## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021 Charity name: 1st Hardingstone Scout Group** ## **Charity registration number: 1038382** ## **Objectives and Activities** |**Objectives and Activities**||| |---|---|---| ||SORP reference|| |Summary of the purposes of the
charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To contribute to the development of young people in**
**achieving their full physical, emotional, social and**
**spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible**
**citizens and as members of the local, national and**
**international communities**| |Summary of the main activities
in relation to those purposes for
the public benefit, in particular,
the activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts|Para 1.17 and 1.19|**Scout Association activities**| |Statement confirming whether
the trustees have had regard to
the guidance issued by the
Charity Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Trustees have regard to Charity Commission**
**Guidance**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**N/A**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**All leaders and active support members are**
**volunteers without whom the Group would cease to**
**function**| |Other||**1st Hardingstone Scout Group is part of the Scout**
**Association, which is a voluntary organisation where**
**adults help to support children aged between 5 to 18**
**years of age**| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to the
circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a whole.|Para 1.20|**We have had another successful year and we were**
**awarded the largest Scout Group in Northamptonshire**
**Award for the second year running. We are continuing**
**to grow and with the help pf new volunteers we are**
**thriving.**
**Due to the Covid-19 pandemic we were unable to run**
**our very popular Group Scout Camp. We also had to**
**cancel and postpone a number of local, national and**
**international trips scheduled in this year. Throughout**
**the no face-to-face scouting, all sections ran their**
**group meetings via Zoom and although attendance**
**was not always great the enthusiasm of the young**
**people was commendable. We are very fortunate to**
**have such remarkable leaders who worked so hard to**
**provide an outlet for the young people. This also had**
**an effect on the parents too giving them a much-**
**needed break.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives set|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Investment performance against
objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s financial
position at the end of the period|Para 1.21|**At the end of the period the Group had increased both**
**the General Fund (after deducting amounts held on**
**account), and Funds overall**| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the policy
for holding reserves stating why
they are held|Para 1.22|**A reserve is held to enable the Group to continue to**
**meet essential costs for a period of time in the event**
**that activities, and therefore donations, were to cease**
**completely**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£2,500**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**None**| |Explanation of any uncertainties
about the charity continuing as
a going concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal sources
of funds (including any
fundraising)|Para 1.47|**The principal source of funds are donations from the**
**parents/guardians of the Group’s members**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |Other||**N/A**| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The Scout Association Policy Organisation and Rules**| |How is the charity constituted?
(e.g unincorporated association,
CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Scout Association**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of any
person or body entitled to
appoint one or more trustees|Para 1.25|**Elected at the AGM**| ## **Additional information (optional)** |You may choose to include further|statements where relevant about:|statements where relevant about:| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**The Scout Association provides training mainly in the**
**form of a computer-based e-learning package for all**
**adults involved.**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider network
with which the charity works|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|1stHardingstone Scout Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|1038382| |Charity’s principal address|101 Martins Lane, Hardingstone, Northampton, NN4 6 DJ| **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| |1|Claire Willis|Chairperson||| |2|DougDillow|Treasurer||| |3|Jon Shippen|Secretary||| |4|Kevin Dillow|GroupScout Leader||| |5|Patrick Howard|Scout Leader||| |6|Simon Mills|Cub Leader||| |7|Helen Coulson|Cub Leader||| |8|Phin McGarry|Beaver Leader||| |9|Zoe Hughes|Parent Rep||| |10|Alison Allerton|Parent Rep||| |11|Sam Lake|Parent Rep||| |12|Carl Dillow|Quartermaster||| Corporate trustees – names of the directors at the date the report was approved |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A**||| Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**N/A **||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets held in
this capacity|**N/A**| |---|---| |Name and objects of the charity
on whose behalf the assets are
held and how this falls within
the custodian charity’s objects|**N/A**| |Details of arrangements for safe
custody and segregation of
such assets from the charity’s
own assets|**N/A**| **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address N/A Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **N/A** ## **Other optional information** ## **N/A** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Claire Willis|David Hughes| ||
Chair of Trustees|Treasurer (appointed 19thApril 2021)| ||26thJanuary 2022|| ||26thJanuary 2022|| **----- Start of picture text -----**
1st Hardingstone Scout Group 1038382
Receipts and payments accounts CC16a
For the period 01-Apr-20 To 31-Mar-21
from
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricted Restricted Endowment
Total funds Last year
funds funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
A1 Receipts
Subscriptions 10,700 - - 10,700 12,040
Camps & Activities Fees 10,487 - - 10,487 22,500
Donations 10,335 1,000 - 11,335 3,601
Gift Aid 2,654 - - 2,654 2,755
Fundraising Activities 335 - - 335 1,268
Bank Interest 8 - - 8 20
- - - - -
Sub total (Gross income for AR) 34,518 1,000 - 35,518 42,184
A2 Asset and investment sales
- - - -
Sub total - - - - -
Total receipts 34,518 1,000 - 35,518 42,184
A3 Payments
Capitation 7,960 - - 7,960 7,036
Equipment 2,049 - - 2,049 1,774
Camps - 277 - - - 277 20,731
Activities 163 - - 163 1,786
Badges 635 - - 635 1,575
Uniform 107 - - 107 -
Postage & Stationery - - - - 78
Premises 1,795 - - 1,795 2,004
Telephone 101 - - 101 162
Insurance 457 - - 457 529
Training - - - - 160
Sundry & Interest 788 - - 788 168
Clothing - 23 - - - 23 426
- - - - -
Sub total [ 13,754 ] - - 13,754 36,428
A4 Asset and investment purchases
- - - -
Sub total [ - ] - - - -
Total payments 13,754 - - 13,754 36,428
Net of receipts/(payments) 20,764 1,000 - 21,764 5,756
A5 Transfers between funds - 482 482 - - -
A6 Cash funds last year end 18,273 7,247 - 25,521 19,765
Cash funds this year end 38,556 8,729 - 47,284 25,521
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## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use**
**B5 Liabilities**
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Combined Bank Balances|**38,556**|**8,729**|**-**| ||Signature
Donations held on account - Camps
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))|**38,556**|**8,729**|**-**| |||OK
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
**Amount due**
**(optional)**
Unrestricted Fund
**16,097**
Print Name
David Hughes
Treasurer (Appointed 19 April 2021)
Claire Willis
Chair of Trustees||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**Current value**
**(optional)**
**-**
**When due**
**(optional)**
Date of
approval
25-Jan-22
26-Jan-22| 26/01/2022 CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 1 Independent Examination Report Pursuant to Charity Commission requirements for Charities Registered in England & Wales Prepared for the Trustees of l Hardingstone Scout Group Relating to the Accountin8 Period from l Aprll 2020 to 31 March 2021 I hereby report to the Trustees of l Hardingstone Scout Group on my examlnatlon of the Accounts of I Hardingstone Scout Group for the year ended 31" March 2021 Responsibilities and Basis of Report As the Charity Trustees of I" Hardingstone Scout Group. you are responsible for the preparation of the Accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 I report in respett of my examination of l Hording5tone Scout Group's Accounts carried out under settion 145 of the Charities Act 2011 and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under Section 14515llbl of the same Act Independent Examination Findings I have completed my examination and can confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connettion with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept as required by section 130 of the Charities Art 2011,. or the Accounts do not accord with those retords 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. Sarah Thorne ACCA (Member of the Assoclatlon of Chartered Certlfied Accountants) 6 The Glades, Grange Park, Northampton, NN4 SBS 26 January 2021