o cy||| |information,
where relevant,
about:|||||||||| |~the charity's|||principal sources offunds||||The Group does not have sufficient funds|to invest
in longer|| |||{including any fundraising);|||||term investments.
The Group 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;||| |Plans for future|||periods (details||ofany||The group continues to grow and recover|following covid.|| |significant|activities planned|||to|achieve||we have plans to reopen
all sections this|year and build all|| |them)|||||||to full strength.||| |||||The Purpose ofScouting|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary|ofthe objects ofthe||charity set|Scouting exists to actively engage and support||young|| |out in its|governing|document||people
in their personal
development,|||| |||||empowering
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 ofthe||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|||| |||||-share
in spiritual
reflection|||| |||||-take responsibility
and make choices|||| |||||-undertake
new and challenging
activities|||| |||||-make and live by their Promise.|||| |Summary|ofthe main activities||in relation||||| |to these|objects|||||||