Scouts ฿ Waterlines 1st Sandleheath Sea Scout Group AGM 2025 Group Report Another twelve months have sped by with lots of our volunteers moving sections and new faces joining the team who help offer Skills for Life to our Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers. Its great to have more hands helping to provide those skills - it takes the pressure of each individual if everyone is able to help Our Board of Trustees has remained the same for a number of years but this year our chair, lan Symonds, stood down. lan was encouraged to join the group by his brother, Mark (who was the Explorer Leader at the time) and he stayed on for a number of years despite Mark moving on and lan not living locally - Zoom meetings helped and I am extremely grateful for the support lan gave me - he got used to receiving ranting emails from me when I got frustrated with different aspects of Scouting and helped me to work out the best way forward. We wish him all the best as he moves on. Fortunately for the Group (and for my confused brain) we have a replacement for lan - another lan - but this time lan (Booth) has children in the group and lives locally. Ian has experience of Sea Scouts, having been a member at Barton-on-Sea and also of chairing meetings. The other long-standing members who complete our team are John, Pat, Chris and Tim - they all work hard behing the scenes to ensure the group is safe and compliant - as well as ensuring our buildings and kit are kept in good working order. If you are able to help support the sections in anyway - even offering to run/plan one session will help the leaders enormously - so if you have a skill that the Beavers/Cubs/Scouts/Explorers could/should learn, please let us know: bike maintenance, star gazing, baking, first aid, sewing - these are all Skills for Life. A big thank you to everyone who has been part of our team. Martine Coatham, Group Lead Volunteer Waterlines, AGM 2025 © Copyright 2025, 1st Sandleheath Sea Scout Group Registered Charity Number 1081596 www.sandleheathseascouts.org.uk
Sandleheath Sea Scouts
1) Statement of Financial Activities Summary for the year ended 31st March 2025
| This | Year £ | Last Year £ | Last Year £ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Income | 37,523.68 | 34,747.64 | |||
| Total Expenditure | 38,658.30 | 38,388.75 | |||
| Net Income (Expenditure) | - | 1,134.62 |
- | 3,641.11 |
|
| Fund Balances Brought Forward | 28,847.21 | 32,488.32 | |||
| Fund Balances Carried Forward | 27,712.59 | 28,847.21 | |||
| 2) Income | This | Year £ | Last Year £ | ||
| Membership Subscriptions | 10,029.87 | 11,084.82 | |||
| Explorer Subscriptions | 2,628.00 | 2,646.00 | |||
| Interest | 296.02 | 260.91 | |||
| Donations | 220.00 | 1,477.00 | |||
| Activities | General | 4,279.00 | 3,353.13 | ||
| Camp | 4,220.23 | 5,952.85 | |||
| DoE | 678.00 | 224.00 | |||
| Fundraising | General | 5,104.21 | 473.30 | ||
| 100 Club | 522.00 | 552.00 | |||
| Other | Clothing Sales | 36.30 | 13.00 | ||
| Gift Aid | 2,644.05 | 4,369.53 | |||
| Sale of Equipment | 1,500.00 | 10.00 | |||
| Rent of Building | 4,743.00 | 4,081.10 | |||
| Rent Deposits | 605.00 | 250.00 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 18.00 | - | |||
| Sub total | 9,546.35 | 8,723.63 | |||
| Total Income | 37,523.68 | 34,747.64 | |||
| 3) Expenditure | This | Year £ | Last Year £ | ||
| Premises | |||||
| Light & Heat | 777.70 | 4,314.07 | |||
| Insurance | 3,753.94 | 3,477.70 | |||
| Repairs & Renewals | 1,535.98 | 4,509.04 | |||
| Water | 151.17 | 145.20 | |||
| Alarms etc | 1,181.22 | 1,014.30 | |||
| Cleaning | 1,712.50 | 1,612.50 | |||
| Sub total | 9,112.51 | 15,072.81 | |||
| Activities | General | 9,591.63 | 6,373.29 | ||
| Camp | 6,204.15 | 4,489.98 | |||
| DoE | 369.46 | 100.00 | |||
| Fundraising | General | 27.20 | 38.53 | ||
| 100 Club prizes | 360.00 | 360.00 | |||
| General Expenses | |||||
| Equipment Maintenance | 1,988.98 | 3,740.60 | |||
| Admin/Establishment | 4,181.20 | 4,059.10 | |||
| Explorer Capitation | 774.00 | 819.00 | |||
| Training | 365.00 | 42.00 | |||
| Clothing | 29.99 | 1,166.34 | |||
| Badges | 434.18 | 562.10 | |||
| Deposit Refunds | 536.00 | 465.00 | |||
| Other | - | ||||
| Sub total | 8,309.35 | 10,854.14 | |||
| Equipment | 4,684.00 | 1,100.00 | |||
| Total Expenditure | 38,658.30 | 38,388.75 |
Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the 1s* Sandleheath Sea Scout Group I report on the accounts of the 1st Sandleheath Sea Scout Group for the year ended 3151 March 2025, which are attached. Respective Responsibilities of Trustees and Examiner As the Charity's Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that the audit requirement of Section 43(7) of the Charities Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state, on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Section 43(7) of the Act, whether particular matters have come to my attention. Basis of Examiner's Report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and comparison of the accounts with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as Trustees concerning such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent Examiner's Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: 1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 41 of the Act to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records - to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act, have not been met, or 2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 3. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material aspect the accounting rules of the Group's constitution have not been met. Name: Address: Jack KATHERINE JACK HA- Qualification: KilLoW of ThE fACULty 4 INSTrUTE of ACtuARIES 19 SANGER DRIVE, SEND, GUZ3 JER Date: 29/10/2025°