## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 01/01/2024 Period start date To31/12/2024 Period end date** ## **Charity name: Pendle Forest Scout and Guide Group** ## **Charity registration number: 1059194** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|To own manage and maintain a community building in
which to facilitate and support the provision of Scout
Association and Girlguiding activities in the local
Community.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|The provision of Scout & Guide activities for children
and young people from 5-18. Also provides
opportunities for the development of leadership skills
for both young people and adults. The building also
accommodates a pre-school group, sports groups
and is a venue for social and charitable events.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|In supporting the continued development of Scouting
and Girlguiding the group provided a venue for a
BME Scout Group during the initial phase of
development.
Pre-school and sporting activities are of benefit to the
wider community| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|The Group does not make grants but the young
people
support a number of different charities throughout the
year by organising fund-raising events| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|The Group does not hold any investments| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|Volunteers do not provide any financial contribution –
they give their time.| |Other||The Group is committed to subsidise activities for
those young people who may otherwise be
prevented from attending due to financial constraints.| ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|Enabling children and young people to benefit from
all aspects of the Scout Association and Girlguiding
Programmes.
This includes providing opportunities for the young
people to participate in a range of residential
experiences.
Members of the Scout Association and Girlguiding
are encouraged to participate in a wide range of
activities which enable them to develop practical
skills, enhance self-esteem and engender a sense of
community action and responsibility. Teamwork, co-
operation, inclusion and acceptance are also key
aspects of the organisations.
The young people are encouraged to identify
appropriate charities, appeals etc. they wish to
support in their fundraising initiatives. These have
included UK charities for example Children in Need,
Local Hospice, and projects in other countries for
example raising money for the Isaiah Trust in Kenya
to provide an outdoor class room.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|As the Group owns the building reserves are
necessary as a contingency for any major repairs
required.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|None| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|Subscriptions for each young person attending.
Rental income from hire of the building.| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|The trustees are either parents or members of the
local community who are supportive of the Scout
Association and Girlguiding.
The Group Executive Committee is responsible for
the appointment of trustees.| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |||| |---|---|---| |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|Training is offered in accordance with the adult
training programmes provided by the Scout
Association and Girlguiding| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|Pendle Forest Scout and Guide Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|1059194| |Charity’s principal address|Pendle Forest Scout and Guide Community Centre
Wheatley Lane Road
Fence
Burnley
BB12 9EE| ||| ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee(if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nathan Fish|Chair||| ||David Green|Trustee||| ||David Flanagan|Treasurer||| ||Megan Dumpleton|Trustee||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity None Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Type of**|**Name**|**Address**| |---|---|---| |**adviser**||| **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||David Green|Megan Dumpleton| ||
Trustee|Trustee| ||01/10/2025|| ||01/10/2025|| Pendle Forest Scout & Guide Group Profit and Loss Account ## Summary - Year Ending 31 December 2024 |Income
101
Subscriptions
102
Fence Pre-School
103
Other Rents
104
100 Club
105
Camps & Outings
106
Feed In Tarrif
107
Donations
108
Grant Income
109
Fund Raising
110
Miscellaneous Income
Interest Received
Total Income
Expenditure
1
Electricity
2
Building Services
3
Building Maintenance
4
100 Club
5
Camps & Outings
6
Capitation Costs
7
Cash Withdrawals
8
Internet
9
Professional Fees
10
Miscellaneous Expenses
11
Bank Charges
12
Badges
13
Special Projects|Y/E
31/12/2024
13,134.00
15,040.00
1,294.50
1,386.00
3,333.10
735.07
20.00
0.00
0.00
50.00
787.27
35,779.94
5,422.32
0.00
7,156.66
880.00
5,325.65
6,798.00
0.00
479.85
150.00
3,694.93
0.00
1,269.65
0.00|Y/E
31/12/2023
10,962.00
14,667.20
2,267.50
1,068.00
7,218.00
798.16
10.00
0.00
1,405.41| |---|---|---| |||38,396.27| |||4,429.37
220.00
6,057.90
900.00
8,749.60
5,525.00
100.00
387.51
150.00
4,235.75
92.10
1,002.08
23,964.97| |Total Expenditure|31,177.06||55,814.28| |---|---|---|---| ||||| |Surplus / deficit|4,602.88||-17,418.01| Independent examiner's report to the trustees of: Pendle Forest Scout and Guide Group. I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Pendle Forest Scout and Guide Group (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent examiner's ststement I have completed my examination. I confimi that no material matters have come to Tny attention in connection with the examination gtving me cause to believe that in any material respect: 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord wtth those ￿cordS. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed. Ic Name.. LoiJ'se s£oI)OAJ Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): Address.. l ? i ff.05É H ILL Ro, E'J2fyJ￿lkn'[ , Elsi l Ec?A Date: