2024-03-31-accounts

RECISTERED f.HARITY NUMBER.. 1164149 Re￿rt ot.the T￿￿te¢S and ments Acco for the Year Ended 31 March 202 for Colch . t North District Passmore Weeks & Richardsoi A X¢in8din Company 2 Beacon End Ciiurtyard Londoll Road Stanway Colchester

Cok.b.¢iiQr￿DIslritt Sc Contents Report of the'frusieendent Examiner'5 Report Receipts and PaJThents St&teJnentof Assets and Liakn"litits

Lolchester N e rt of theTrust for th¢ Year End￿ 31 M 2024 The trusttes present Iheir report wilh ihe accounts of (he chariiy for the year ended 31 March 2024. The ITUSt£es h&v¢ adopted the provisions of the Accounting and Keporting by ChaTit12s Slatemfflt of RKommended Pmtice applicable tt) charitses preparing their accounls in a¢cordan¢e with the Financi31 Rel￿rting Standard appli¢abl¢ in the UK and Republic of'lrel8nd (FR8 102) (eft¢¢tiv¢ l January 20191 REVERENC.E AND ADMJNISTRATtVE DETAILS R¢gist¢Y¢d Chajity NumbcT 1164849 PrincipHI 3ddres$ District AeAd4Uarte rjo The Sc(HJt Shop Mlll Race G#rdtTh Centre New Road. Aldharn Colchest¢r C06 3QT Tru¥te A WarTng D Reid E W¢lth I Wel¢h J C.bandler C Meadwgy N Ballard M Gegves M Tami8n ChaTman DisiTiCt Commi.%%ionLY Deputv Distri￿ ComMi￿10n¢y Deputy District Commissioner Treasurer txe¢utive member Exrxutiv¢ m¢mber Ex¢cutiv¢ member Exec￿1ve Member Independent ezamln¢r Mark Passmore MA FCA Passmore Weeks and RFchardson A Xeinadin Company 2 Bea¢oD End Courtyard London Road Stathway C(>l¢h¢sier C03 UNU STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE Af4D MANAGEMEr GoverDSng Document The SLOUt Districts giTrveming di)curnents are thos¢ of the Scout Associatiott. They ¢onsiyt of a Royal ChartEr. which in turn gives authorily tiTr ihe byc laws of the Association th¢ Poli¢v. Or¥anisation and Rules (POR) of the SL(Jut A$soLitsti¢Jn_ The Scout District is a tru51 established under Èis mlts, whi¢h we common to all SL014t&. R¢¢r¥ttment And appTriolrn¢ut of￿¢?¥ trnstees The Trustees are ?pwithed a¢¢ordan¢¢ with the 8forementioned PQR of the kDui AsxKiation

ct R_¢￿J.Ofth#.Yrn$1￿. forth£Lear STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT Orggnisational structure Thc Scouting Di%trict ts managed by the Distriti TrLtstee Board, the rnernbe￿ ot whieh are the 'Chzrity Trusices, of ihe Scout District. which is an education31 ch￿ity. As ch&rity tri]8tees they aye repsponsibk ftbr complyi¥LS With legislatioti applicable to charitie5. This includes the group and memb¢T resistrdtion, keeping proper accounts and ml(ing th¢ appnyriat¢ retiwns to th¢ Charity Comm1￿m)ner. Th¢ ¢ommi¢tee consisis of 2 ind¢pendent repres¢niati¥es' Chatr and Treasurer. and Truste¢$. Disthd L¢ad Volwiieer and Disitirt Youth aAd meets evcry 2 Mr￿th8 or as may be determined. 'rhe District Trnslee Board exists to wport the District Lead Volwtteer in merfi#g the r¢sportsibilitÉes of the appointsnthits and is respoftsible for; Th¢ mainten￿￿ of DistTik# properry: The raising of funds and the admini5tratioth of Distri¢t Finance,. Ihe insurantt of per$os, property and equiprnent. Districr public o¢ca5iOn$,' Assisiing ill the T￿rUitment of lead¢rs and oth¢r adult supp)n.' Appointin8 any s¥￿(￿Mmitteethdt fflay be required,. Appointing District Adrnill¥strats)rs and advisetEOthtT thon those who are tlectyl Risk M•Dagemeol 'I'he EfLEsÉees hav¢ a duty lo idMtify and revi¥w the potentlal risks to whi¢h the ¢hwity 1$ ¢xposEd ¥nd trt ¢Dsur¢ appr(yriJte coF)tro15 &re in place to provide re&sonabl¢ a59urance asainst fraud and error. Th¢ Distrid has i place kveral intern81 controls that ale design￿ to provide re&8on&ble &ssurdnC¢ against materi&l mi8- nianag¥ment or Foss. Th¢s¢ in¢lud¢ 2 signatyres for all paytnents ￿l￿PrehenSIV¢ lusur&￿¢¢ polh¢i¢s wilh Unity, the S¢out Associdtion Insurunce facility. to eTJ5ure in5urabl¢ risks are ¢oveTed. Cover for injury to Iraders, helpth5, supporlets Tnembers is supplied by the Scout As50¢ialions national inburance FK>liey from the mernbersl)ip ft¢ COMr1b￿lo￿s. Risk assessments are a continuous ongoing function und¢ttak¢n before r￿MM¢n¢¢meftt of all a¢tiYities. O&JECTIVES AND A￿1VITIES Objectlves #nd im$ The object1￿'S of the Digtrib* are hg a unit ijf the SLOUt ASW5￿10Tr. 'Ihe aim of the Scout A$s￿lation is to promote the ¢kvLk)pmenL of the young pe￿pIc in achieving th¢ir ￿11 physical, intelleclual. S￿la1 and spiriDJal pvi¢n(ials, individual& as rcsponsible cktittns as members of their local, n&iionlll and inteTnational communities. Th¢ method of athi¢ving the Aim of th¢ Associatson is by providtng an e￿J0￿abk 4Kd aÈlrnCt>ve stheme (Jf pru8re$8iv¢ training bd5ed the SC￿[ Promise Law gv5d¢d by adult leAdersh4). Publle benefit Thc In]stees have due re8ard tt) public l)¢nefii during therr rneettngs. The District meets the Chariiy Commission's ptsblic benefrt ¢rilersa under both the advancemtAt of educat￿￿ and the aaYon¢¢ment of citi7KTrship or iomrnunity developTnent he&lings. Volunt¢er$ A majore4mthbution is made hy voIuirteers. The T￿Stee5 are very 8ppreclativ¢ of th¢ maTry hours th81 they have speni lib￿ning to and ent4)waging ytsu￿g memb¢rs aqd passing ¢)n Ih¢ir ¢xperienc¢s to othets. Without this valu¢d ¢onlribution of iÉrne. encT8y and exFknise thc th'strict would not h•ve beeft able to achieve so mucb.

CoL¢h¢sÉer North .￿￿o￿￿f_thSIrnSlte ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCF. Ch&ritsble ActivlÉles "rh¢ Trustees Rcpoi1 is a brief SUMM￿ Df the payt year of Scouting aclivity in cotches￿ Narth Di$tri pn>viding an insight tnto some of th¢ faci0￿ that have influeTJCtd day-t¢￿ f>p¢ration. The Di5triLq had a busy year with Fnanv events happening for the young people of Cokhester. in¢luding Chrismias fdrtics. wintsr caTnp. bEav¢TS sausage siu.l< Cub Dodgay. Monopoly tnd narnre days ai AblJ¢rttsn Kc5crvoir Io Tr8me just a few. There was also & lot of fvndrnising done by theyoung peoplt who went lo Jamborees tcross the world in¢luding the World Jarnborce in Korel SASU and District kouters continues to sijpiwtboth District and County ev¢nts th¥vughoui the y￿. The District Lead Volunteers Team contin￿ed ro visit and'engage with all grt)UP5 for their cfflgoing developm iog¢iher with organising district activiti￿ aj￿ event5. lThe Distsict ILad Volunteers T¢m, hAve 5UPPOrted the groups en8yring tbe k8dEf5 teaTns are complianr with their training and Also m8king sure awards att Te¢eTrved in mo¥nition For indivith18Fs and commitment to providing scouting actiYitie5. The Colchester North Di￿n¢t S¢out CL￿￿¢71 AGM was h¢kl 261) Septrmb¢r2024 Fundri$iTr¥ Artivl(ies llie Scout and Guide shop, based at th¢ Stanway HQ. has continued to provide a service during this fin￿¢1￿1 yearsUPPOrtinu) noi onlv our F)istrict but fnan) oth¢r group5 and 5ectiims. Our thank5 go to Roz Tamian, Mel￿n T&maT) and the team for managing the shop aJ)d ke¢ping aFI young rwle and 1¢4d¢rs supplied with a wide range of scouting prody¢ts. No other fundraisiTrg activities took place during this year FINANCIALREVIEW The DisthLt continues to hold rtserves tu fimd support aGtivities for 2Q24125 aTHI to be able to support ￿0up$ financially if they sttkn8gl¢ with the rising eneryy bills and the ¢ost of living ¢risis. All ihL District Groups are required. per the Charity Commi$5iOn. to sbbmit a topy of tt*ir signed off year A¢¢ouftt5 to the Djstrict Treasurer for examination. The District continue5 to relain a 50V• beneficial inter¢st in the joint a55ets of Col¢hester Srthting covering the Thorritjgtoo Scout Training CarRp and the Co1£￿%1¢r (iAng Show. The District Trnstec Bo£rd continu¢$ to monitor the levels of ba￿k balont¢s and the interest rntts to ¢nsuTe that the Distri¢1 ￿ureS maximum value and in(me frorn its b4nking aYrang¢mèftts.

OTHER INFORMATION The Scimtt District is subjecr to ¢ontittuou$ review. internally and extcrn&lly. to ensure that th¢ optimum standards are maintained and 11t￿leMented & may be dia&ted by ¢ither the ScoutAssociaiion or l)istrict poli￿. Ihe District now has 2 FinaTr¢c and Risk Support Group (FSGI whi¢h ¢8tries a fin2ncial risk awssment on behalf of the Distrri¢i. The FSG 15 chaired by the Dislrici T￿l%￿rer. Approved by ord¢"r itusl¢¢¥ on 26 Septernber 2W24 and sign¢d OJJ its b¢half by aring- Trust

I repoTt io if1t￿c¢S on my examÈnatioD of thc accounts tsf thc abtsye charity ('th¢ Tlwt'l fur the ytsr eTtded 31 March 2024. which 4r¢ s¢t out un pagtt 7t0 9. Respoti8knilitleJ bAsiy of Mport As the rharity rnistees of th¢ Trust, you #tr responsible for the prepardtiw of the accouttts io ￿t0T¢lance wlth the requir¢m•Jts of the ChaTities Act 2011 {'the Act.). I report in respect of my exgmtnati(m of the'frust'5 awllnrs carried oui lln<Ter sertion 145 of the 2011 A¢t and in canying out my examination, I have followed th¢ appli¢ablo Directions given by the Charity Commissioft under section 145(5Xb) of ihe ACL l￿depend0￿t ex8rnioer'i statement I hav¢ ¢ompl¢t¢(i by examinalion. I collfirni that tto materkal matter5 have ￿me to my thntion in Connection with the exaininatii)n which b¥iv¢s m¢ ause to believe that in, any ma￿1#1 respect a¢4ounting rectsrds v4er¢notkept in ac¢ordan¢e with se¢tton 130 of the Act or the accowits do not ar¢ord with the a¢cWntingreC￿J8 I have 110 concerns ond have come across no other matt¢rs in £onneitioll with the examination to whl¢h att¢Mtion shouId be drawn in o to enable a proper undeT51anding of the a¢et)unts to be reached. Mat* P25smoTe MA FCA Pwmore Weeks artd Richardson A Xeinadin Company ? Beacon End Lourtyard London R()ad Sthnwa Lolchester Essex. C03 ONU Dat¢..

Colcliesler NorthDiLri¢l Scouts . fo.r. its y.kaf£nth￿IL￿kn1L2Q24 and Total (vnrestricted) fullds 2V24 Totsl (unrestrictcAI) (Ls 2023 Al Reeeipts Subwriptions sUb￿riptions paid over Shop incorne Minibus Ftir¢ Deposit aL¢Oillll inlerest Dibtriil ¢vents Explorer ev¢nts J&mbotee mi4eellaneou5 45,695 46.402 (37,353) 72.873 1109 196 6.839 4,232 28.905 378 124.581 69,605 1,71bl 6J13 13J05 7J95 S#b-toial 149J45 A2 As¢l iuv¢stme•t qales l.okns from groups rotal receipLg 149545 124,581 A3 PaymeDLs Shop exp¢n$es District evcnt5 Explorer evthiis ,Scouts Aotive Service events Ja￿bore¢ Pos18ge. ststionery and t¢leph￿C Hall hire Tr&v¢l Motor Repairs and rentwALs Profe$5ional fees Sundries 67000 9,999 62.721 5,170 6,514 11,135 24,470 2.10$ iaoi lJ37 2.539 754 2,869 1,680 1.435 108,152 2J36 114.1165 ,gulJ-toial A4 knset and Investment pureh29es Equipment Loans to groups 1.347 Tolalwvmthrs Nel ofreceipls/(payments') 115315 33,730 109.499 I S.082 .4$ TrarJsf¢r5 between fllLds A6 Cash fvnds last year end 86,773 120J03 71,691 Ctt5'hfvid& this yeur

er Recei ents Ac fgT th0X￿En￿o￿2I.l1￿hIQI4 Totsl {unreslri¢ted) fulldg 2024 Totsl (unrestri¢ted) funds 2023 Bl Cash funds Current accounts Deposit account 1118ffj82 11.820 120J02 75.501 Tofttl cashfunds 86,773 B2 Other molletorv #￿1 Outstanding subscriptions Shop d¢bior 1.197 1,197 1236 1,236 B3 I￿Ve￿l￿¢￿t asye(8 B4 Assets retylned for th¢ ¢h*rily'y own use Shop stock at cost Moior v¢hi¢l¢ at val￿e Computer aTJd other equipTn¢nt at valu¢ 56518 55.396 3,710 1.935 IJ8 B5 LiAbllltit¥ Professional f￿ a￿rual Shop Creditor Shop deferred income 1,680 6,939 435 4J69 490 2614S The Receipts and Pa)qnents Ac¢ounts were approved by the Board of Tru8¢¢es On ......,.... and wer¢ si8n OD its behalt by: J Chandler- TrL

Ci)Ichester North. District S¢iTruts ments AccO￿nt foi thEY.¢￿ER￿.￿]].LMfiwlL2Q24 CI AccouRtiDg poiiey The aLcounts were prepared on a receipts￿d pa)rynenls l)asis. C2 Transaetion$ wlth trujtre There were no Iruslees, Temuneralion or other benefits forthe year cnded 31 MaTch 2024 or for the Ye￿ ¢nd¢d 31 Mar¢h 2023. During the year four of the iruste¢s were reimbursed for expenses which they had paid on the chartys behalf totalling £3.22S (2023.. £1:398}. C3 DesigD4led funds Iiiclude(I within the bank balances are the following amOUn13 held for the following purposes: 2D24 2023 Internatiollal World Scout JamboFee George Gee Trust for approv¢d building projects Michael Ish¢n¥oiMI memorial 4.724 1,200 1.378 1200 lJ78 C4 Other interes¢5 Tlie charity has a 51f/o E¢neficial interest in the joint assets and liabilities of Lolchesttt Scouts Ltraison c.ommittee. The Committee oversees the rumiing of the activiti¢s below but the figures are not incorptsrated intn tl)ese accounts. Lolchester North District Scouts and Colchester Estuary L)istrict Scouts are eaeh re$F*￿SIble for half of any liabilities that may arise from ihe n)ana8ement of these activities. Surpluj l (Defieit) for tht Year RestTves 41 ih¢ End of the Year Thorrington Scout Camp for the year ended 31 Marth 2024 Colchester Scout Band for the Ye￿ ended 31 March 2024 Col¢hest¢r Gang Show foT the year end¢d 31 March 2024 {13,014) 104,570 7.751