As this is my last Annual Review as county commissioner, I've been reflecting to when my term began. Zoom was merely a noise made when playing with a toy car, Pandemic was a newly released zombie film and Essex North East was embarking on the quality pilot scheme.
In the last five years we have seen an updated programme roll out, a revised safe space qualification and GDPR law changes to name a few. Our volunteers across the county have embraced change while continuing to offer diverse opportunities to the young members in our care.
In 2017 a second staff member was employed to help raise our profile and recruiting potential. In 2018 we held a county training day for 350 members keen to learn about "the new programme". 2019 saw many units across the county embrace the Future Girl initiative and then in 2020 our leaders and young members demonstrated that Girlguiding is more resilient and adaptable than we could ever have imagined!
Guiding Development offered virtual first response refresher courses while we could into late December 2020 and have enabled 105 volunteers attend first response courses since July when essential face to face training could resume, enabling more units to reopen. Opportunities to learn techniques to help anxiety were offered virtually.
During the last year we have taken part in the light trail STEAM project sponsored by Essex 2020, Snapping The Stiletto animation project, Chelmsford Heritage Weekend and carnival and have had an amazing number of units taking part in UK Parliament Week and the Children In Need joint fundraising. At the beginning of the year, having completed the County Commissioner's Challenge the term before, we sent a request out to members for their positive artwork and were wowed by their creativity. The GENE Team have adapted and continued to broadcast their monthly radio show throughout the pandemic and lockdowns.
Units began meeting again face to face late spring and embraced the outdoors. Girls from 7th Braintree Brownies displayed their care of community by collecting and donating 164 Easter eggs to a local home, to the delight of the elderly residents. Other units have litter picked, grown flowers, left random acts of kindness in all shapes and forms and made a difference, however small, to where they live.
This past term units and districts have been on residential trips and visits, SYNERGY an all section unit for girls with additional needs recently spent an enjoyable but wind swept weekend near Whipsnade Wildlife Park. Units, districts and divisions have held birthday parties and swapped birthday cards as part of the Anglia Region's 50th birthday.
We have a new website in development which should be launching in quarter 1 of 2022 and our membership numbers continue to recover post pandemic with 114 more adult members and 821 more young members than 10 months ago.
Long service awards in the last year amount to 35 five years, 25 ten years, 18 twenty years, 5 thirty years, an incredible 5 fifty years and our very first sixty year!
Thanks to the Awards Committee 1 Anglia Brooch, 1 Young Persons award, 7 County Commissioners Good Service and 6 County Thank you badges have been presented as well as Jack Petchey Awards to 5 leaders and 28 girls.
Whilst there is a lot that I wish I could change for everyone in the last five years. however, being county commissioner isn't one of them. I have learnt a lot about myself and guiding and I have met a vast array of interesting and amazing people.
Essex North East County Guides
Income & Expenditure Account for year 01/04/2020-31/03/2021
| Income 03/31/2021 03/31/2020 Membership Subscriptions 45,228 45,477 Bank Interest 106 241 Jack Petchey 13,837 14,187 Donations 0 600 Challenge Badges 186 497 County Scarves 28 Senior Section Grant 0 From Badge Account 0 Covid Grant 5,000 0 Anglia Grant 11,322 6288 Amazon funding 12 0 International 6,721 40 Events: Alton Water 0 BP Weekends 950 Pantomime 0 Gig 4 Girls 5,295 Afternoon Tea 0 County Traning Day & AGM 1,272 Supernova 1,500 Jamboree 340 0 Equipment Hire 0 Ofice Printing 24 Photocopier 318 417 Bad Debt repaid 1,605 586 Total £84,675 £77,402 Income over expenditure £27,187 -£9,031 |
Expenditure 03/31/2021 03/31/2020 Grants to Committees: Badge Account 849 0 Outdoor 0 International 0 0 GENE 500 0 County Archives 200 0 Duke of Edinburgh 0 0 Rifhams 0 0 Senior Section 0 0 Jack Petchey 9,987 14,809 International Grants 0 1,870 Census grants given out 2,505 0 Anglia Diversity Grant 0 2,357 Anglia training grant 500 0 Events: Alton Water 0 0 BP Weekends 0 1,238 Future Girl 0 55 Gig 4 Girls 0 17,064 County Training Day 0 7,313 Afternoon Tea 0 Queens Garden Party 40 110 AGM 0 Supernova 0 1500 Anglia Members Day 0 640 Jamboree 2020 6,840 0 Bad Debt recovery 1,015 271 Census Payments 1,350 1,276 County Executive Expenses 757 3,180 18/30 Group 0 20 Leader Uniform Grants 75 610 Hardship Grants 0 100 Challenge Badges 204 348 Publicity 0 863 Website 838 826 Insurance 657 636 Ofice Costs inc Salaries 21,024 23,854 Photocopier 3,724 4,944 Telephone 0 508 Swiss trip repaid 6,112 0 Audit 50 50 ECVYS membership 65 80 Sundry 0 0 Thank you service gifts 196 1745 Water 0 0 Mentor costs 0 116 Total £57,488 £86,433 |
Expenditure 03/31/2021 03/31/2020 Grants to Committees: Badge Account 849 0 Outdoor 0 International 0 0 GENE 500 0 County Archives 200 0 Duke of Edinburgh 0 0 Rifhams 0 0 Senior Section 0 0 Jack Petchey 9,987 14,809 International Grants 0 1,870 Census grants given out 2,505 0 Anglia Diversity Grant 0 2,357 Anglia training grant 500 0 Events: Alton Water 0 0 BP Weekends 0 1,238 Future Girl 0 55 Gig 4 Girls 0 17,064 County Training Day 0 7,313 Afternoon Tea 0 Queens Garden Party 40 110 AGM 0 Supernova 0 1500 Anglia Members Day 0 640 Jamboree 2020 6,840 0 Bad Debt recovery 1,015 271 Census Payments 1,350 1,276 County Executive Expenses 757 3,180 18/30 Group 0 20 Leader Uniform Grants 75 610 Hardship Grants 0 100 Challenge Badges 204 348 Publicity 0 863 Website 838 826 Insurance 657 636 Ofice Costs inc Salaries 21,024 23,854 Photocopier 3,724 4,944 Telephone 0 508 Swiss trip repaid 6,112 0 Audit 50 50 ECVYS membership 65 80 Sundry 0 0 Thank you service gifts 196 1745 Water 0 0 Mentor costs 0 116 Total £57,488 £86,433 |
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Essex North East County Guides
Balance sheet for year 01/04/2020-31/03/2021
| Retained Surplus brought forward Excess/(Loss )for the year Retained Surplus carried forward Represented by: CAF Account HSBC Deposit Account HSBC Current Account Petty Cash not yet prep'd Total Balances held by Advisors: Archives Badge Account Duke Of Edinburgh Guiding Development Hospital International Outdoor Publicity Rifhams Total Total Held by County |
£ £ |
03/31/2021 £108,179 27,187 135,366 70,886 60,361 4,022 58 135,327 |
03/31/2020 117,210 -9,031 £ 108,179 |
|---|---|---|---|
70,787 31,344 5,990 58 £ 108,179 4 2101 218 2756 0 15678 1483 0 6,187 28,427 136,606 |
Of which £25,000 is reserved for Office Expenditure
Prepared by Julia Rome County Treasurer Date: 04/20/2021
Independent Examiners Report
I report on the General Fund Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31st March 20 I have examined the books and records of GirlGuiding UK Essex North East County and I certify accounting statements referred to above are in accordance therewith.
Name:
Date:
201 that the
Essex North East County Guides
Income & Expenditure Account for year 01/04/2020-31/03/2021
| Income 03/31/2021 03/31/2020 Membership Subscriptions 45,228 45,477 Bank Interest 106 241 Jack Petchey 13,837 14,187 Donations 0 600 Challenge Badges 186 497 County Scarves 28 Senior Section Grant 0 From Badge Account 0 Covid Grant 5,000 0 Anglia Grant 11,322 6288 Amazon funding 12 0 International 6,721 40 Events: Alton Water 0 BP Weekends 950 Pantomime 0 Gig 4 Girls 5,295 Afternoon Tea 0 County Traning Day & AGM 1,272 Supernova 1,500 Jamboree 340 0 Equipment Hire 0 Ofice Printing 24 Photocopier 318 417 Bad Debt repaid 1,605 586 Total £84,675 £77,402 Income over expenditure £27,187 -£9,031 |
Expenditure 03/31/2021 03/31/2020 Grants to Committees: Badge Account 849 0 Outdoor 0 International 0 0 GENE 500 0 County Archives 200 0 Duke of Edinburgh 0 0 Rifhams 0 0 Senior Section 0 0 Jack Petchey 9,987 14,809 International Grants 0 1,870 Census grants given out 2,505 0 Anglia Diversity Grant 0 2,357 Anglia training grant 500 0 Events: Alton Water 0 0 BP Weekends 0 1,238 Future Girl 0 55 Gig 4 Girls 0 17,064 County Training Day 0 7,313 Afternoon Tea 0 Queens Garden Party 40 110 AGM 0 Supernova 0 1500 Anglia Members Day 0 640 Jamboree 2020 6,840 0 Bad Debt recovery 1,015 271 Census Payments 1,350 1,276 County Executive Expenses 757 3,180 18/30 Group 0 20 Leader Uniform Grants 75 610 Hardship Grants 0 100 Challenge Badges 204 348 Publicity 0 863 Website 838 826 Insurance 657 636 Ofice Costs inc Salaries 21,024 23,854 Photocopier 3,724 4,944 Telephone 0 508 Swiss trip repaid 6,112 0 Audit 50 50 ECVYS membership 65 80 Sundry 0 0 Thank you service gifts 196 1745 Water 0 0 Mentor costs 0 116 Total £57,488 £86,433 |
Expenditure 03/31/2021 03/31/2020 Grants to Committees: Badge Account 849 0 Outdoor 0 International 0 0 GENE 500 0 County Archives 200 0 Duke of Edinburgh 0 0 Rifhams 0 0 Senior Section 0 0 Jack Petchey 9,987 14,809 International Grants 0 1,870 Census grants given out 2,505 0 Anglia Diversity Grant 0 2,357 Anglia training grant 500 0 Events: Alton Water 0 0 BP Weekends 0 1,238 Future Girl 0 55 Gig 4 Girls 0 17,064 County Training Day 0 7,313 Afternoon Tea 0 Queens Garden Party 40 110 AGM 0 Supernova 0 1500 Anglia Members Day 0 640 Jamboree 2020 6,840 0 Bad Debt recovery 1,015 271 Census Payments 1,350 1,276 County Executive Expenses 757 3,180 18/30 Group 0 20 Leader Uniform Grants 75 610 Hardship Grants 0 100 Challenge Badges 204 348 Publicity 0 863 Website 838 826 Insurance 657 636 Ofice Costs inc Salaries 21,024 23,854 Photocopier 3,724 4,944 Telephone 0 508 Swiss trip repaid 6,112 0 Audit 50 50 ECVYS membership 65 80 Sundry 0 0 Thank you service gifts 196 1745 Water 0 0 Mentor costs 0 116 Total £57,488 £86,433 |
|---|---|---|
Essex North East County Guides
Balance sheet for year 01/04/2020-31/03/2021
03/31/2021
| Retained Surplus brought forward Excess/(Loss )for the year Retained Surplus carried forward Represented by: CAF Account HSBC Deposit Account HSBC Current Account Petty Cash not yet prep'd Total |
£108,179 £ 27,187 £ 135,366 |
£108,179 £ 27,187 £ 135,366 |
|---|---|---|
70,886 60,361 4,022 58 135,327 |
Balances held by Advisors:
Archives Badge Account Duke Of Edinburgh Guiding Development Hospital International Outdoor Publicity Riffhams
Total
Total Held by County
Of which £25,000 is reserved for Office Expenditure
Prepared by Julia Rome County Treasurer
Date: 04/20/2021
Independent Examiners Report
I report on the General Fund Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended 31 I have examined the books and records of GirlGuiding UK Essex North East County a accounting statements referred to above are in accordance therewith.
Name: Z J Simpson Z J Simpson Date: 04/28/2021
03/31/2020
117,210 -9,031 £ 108,179 70,787 31,344 5,990 58 £ 108,179 4 2101 218 2756 0 15678 1483 0 6,187 28,427 136,606
1st March 20201 and I certify that the