## 1st Broughton Gifford and Holt Scout Group ## ANNUAL ACCOUNTS ## for the year ending 31st March 2025 Charity Number 1053473 1[st] Broughton Gifford and Holt Scout Group Trustees’ Annual Report for the year to 31 March 2024 Section A Objectives and Activities |Summary of the objects of the
charity as set out in its governing
document|The objectives of the group is as a unit of the Scout
Association.
The purpose of scouting
Scouting exists to actively engage and support young
people in their personal development, empowering them
to make a positive contribution to society.| |---|---| |Summary of the main activities in
relation to these objects|The Group main function is to support the sections in
achieving the aims of the Scout Association. As a Group
the main activities during the last twelve months have
been:

Significant fundraising

Purchasing new equipment to support programme
activities

Equipment servicing and renewal

Hut maintenance
The Provision of Scouting within the Group is totally
dependent on the contribution made by volunteers.| |Public Benefit|The Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity
Commission guidance on Public Benefit on deciding what
activities the charity should undertake.
Membership subscriptions are charged to cover the
immediate running costs of the Group and these do not
unduly restrict membership. The Group follows the
principle that no one should be excluded because of their
inability to pay membership subscriptions
Two key principles demonstrate scouting’s aims are for
the public benefit are that through the scout method
young people develop towards their full potential and
there is a clear link between the benefits for young people
and the purpose of scouting. The safety of young people
is taken very seriously and the benefits scouting activities
provide far outweigh the risks. Any private benefits from
scouting are incidental, other than to those as beneficiary.| ## Section B Achievements and performance |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity
during the year|Main fundraising events for the 2024-2025 period where
the annual bonfire nights BBQ and the Great Chalfield
10k. Between these two events we made a profit of
£2289 which is fantastic for the group. We also received
£1431 from gift aid donations.
Other events we have supported over the year was the
group camp in June 2024 as well as many other activities
within the sections.
Overall, we made a profit of £629 which is the first time
we have ended the year without a loss since before
covid.| |---|---| |Section C Financial review|| |Policy on Reserves|The Group policy on reserves is to hold sufficient
resources to continue the charitable activities of the
district should income and fundraising activities fall short.
The Group Executive Committee considers that the group
should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs,
approximately.
The Group held free reserves of approximately £3590
against this at year-end| |Further financial review details|The Group does not have sufficient funds to invest in
longer term investments. The Group has therefore
adopted a risk averse strategy to the investment of its
funds. All funds are held in cash using only mainstream
banks or building societies| Section D Structure, governance and management |Type of governing document|The Group 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| |---|---| |How the charity is constituted|The Group is a trust established under its rules which are
common to all Scouts| |Trustee selection methods|The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy
Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association| |Additional governance issues|The Group is managed by the Group Executive
Committee, the members of which are the “Charity
Trustees” of the Scout Group that 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 applicable| ||
The committee consist of 11 Independent members who
meet 6 times a year
Ex – officio8
Chairperson, Treasurer, Group Scout Leader
Nominated 2
Elected Members0| ||This Group Executive Committee exists to support the
Group Leaders in meeting the responsibilities of their
appointments and is responsible for:
The maintenance of Group property;
The raising of funds and the administration of Group
finance;
The insurance of persons, property and equipment
Group public occasions;
Assisting in the recruitment of leaders and other adult
support;
Appointing any sub committees that may be required;
Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than
those who are elected.| ||The Group 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| Section E Reference and administration details |Charity Name|1stBroughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group| |---|---| |Charity Number|1053473| |Charity’s principal address|The Scout Hut, The Common, Broughton Gifford,
Melksham, SN12 8LX| Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity ||Trustee Name|Office|Dates acted if not for
whole year| |---|---|---|---| ||Ex Officio||| |1|Nick Plummer|Chairperson|| |||Secretary|| |2|Seth Yates|Treasurer|| |3|Chris Patterson|Group Scout Leader|| ||||| |4|Jade Hurn|Cub Leader|| |5|Claire Francis|Explorer Leader|| |6|Georgina Szanto|Scout Leader|| |7|Toby Crawley|Quartermaster|| |8|Rosie Paines|Bookings Secretary|| ||||| ||Nominated||| |9|Charlotte Yates|Fundraising Lead|| |10|Lydia Thomas||| ||||| ||||| ||Elected||| ||||| Name and address of advisor |Type of advisor|Name|Address| |---|---|---| |ependent Examiner
Luc|y Key
14|Telford Drive, Melksham, SN12 6GF| Ind ## Section G Declaration The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above ## Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature Full name Position held Date Insert Scrutineer’s Report or Independent Examiner’s Report here, fully signed. ## **Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group Receipts and payments account** |||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**4/1/2024**|**To**|**3/31/2025**| |||||| |**Receipts and payments**||||| |**Receipts**||**2024/25**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**||**2023/24**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |
**Donations, legacies and similar income**||||| |Membershipsubscriptions||**7,825**||**6,650**| |Donations||**630**||**800**| |Legacies||**-**||**-**| |Gift Aid||**1,431**||**1,511**| |Other similar income(Misc.)||**31 **||**-**| |**Sub total**||**9,917.15**||**8,961.09**| |**Grants**||||| |Maintenenacegrant||**-**||**-**| |Othergrants||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**-**||**-**| |**Fundraising events(gross)**||||| |Detail 1(Scouts camps)||**7,639**||**11,666**| |Detail 2(Explorers camps)||**-**||**1,042**| |Detail 3(Groupcamp)||**1,370**||**25**| |Detail 4(Meetingactivityincome)||**238**||**214**| |Detail 5(Cubs)||**-**||**1,574**| |Detail 6(Beavers)||**-**||**268**| |Other fundraisingactivities||**5,932 **||**5,110**| |**Sub total**||**15,178.20**||**19,898.02**| |**Scout hut income**||||| |Hire of building||**205**||**120**| |Hire of equipment||**-**||**-**| |Other Scout hut income(utilities rebate)||**180**||**754 **| |**Sub total**||**385.00**||**874.21**| |**Investment income**||||| |Bank interest||**40**||**43**| |BuildingSocietyinterest||**-**||**-**| |The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service||**-**||**-**| |Other investment income||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**40.45**||**43.45**| |**_Total Gross Income_**
**Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_**||||| |||||**29,777**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||**25,521**||**29,777**| LT700002 (July 2021) 1 of 3 ## **Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group Receipts and payments account** |||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**4/1/2024**|**To**|**3/31/2025**| |||||| |**Receipts and payments**||||| |**Payments**||**2024/25**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**4,582**
**1,407 **
**-**
**100**
**1,078**
**1,928**
**1,157**
**80**
**-**
**8,178**
**977**
**-**
**247**
**249**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**183**
**1,962**
**22,129**
**2,767**
**2,767**
**24,896**
**-**
**24,896**
**625**
**24,868**
**25,493**||**2023/24**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Charitable Payments**||||| |Membershipsubscriptionspaid on(National/County/Area/District)||**4,582**||**3,992**| |Youthprogramme and activities||**1,407 **||**1,691 **| |Adult support and training||**-**||**-**| |Rent||**100**||**-**| |Water,Sewerage,Electricityand Gas||**1,078**||**1,556**| |Insurance||**1,928**||**1,741**| |Repairs and Renewals||**1,157**||**1,844**| |Materials and equipment||**80**||**519**| |Printingandphotocopying||**-**||**-**| |Events Scouts Camp||**8,178**||**11,443**| |Uniforms||**977**||**346**| |AGM and trustee expenses||**-**||**-**| |Other costs detail OSM and hosting||**247**||**160**| |Other costs detail Misc.||**249**||**-**| |Other costs detail donation||**-**||**102**| |Other costs detail Cub events||**-**||**2,376**| |Other costs detail Beavers events||**-**||**479**| |Other costs detail Explorers events||**183**||**1,063**| |Other costs detail GroupCamp||**1,962**||**1,949**| |**Sub total**||**22,129**||**29,261**| |**Fundraising expenses**||||| |Detail 1||||| |Detail 2||||| |Detail 3||||| |Other fundraisingcosts||**2,767**||**3,577**| |**Sub total**||**2,767**||**3,577**| |**_Total Gross Expenditure_**
**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||| |||||**32,838**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**32,838**| |||||| |||**625**||**- 3,061**| |||**24,868**||**27,929**| |||**25,493**||**24,868**| LT700002 (July 2021) 2 of 3 ## **Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group Receipts and payments account** ||Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**4/1/2024**|**To**|**3/31/2025**| |||||| |**Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year**||||| |**3/31/2025**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**Cash funds**
Bank current account(group)
**17,725**
Bank deposit account(scouts)
**2,671**
Bank deposit account(beavers)
**10**
Bank deposit account(explorers)
**1,354**
Bank deposit account(cubs)
**67**
Bank deposit account(reserve)
**3,666**
Buildingsocietyaccount
**-**
The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service
**-**
Cash/Floats
**-**
**Total cash funds**
**25,493**
(agree balances with receipts andpayments account)
ok
**Other monetary assets**
Tax claim
**-**
Debts due from the County/Area/District/Group
**-**
Insurance claim
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**Investment assets**
Investmentproperty- detail
**-**
Quoted investments
**-**
Other investments - detail
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**Non monetary assets for charity's own use**
Badge stock
**-**
Shopstock
**-**
Other stock
**-**
Land and buildings
**-**
Motor vehicles
**-**
Scoutingequipment,furniture etc
**-**
Other
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**Liabilities**
Accounts notyetpaid
**-**
Expenses incurred but not invoiced
**-**
Subscriptions notyetpaid
**-**
Loan - detail
**-**
Other liabilities
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**||||**3/31/2024**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |||||| |||||**17,406**| |||||**3,004**| |||||**10**| |||||**755**| |||||**67**| |||||**3,626**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**24,868**| |||||ok| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |**Total net assets**||**25,493**||**24,868**| **The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees on May 2025 (the date of the Executive Committee meeting that approved the accounts) and signed on their behalf by** |**behalf by**|| |---|---| |Signature
G. Mason
S. Yates|PrintName| |G. Mason|Chair| |S. Yates|Treasurer| LT700002 (July 2021) 3 of 3 st 1 Broughton Gifford & Holt Scout Group I report on the accounts of the Group for the year ended 31° March 2025 Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Scrutineer As the Group's trUSt￿S you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that neither the audit nor independent examination requirements of the Charits'es Act 2011 apply. It is my responsibility without carrying out an audit or independent examinats'on to scrutinise the accounts and to report to you. Basis of Scnrtineerfs Statement In accordan￿ with the directions given in the Group's consbtution, I have scruts"nised the records and the accounts. Scrutineerfs Statement In my opinion Ihe accounts are in accordance with the recx)rds produced to me and comply with the consts"tution. Name: Lucy Key Address: 14 Telford Drive, Melksham SN12 6GF Date: 28° May 2025 Signature..