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## Annual Report 2022
AGM 15[th] June 2023 Registered Charity No. 1042185. Web – saledistrict.scouts.org.uk Facebook – www.facebook.com/saledistrictscouts Twitter - @saledistrict
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## Contents
Annual General Meeting Agenda ..................................................................................... 3 Chairman’s Report ........................................................................................................... 4 District Commissioner’s Report ........................................................................................ 6 Section Reports ................................................................................................................ 8 Beaver Section ............................................................................................................. 8 Cub Section .................................................................................................................. 9 Scout Section ............................................................................................................. 10 Explorer Scouts .......................................................................................................... 12 Network ...................................................................................................................... 19 Youth Commissioner’s Report ........................................................................................ 20 Sale Scout and Guide Gang Show ................................................................................. 21 Sale District Scout and Guide Band ............................................................................... 22 Awards ........................................................................................................................... 24 Statutory Information ...................................................................................................... 25 Annual Financial Report for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022 ................................. 30 Minutes of the Previous AGM on 16[th] May 2022 ............................................................ 51
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## Annual General Meeting Agenda
## 1. Introduction
a. Introduction Ian McGeough b. Apologies for absence Dave Marsden c. Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM Ian McGeough
## 2. Governance Items
a. Adopt POR Section 5.4 as applicable to a District as our Constitution. Ian McGeough b. Note our Financial year is 1st Jan to 31st Dec Ian McGeough c. Agree that a maximum of 6 elected members of the Trustee Board Ian McGeough d. Agree the Quorum for Scout Council / Trustee Board meetings – 5 people and sub-committees – 3 people. Ian McGeough
## 3. Review the Previous Year
|a.|Presentation of annual report for 2022|Ian McGeough|
|---|---|---|
|b.|Presentation of audited accounts|Mike Harding|
|c.|Approval of annual report and adoption of examined||
||accounts|Ian McGeough|
|d.|District Chairman’s remarks|Ian McGeough|
|e.|District Commissioner’s remarks|Andy Atherall|
|ke|Appointments||
|a.|Approval of DC’s nomination of District Chairman|Andy Atherall|
|b.|Election of District Secretary|Ian McGeough|
|c.|Election of District Treasurer|Ian McGeough|
|d.|Election of members of the District Trustee Board|Ian McGeough|
|e.|Approval of the District Commissioner’s nominations||
||for membership of the District Trustee Board|Ian McGeough|
|f.|Approve appointment of Presidents / Vice Presidents|Ian McGeough|
|g.|Nomination of rep. to the County Scout Council|Ian McGeough|
|h.|Appointment of Accounts Examiner|Mike Harding|
## 4. Make Appointments
## 5. County Commissioner - Presentations
## - The official part of the proceedings will be followed by:
A short presentation by the Kandersteg 2022 Team
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## Chairman’s Report
Welcome to this year’s AGM of the Sale Scout Council, our annual opportunity to meet together, to reflect on and celebrate our District achievements in 2022 (as well as to complete some of the legal requirements of our charity status!) At long last COVID, although it hadn’t gone away, became much less of a threat and the focus for all of our groups was to get back to normal Scouting. … and we did … thanks as always to the tireless work of all the volunteers working in every group and section in the District.
Although there was no Gang show in 2022 preparations were made to ensure that it was brought back to the Waterside in February this year and what a fantastic show it was! Such an enthusiastic and talented cast supported as always with a great team of backstage staff. I cannot wait for their next production. The Remembrance Day parade continues to be a reminder of just how many young people are part of the Scouting family.
The District continued to evolve over 2022. The later reports give testament to the enormous range of activities that we provided. In 2022 Squirrels made their first drey in Sale at 14th Sale, another Beaver Colony opened at Sale Central and Hive Explorer Scouts based at 14th Sale was launched. Many thanks too to Clive Winby and his team for organising the Kandersteg International Scout Camp trip. It is great to see how the District continues to grow. There is so much potential for further growth but, inevitably, the limiting factor remains the need for more adult volunteers. The more helpers we have the easier it is for everyone and the greater the number of young people that can become involved in Scouting … but if you are reading this you probably already know that! However, if you are not yet involved in Scouting……….you are very welcome to join us!
Recruitment is the main driving force behind the Scout Association’s new initiatives that will bring changes to the structure and management of Scouting over the next few years. The transformation has already begun in a small way with Executive Committees being rebranded as Trustee Boards and you may notice slight alterations to our usual agenda items. Behind it all, though, the activities and purpose of the District Executive / Trustee Board remains the same: to look after Scouting in Sale. Change is inevitable but it is always reassuring that people are willing to take on new responsibilities to allow us to keep going.
My thanks therefore to all those members who turn up once a month for our regular meetings. Especially to Dave Marsden for taking over the role of secretary from Amy Atherall last year, to Anna Brunt for representing 14th Sale for the last two years as she steps down to be replaced by their new GSL Paul Maggs and to Yasmin Lee who has
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somehow managed to balance her role as our Network leader with studying full-time at university finally completing her degree this year.
As always, special thanks are due to Andy Atherall our District Commissioner who manages to bind Sale and District Scouts together and without whom so many activities throughout the District would just not take place. I am sure I speak for us all when I say that your work is very much appreciated!
Finally, I would like to offer my annual “Thank You” to all the leaders, helpers and volunteer members of Sale and District Scouts. The work you put in every week for the benefit for all our young people remains truly inspiring.
Yours in Scouting
Ian McGeough District Chairman
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## District Commissioner’s Report
As I reflect on 2022 in what may be my last or possibly penultimate report as DC, I see we have had a very hard and unusual year.
The pandemic might have been over, but the after effects were definitely not. Although young people returned eagerly to face to face scouting, many of our leaders were feeling burnt out due to the pandemic and the challenges of delivering Scouting online. Some did not return and as a District we are still not yet back to full strength, although our numbers of young people are good and the waiting lists more than full. We are seeing new leaders come through, but as always need more.
We couldn’t run the Swimming Gala due to the after effects of the pandemic, nor could we run the Gang Show – restrictions were not lifted early enough to start rehearsals for a full show, and it was not possible to gather enough people and enthusiasm in the timescales needed to run a mini show. The St George’s Day parade was cancelled, due to the Council not being able to respond to any of enquiries on time for running and approving the event – again due to after effects of the pandemic.
Camping did return – albeit with additional risk assessments, and our young people could return to the traditional Scouting activities.
The Remembrance Day parade was exceptionally well attended, with a turnout that everyone could be proud of, and a lot of very positive comments from the public and organisers,
I can’t thank all our Leaders, Executive Committees and helpers enough for the time and effort you all continue to put in to ensure Scouting continues to deliver the fun, activities and excellent programme our young people enjoy. I know how difficult it has been to get motivated and back up to speed again, and you are all special people.
Looking forward, our District faces several challenges that we need to meet if we are to move forward and not lose some essential activities. We have no Young Leader Unit Leader at present, a serious gap as we are unable to deliver the Young Leader training needed for the Young Leader Belt and DofE service. We have no ADC Cubs, despite adverts and approaches to some leaders. Our ADC Scouts is also a GSL and a leader in two other Scout Sections, an impossible workload. 17[th] Sale and 7[th] Sale urgently need to recruit new leaders so that Dave is not needed each week, and Sale Central urgently need a new GSL. We need to free up our ADCs / recruit new ADCs so that idea and program sharing across the groups as well as more district level activities can resume.
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We need to get behind and support the Gang Show – both Scouting and Guiding, with cast members and attending the show. If we do not support the show we will lose it, and once lost it will be difficult to restart.
We need to support the St George’s day parade better – it needs an organising team of 3-4 people, as it’s too much for one person, and people need to reply to comms promptly, as we are dealing with council bureaucracy.
Our biggest challenge is adult recruitment – as well as recruiting to fill our existing leader teams, groups need to have a plan to recruit to open more sections. Only by opening more sections will we address the perennial waiting list issue.
After 5 years as DC, it’s time for a new challenge in Scouting for me, and I’ve given our County Commissioner 12 months’ notice as I don’t want to leave the District without a leader, especially with all the HQ organisational changes coming this year. It’s been a privilege to lead Sale District for 5 years, and it’s time for me to hand over the baton to someone else.
Yours in Scouting
Andy Atherall
District Commissioner
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## Section Reports
## _Beaver Section_
This year has been a quiet one for Beavers. Mainly due to everyone getting used to the return of face-toface scouting. Personally, this wasn’t as easy as expected.
We have had more requests for places than places to offer as we don’t have enough volunteers and the loss of 9[th] sale has had an impact on our sections.
As so many children wanted places for Beavers especially, and with all the colonies full or nearly full in the district, we had very little choice but to open a new colony. We decided to open a brand-new colony at Sale Central (Woodbourne) our new colony is called Cheetham’s, and we are so pleased to have enrolled 16 into the beaver scout family.
Colonies had plans with their groups for camps after spending time apart and rightly so. Being away for so long 2022 was the year for groups to come back together. Our 1[st] event was the joint County Cub and Beaver camp, the two colonies that attended had a great time. It was also amazing to see so many Beaver blue jumpers in one place. How it should be after so long apart.
Our only district event was the Remembrance Parade. Once again, the turnout from Beavers was fantastic as always.
We would like to say a huge thank you to our Leaders for keeping the colonies running and returning after a very strange couple of years that not only impacted scouting but our personal lives as well. It just shows what truly special people you are.
I hope that now we are settled back into the swing of Scouting we can start to come back together as a District.
Yours in Scouting
Emma Spragg James Goodwin ADC Beavers
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## _Cub Section_
No Cub section report this year, as we have no ADC Cubs
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## _Scout Section_
I generally make it a rule to keep my District Scout Section Report as upbeat as possible, and there were some very positive outcomes in 2022,
We more or less saw the back of Covid, the two years previous had seen the near destruction of Scouting, I do feel that had we had one more year of lockdown and/or restrictions and Scouting would have struggled to recover.
However, with the dawn of a new year, hope sprang eternal that the buds of normality would continue to blossom and grow, and so they did, young people came back to Scouting in their droves as 2022 lurched forward, sadly the same cannot be said for new Adult volunteers, many had lost interest in Scouting through the Pandemic and unlike the young people, didn’t return, we did manage some welcome recruitment however, though the Scout sections of the District appeared to have benefitted the least.
In general, though, many Leaders who had kept on Scouting throughout the pandemic were now feeling burnt out, after nearly two years of reinventing Scouting, online in the first instance and socially distanced thereafter, they were now having to re-learn “normal”.
Once again, our annual swimming gala sank, it was again curtains for Gang show as rehearsals had been unable to take place in a safe environment, one crumb of comfort was that the districts twice postponed expedition to KISC was given an amber light to go ahead in August. Training camps were resumed for Scouts and Explorers.
Our St Georges Day Parade was sadly crossed off but at least some Troops were pitching the concept of running camps again. The pre-pandemic lull in District Scout events was very much still evident, I believe that most Leaders, throughout the district were still being cautious and reluctant to camp whilst minor restrictions were still in place.
Those camps that did go ahead were welcomed by the young people involved and by many Adults too. The district expedition to KISC now had the green light though logistical costs had increased due to the UK’s departure from the EU, the Expedition Unit was the grateful benefactor of a large van to courier all our Kit to Switzerland and back courtesy of the Edam Group (Thank You). Eight Scouts, 16 Explorers and Six Leaders made the 10-day Expedition to the permanent mini jamboree in the heart of the magnificent Swiss Alps.
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Scouting resumed in September but was swiftly stunned by the death of our Patron, H.R.H. Queen Elizabeth II, just a few short month after we had celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, Scouting lost far more than a monarch on that day.
The final District event of the year was an unusually warm Remembrance Day Parade and was supported well by the Scout Section (as indeed it was by all Sections).
2022 was a very strange year for Sale & District Scouts, to those leaders who fought fatigue and kept Scouting together, the only thing that grows faster than your increasing paperwork and responsibility is your generosity, your spirit, and the gratitude of our members. Thank You.
Dave Hannigan
Assistant District Commissioner (Scouts)
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## _Explorer Scouts_
## _**MacAlpine Explorer Scout Unit**_
## _**Recruitment**_
Numbers saw an increase of 7 on the previous year (including 3 Bronze Explorers joining in late Jan/early Feb) to a total of 36, thus equalling our high point of 2018/2019.
This is the final year of a “missing cohort”, dating from Lockdown in 2020 which saw all our Bronze cohort drop out. This year’s zero cohort is Gold-2, meaning next year we will return to four cohorts (Bronze, Silver, Gold-1, Gold-2).
**Table 1: Explorer Numbers on 1 January (by DofE level and year):**
||BRONZE|SILVER|GOLD-1|GOLD-2*|TOTAL|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|2015|8|11|0|0|19|
|2016|5|9|8|0|22|
|2017|14|4|8|0|26|
|2018|9|16|3|8|36|
|2019|12|11|11|2|36|
|2020|5|12|11|2|30|
|2021|9|3|10|3|25|
|2022|13|12|0|4|29|
|**2023**|**13**|**11**|**12**|**0**|**36**|
*Gold is a two-year programme
Having achieved gender parity in 2021, we continue to maintain it, with 55.5% of the Unit currently being made up of females:
**Table 2: Gender Balance on 1 January:**
||MALE|FEMALE|% FEMALE|
|---|---|---|---|
|2015|17|2|10.5|
|2016|18|4|18.2|
|2017|21|5|19|
|2018|30|6|16|
|2019|25|11|30.5|
|2020|19|11|36.6|
|2021|12|13|52|
|2022|12|17|58.6|
|**2023**|**16**|**20**|**55.5**|
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We have stopped recording statistics on the proportion of our Explorers who come from our sponsoring group (7[th] Sale) and the proportion of Explorers coming to us without any Scouting experience, as these figures are now consistently very low and in proportion to what we would expect.
## _**Activities**_
We began 2022 hoping to return to our usual Winter Camp venue (Cornel) in January. However, the rapid spread of the Covid Omicron variant caused us to have to call off the camp at two weeks’ notice. We therefore replaced it with a one-day Winter Hike for all Explorers, which turned out to be a great success.
We were, however, able to return to normal conditions for our Expeditions. The Easter vacation saw DofE Practice Expeditions for 5 Expedition Teams: two at Bronze, two at Silver and one at Gold levels. And then the 5 teams then completed their DofE Qualifying Expeditions in the Summer.
The Gold Qualifier was, as usual, the highlight of the year. The 2022 Gold Explorers were joined by 3 members of Network, who were former MacAlpine Explorers denied their Qualifier opportunity previously because of Covid, to make up Team Echo which successfully completed the five-day expedition.
In September we said a proper goodbye to our former Explorers, Sam Gresty, Dan Manders-Ratcliffe and Ellie Colquhoun-Lynn as well as to our Gold-2 Explorers Sam Hughes and Amy Besant-Roberts. We also gave out our Explorer of the Year Awards for 2022: Sophie Gott (Bronze), Cerys McGrath (Silver) and Sam Hughes (Gold). Three of our Explorers (Ben Kinnear, Sophie Gott and Melody Yarwood) attended the International Jamboree.
Recruitment in the Autumn saw us with 13 new Bronze Explorers. We entered the John Bradbury Competitive Hike at Gradbach the third weekend of September, the first time this had been held since 2019. We entered one team which came a commendable 5[th] in the competition. There was also a return to some limited fundraising activities in 2022.
## _**Awards**_
MacAlpine was founded primarily to run the DofE programme for 14–18-year-olds, and the Scouting equivalents (although very few Explorers choose to do these).
**Table 5: DofE Awards (by level and year)**
|YEAR|BRONZE/PLAT|SILVER|GOLD|TOTAL|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|2015|10|0|0|10|
|2016|5|5|0|10|
|2017|3|7|0|10|
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|2018|12|3|3|18|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|2019|7 / 1 = 8|5|0|13|
|2020|9|9|0|18|
|2021|0 / 1 = 1|2|1|4|
|**2022**|**17**|**3**|**3**|**23**|
|**TOTALS**|**64**|**34**|**7**|**106**|
The year before (2021) had seen a sharp dip in the total number of awards achieved (4), due to Covid’s impact on completion rates. But most of our Explorers did not give up, they simply took longer to complete. This is evidenced in the figures for 2022 (especially at Bronze level), with the Unit achieving its highest total number of awards in a single year (23). The total number of awards since MacAlpine’s founding in 2013 has now passed the 100 mark, a testimony to the hard work of our Explorers over the years.
## _**Leadership Team**_
The regular Leadership Team running Explorer Nights each week consists of Martin Bull, Chris Lee, Mark Sheppard and Chris Hoyle.
Beyond them, we have three Expedition Support members: Assistant Explorer Scout Leaders Mike Counsell and Simon Thompson as well as occasional volunteer, Dennis Downey (appointed in 2022). In the team overall, we have 5 trained DofE Expedition Supervisors and two trained DofE Assessors (one to Bronze & Silver levels and one to Bronze, Silver & Gold levels).
We also continue to draw on the support of an Expeditions secretary responsible for DofE uploads (Mandi Sturmey) and a MacAlpine seamstress (Gillian Gallois).
And we have continued to benefit from the occasional support of three former Explorers (Sam Gresty, Charlie Ludlow and Kate Hoyle) who are in Network.
Despite the size of the above team, we continue to feel stretched and could do with 1-2 more regular leaders. Expeditions and camps continue to depend on a significant number of one-off parental volunteers who make up Expedition Supervision Teams and/or help with transport.
Martin Bull, Explorer Scout Leader, MacAlpine Explorer Scout Unit (Sale District)
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## _**Wyvern Explorer Scout Unit**_
Members. Wyvern has 27 Registered members. Leaders. We have 5 Leaders.
Wyvern meets at 3[rd] Ashton on a Monday evening during term time 7.45-9.30pm. Our subscriptions are £144 per year payable monthly, and we will keep it at this amount for another 12 Months.
We operate a scouting based program aimed at giving our young people the best chance and opportunity to achieve many rewards during the time they will spend with us. All our members are working towards the chief scout platinum award, some are nearly there, others still have work to do.
We encourage from the age of 16 to consider the king scout award.
We actively encourage the young leader scheme of which we have a few members who volunteer at other sections across the district.
Last year some of our members took part in the long awaited Kandersteg jamboree and from the feedback I received it was a roaring success and well worth the wait. Staying with 2022 Wyvern attended the Goodwood weekender at Dunham.
Our program is a varied mix of scouting activities.
- Shelter building (in the local woods)
- Fire lighting (all the different types of fires)
- Pioneering
- Water purification
- Knife safety
- Water activities
- Backwoods cooking
- Navigation
- Bush craft
- Swedish torches
- Health and Fitness.
- Bike maintenance
- Winter camp
These are just some of the activities from 2022/23 and going forward members have asked us to look at engineering, so we are in the process making pedal karts. Upcoming events, we are attending 3[rd] Ashtons family camp.
We will also be doing a parent evening towards the end of term and another camp will be planned for September., venue to yet be decided.
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This year for the first time we will be offering our members the option of doing a planned expedition during the summer break.
This is in the early planning stage however hopefully there will be enough interest. Yours in Scouting
Greg Hart Wyvern ESU.
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## _**Hive Explorer Scout Unit**_
It's my pleasure to present to you the annual report of our Explorer Scout Unit for the year 2022-23. As the Section Leader, I am pleased to report that our Hive Explorers unit has had a fantastic year of growth and achievement.
In September 2022, we opened the Hive Explorers Unit, which became the third unit of our district. Since then, we have recruited 4 leaders and 17 explorers who have all shown great enthusiasm and dedication towards the Scout movement. I am proud to say that all 17 explorers are on their way to achieving the Platinum Award.
One of the first tasks we set for our new unit was to design a neckerchief and group logo. After some creative brainstorming, the explorers came up with a design that was truly unique. We then ordered the neckerchiefs and group logo to be added to our new group hoodies, caps, and beanies. The result was fantastic, and we are proud to wear them at all our events.
During the year, our Hive Explorers attended three camps, which were all a huge success. Firstly, we went to Scare fest at Bibby’s Farm, where our group won the Best Photo Award. Next, we participated in the Goodwood Weekender, where our team won the Tug of War final, which was an amazing accomplishment against older units. Lastly, we attended a 24-hour camp where the explorers had to map read, navigate and camp overnight without any adult help. This camp was a true test of their teamwork, leadership, and problem-solving skills, and I am pleased to say that they passed with flying colours.
Hive also attended the Remembrance Day and St. Georges Day parades. I would like to add that our unit was honoured to be a part of these parades and were thrilled to represent our district. The explorers showed great enthusiasm and pride as they marched alongside their fellow scouts and displayed their commitment to the scouting movement. It was an excellent opportunity for us to come together and showcase our values to the wider community.
Out of the 17 explorers, 15 are currently working through their Bronze or Silver Duke of Edinburgh award. We are excited to see them progress and achieve their goals in the near future.
I am thrilled with the progress and achievements of our Explorers this year. I want to take this opportunity to thank all the leaders and explorers for their hard work, dedication, and enthusiasm towards the Scout movement. Together we have accomplished so much, and I look forward to seeing what the future holds for our group.
Leaders Comments:
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## Debbie Shelton.
We have a fantastic group of Explorers who enjoy each other's company and work together really well. I have been impressed with their camp skills, especially how well they coped with the 24hr hike and camp in freezing conditions. Really enjoyed their karate session too, they all followed instructions and got stuck in. Also, learning about food banks made them, as well as the leaders, more aware of the difficulties and struggles faced by some families in today's society.
Mark Cunningham.
I am so proud of the progress that Hive has made in our first year. We have such a welcoming, inclusive community and the explorers have learned so much, as have the leaders! I'm looking forward to another year of progress and growth and I can't wait to see how much more we can all achieve.
Zohra Butt.
This Explorer unit came together as either strangers or acquaintances to each other, but each have welcomed one another with kindness, and they have managed to foster strong bonds of friendship over the year. They really enjoy seeing one another every week and I am forever impressed by their resilience when camping, and their endless creativity - for example when we tasked the group to teach one another a new skill. I was humbled by the empathy they showed towards those less fortunate than them by giving so freely to the local food bank. I am so proud to be a leader in the HIVE Explorer Unit.
Thank you.
Yours in Scouting,
Andrew Jenkinson - Section Leader
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## _Network_
Last year has been a slow but progressing time for Joule Network. Over the past year we welcomed
some more new Network members moving up from Explorers’ group. Joule Network met up for Sale and District’s Remembrance Sunday service. It was a very special moment for Joule as members wore full Network uniform and Scouts Necker to pay our respect together at the Remembrance Service.
During late 2022 and early 2023, Network members were busy balancing between individual commitment and scouting. Majority of Network members including myself either started their first year or in-completion of their final year of university. We did plan and organized a few events, keeping them as close as possible to Scouting and allowing the opportunity for members to take a little break from our intense university work. Activities covered:
- Gingerbread House building team exercise
- Walks around local waterparks
- Chinese New Year parade watching
- St. George’s Day Parade
Although it has been a challenging and quiet year for Network, Network is growing steadily. We are hoping to do a big reunion over the summer holiday with the return of many Network members coming home from being away after their graduation ceremonies and exams.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Andy Atherall & the Sale and District Exec Committee for guiding me during my temporary stand-in role in Network Leader. I would also like to thank Martin Bull and MacAlpine ESU for lending us a space for Joule Network to be able to meet up indoor at a Scouting venue.
Finally, I want to give a special mention to all Joule Network members for their help and attendance to make all activities happen. I hope Joule will continue to grow into a strongly established Scouting unit that allows Explorer and young adults to continue their Scouting journey, learning valuable life skills together into adulthood.
Yasmin Lee District Youth Commissioner
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## Youth Commissioner’s Report
Sale and District Scouts had another great turnout at Remembrance Sunday service in front of Sale Town Hall. I was very proud of Sale and District Scouts’ attendance; it was lovely to see many familiar faces at the event along with the public’s support during the parade.
During the past year, we also had some exciting development to Sale and District Scouting sections. With the opening of a new Explorer Scouts Unit: Hive ESU. This is a great addition to Sale and District Scouts with a total of three Explorers Units for Young people to choose from.
I am delighted that Sale and District Scouts had the opportunity to organise the Gang Show and St. George’s day which both events ran smoothly. In particularly, I would like to mention the return of Sale and District’s St. George’s Day parade after Covid times. I was delighted to join this special event as the District Youth Commissioner to renew my promise along with all the Scouts helpers, leaders, young people and parents.
During this past busy academic year with my final year studies at university, I was on hiatus for scouting. Approaching my transition from graduating from university to job hunting, I am excited to return to Scouting to meet familiar and new young people, young leaders, Scouts leaders & helpers in Sale & District Scouts.
I would like to thank Andy Atherall, Sale and District Exec Committee, and all the support and guidance from the District to support my role as District Youth Commissioner
Yasmin Lee
District Youth Commissioner
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## Sale Scout and Guide Gang Show
Unfortunately, the Gang Show Report for 2022 is extremely brief...
Last year, I shared with you the plans for our Summer Show 2022. The production team and committee had planned to organise a much smaller scale show. COVID meant February was too soon, so we looked at a short rehearsal period and a ‘one night only’ performance in the summertime.
The committee worked hard to drive interest amongst the cast and promoted this across our social media pages continuously. However, despite our best efforts and hard work behind the scenes, we were simply not able to move forward with our plans. We decided to focus our efforts on a bigger and better return to Sale Waterside in 2023.
We are once again expanding our Production team and hoping to welcome new members for future shows. We are still on the lookout for a pianist and choreographer, if there are any young musicians/dance students who are looking for some experience. This would be a perfect opportunity to share your knowledge and skills.
To keep updated, please follow out Facebook page: @salegangshow.
Thank you all once again for your continued support and more than ever, we look forward to seeing you all again next year!
Robyn Fletcher
Gang Show Chairman
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## Sale District Scout and Guide Band
The band reconvened in January 2022 and the good news was we hadn’t lost anyone during our enforced break. Onwards and upwards, we were invited to play at the District AGM in May 2022, so a playlist was created, and practise begun.
After another successful performance at last year’s District AGM, we held our final band workshop at 3[rd] Ashton Cubs.
But don’t panic as we have re-vamped our community interactions – more later.
In the July we were invited to play at St Michael’s Flixton Summer Fair and teamed up with members of the Flixton Community Band to entertain one and all.
After the summer break we were invited to play at Dunham Scout Camp for the Greater Manchester West County AGM.
We played twice before Christmas in 2022, first for the Guides and their Annual Christmas Carol Service and then for our hosts 3[rd] Ashton for their Group Service.
Into 2023 and we welcomed new members into our Band and began rehearsing for the return of the Gang Show! This year’s theme tied in with The Oscars, so we picked out some award-winning pieces and played them to a video back drop. Another first for the band.
We were invited to the 3[rd] Ashton Scouts to launch our new ‘band night’ whereby we join with the musicians within the section and play along with them. No instruments are excluded which saw a band of more than 25 playing Sweet Caroline including a violin, cello, multiple French horns, keyboards, and guitars.
The standout moment for me was when the cellist announced how delighted he was to play the actual melody line!
And finally, to our last gig before the AGM and what a great day we had.
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St Georges Day Parade in Worthington Park where it was our turn to lead the parade. Another new member lined up to keep the beat and did a great job.
From this performance we have gained another 3 members who are busy learning everything they need to know about our marching band.
This summer we are off to Northampton Carnival to join forces with the Northampton Scout Band. See next year’s report for a full review!
My thanks go to all the Band Members, our adult Leaders; Sarah, Sally, Mandy, Emily & William; and Joe for his Gang Show editing skills. Thanks to Andrea for looking after the pennies, the rest of the Band Committee for their support and to the parents for helping out when asked.
Special thanks to Harry and the team at 3[rd] Ashton for hosting us every week.
We are a District Band and would love to see new members join us – if you have any musicians in your Group send them along.
Dennis Yarwood Band Master
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## Awards
Congratulations to the following people on their awards in 2022.
|**Award**|**Name**|**Unit**|
|---|---|---|
|Wood Badge|DannyWright|14th Sale|
|Wood Badge|Tom Hartley|14th Sale|
|Wood Badge|Phil Dodgson|2nd Brooklands|
|Wood Badge|Chris Lee|MacAlpine|
|30 Years Service|Rachel Lyttle|Sale Central|
|25 Years Service|Karen Mathieson|2nd Brooklands|
|15 Years Service|Martin Odenrode|17th Sale|
|15 Years Service|Martin Bull|MacAlpine|
|10 Years Service|Joanne Gray|17th Sale|
|10 Years Service|Morgan Eccleston|17th Sale|
|10 Years Service|Dawn Munday|2nd Brooklands|
|10 Years Service|Carol Ferro|3rd Ashton|
|10 Years Service|Simon Allen|7th Sale|
|10 Years Service|Sean Warman|Wyvern Explorers|
|5 Years Service|Jonathan Fishlock|11th Sale|
|5 Years Service|Niall Macnab|11th Sale|
|5 Years Service|Dave Rawnsley|17th Sale|
|5 Years Service|Dave Roberts|17th Sale|
|5 Years Service|Jason Garner|17th Sale|
|5 Years Service|Adam Roberts|3rd Ashton|
|5 Years Service|Louise Cooper|3rd Ashton|
|5 Years Service|Megan Rowley|3rd Ashton|
|5 Years Service|Nic Edmundson|3rd Ashton|
|5 Years Service|Stephen Walker|3rd Ashton|
|5 Years Service|AmyAtherall|District|
|5 Years Service|Peter Tranter|Sale Central|
||||
||||
||||
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## Statutory Information
|**Reference and Administration Details**|**Reference and Administration Details**|
|---|---|
|CharityName|Sale District Scout Council|
|Other names the charityis known by|Sale & District Scout Council|
|Registered CharityNumber|1042185|
|Charity’s Principal Address|c/o 6 Gloucester Drive, Sale, M33 5DH|
## **Trustee Details**
|**Trustee Details**|**Trustee Details**|**Trustee Details**|
|---|---|---|
|**Trustee Name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|
|Ian McGeough|Chairman||
|Dave Marsden|Secretary||
|Michael Harding|Treasurer||
|Andrew Atherall|District Commissioner||
|Andrea Morgan|||
|HarryPeet|||
|Clive Winby|||
|Yasmin Lee|District Youth Commissioner||
|Christine Gleaves|DeputyDistrict Commissioner||
|Gavin Stark|||
|Paul Harris|||
|Anna Brunt|||
|JennySaxty|||
||||
## **Structure Governance and Management**
|**Structure Governance and Management**|**Structure Governance and Management**|
|---|---|
|Type of governing document|The District's governing documents are those of 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. District
Constitution is based on a model constitution defined within the
Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association|
|How the charity is constituted|The District is a trust established under the rules which are
common to all Scout units|
|Trustee selection methods|The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy,
Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.|
|Additional governance information|The District is managed by the District Executive Committee, the
members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the 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 Committee consists of Chair, Treasurer and Secretary
together with the District Commissioner, other members either|
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|**Structure Governance and Management**|**Structure Governance and Management**|
|---|---|
||elected at the Group AGM, or co-opted onto the executive and
meets every month.
This District Executive Committee exists to support the District
Commissioner
in
meeting
the
responsibilities
of
the
appointments and is responsible for: -
The maintenance of District property
The raising of funds and the administration of District finance
The insurance of persons, property and equipment
District public occasions
Assisting in the recruitment of leaders and other adult support
Appointing any sub committees that may be required.
Appointing District Administrators and Advisors other than
those who are elected|
|Risks|The District Executive Committee has identified the major risks
to which they believe the District is exposed, these have been
reviewed and systems have been established to mitigate
against them. The main areas of concern that have been
identified are:
•
Damage to the building, property and equipment. The
District 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 District has sufficient buildings
and contents insurance in place to mitigate against
permanent loss.
•
Injury to leaders, helpers, supporters and members. The
District through the membership subscription fees
contributes to the Scout Associations national accident
insurance policy. Risk Assessments are undertaken
before all activities. There is a health and safety
management system for the District HQ building in
place to ensure the building is maintained to the
required standard.
•
Reduced income from fund raising. The District is
primarily reliant upon income from subscriptions and
fundraising. The District does hold a reserve to ensure
the continuity of activities should there be a major
reduction in income. The Committee could raise the
value of subscriptions to increase the income to the|
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|**Structure Governance and Management**|**Structure Governance and Management**|
|---|---|
||Group on an ongoing basis, either temporarily or
permanently
•
Reduction or loss of leaders. The District is totally reliant
upon volunteers to run and administer the activities of
the District. If there was a reduction in the number of
leaders to an unacceptable level in a particular Section
or the District as a whole then there would have to be a
contraction, consolidation, or closure of a Section. In the
worst-case scenario, the complete closure of the
District.
•
Reduction or loss of members. The District provides
activities for all young people aged 6 to 18. If there was
a reduction in membership in a particular Section or the
District as whole then there would have to be a
contraction, consolidation, or closure of a Group. In the
worst-case scenario, the complete closure of the
District.|
|Internal Controls|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.|
## **Objectives and Activities**
|**Objectives and Activities**|**Objectives and Activities**|
|---|---|
|Summary of the objects of the
charity set out in its governing
document|The objectives of the District are as a unit of the Scout
Association|
|Summary of the main activities in
relation to these objects|The Aim of The Scout Association is to promote the
development of young people in achieving their full physical,
intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as
responsible citizens and as members of their local national and
international communities. The method of achieving the Aim of
the Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive
scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and
Law andguided byadult leadership|
|Public benefit statement|The District meets the Charity Commission's public benefit
criteria under both the advancement of education and the
advancement of citizenship or community development
headings|
## **Achievements and Performance**
Summary of the main achievements The achievements for the year are contained in the various of the charity during the year reports in this document
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|**Financial Review**||
|---|---|
|Reserves Policy|The District's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to
continue the charitable activities of the District should income
and fundraising activities fall short. (Excluding Membership
Fees) The District Executive Committee considers that the
District should hold a sum equivalent to 24 months running
costs, circa £12000.
The District held reserves of approximately £12000 against
this atyear end.|
|Details of any funds materially in
deficit (circumstances plus steps to
eliminate)|No funds in deficit|
|Further Financial Review Details|See the annual financial report at the end of this document|
## **Declaration**
|**Declaration**|**Declaration**|**Declaration**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|The trustees declare that theyhave approved the trustees’ report above|||
|Chairman|Secretary|District Commissioner|
|Ian McGeough|Dave Marsden|AndyAtherall|
||||
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Scouts
Sale And District
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## Annual Financial Report for the Year Ended 31[st] December 2022
The bank balances on the accounts held by the District Treasurer are as follows:
Lloyds Account £ 22,466.42 Leeds and Holbeck Account £ 45,109.84
The accounts should be read with the following notes:
- a) The General Fund is operated by the District Treasurer and the receipts, payments and bank statements are reviewed by the District Examiner.
- b) The Beaver, Cub, Explorer, ASU and Band's figures are from information reviewed by, but not operated by, the District Treasurer.
- c) The Gang Show's figures are from information reviewed by, but not operated by, the District Examiner.
- d) The combined District income and expenditure figures, plus the combined District Balance sheet are compiled from the aforementioned figures.
## **Michael J Harding**
District Treasurer
I have examined and confirmed the records provided, bank accounts, receipts and payments of the General Fund and Gang Show Fund accounts. The combined District figures are compiled from these figures together with other accounts reviewed by, but not operated by, the District Treasurer.
**Chris Varley F.C.A. District Examiner** _**Date**_ 01 June 2023
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## **District Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
General
Gang Show
Band
Beavers
Cubs
MacAlpine ESU
Wyvern ESU
Hive ESU
Sale ASU
**Expenditure**
General
Gang Show
Band
Beavers
Cubs
MacAlpine ESU
Wyvern ESU
Hive ESU
Sale ASU
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|41,271.92
£
37,651.30
£
350.00
£
1,000.00
£
120.00
-£
159.70
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
2,500.00
£
879.45
£
1,534.86
£
1,809.83
£
2,152.64
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
47,689.42
£
41,500.28
£
34,186.29
£
34,354.32
£
369.43
£
215.59
£
432.20
£
125.25
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
2,024.86
£
1,469.72
£
1,685.45
£
1,031.05
£
1,865.22
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
40,563.45
£
37,195.93
£
7,125.97
£
4,304.35
£
-
£
1,200.00
-£
7,125.97
£
3,104.35
£
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||34,186.29
£
369.43
£
432.20
£
-
£
-
£
2,024.86
£
1,685.45
£
1,865.22
£
-
£|
|||
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## **District Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**||**2022**|**2022**|||**2021**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Assets**||||||||
|General|£|67,578.26
|||£|65,075.76
||
|Gang Show|£|10,082.14
|||£|10,101.47
||
|Band|£|6,332.76
|||£|6,884.96
||
|Beavers|£|1,708.57
|||£|1,708.57
||
|Cubs|£|369.53
|||£|369.53
||
|MacAlpine ESU|£|3,209.19
|||£|2,734.05
||
|Wyvern ESU|£|8,918.39
|||£|9,068.98
||
|Hive ESU|£|287.42
|||£|-
||
|Sale ASU|£|-
|||£|47.88
||
||||**£**|**98,486.26**
||**£**|**95,991.20**
|
|**Liabilities**||||||||
|General|£|34,165.68
|||£|37,748.81
||
|Gang Show|£|300.00
|||£|300.00
||
|Band|£|-
|||£|-
||
|Beavers|£|-
|||£|-
||
|Cubs|£|-
|||£|-
||
|MacAlpine ESU|£|-
|||£|-
||
|Wyvern ESU|£|-
|||£|-
||
|Hive ESU|£|-
|||£|-
||
|Sale ASU|£|-
|||£|-
||
||||**£**|**34,465.68**
||**£**|**38,048.81**
|
|||||||||
|Accumulated General Funds|||**£**|**64,020.58**
||**£**|**57,942.39**
|
|Accumulated Funds brought forward 1st January 2021|||£|57,942.49
||£|55,838.14
|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|||£|7,125.97
||£|3,104.35
|
|Transfer to Jamboree Fund|||-£|1,000.00
||-£|1,000.00
|
|Sale ASU balance write off|||-£|47.88
||£|-
|
|Accumulated Funds carried forward 31st December 2022|||**£**|**64,020.58**
||**£**|**57,942.49**
|
|Jamboree Fund|||-£|1,219.79
||£|1,779.21
|
|Development Fund|||£|31,873.00
||£|31,873.00
|
|ESU Funds|||£|680.51
||£|1,264.64
|
|Scout Funds|||£|2,831.96
||£|2,831.96
|
|**Total District Funds carried forward 31st December 2022**|||**£**|**98,186.26**
||**£**|**95,691.30**
|
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## **General Account Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Membership Subscription
Donation
Interest
Badge Income
Lease Transfer
**Expenditure**
Membership Subscription
Insurance
Net Event Expenditure
Administration
Training
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|**2022**
39,498.00
£
13.20
£
22.54
£
238.18
£
1,500.00
£
41,271.92
£
31,196.00
£
471.63
£
1,194.94
£
393.72
£
930.00
£
34,186.29
£
**7,085.63**
**£**
-
£
**7,085.63**
**£**|**2021**
34,774.50
£
1,006.27
£
22.53
£
348.00
£
1,500.00
£|
|---|---|---|
|||37,651.30
£
32,623.50
£
986.71
£
377.00
£
207.11
£
160.00
£|
|||34,354.32
£|
|||**3,296.98**
**£**|
|||-
£|
|||**3,296.98**
**£**|
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## **General Account Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Fixed Assets**
Trophies
Office Equipment
**Current Assets**
Cash in hand
Current Account - Lloyds
Building Society Account
Loans
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
Creditors/Accruals
Development Fund
ESU Funds
Scout Funds
Jamboree Fund
**Accumulated funds carried forward**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Transfer to Jamboree Fund
**Accumulated Funds carried forward**|1.00
£
1.00
£
1.00
£
1.00
£
2.00
£
2.00
£
-
£
-
£
22,466.42
£
19,986.46
£
45,109.84
£
45,087.30
£
-
£
-
£
67,576.26
£
65,073.76
£
**67,578.26**
**£**
**65,075.76**
**£**
-
£
-
£
31,873.00
£
31,873.00
£
680.51
£
1,264.64
£
2,831.96
£
2,831.96
£
1,219.79
-£
1,779.21
£
34,165.68
£
37,748.81
£
**33,412.58**
**£**
**27,326.95**
**£**
27,326.95
£
25,029.97
£
7,085.63
£
3,296.98
£
1,000.00
-£
1,000.00
-£
**33,412.58**
**£**
**27,326.95**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||-
£
22,466.42
£
45,109.84
£
-
£|
||-
£
31,873.00
£
680.51
£
2,831.96
£
1,219.79
-£|
|||
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## **Gang Show Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Ticket Sales
Subscriptions
Fund Raising
Donations
Programme Sales
Miscellaneous
**Expenditure**
Room Hire/Garrick
Brochure/Publicity
Production Costs
Front of House Costs
Insurance
Miscellaneous
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|£
£
£
£
£
£|**2022**
**2021**
-
-
£
330.00
-
£
-
-
£
-
1,000.00
£
20.00
-
£
-
-
£
350.00
1,000.00
£
195.00
-
£
-
-
£
105.16
200.00
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
69.27
15.59
£
369.43
215.59
£
19.43
784.41
£
-
1,200.00
-£
19.43
415.59
-£|
|---|---|---|
||£
£
£
£
£
£
£||
||£||
||-£||
||£||
||-£||
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## **Gang Show Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Fixed Assets**
Curtains
1,200.00
£
**Current Assets**
Bank Account
8,882.14
£
Debtors/Accrued Income
-
£
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
Creditors/Accruals
300.00
£
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Accumulated Funds carried forward
|1,200.00
£
|1,200.00
£
1,200.00
£
1,200.00
£
8,901.47
£
-
£
8,882.14
£
8,901.47
£
**10,082.14**
**£**
**10,101.47**
**£**
300.00
£
300.00
£
300.00
£
**300.00**
**£**
**300.00**
**£**
**9,782.14**
**£**
**9,801.47**
**£**
9,801.57
£
10,217.16
£
19.43
-£
415.59
-£
**9,782.14**
**£**
**9,801.57**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|---|
||8,882.14
£
-
£||
||300.00
£||
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## **Band Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Subs
Camps
Donations
Performances
**Expenditure**
Neckers/Woggles
Music Equipment
General Expenses
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|£
-£
£
£|**2022**
180.00
300.00
-
-
120.00
92.45
70.00
269.75
432.20
552.20
-
552.20
|**2021**
20.00
£
-
£
139.70
£
-
£|
|---|---|---|---|
||-£
£
£
£||159.70
£
-
£
-
£
125.25
£|
||£||125.25
£|
||-£||34.45
£|
||£||-
£|
||-£||34.45
£|
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## **Band Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Fixed Assets**
Band Instruments
**Current Assets**
Cash/Bank Account
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Accumulated Funds carried forward|350.00
£
350.00
£
5,982.76
£
5,982.76
£
**6,332.76**
**£**
-
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
**6,332.76**
**£**
6,884.96
£
552.20
-£
**6,332.76**
**£**
**2022**|350.00
£
**2021**|350.00
£
**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||6,534.96
£
-
£|350.00
£
6,534.96
£|
||-
£|||
||||**6,884.96**
**£**|
|||||
||||-
£
**-**
**£**|
|||||
||||**6,884.96**
**£**|
||||6,850.51
£
34.45
£|
||||**6,884.96**
**£**|
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## **Beavers Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Events
**Expenditure**
Events
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|£|**2022**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£|**2021**
-
|
|---|---|---|---|
||£
£||-
-
|
||£||-
|
||£||-
|
||£||-
|
||£||-
|
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## **Beavers Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Current Assets**
Cash/Bank Account
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Accumulated Funds carried forward|1,708.57
£
1,708.57
£
1,708.57
£
1,708.57
£
**1,708.57**
**£**
**1,708.57**
**£**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
**-**
**£**
**1,708.57**
**£**
**1,708.57**
**£**
1,708.57
£
1,708.57
£
-
£
-
£
**1,708.57**
**£**
**1,708.57**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||-
£|
|||
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## **Cubs Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Bridge & Back Canoe Race
Karen Keane Comp
**Expenditure**
Cooking Comp
Bridge & Back Canoe Race
Karen Keane Comp
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|£
£|**2022**
**2021**
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£
-
-
£|
|---|---|---|
||£
£
£
£||
||£||
||£||
||£||
||£||
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## **Cubs Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Current Assets**
Cash/Bank Account
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Accumulated Funds carried forward|369.53
£
369.53
£
369.53
£
369.53
£
**369.53**
**£**
**369.53**
**£**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
**-**
**£**
**369.53**
**£**
**369.53**
**£**
369.53
£
369.53
£
-
£
-
£
**369.53**
**£**
**369.53**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||-
£|
|||
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## **MacAlpine ESU Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Joining Fees
Subscriptions
Interest
**Expenditure**
Administration
Hire fees
Equipment
Activities
Camp
DofE
Misc.
Training
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|**2022**
**2021**
750.00
£
48.42
£
1,750.00
£
831.03
£
-
£
-
£
2,500.00
£
879.45
£
695.70
£
385.93
£
272.71
£
-
£
146.62
£
94.00
£
605.74
£
541.94
£
1,089.66
-£
1,145.52
-£
492.27
£
370.00
£
551.48
£
1,223.37
£
350.00
£
-
£
2,024.86
£
1,469.72
£
475.14
£
590.27
-£
-
£
-
£
475.14
£
590.27
-£|**2021**
48.42
831.03
-
|
|---|---|---|
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## **MacAlpine ESU Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Current Assets**
Cash/Bank Account
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Accumulated Funds carried forward|3,209.19
£
2,734.05
£
3,209.19
£
2,734.05
£
**3,209.19**
**£**
**2,734.05**
**£**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
**-**
**£**
**3,209.19**
**£**
**2,734.05**
**£**
2,734.05
£
3,324.32
£
475.14
£
590.27
-£
**3,209.19**
**£**
**2,734.05**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||-
£|
|||
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## **Wyvern ESU Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Subscriptions
Donation/Grant
Camps
**Expenditure**
Membership Subscription
Misc.
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|**2022**
**2021**
2,237.46
£
1,383.00
£
-
£
406.83
£
702.60
-£
20.00
£
1,534.86
£
1,809.83
£
1,000.00
£
679.00
£
685.45
£
352.05
£
1,685.45
£
1,031.05
£
150.59
-£
778.78
£
-
£
-
£
150.59
-£
778.78
£|
|---|---|
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## **Wyvern ESU Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Current Assets**
Cash/Bank Account
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Accumulated Funds carried forward|8,918.39
£
9,068.98
£
8,918.39
£
9,068.98
£
**8,918.39**
**£**
**9,068.98**
**£**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
**-**
**£**
**-**
**£**
**8,918.39**
**£**
**9,068.98**
**£**
9,068.98
£
8,290.20
£
150.59
-£
778.78
£
**8,918.39**
**£**
**9,068.98**
**£**
**2022**
**2021**|
|---|---|
||-
£|
|||
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## **Hive ESU Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Subscriptions
District Grant
Camp Fees
Misc
**Expenditure**
Administration
Equipment
Training
Camp
Misc
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|**2022**
518.00
£
£
1,264.64
£
£
330.00
£
£
40.00
£
£
2,152.64
£
£
503.61
£
£
22.50
£
£
50.00
£
£
411.30
£
£
877.81
£
£
1,865.22
£
£
287.42
£
£
-
£
£
287.42
£
£|**2021**
-
-
-
-
|
|---|---|---|
|||-
-
-
-
-
-
|
|||-
|
|||-
|
|||-
|
|||-
|
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## **Hive ESU Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**||**2022**|**2022**||**2021**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Current Assets**|||||||
|Cash/Bank Account|£|287.42
|||-
£||
||||£|287.42
|£|-
|
|**Total Assets**|||**£**|**287.42**
|**£**|**-**
|
|**Liabilities**|||||||
||£|-
|||-
£||
||||£|-
|£|-
|
|**Total Liabilities**|||**£**|**-**
|**£**|**-**
|
||||||||
||||||||
||||**£**|**287.42**
|**£**|**-**
|
|Accumulated Funds brought forward|||£|-
|£|-
|
|Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|||£|287.42
|£|-
|
|Accumulated Funds carried forward|||**£**|**287.42**
|**£**|**-**
|
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## **Sale ASU Income and Expenditure Account**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Income**
Capitation/Subs
**Expenditure**
Capitation
Operating Surplus/(Deficit)
Depreciation
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year|£|**2022**
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£
-
£|**2021**
-
|
|---|---|---|---|
||£
£||-
-
|
||£||-
|
||£||-
|
||£||-
|
||£||-
|
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## **Sale ASU Balance Sheet as at 31st December 2022**
|**Year to 31st December 2022**
**Current Assets**
Cash/Bank Account
**Total Assets**
**Liabilities**
**Total Liabilities**
Accumulated Funds brought forward
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Balance write off
Accumulated Funds carried forward|-
£
-
£|-
£
**-**
**£**
-
£
**-**
**£**
**-**
**£**
47.88
£
-
£
47.88
-£
**-**
**£**
**2022**|47.88
£
**2021**|47.88
£
**2021**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||
||||-
£|47.88
£|
|||||**47.88**
**£**|
||||||
|||||-
£|
|||||**-**
**£**|
||||||
|||||**47.88**
**£**|
|||||47.88
£
-
£
-
£|
|||||**47.88**
**£**|
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## Minutes of the Previous AGM on 16[th] May 2022
**1. Introduction** _– Ian McGeough_
- Ian opened the meeting. He thanked everyone for attending and welcomed our guests - Jacob Bond from County, and Pam Williams and Alison Corser from Guides.
## - Those present:
- Sharon Jenkinson
- James Dyson
- Gary Dyson
- Tom Hartley
- Andy Atherall - Jacob Bond
- Harry Peet - Rob Blair
- Emma Spragg
- Paul Maggs
- Alasdair Ferro - Yasmin Lee
- Pam Williams - Dave Hannigan
- Richard Taylor - Sue Calvert
- Ros Bryan - Alexander
- - Calvert
- Ronnie Bryan
- Chris Bedford- Rufus Brunt Gay - Dave Marsden
- - Anna Brunt - Alison Corser
- Simon Murray - John Ludlow
- Sarah Goodstadt
- Michael Harding
- Paul Harris
- Amy Atherall
- Andrew Jenkinson
- Gavin Stark
- Mark Cunningham
- Karen Salisbury
- Assil Brayat
- Ritta Kattob
- Glenn Rees
- Liz Fairclough
- Andrea Morgan - Ian McGeough
- Kath Dyson - Chris Varley
## **2. Apologies for Absence** _–_
- _Roger Kettle_
- Clive Winby
- Carol Gilbert
- Judith Summersgill
- James Goodwin
- Mark Wallis
- Jo Ward
- Bob Wilson
- Georgie McCarthy
- Greg Archer
- Steve Ralph
- John Casson
- Rachel Lyttle
- Jenny Saxty
- Carys Pugh
- Megan Maggs
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## **3. Approval of the minutes of the previous AGM** _– Ian McGeough_
- Approved unanimously.
## **4. Presentation of the Annual Report for 2021**
- Dave Hannigan for Scouts – Dave tanked the adult volunteers for keeping things going during lockdown and transferring the programme so successfully to virtual meetings, and then to socially distanced activities.
- Emma Spragg for Beavers – echoed Dave’s thanks to the adult volunteers.
- Andrew Jenkinson for Cubs – echoed Dave again, and also thanked County team. We are now also pushing to get County events started again.
- Yasmin Lee for Network – Network is going very well, back to face-to-face meetings. They have a lot of new members. Yasmin thanked the District for their support.
## **5. Presentation of audited accounts** _– Mike Harding_
- The accounts have been provided in the handout of the annual report.
- There is very little expenditure still, it has been a very quiet year.
- No gift aid claimed last year due to lockdown.
## **6. Approval of annual reports and adoption of audited accounts** _– Ian McGeough_
- Andrea Morgan proposed, and Dave Hannigan seconded – the accounts were approved.
## **7. District Chairman's remarks** _– Ian McGeough_
- Nice to see everyone back face to face after challenges of last few years.
- Numbers taken a bit of a hit but starting to increase again. Waiting lists still oversubscribed but still lack of adult volunteers.
- District has been resilient and is bouncing back.
- Well done and thank you to everyone for the hard work.
- Thanked District Exec also for keeping things going.
- Amy will be stepping down as District Secretary – thank you for the last 5 years work.
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- Thanked Andy for his work as DC.
## **8. District Commissioner's remarks** _– Andy Atherall_
- Very pleased that we are back meeting face to face with no restrictions. Thank you again to all volunteers for keeping things going. Thanked Dave Marsden for help with risk assessments for COVID.
- Numbers went down during pandemic by 140 young people. A good portion of that was down to closure of 9[th] Sale.
- 9[th] Sale has closed despite fundraising efforts. Unfortunately, lockdown meant fundraising could not continue. They are hoping to reopen in the future but not sure where or when yet.
- There are more leaders coming through.
- The first Squirrel Drey in GMW County opened at 14[th] Sale and has proved to be a big success. It is well attended, and a lot of new parents are coming in as leaders and helpers. The waiting list is now closed as it is so popular. We have limited the numbers to make sure we don’t have problems as children age through.
- A third Explorer unit (Hive) will be opening in September 2022 run by Andrew Jenkinson.
- We need a District Explorer Scout Commissioner (DESC) as we will shortly have three units.
- Andrew Jenkinson will be stepping down as ADC Cubs, so we need new one.
- Sarah Goodstadt will be taking over the Young Leaders unit.
- There are about 420k young people in units at the moment nationally, with 90k100k also on waiting lists. We must focus on adult recruitment to keep things going and also increase sections.
- Thanked Yasmin for all her work with Network – they have now run their first camp at Dunham.
- Kandersteg team still going with fundraising. Going ahead in summer 2022.
- Thanks to Bob Cole for all his work, especially keeping training up to date.
- Thanks to Amy Atherall for her work as Secretary.
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## **9. Approval of the District Commissioner's nomination to District Chairman** _– Andy_
## _Atherall_
- Andy Atherall nominated Ian McGeough to continue as District Chairman.
## **10. Election of District Secretary** _– Ian McGeough_
- Amy Atherall is stepping down as District Secretary. Ian McGeough proposed Dave Marsden to become District Secretary, seconded by Bob Cole. Approved unanimously.
## **11. Election of District Treasurer** _– Ian McGeough_
- Ian McGeough proposed Mike Harding to continue as District Treasurer, seconded by Paul Maggs. Approved unanimously.
## **12. Election of the members of the District Executive Committee** _– Ian McGeough_
- Clive Winby – 2[nd] Brooklands
- Anna Brunt – 14[th] Sale
- Harry Peet – 3[rd] Ashton
- Paul Harris – 17[th] Sale
- Proposed by Sharon Jenkinson, seconded by Simon Murray - approved unanimously.
## **13. Approval of the District Commissioner's nominations for membership of the District Executive Committee** _– Ian McGeough_
- Chris Gleaves – Deputy DC & 9[th] Sale
- Andrea Morgan – Gang Show and Band
- Gavin Stark – Sale Central
- Jenny Saxty – 9[th] Sale
- Proposed by Anna Brunt, seconded by Dave Hannigan - approved unanimously.
## **14. Election of one Group Scouter to the County Scout Council** _– Ian McGeough_
- Ian proposed Mike Harding, this was seconded by Andrea Morgan. Approved unanimously.
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## **15. Approval of the nomination to the County Exec** _– Ian McGeough_
- Ian proposed Clive Winby, this was seconded by Paul Maggs. Approved unanimously.
## **16. Appointment of Accounts Examiner** _– Mike Harding_
- Chris Varley was nominated by Mike Harding to be re-appointed as accounts examiner; Mike thanked him for his ongoing work. Chris was approved unanimously.
## **17. County Representative's remarks** _– Jacob Bond_
- It is good to be back meeting in person.
- 14[th] Sale have first and only Squirrel Drey in GMW, we are hoping to open some more in the coming months.
- Well done to Yasmin for starting and keeping Network going.
- Thanks to everyone again for keeping things going through the pandemic.
- Thanked Andy for his work as DC for the past few years.
## **18. Presentations** _– Andy Atherall & Jacob Bond_
- We have not able to give any awards out for the past few years!
- Award for Merit – Chris Varley
- 50 yrs – Bob Cole
- 40 yrs – Michael Harding
- 40 yrs – Dave Marsden
- 30 yrs – Chris Varley
- 30 yrs – Ian McGeough
- Thanks badge - Amy Atherall
- Chief Scout Gold Awards:
- The Scouts went on an exploration to York. They organised it all themselves and then did a presentation:
- Tristan Brunt
- James Dyson
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- Lucy Fairclough
- Oliver Bedford-Gay
- Alexander Calvert
- Tom Mulholland
- Stella McDonald
_Ian McGeough closed the meeting. After the meeting entertainment was provided by the Sale Scout & Guide Band and followed by refreshments._
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