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'frusie<s
2toS
Indq>endent 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

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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¢$. Disthd L¢ad
Volwiieer and Disitirt Youth aAd meets evcry 2 Mr￿th8 or as may be determined.
'rhe District Trnslee Board exists to wport the District Lead Volwtteer in merfi#g the r¢sportsibilitÉes of the
appointsnthits and is respoftsible for;
Th¢ mainten￿￿ of DistTik# properry:
The raising of funds and the admini5tratioth of Distri¢t Finance,.
Ihe insurantt of per$o*s, 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
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ACHIEVEMENT AND PERFORMANCF.
Ch&ritsble ActivlÉles
"rh¢ Trustees Rcpoi1 is a brief SUMM￿ Df the payt year of Scouting aclivity in cotches￿ Narth Di$tri
pn>viding an insight tnto some of th¢ faci0￿ that have influeTJCtd day-t¢￿ f>p¢ration.
The Di5triLq had a busy year with Fnanv events happening for the young people of Cokhester. in¢luding
Chrismias fdrtics. wintsr caTnp. bEav¢TS sausage siu.l< Cub Dodg<ball wmpefition. Aw¥ds t>ay.
Monopoly tnd narnre days ai AblJ¢rttsn Kc5crvoir Io Tr8me just a few. There was also & lot of fvndrnising
done by theyoung peoplt who went lo Jamborees tcross the world in¢luding the World Jarnborce in Korel
SASU and District kouters continues to sijpiwtboth District and County ev¢nts th¥vughoui the y￿.
The District Lead Volunteers Team contin￿ed ro visit and'engage with all grt)UP5 for their cfflgoing developm
iog¢iher with organising district activiti￿ aj￿ event5.
lThe Distsict ILad Volunteers T¢*m, hAve 5UPPOrted the groups en8yring tbe k8dEf5 teaTns are complianr with
their training and Also m8king sure awards att Te¢eTrved in mo¥nition For indivith18Fs and commitment to
providing scouting actiYitie5.
The Colchester North Di￿n¢t S¢out CL￿￿¢71 AGM was h¢kl 261) Septrmb¢r2024
Fundr*i$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 NorthDi*Lri¢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 A*s¢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