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||||Yearstart date||Yearend date|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Forthe year|ail04l2o2s|To|3tl03l2026|
|||from||||
|Receipts and Payments||||||
||||zoz4lzs||2O2s126|
||||Unrestricted funds||Unresffieted funds|
||||€.||E|
|Receipts||||||
|Donations,legacies andsimilarincome||||||
|Membership subscriptions|||t3927||16533|
|Lessmembership subscriptions|paid on(National/County/Area/District)||-7508||-9250|
|Netmembership subscriptions retained|||ff19||7283|
|Donations|||1118||650|
|Legacies||||||
|GiftAid|||4917||4859|
|Other similar income,camps andevents|||24504||24446|
|subtotal|||36952||33244|
|Grants||||||
|Maintenance grants||||||
|Other grants|||0||2819|
|subtotal|||0||2819|
|Fundraising{Gross}||||||
|Detaill-coffeeshop|||11002||L?7Ll|
|Detail2 -events attended|||s00||0|
|Detail3-hallandequipmenthire|||780||1650|
|Other fundraising activities|||2146||1908|
|subtotal|||74428||L7269|
|lnvestmentincome||||||
|Bankinterestreceived|||378||313|
|Building society interest||||||
|The ScoutAssociation Short|Term|lnvestmentSeryice||||
|Propertyrentincome||||||
|Other investment income||||||
|Subtotal|||378||313|
||Total|Grosslncafie|51757||53648|
|Assetandinvestmentsales,et€.||||||
|||TatG!receipts|5t757||s3648|





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|ReceiptsandP|ayments|Account|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||Yearstart date||Yearend date|
||Forthe year<br>from|01104/2a25|To|3u03l2026|
|||2O24l2s||2O2sl26|
|||UnresEicted funds||Unrestricted funds|
|||f||f|
|Payments|||||
|Charitablepayments|||||
|Youthprogrammeandactivities||17768||8639|
|Adult supportandtraining|||||
|Rent|||||
|Water andsewerage||89||222|
|Electricityandgas||1939||2270|
|Insura nce||L903||4565|
|Repairsand renewals||4139||16851|
|Newequipment||2494||739|
|Printingandphotocopying||183||181|
|Contributiontocampcosts||7522||14702|
|Uniforms||208||L70|
|AGM andtrusteeexpenses|||||
|Othercostsdetail1-Waterbasedactivities||2192||959|
|Othercostsdetail2 -SundrylHarbourdues||393||392|
|Othercostsdetail3|||||
|Subtotal||3EE3O|||
|Fundraisingexpenses|||||
|Fundraising expensescoffeeshop||3811||332?|
|Eventsattended andotherexpenditure||1585||2684|
|Detail3||o||o|
|Other fundraisingcosts||0||0|
|Subtotal||5396||6007|
|Toto IGrossExpenditure||44226||55707|





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|||31st March 2024|31st March 2025|
|---|---|---|---|
|||Unrestricted funds|Unrestricted funds|
|||f|f|
|Cashfunds||||
|Bankcurrent account||20227|17935|
|Bankdeposit account||25824|26L3A|
|BuildingSocietyaccount||||
|The ScoutAssociation Short Term lnvestmentService||||
|Cash/Floats||80|0|
||Totalcashfunds|46131|44073|
|Other monetaryassets||||
|Taxclaim||||
|Debts duefromCounty/Area/District/Group||||
|lnsurance claim||||
||Subtotal|||
|lnvestmentassets||||
|lnvestmentproperty|-detail|||
|Quoted investments||||
|Other investments -|detail|||
||Subtotal|||
|Nonmonetaryassetsfor charit's ownuse||||
|Badgestock||||
|Shopstock||||
|Other stock||||
|Landand buildings||||
|Motorvehicles||||
|Scoutingequipment,|furnitureetc|||
|Other||||
||Subtotal|||
|Liabilities||||
|Accounts notyetpaid||||
|Expensesincurredbutnot invoiced||||
|Subscriptions notyetpaid||||
|Loan -detail||||
|Other liabilities||||
||subtotal|||






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|TrusteeName|Office (ifany)|Datesactedifnot<br>for whole year||
|---|---|---|---|
|Kate Jarvis|Chairman|||
|AnthonyPaul|Treasurer|||
|AndyBurrows|GSL|||
|TimGreen|ViceChairman|||
|Dave Wingham|Leader|||
|Richard Williams|Explorers|||
|Dave Thompson|Bosan|||
|Ruth Heelan|Communications|||
|Laura Spencer|Property|||
|Sally McCallum|Fundraising|March 2026||
|ZoeCoar|Coffee Shop|||
|SectionA|Reference|andadministrationdetails (continued)||
|Names and addresses of|advisers(optional information but encouragedasbest practice)|||
|Type of advisor|Name|Address||
||||/|
|SectionB|Structure, governance andmanagement|||



|Description of thecharity's<br>trusts|Trustee selection methods(e.g. appointed by, elected by)|
|---|---|
||The Group's governing documents are those of the TheScout|
|Typeof governingdocument(e.g<br>trust deed, constitution)|Association. They consist ofaRoyal Charter,whichinturn<br>gives authority totheBye LawsoftheAssociationand The|
||Policy, OrganisationandRules ofTheScout Association.|
||TheGroupis atrustestablishedunder its ruleswhichare|
|Howthe charityisconstituted|common toallScouts.|
||The Trustees areappointedin accordancewith thePolicy,|
||isationandRules of The Scout Association.|





|Youmaychooseto include||
|---|---|
|additional information.where|Groupismanagedbythe Group Trustee Board, the members|
|relevant, about:|ofwhich are the 'CharityTrustees'ofthe Scout Groupwhichis an|
||Icharity.Ascharity trusteesthey areresponsible|
||ingwith legislation applicabletocharities. This includes the|
||registration, keeping proper accounts and making returnstothe|
||arity Commission as appropriate|
|Policiesandprocedures adoptedfor:||
|a)theinduction and training of trustees;|Board consists of2 independentrepresentatives, Chair,and|
|b)trustee'considerationof majorrisks|togetherwith theGroup ScoutLeaders,individual|
|andthesystemsandproceduresto|leadersandparent's representationand meetsevery2|
|manage them|months|
||isGroup Trustee Board existstosupporttheGroup|
||Leaderinmeetingtheresponsibilities ofthe appointmentsand|
||blefor:|
||maintenance ofGroupproperty;|
||Theraising of funds andtheadministration of Group finance;|
||Theinsurance ofpersons,property and equipment;|
||Group public occasions;|
||istingintherecruitmentofleaders and other adult support,|
||ntinganysub committeesthatmay be required;|
||nting Group Administrators and Advisors otherthan|
||are elected|
|SectionB|Structure,<br>ernanceandmanagement {continued)|
||Riskand lnternal Control (Specimen1)|
||TheGroupTrustee Board has identifiedthemajorriskstowhich|
||theybelieve the Groupisexposed, these have been reviewedand|
||systems have beenestablishedtomitigate againstthem.The|
||main areas of concernthathave been identifiedare:|
||Damagetothebuilding, propertyandequipment.TheGroup|
||wouldrequesttheuseofbuildings,property andequipmentfrom|
||neighbouring organisations suchasthe church, community centre|
||and otherScoutGroups.Similar reciprocalarrangements|
||with these organisations. The Grouphassufficientbuildings and|
||contents insurance in placetomitigateagainstpermanentloss.|
||lnjurytoleaders, helpers, supporters and members.TheGroup|
||throughthecapitation fees contributes totheScoutAssociations|
||nationalaccident insurancepolicy. RiskAssessmentsare|
||undertaken before all activities andfully documented.Dynamic|
||risk assessmentstakeplaceduringactivities.|
||Reduced incomefrom fundraising.The Group is primarilyreliant|
||upon incomefrom subscriptionsandfundraising. Thegroup does|
||hold a reservetoensure the continuityofactivities should therebe|
||amajor reduction in income. The Committee can raise thevalue|
||ofsubscriptions to increase the incometothe grouponan ongoing|
||basis, eithertemporarilyorpermanently.Thenextanticipated|
||increase is in Sept,2026.|





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||SectionD|Achievementsandperformance|
|---|---|---|
|Summary|ofthemain achievementsof||
||the charity during the|Group meets the Charity Gommission's public benefit criteri|
|||rderboth the advancement of education andtheadvancement|
|||citizenship or community development headings.|
|||Anormalyearofactivitiesincluding SummerCamp,District|
|||camp,JuniorDownsman,Xmasparty, Chilly campetc.|
|||Attendanceisatthe RemembranceDay Parade atthelocal|
|||Church and St. George'sdayin Ghichester.|
|||Attendance at campsbothlocally,within district,nationallyand|
|||internationally bothforland based andwaterbased activities.|
|||Continuedgrowthinallmembership for the groups with waiting|
|||Iist.Upgraded sailingequipmenUtents/paddleboardsetc.|
|||The Group commencedtheintroductionof12Squirrels from|
|||I2025whichhas run successfully for the full year andwill|
|||continueinthe future.|
||SectionE|FinancialReview|
|||ReservesPolicy|
|Brief statementofthecharity'spolicyon|||
|reserves||Group'spolicyonreserves istoholdsufficientresources|
|||nuethe charitableactivitiesof thegroupshouldincome and|
|||ndraising activitiesfallshort. The Group ExecutiveCommittee|
|||thatthegroup should holdasum equivalentto 6months|
|||running costs, circaf26,000.|
|||Group held reservesofapproximatelyf26,138against this|
|||ear end. Thiswouldbe required for operating expenses.|
|Quantify and explain any designations|||





|You maychoosetoinclude||
|---|---|
|additional information,where|lnvestment Policy (Specimen{)|
|relevant, about:<br>.thecharity'sprincipal sources of funds<br>(i|TheGroup'slncomeand Expenditureissmalland asa<br>consequencedoesnot have sufficient fundstoinvest in longer<br>terminvestments such as stocks and shares. TheGrouphas|
||therefore adoptedalow risk strategy totheinvestment of its|
||funds.Allfundsareheldincashusing onlymainstreambanksor|
||building societies.|
||The GroupTrusteeBoard regularly monitorsthelevels of bank|
||balances andtheinterest rates received toensurethe group|
|.howexpenditurehas supportedthekey<br>objectives of the charity;|obtainsmaximumvalueand incomefromits banking<br>arrangements,|
|.investment policy and objectives||
|Plans forfutureperiods (details of any||
|significantactivitiesplanned to achieve|I|
|them)||



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|Signature(s)|re*rr.V.-|
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|Fullname(s)|t<'j.<br>TPxC-Vl.!|
|Position(egSecretary, Chair)||
|Date|trt,ot4-,11,|
|SectionF|Other Optional lnformation|





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