## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/4/2024 Period start date To 31/3/2025 Period end date** ## **Charity name: 1[st] Wigton Baden-Powell Scouts** ## **Charity registration number: 1182790** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**To develop good citizenship among**
**young people (5-18 years) by helping to**
**form their character through indoor and**
**outdoor activities. Teaching them**
**services useful to the public and useful**
**to them, whilst promoting their physical**
**and mental development. This will be**
**achieved whilst following the principles**
**of the Baden-Powell Scout’s**
**Association.**| |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|**To provide weekly meetings and**
**activities, including outings and camps.**
**Weekly subscriptions cover hall rental,**
**badges and equipment used a t**
**meetings. Camp monies cover**
**transport, food and activities whilst**
**away.**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees follow rules and guidelines**
**from a National Scouting Association, to**
**which this charity is affiliated. All**
**charitable work is directly for the benefit**
**of the members. There are no paid**
**members of this charity; all monies are**
**used for youth work. A treasurer keeps**
**the accounts and checks expenditure**
**via receipts submitted.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: SORP reference **N/A – no grants are made** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**The charity relies entirely on volunteers,**
**without the volunteers it could not exist.**
**Volunteers give a minimum of 2 hours**
**per week, with several giving 6-8 and**
**many more when away on outings and**
**camps. Volunteers give additional**
**contribution for Safeguarding and first**
**aid training, leader meetings and**
**equipment sorting. Volunteers are vital**
**to this charity.**| |---|---|---| |Other||**N/A**| ## **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|**This charity is a growing scout group.**
**Year on year youth members have**
**increased, particularly at teenage level.**
**Uniform can be provided at low cost, as**
**the charity always has good, used items**
**in stock. It can be given for free if there**
**is a genuine need. All members are able**
**to attend outings and camps. Costs are**
**kept low to enable this. Children can**
**benefit from outdoor freedom in a**
**controlled environment. They learn**
**from older children as well as leaders**
**and gain confidence in things they may**
**not ordinarily encounter e.g. cooking**
**over fires, being responsible for the**
**care of equipment and taking charge of**
**a game or activity. They learn about**
**local history in the area in which they**
**live and contribute to the upkeep by**
**undertaking litter picks, bulb or tree**
**planting on an annual basis. This**
**benefits the local community in addition**
**to the members of the Scout group. The**
**aim is to encourage good citizenship**
**from an early age.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **N/A** Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set **N/A** Performance of fundraising activities against objectives Para 1.41 set |||| |---|---|---| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** Review of the charity’s Para 1.21 financial position at the end of the period Statement explaining the Para 1.22 policy for holding reserves stating why they are held Amount of reserves held Para 1.22 Reasons for holding zero Para 1.22 reserves Details of fund materially in Para 1.24 deficit Explanation of any Para 1.23 uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern ## **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|
**The main function comes from monies**
**raised from a charity shop in Wigton.**
**This was set up to raise funds to help**
**the scout group with projects including**
**maintenance of land, larger camps and**
**projects which benefit children in the**
**group. This year has seen a decrease in**
**funding from the shop due to the**
**purchase of some storage space.**
**However, the shop continues to be the**
**main fundraiser for the group.**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**There are two risks which the charity**
**could face – a loss of leaders and / or a**
**loss of children. Numbers of older**
**children are increasing and this should**
**continue as the younger children feed**
**through the sections.**
**Leader numbers remain steady. We are**
**fortunate to have 11 regular leaders plus**
**additional ones for camps and outings.**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||**The charity does not have any trusts.**| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**National policy followed by all member**
**groups “Policy, Administration and**
**Rules”. **| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**CIO since April 2019**| |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|**Proposals given at AGM or one of three**
**annual meetings. These are then**
**seconded and voted upon.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** |**Additional information (optional)**|**Additional information (optional)**|**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|**Charity commission website used**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Member of the Baden-Powell Scouts’**
**Association, whose rules the charity**
**must adhere to.**| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**| |Other||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name Other name the charity uses Registered charity number Charity’s principal address ## **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 (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Julie Bryceson|GroupLeader||| ||Ceri Key|Scout leader||| ||GaryBickley|GroupChairman||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 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** ||**Charity Name**
**1st Wigton BP Scouts**|**Charity Name**
**1st Wigton BP Scouts**|**Charity Name**
**1st Wigton BP Scouts**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**No (if any)**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the period**
**from**|Period start date
1st April 2024|**To**||Period end date
31st March 2025||| ||||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,893**
**5,700**
**50,944**
**2,556**
**2,174**
**1,581**
**-**
**-**
**71,848**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,848**
**4,867**
**3,484**
**1,758**
**15,547**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,656**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,656**
**46,192**
**-**
**-**
**46,192**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**8,893**
**5,700**
**50,944**
**2,556**
**2,174**
**1,581**
**-**
**-**
**71,848**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**71,848**
**4,867**
**3,484**
**1,758**
**15,547**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,656**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**25,656**
**46,192**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Subs|**8,893**||||||**-**| |Camps|**5,700**||||||**-**| |Donations|**50,944**||||||**-**| |Activities|**2,556**||||||**-**| |Uniform|**2,174**||||||**-**| |Various|**1,581**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**71,848**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| |Camps|**4,867**||||||**-**| |Activities|**3,484**||||||**-**| |Uniform|**1,758**||||||**-**| |Various|**15,547**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| ||**-**||||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**25,656**||||||**-**| ||||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**|||||||| ||**-**||||||| ||**-**||||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||| ||||||||**-**| ||||||||| ||**46,192**|**-**|**-**||**46,192**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**46,192**|**-**|**-**||**46,192**||**-**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 11/01/2026 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
Signed by one or two trustees on
behalf of all the trustees
**B5 Liabilities**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Bank account
**Details**
**Details**
Scout bus
Scout trailer
Scout woodland
Containers X 3
**Details**
Signature
J. Bryceson|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**to nearest £**
**110,348**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**110,348**
**-**
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approval| ||J. Bryceson|Julie Bryceson|09/01/2026| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 11/01/2026 2 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examiner's report on the accounts SeGtion A Independent Examinerfs Report Report to the trustees JL On accounts for the year ended y]¢(L l Ecr2 r Charity no {if any) 1182XqO Set out on pages IrerTer,-èr to Include the pagè numbèrs o¥ additional shÈÈtsl I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity {°the Trust") for the year endedo D ., (ty , 7FiLJ- Responsibilities and basis of report As the charty's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ wrth 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 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have followed all the applicable Directions grven by the Charity Commission under section 145{5)(bl of the Act. Independent tThe charity's gross income exceeded £250,000 and l arn qualified to examiner's ststement undertake the examination by being a qualtfied member of linsert name of applicable listed bodyll. Delete ( l rfnot applicable. I have completed my examination. l Gonfimi that.no material matters have ome to my attention in connection with the exarninalion {other than that disclosed below ') which gives me caLtse to believe that in, any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the CharFties Act.. or the accounts did not accord with the accounting records,. or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements on￿ming the form arKI content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a Irue and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concems 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. Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualificationls) or body (if any): IER Oct 2018