**Trustees' Annual Report for the period**
**To**
**From**
Period start date Period end date **01 April 2024 31 March 2025**
## Section A Reference and administration details
**Charity name**
5th/7th Wells Scout Group
**Other names charity is known by**
1053051 **Charity's principal address** 2 Bishopslea Close Wells Somerset **Postcode** BA5 1TG ~~—~~
**Registered charity number (if any)** 1053051
|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
|---|---|---|---|
|1 Richard Cronin|Chairman|||
|2 Andrew Yeates|Treasurer|||
|3 Daniel Currie|Lead Volunteer|Appointed 07/09/25|Somerset Scout Association|
|4 Heather Anderson||Resigned 12/11/25||
|5 Andrew Walker||Appointed 07/09/25||
|6 Robert Adams||Appointed 24/07/24||
|7 Carolyn Booth||||
|8 Carol Austin||||
|9 Claire Robertson||Appointed 07/09/25||
|10||||
|11||||
|12||||
|13||||
|14||||
|15||||
|16||||
|17||||
|18||||
|19||||
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|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of adviser**
**Name**
**Address**|
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|**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**|||
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## **Section B Structure, governance and management**
## **Description of the charity’s trusts**
Constitution Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) By Royal Charter through association to the Scout Association How the charity is constituted (eg. trust, association, company)
Appointed by the Group Scout Council except for the role of Lead Trustee selection methods Volunteer which is ex-officio role with individual selected by Somerset (eg. appointed by, elected by) Scout Association as in accordance with the Constitution
## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant, about:
Further details on policies are available on the Charity’s website.
- policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees;
- the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works;
- relationship with any related parties;
- trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them.
## **Section C Objectives and activities**
The Charity’s charitable objects are set out below and are those of the Scout Association as established by Royal Charter. TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN **Summary of the objects of the** ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND **charity set out in its** SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE **governing document** CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES
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During the year under review the Charity enabled over 100 young people to participate in a wide range of scouting activities and achieve both badges and higher awards.
The Trustees have had full regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit.
**Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)**
## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)**
The Charity relies on volunteers across many different roles including as trustees, volunteers - who as members of teams deliver the scouting programme at both a Scout Group and Section level within the Group and also parental volunteers who help the teams deliver the programmes.
You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about:
- policy on grantmaking;
The Charity is also supported by volunteers within East Somerset District and Somerset County Scouts and the Scout Association and occasional ad-hoc support from individuals across the community.
The Charity is very grateful for the contribution of all these volunteers as their support underpins the successful delivery of the Charity’s activities and achievements.
- policy programme related investment;
- contribution made by volunteers.
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Section D Achievements and performance
During the year under review the Charity enabled over 100 young people **Summary of the main** to participate in a wide range of scouting activities and achieve both **achievements of the charity** badges and higher awards. **during the year** The Charity was selected by the Mayor of Wells as her “charity of the year” and the charity worked with the Mayor on a number of fundraising initiatives.
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## **Section E Financial review**
The Charity has a formal policy for the establishment and maintenance of **Brief statement of the** its reserves including for restricted funds related to specific grants or **charity’s policy on reserves** donations that are subject to conditions.
For unrestricted funds the policy aims to ensure that retained funds are at least the equivalent of a typical 12 months of operating costs of the Charity.
**Details of any funds materially in deficit**
None.
## **Further financial review details (Optional information)**
You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about:
- the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising);
- how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity;
- investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted.
## **Section F Other optional information**
## **Section G Declaration**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
**Signature(s)** A Yeates **Full name(s)** Andrew Yeates **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Treasurer **etc)**
**Date** 12th Jan 2026
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## **5th / 7th WELLS SCOUT GROUP**
## **BALANCE SHEET**
**YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025**
|||||**2025**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Current assets**||||||
|||||Total||
|Bank Accounts||||||
|Lloyds Current Account||||6,846||
|Lloyds Instant Access Account||||1,587||
|Lloyds 32 Day Account||||49,661||
|||||**58,094**||
|**Represented By :**||||||
|Accumulated Funds -||||||
|Balance brought forward||||35,872||
|Surplus (Shortfall) for year||||22,222||
|Balance Carried Forward||||**58,094**||
|**Prepared by**|**Andrew Yeates**||||**Verified by**|
|**Date**||**6/1/2025**|||**Date**|
|**Date Approved at AGM**|||**7th Sept 2025**|||
**2024**
## Total
4,511 555 30,806 **35,872**
44,578 -8,706 **35,872**
## **Rodney Angel**
**8/23/2025**
## **INCOME**
Subscriptions (Not Via GoCardless) Subscriptions (Via GoCardless) Explorers Income (Not Via GoCardless) Explorers Income (Via GoCardless) Donations-General (Inc Tent Hire Donations) Hall lettings Event Income (Not Via GoCardless Fees) Event Income (Via GoCardless Fees) GoCardless GrossTotal 2023/2024) Bank Interest(A/c 01326047) Bank Interest(A/c 32 Day Notice) Uniforms and Badges Equipment Sales Refurbishment Fundraising (inc Grants/Donations) Gift Aid
## **FUNDRAISING**
Glastonbury Festival Carnival Collection Fundraising - Sum Up Bag Packing Pollard A
## **Prepared by**
## **Date**
## **Date Approved at AGM**
## **INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025**
|**2025**
**Total**
245
8,732
1,766
7,514
590
200
66
6,857
31
875
29,557
3,430
**59,863**
3,432
2,039
26
203
225
**5,925**
**65,788**
**Andrew Yeates**
**6/1/2025**
**7th Sept 2025**|**2024**
**Total**
3,713
5,122
1,250
594
3,468
11,169
109
723
103
45
1,000
**27,296**
3,740
590
2
**4,332**
**31,628**
**Verified by**
**Date**
**2025**|
|---|---|
Rodney Angel
812312025
## **Expenditure**
Uniforms & Badges (Net) Capitation Equipment purchases Beaver expenses Cub expenses Scout expenses Squirrel expenses Explorers Expenditure Event Costs (Not via GoCardless) Insurance Electricity Water Cleaning & Cleaning Materials Group Costs Maintenance expenses GoCardless Fees Refubisment Costs
Total expenses
Total income
Surplus / Shortfall for year
**Prepared by Andrew Yeates Date 6/1/2025 Date Approved at AGM**
## **5th / 7th WELLS SCOUT GROUP**
## **INCOME & EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT**
## **YEAR ENDED 31st MARCH 2025**
|**2025**|**2024**|
|---|---|
|Total|Total|
|2,146
5,906
1,617
173
402
327
250
9,606
6,708
1,144
973
424
944
1,899
658
855
9,534
**43,566**
**65,788**
**22,222**|1,007
5,568
2,162
368
364
61
508
7,635
7,443
1,008
2,290
404
696
1,512
8,943
365
0|
|---|---|
||**40,334**
**31,628**|
|||
||**-8,706**|
**Verified by Rodney Angel Date 8/23/2025**
**7th Sept 2025**
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
5ttinth Wells Seout Group
On accounts for the year
ended
3110312025
Charity no
(If any)
1053061
Set out on pages
Pages1-2
I report to the trustees on my examination of the acciwnts of the above
charity (Ihe Tru) for the year ended <02S
A8 the chaiitys trustees. you are responsibl8 for the preparatlon of the
accounts in ac)rdanCe with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
(Ihe Acr).
Re8pon8lbllltles and
bas15 of rnport
I report In respect of my examinatlon of the Trusf8 accounts carrled out
under sedion 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I
have followed all the 8ppli¢able Direclions gN8n ty th8 Charity Commisslon
urKler section 145(5)(b) of the A
Indepondont
examlnerfs 8tatement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attenti in connection wfth the examinatlon (other than that
dlsc108ed below I which gives me cause to believe that in. any materlal
the accountlng records were not kept in accordance with 8ectlon 130
of the Charities Act; or
the aco)unts did not accord wllh the accounling records; or
the accourrts dld not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form and content of accounts set out in the Charltles
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a Irue and falrf view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concern8 and have CO across no other matters in connection
with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report In
order to enable a proper undetstandHig of the accounts to be reached.
in the brnckets rfth8y do not apply.
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Section B
Disclosure
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{8ee CC32. Independent exanunation of Chlty )unts. directions and
guidan for emIn5>.
Glve here brfef dotails of
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