## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period from 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025**
## **Charity name: 1st Hardingstone Scout Group**
## **Charity registration number: 1038382**
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**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|SORP reference|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 4 to 18**
**years of age.**|
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
Summary of the main Para 1.20 The group had another busy year with most sections
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||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main|Para 1.20|**The group had another busy year with most sections**|
|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.||**providing at least nights away experience for their**
**young each term. The 2024 Folkmoot was well**
**attended with 112 young people and 22 adult**
**volunteers. This was held once again at the LSAC in**
**Bromham where we were able to book the whole**
**venue and take over an excellent scout resource to**
**deliver this. Our thanks are with the extra time**
**commitment our volunteers put into this.**
**We ran a very successful weeklong activity camp for**
**10–17 year-olds at Youlbury in Oxford in the summer**
**holidays for 45 people and are now deep into the**
**planning of the 2025 trip to Kandersteg International**
**Scout Centre (Switzerland).**
**We had over 100 people attend the village**
**Remembrance service in uniform including our own**
**youth Scout Band. The local community turn out in**
**great numbers to join in the service, so this is great**
**community event.**|
## **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**
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Review of the charity’s financial Para 1.21 At the end of the period the General Fund (after
position at the end of the period deducting Amounts Held On Account) had increased
by £5,305.12.
Savings and Reserves were maintained, and other
Restricted Funds (except one) were increased due to
scheduled cross-contributions from the General Fund.
A one-off Grant for a specified purpose given last year
was spent and that fund was therefore closed this
year.
Amounts Held On Account continued to increase
significantly, ahead of their planned utilisation in the
following years. In particular, an expedition to
Kandersteg in Switzerland, which is due August 2025.
Total Funds therefore increased by £20,077 to £97,144.
Statement explaining the policy Para 1.22 A reserve is held to enable the Group to continue to
for holding reserves stating why meet essential costs for a period in the event that
they are held activities, and therefore donations, were to cease
completely.
Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 £2,500
Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 N/A
reserves
Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 None
deficit
Explanation of any uncertainties Para 1.23 None
about the charity continuing as
a going concern
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## **Additional information (optional)**
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The charity’s principal sources Para 1.47 The principal source of funding are donations (via
of funds (including any monthly subscription) from the parents/guardians of
fundraising) the Group’s members.
We have also benefitted from a small number of
grants and donations which have helped to fund the
purchase of equipment and resources required to run
scouting activities.
Investment policy and Para 1.46 N/A
objectives including any social
investment policy adopted
A description of the principal Para 1.46 The main risk facing the charity is an unexpected
risks facing the charity reduction of the membership and/or reducing
subscriptions, leaving us unable to cover central
costs (scout hut utilities and insurance).
Other N/A
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(e.g. 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:|**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:|
|---|---|---|
|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||**N/A**|
## **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 6DJ|
**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Trustee name Office (if any) Dates acted if not for whole year Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
1 John Wilson Chairperson
2 David Hughes Treasurer
3 Tanya Goody Trustee
4 Kevin Dillow Group Lead Volunteer
5 Stuart Walton Trustee 10 September 2024 -
6 Victoria Taylor Trustee
7 Carl Dillow Trustee
8 Michael Dillow Trustee 24 February 2025 -
9
10
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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 **N/A** this capacity Name and objects of the charity **N/A** on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe **N/A** custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **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)**
**N/A**
**Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## ~~CP~~ **N/A Other optional information**
~~CT~~ **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)** Carl Dillow David Hughes ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)** ~~e~~[Trustee ] Treasurer ~~e~~ **Date** 30[th] January 2025 ~~PE~~
**1st Hardingstone Scout Group 1038382 Receipts and payments accounts CC16a For the period from 1-Apr-24 To 31-Mar-25** ~~ee ee ee ee~~
## **Section A Receipts and payments**
||||**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted funds**||**Endowment**
**funds**|||**Total funds**|||**Last year**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||**to the nearest £**||**to the nearest £**|||
||**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||
||Subscriptions||**18,882**||**-**||**-**||**18**|**18,882**||**20**|**20,294**||
||Camps & Activities Fees||**41,807**||**-**||**-**||**41**|**41,807**||**40**|**40,500**||
||Donations||**3,637**||**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,637**||**9**|**9,024**||
||Gift Aid||**2,681**||**-**||**-**||**2**|**2,681**||**6**|**6,955**||
||FundraisingActivities||**459**||**-**||**-**||**459**|**459**||**723**|**723**||
||Bank Interest||**1,109**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,109**||**561**|**561**||
||**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_||**68,574**||**-**||**-**||**68,574**|**68,574**||**78,056**|**78,056**||
||**A2 Asset and investment sales**||||||||||||||
|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Sub total_ -**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
~~re~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~|~~
~~96~~
~~|~~|||||||||||||||
||**_Total receipts_ **|
~~9~~|**68,574**
~~9~~|~~9~~|**-**
~~9~~|~~9~~|**-**
~~9~~|~~9~~|**68,574**
~~9~~|**68,574**
~~96~~|~~96~~|**78**
~~96~~|**78,056**
~~96~~
~~|~~|~~96~~
~~|~~|
||**A3 Payments**|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~9~~|~~96~~|~~96~~|~~96~~|~~96~~
~~|~~|~~96~~
~~|~~|
||Capitation||**9,775**||**-**||**-**||**9**|**9,775**||**9**|**9,857**||
||Equipment||**7,874**||**-**||**-**||**7**|**7,874**||**3**|**3,293**||
||Camps||**21,140**||**-**||**-**||**21**|**21,140**||**23**|**23,948**||
||Activities||**3,001**||**-**||**-**||**3**|**3,001**||**2**|**2,562**||
||Badges||**1,265**||**-**||**-**||**1**|**1,265**||**2**|**2,009**||
||Uniform||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**193**|**193**||
||Postage & Stationery||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**-**|**-**||
||Premises||**2,557**||**-**||**-**||**2**|**2,557**||**2**|**2,860**||
||Telephone||**43**||**-**||**-**||**43**|**43**||**123**|**123**||
||Insurance||**573**||**-**||**-**||**573**|**573**||**530**|**530**||
||Training||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**||**72**|**72**||
||Sundry& Interest||**2,518**||**-**||**-**||**2**|**2,518**||**2**|**2,341**||
||Clothing||**- 247**||**-**||**-**||**- 247**|**- 247**||**- 207**|**- 207**||
_**Sub total**_ **48,498 - - 48,498 47,580**
**A4 Asset and investment purchases**
**-** ~~|~~ _**Sub total**_ **-** _**Total payments**_ ~~5~~ **48,498 - -** ~~A~~ 9 ~~A~~ **48,498** 0 **47** ~~|~~ **,580** _**Net of receipts/(payments)**_ **20,076 - - 20,076 30,476 A5 Transfers between funds 3,830 - 3,830 - - - A6 Cash funds last year end 58,231 18,836 - 77,067 46,591** _**Cash funds this year end**_ ~~===~~ **82,137 15,006 - 97** ~~S=~~ **,144** ~~==~~ **77,067**
## ~~Se~~ **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**
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Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment
Categories Details funds funds
to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B1 Cash funds Combined Bank Balances 82,137 15,006 -
ee Total cash funds 82,137 15,006 -
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s)) OK OK OK
Unrestricted Restricted funds Endowment
funds funds
Details to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £
B2 Other monetary assets - - -
Po
Fund to which asset Current value
Details belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B3 Investment assets a - -
Fund to which asset Current value
Details belongs Cost (optional) (optional)
B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use a| - -
Fund to which Amount due When due (optional)
Details liability relates (optional)
B5 Liabilities a Donations held on account - Camps CQ Unrestricted funds 38,869 |
Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Signature Print Name Date of approval
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CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
01/30/2026
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**Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** 1[st] Hardingstone Scout Group
**On accounts for the year** 2025 **Charity no** 1038382 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **DD / MM / YYYY** .
- **Responsibilities and** As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation **basis of report** 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
**Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
* _Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply._
**Signed:** James Cope (Sep 24, 2025 08:02:51 GMT+1) **Date:** 24/09/25 ~~|~~ **Name:** James Alexander Cope ~~Po~~ **Relevant professional** ACA **qualification(s) or body (if any):**
**Address:** 174a Fosseway Avenue, Moreton-in-Marsh Gloucestershire, GL56 0EH
- **Section B Disclosure** ~~ee~~
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).
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**October 2018**
**IER**
**Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** .
The trailer fund was spent during the year. This was originally recorded as equipment costs under unrestricted fund with a transfer taking place. However, this should have been recorded directly as equipment costs under restricted funds and then no transfer being required.
## Accepted by
Signed as recieved and accepted on behalf of Charity Kevin Dillow (GLV Trustee)
John Wilson (Chair)
**Signature:** 4/09504� James Ceoop( S2a4 ,0 5 ,8,: 88�,G�8, MT+) G� **Email:** j ohn.winlls@1 tardgein.ua rs.owseuwkj **Signature:** 24/09/25 Jame sCopae (S24 ,0 5 ,8,: 8�10: 1:M T+) ��� **Email:** john.wilson@1sthardingstone.org.uk
2
**October 2018**
**IER**
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