Brownsea Island Scout & Guide Heritage Trust (Charity No, 1146810) ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS 2022- 2023 Brownsea Island The birthplace of world Scouting and Guiding A Scout Centre of Excellence for Nature, Environment and Sustainability Brownsealsland scenes.; Scovl one, G.Jide Htsritage Trust
BROWNSEA ISLAND SCOUT & GUIDE HERITAGE TRUST Charity No. 1146810 TRUSTEES Chaimian Kevin Phillips Secretary (also Trading Post Manager Dr. Angela Salter TaSurer Douglas Bennett, FCA FAIA Brownsea Island Friends of Guiding representstive Christina Gabb Brownsea Island Scout Active Support Unit representabve Michael Bowler Racheal Tattum Jennrfer Read Simon Blake BROWNSEA ISLAND SCOITf & GUIDE HERITAGE COMMirrEE Trustees as above Co-opted Members (voting) Trading Post Manager DrAngela Salter (also Secretary above) Brian Woolgar He17tage Centre Curntor Invited Member3 (non-voting) National Tmst representative Dr. Angela Cott- General M8nagerBrownsea I818nd Paul Norris - Holiday Operations M8nag8r Georgia Simpkin - A&sL Holid8y Op8rations Mgr. AGENTS AND ADVISERS Bankers.. CAF 8ank Ltd. CCLA Investment Management Ltd. Independent Examiner
Brownsaa Island Scout & Guide Herltage Trust (Charity No. 1146810) ANNUAL REPORT 2022 12023 Introductlon lease on part of the building known as the Baden-Powell Outdoor Centre. An Advisory Group provFdes an important channel fortwo- way communication beeen the National Twst and Scouting & Guiding. The Trustees, Annual Report for the year 2022123 is presented in parts. Part 1 deals with thos8 aspects required by the Charity Commission on governance etc. and Part 2 summarises the tssks undertaken by members of the Committee and the supporting groups during the year to meet the objectives. Public BeTrallt The Brownsea Island Outdoor Centre offers camping and hostel facilities together with a range of self4ed activities not only to members of the Scouting and Guiding movements. but also to member5 of the general public, managed by National Trust Holidays. Safety is taken very seriously and the benlts far outweigh any risks. P8rsonal benefrts ar8 incid8ntsl, other than to particApants. Part1 The registered ttue of the Trust is th8 Brownsea Island Scout & Guide Heritage Trusc No. 1146810 and can be contacted cjo The Outdoor Centre. Brownsea Island, Poole, Dor8et BH13 7EE. Governanc Th8 governing document 18 the Declaration of Trust known as the Brownsea Island Scout & Guide Heritag8 Twst dated 5 April 2012. tructure Flnanclal Revl Some people may not realÉ8e that the Trading Post operates as a Limited Company, the profits of which are donated to the Trust. Indeed, in the last couple of years these profits have virtually been the only rèal income of the Trust. The Trading Post increased its sales for the year ending 31 December 2022 to £44,344 compared to £19,697 during 2021. resulting in an increase in profits (and hen Trust Income of£23.854 in 2023 against only £5,185 previously. Not only is Ihe Manager to be congratulated on this resu but so too are all the volunteers who gav8 their time to selling the goods. The 'dreaded machine, recorded almost 2,000 transactions and there were cash and web sales as welll Hence the Trust was able to show a Net Income of £11,623 against the loss of £4,319 the previous year and shows that the pandemic financial stomi has been weathered reasonably well. At this stage it appears that 2023 will show even bètter results as th8 sales at Trading Post show an increase and, of course, the higher bank ratè has increased the interest the Trust reiVeS from its capital funds, thus continuing its satisfactory progress The business of th8 Trust is carried out by an unincorporated management committee known as the Brownsea Island Scout & Guide Heritage Committee, the members of vthich are listed within this document. Pur (i) To advan the education of the public in the history of the ScoLrt and Guide Movements in particular by the provision, operation and maintenance of a heritage Centre. (il) To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual. social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and intemational communities in particular, but not exclusively, by the provision of such adivities and pursuits as the trustees may detennine. R Ister of Interests Mana ement All of the Trustees and Co-opted Committee members are members of either The Scout Association or Girfguiding. The management arrangements with the National Trust are through a written, but non- Contractual, agreement known as the 'Memorandum of Understanding. and by a
Part2 The Baden-Powell Outdoor Centre The Outdoor Centre comprtses the original 1907 Camp Site. South Shore Lodge and the purpose-built Baden-Powell Buildings which indude bvashing and toilet facilities and also houses th8 Heritage Centre and the Trading Post. to open at about 10.30 after the National trust briefing and getting up there and finish around 3.30 pm to 4pm so that we can hopefully get the 4.20 boat off the island. In 2022 we were mainly selling goods that had been bought in 2019 although we did have the new Brownsea Island badge designed by Erin aged 8 from Cirencester which sold reallywell and new YCled water bottles and pens. Squirrels of course were as ever popular and we ran out of them and had to reorder. Committee Membershl The Committee has m8t on three separate o¢¢asions during the year with a high record of attendance. At these meetings the National Trust staff were also able to update members on the operation and requirements of the Centre. enabling the Committee to assess its annual contribution towards the costs of the Outdoor Centre. Towards the end of the season. l tried to spread out the ordering and did buy some new items including hairbwshes, torches and folding frisbees. We did realise as sales increased that the ard machine was often slow and unreliable. This was and ts mainly due to the poormobile signal in the area. When there are a lot of mobile phones around this gets even worse. We looked at ways of mtbgating this. The Adviso Grou The National Trust staff and members of the Committee in their representstive roles work closely together on the Advisory Group to ensure that standards ar8 maintained. The successful operation of this group refiects the strength of the relationships with the National Trust and with each other. Post covid more people were paying by card although many younger chiEdren have cash and enjoy working out what they can buy. Herita e Centre Many thanks to Maureen Hill for managing the rota a drfficuEt task when it is hard to find people to fill each day. We still need to find more volunteers. Thank you also to Jo Satchell who continues with the online sales and also for her useful advi about ordering goods. Thank you to those who helped transport goods to the island and to the National Trust Outdoor Centre Team for all of their help and supporL The exhibition of Scouting and Guiding memorabilia in the Baden*Powell Centre continues to be of interest to all. Our special display this year focused on our sixty years celebration The display of scarves and badges records the memories of our many Scouting and Guiding visitors both from home and overseas B.1. Tradin We took £44.344 in sales in 2022 season with a profft of £23,854 which was very good and an indicator that things are gradually retuming to nomial after covid. The profrt from Trading Post goes into the Brownsea Island Scout and Guide Heritage Trust. Firstly. thank you very much indeed to all our volunteers who kept Trading Post open all season in 2022. 11 was a much better year in terns of sales than 2021 as numbers of visitors to the island gradually increased over the sumrner of 2022. Thank you to those who braved the weather on a wet and windy day or ended up being there on their own. Please enjoy continuing to welcome the many people who come to the island whether Scouting and Guiding or not and hopefully we an continue to support the Outdoor Centre and campsite by selling souvénirs and badges especially as we are the only gift shop on the islan(L The new buggy was a great help in transporting everyone to and from the Outdoor Centre and we fairfy rapidly got most people trained to drive it. It works well and is reliable and especially at the end of the day really useful to get back to the quay. We aim Angela Safter- Trading Post Manager
SCENES Centre Our Service Team BIST held iwo Working Holidays in November and February and ompleted a long list of tasks on the campslte and in South Shore Lodge. Thanks guysl Kevin Phillips- BISASU Manager During 2022-23 with the help of Georgia Simpkin we spent time preparing for our reaccreditation. Applications have now been submitted and w8 are awaiting our peer review whith we hope will be carried out in November 2023. National Trust - Outdoor Hollda Campsits In 2022 we launched a Back to Roots approach to our group camping on the island. We welcomed organised groups of young people from the Scouting and Guiding movement and a sedion of the campsite is reserved ex¢lusiv8ly for groups With individual costs remaining very low, supported by the widar National Trust public campsite and the Brownsea Island Scout and Guide Heritage Trust. Frlands of Guidin - FOGBI We are pleased to report that FOGBI Continues to support BISGHT and the National Trust This year many of our members helped at the Trading Post including some new members which we welcome. The members vtho volunte8r at th8 Trading Post have enjoyed meeting Scouting and Guiding members from the UK and around the Wortd also the public and promoting the campsite including what's available on Brownsea Island. We 8ncourag8 a simple approach and for groups to travel light and leav8 no trace. This is compatible with the need to travel by boats to a campsite on an island with no roads. We provide the essentials for cooking and the rest groups will bring and take hom6. Back in 1907 this 8POt was chos8n for its peace, tranquility and as a havén for nature in a busy part of the world.. our cha118nge to groups Is to leave the island a better place than they found it to ensure it remains a special place for Scouting and Guiding for 8noth8r 115 years. We had a $u¢cessful AGM at the Quay Hotel in Poole good to meet up with old and new friends. We welcomed a new Treasurer Jill Beech and Secretary Helen Macfadyan as well as a new committee member Anne Boyce. We had a very enjoyable picn1¢ on the Island in July on Church Field. Many of the members took themsetves off for a walk and visited the Outdoor Centre and South Shore Lodg8 some of them it was trie first time they had been over since 2019. Angela Salter was kind enough to train some on the new buggy which they all enjoyed. We also enjoy8d a fun 50clal evening wtlh a beetle drive and fish supper. In total had 31 groups visit in 2022, majority wer8 Scouting with a handful of Guide groups. We look foNard to working with BISGHT and the National Trust in 2024. In 2021 we trialed 4 bell tents on thè campsite which proved popular so for the 2022 s8ason W8 increased the number of bell tents to 10. with a 4m option and sm option availablg. sleeping 2 and up to 4 people. These Game as a pre-pitched offer with bedding and oknng equipment provided. Chris Gabb - Ch8imJan FOGBI Scout Actlve Su rt- BISASU Following the pandemic our numbers have fallen away a little, with a number of members no longer able to get across to the island. ThroughoLrt 2022 we continued with our monthly meetings in West Moors although towards the end of the year we decided to move these to bi-monthFy meetings. We held a successful 'P',s & Q's Garden Get Togetherf {Pizza & Quiche) in September and our Annual New Year Luncheon at the Bridge House in January. We had some fantasti¢ marketing during the season including a double page article in The Times which helped to drive our public camping offer and Scouting and Guiding groups were starting to return to ¢amping as nomial which meant a busy summer season. The reviews for the campsite have been great and resuited in a score of 4.9 out of 5 on Feefo
South Shore Lodge South Shore Lodg8 remains open all year round and the capacity has been increased to 16 for Scouting and Guiding groups which gives a 250h discount per head. The season got off to a hesitant start as visitor numbers to the island slowly increased. By JunelJuly however numbers had strengthened and the number of public campers had inGreased. W8 also saw Steady r8tum of Scout and Guide groups as confidence returned. As a result, the Trading Post was encouragingly much busier over the summer months. At the end of 2022 an Air Source h8at pump was installed to repla the electric heaters in the lodge. This has been a huge improvement to the fe81 of the building in temis of damp and wamith during the wnter month8. The main event of the year was the delivery of the new Scout and Guid8 buggy in May. However, it immediately had to be retumed to the suppli8r due to a problem with the onboard computer which controlled the battery recharging cir¢uits. Forest Hunt. our supplier. worked hard to Cary out the update and to thoroughly test the vehicle before it was retumed to th8 island in mid-June. think that all trading post volunteers wlll agree that the new buggy is a vast improvement over the old buggy and 80 far, tt has proved trouble free. We were also able to store the buggy in the Trading Post during the wlnter months. Adivity booklots Over the wlnter, w8 worked with some volunteers (including Jenny Read and Chris Gabb), and with the visitor experiencè team to re-work some seEf-led activity booklets to Improvè on our activity offer for groups and public campers on the island. This including a booklet on Scouting and Guiding sknlls and one for a Nighttime Safari. Thes8 are free of charge and can be collected from the campsit8 when groups arrive. A brlef look at 2023 As we have just come to the end of successful 2023 season it S8ems suitable to brièfly mention that we have had a great season with around 50 groups that have visited and camper with us induding intemational groups from Portugal, Franc8, Gennany and Sri Lanka. Finally, my thanks to tho88 member8 of Friends of Guiding Brownsea Island (FOGBI) and the Brownsea Island ScoLrt Active Support Unit (BISASU) who have managed the Trading Post out of the pandemlc. Thanks also to the Brownsea Island Service Teaffl (BIST) fortheir skills in helping to make South Shore Lodge and the campsite safe and ready for our campers. We have been extremely busy and have been developing and improving our offer which has included introducing a third party to deliver water sports (kayaking and paddle boarding) and improving our campsite shop seleGtion. A8 tW8tee8 of the Heritage Twst, we look to the achievement of our purpose and objectives. °To advance the education of the public in the history of the Scout and Guid8 Movements and to promote the development of young people who visit the island. Thank you as always for all your support and hard work and we l¢)ok forward to working with you 8118gain next season. Fundamental to thts is our partnership with the National Trust. Only by working closely together can we ensure that the Brownsea Island Outdoor Centre continues to grow from strength to slrength. K9vin Phillips- Chaim7an Georgia Simpkin, OutdoorHolid8ys M8n8ger Dorset and WIKshire Chalmian's Review Looking back. we can perhaps best summerise the year as °Year of Recove In January we welcomed Paul Norris as National Trust Holiday Operations Manager for Dorset and Wiltshire and Georgia Simpkin was appointed Outdoor Holidays Manager for Brownsea Island.
BROWNSEA ISLAND SCOUT AND GUIDE HERITAGE TRUST Charfty No. 1146810 Statement of Flnanclal Actmtles for the year ended 28 February 2023 General Fund8 2023 2022 Notes Income & ExPendIre Incomo: B.S.Trading Post Interest Recoivablo Donations 23,854 5,233 5.548 5.185 518 200 34,635 5,903 Dlr•ct Charftable Expondlture Camp Site Administrallon 13,938 8,715 12,431 7,441 22.651 19,872 Other Expgndlture Govemanca 361 350 Total Expondlture 23,012 20,222 Net Incomg1{Expondllurnl for the year 11,623 {14,3191 Fund balances brought forward 434,698 449,017 Fund balance• fAftl forward 446,321 434,698 The notes on pagas 7 and 8 fomi part of th098 acwunls.
BROWNSEA ISLAND SCOUT AND GUIDE HERITAGE TRUST Balan¢e Sheet as at 29 February 2023 2023 2022 Flxed Aets 126.409 129,970 Cuyront Assots Cash at Bank and in Hand Depostt Account Current Accounts 281,0 281,lJOO 4,273 301,939 25.470 1,013 285,273 26.7 261 B.l.Trading Post 8CA)xfftt DebEors arKI Prèpayments Currant UablllUe8 Swdry Credttors 328,422 312,330 8,510 7.602 Net CurrentAssets 319,912 304,728 446,321 FLINDS 446,321 434,698 Powovod by the Trustees on and signed on thetr behalf ty. KEVIN PHILLIPS Chaman OOUGLAS BENNEfT Treasurer Thè notss on paggs 7 and 8 fcKm part of these 8ccounts.
BROWNSEA ISiAND scoITfAND GUIDE HERrrAGE TRUST . AC¢th Pollcleg 1a. ¢knrnl unling stand¥ts th8 Statwtt ol Pra< M ALrountirYJ by Ch8rilie8 (Charities SORP 2(hJ5). 1b. FlxedAssèts a¢count in tho of 8uwisiti(m. All ottw ewipiient is cWis8d at oJ8t and daFYociat&J over Its expe(a8d usefuf Itle ty ecwal oath yow rato of to 20%. On 21st February 2, 8 fNe w lease was grwrted by the NaticKo1 Trust to srth Shore Lodg6 Trust In resFed of the 8adefvPmll Outdoor Centre. Th8 ry)5t ofth8 bJllding W85 shared b8tpan Soulh Shore LothJe Tntst and the Natityml TnJsL Th& leaso has now transferred lo this Trnst ar%J tho co$ ofth• tlIdr lincjuding fixlures fittiry) rX 8treatyV4Tlt off by St)r• Ltjdge Tru8t 1$ being over the remairthr 18¥5 2. Camp Slto Expthw•• 2022 Mainteror•Jg and E(¥ Lease Amtylisation Depreciation N81ional TNst EqU1wnt Display $1$ Miscellaneous 11.623 2.313 11,623 119 13, 12,431 2022 National Tnmt Manw Travel eypertses 39 21 103 18 Telephone Bank charges Council Rates 102 8.715 7.441 4. Govefflan 2022 nu81 General Veting 361 350
BROWNSEA ISLAND SCOUT AND GUIDE HERITAGE TRUST Notes to tha Accounts for tho year to 28 February 2023 (Continued) Flxed Assgts Leasehold Propgrty Campslte Equipment Total Cost or Valuatlon Al l Marth 2022 Additions during Year 232,2C 8.571 10,376 2410,777 10,376 At 28 February 2023 Amortlsatlon & Depreclatlon At 1 March 2022 Charge for period 232.2L 18,947 251.153 92,987 11.623 98.495 13,936 2,313 At 28 February 2023 104,610 7.821 112,431 N&t Book Value Al 1 March 2022 139,219 142,282 At 28 February 2023 127,596 11,126 138,722 Debtors 2023 2022 Prepayments Sundry debtors 1.013 261 1.013 261 Creditors 2023 2022 Sundry creditors National Trust 510 601 7,000 8.510 7,601 Trustee8' Remungratlon and Expenses A total of £ 1,02512022 - £312) expenses was incuffed by tsvo {2022 kn0) Iru51ees.during the year. These expenses were for 8mounts paid out on behalf of the Trust and Iravelling costs in allending lo Trust business. None of the Trustees nor any person connected with thom h4s retsived or is due lo recgivg any remuneration for done for the Trust. Contingent Liability B.l.Trading Post, a Company limited by guarantee, is a subsidiary of this Trust. In the event that the company is wound Ltp whilst this Trust 1$ e member or within one year 8fter ceasing to be a mèmber. this Trust has agreed to p4y up to £1 towards the company's assets.