## **1st Gotham Scout Group (Charity no. 1184237)** 

## **Receipts and Payments Account** 

|For the year|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year end date|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**From**|**4/1/2026**|**To**|**3/31/2026**|
||||||
|**Receipts and Payments**|||||
|**Receipts**||**2025/26**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**£**<br>**12,331**<br>**4,139**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,470**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**3546.58**<br>**387**<br>**4,317**<br>**1703.6**<br>**9,954**<br>**20**<br>**81**<br>**-**<br>**34**<br>**135**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**26,559.02**<br>**-**<br>**26,559**||**2024/25**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**£**|
|**Donations, legacies and similar income**|||||
|Membershipfees||**12,331**||**14,125**|
|Donations||**4,139**||**4,117**|
|Legacies||**-**||**-**|
|Gift Aid||**-**||**4,136**|
|Other similar income||**-**|||
|**Sub total**||**16,470**||**22,377**|
|**Grants**|||||
|Detail 1||**-**||**-**|
|Detail 2||**-**||**-**|
|Detail 3||**-**||**-**|
|Othergrant income||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
|**Fundraising events**|||||
|Bonfre Night split income||**3546.58**||**4709.95**|
|Xmas Market Sale||**387**||**696**|
|SpringPlants Sale||**4,317**<br>**1703.6**||**3,282**|
|Autumn Plants Sale||||**1,667**|
|Other fundraisingactivities||||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**9,954**||**10,355**|
|**Charitable activities**|||||
|Campincome||**20**||**530**|
|Event income||**81**||**-**|
|Badge income||**-**||**-**|
|Other charitable activities income||**34**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**135**||**530**|
|**Other income**|||||
|Payments from Parents for Activities||**-**|||
|Hire of equipment||**-**||**-**|
|Other income||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
|**Investment income**|||||
|Bank interest||**-**||**-**|
|BuildingSocietyinterest||**-**||**-**|
|Other investment income||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total gross income_**|||||
|||||**33,262**|
||||||
|Asset and investment sales,etc.||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total receipts_**|||||
|||**26,559**||**33,262**|



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## **1st Gotham Scout Group (Charity no. 1184237) Receipts and Payments Account** 

|For the year|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year end date|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**From**|**4/1/2026**|**To**|**3/31/2026**|
||||||
|**Receipts and Payments**|||||
|**Payments**||**2025/26**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**£**<br>**5,192**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**358.08**<br>**768.32**<br>**1,438**<br>**-**<br>**1,995**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**1,227**<br>**3,341**<br>**1,005**<br>**81**<br>**283**<br>**775**<br>**390**<br>**16,853**<br>**4387.12**<br>**2739.94**<br>**583.86**<br>**148**<br>**7,858**<br>**24,712**<br>**-**<br>**24,712**<br>**1,847.48**<br>**12,455**<br>**14,303**||**2024/25**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**£**|
|**Charitablepayments**|||||
|Membershipfeespaid(National/County/Area/District)||**5,192**||**5,100**|
|Youthprogramme and activities||**-**||**1,150**|
|Adult support and training||**-**||**156**|
|Rent||**-**||**-**|
|Utilities - Water and Sewage||**358.08**<br>**768.32**||**250**|
|Utilities - Elec and Gas||||**1,140**|
|Insurance||**1,438**||**1,627**|
|Repairs and renewals||**-**||**-**|
|Materials and equipment||**1,995**||**5,180**|
|Uniforms and badges||**-**|||
|Adminstrative expenses||**-**||**-**|
|AGM and trustee expenses||**-**||**-**|
|Bank andpayment charges||**-**||**-**|
|Groceries||**1,227**||**1,161**|
|Acivities & Misc||**3,341**||**1,829**|
|Badges||**1,005**||**2,442**|
|Zettle(PTA)||**81**|||
|Web and Other Subscriptions||**283**|||
|Camps||**775**||**2,348**|
|Other costs detail 3||**390**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**16,853**||**22,383**|
|**Fundraising expenses**|||||
|Allocated costs for Bonfre Event||**4387.12**||**3908.50**|
|All costs for SpringPlant Sale||**2739.94**||**2,624**|
|All costs for Autumn Plant Sale||**583.86**||**643**|
|All Costs for Xmas Market||**148**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**7,858**||**7,176**|
|**_Total gross expenditure_**|||||
|||||**29,558**|
||||||
|Asset and investmentpurchases,etc.||**-**||**-**|
|**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||
|||||**29,558**|
||||||
|||||**3,704**|
||||||
|||**12,455**||**8,751**|
|||**14,303**||**12,455**|



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## **1st Gotham Scout Group (Charity no. 1184237) Receipts and Payments Account** 

|For the year|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year end date|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||**From**|**4/1/2026**|**To**|**3/31/2026**|
||||||
|**Statement of assets and liabilities at Xst X 202Z**|||||
|||**31st Mar 2026**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**£**<br>**14,303**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,303**<br>ok<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**14,303**||**31st Mar 2025**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**£**|
|**Cash funds**|||||
|Bank current account||**14,303**||**12,455**|
|Bank deposit account||**-**||**-**|
|Buildingsocietyaccount||**-**||**-**|
|Expense cards||**-**||**-**|
|Other investment funds - detail||**-**||**-**|
|Cash/Floats||**-**||**-**|
|**Total cash funds**||**14,303**||**12,455**|
|(agree balances with receipts andpayments account)||||ok|
|**Other monetary assets**|||||
|Tax claim||**-**||**-**|
|Debts due from the County/Area/District/Group||**-**||**-**|
|Insurance claim|||||
|Other||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
|**Investment assets**|||||
|Investmentproperty- detail||**-**||**-**|
|Quoted investments||**-**||**-**|
|Other investments - detail||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
|**Non monetary assets for charity's own use**|||||
|Badge stock||**-**||**-**|
|Shopstock||**-**||**-**|
|Other stock||**-**||**-**|
|Land and buildings||**-**||**-**|
|Motor vehicles||**-**||**-**|
|Scoutingequipment,furniture etc||**-**||**-**|
|Other||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
|**Liabilities**|||||
|Suppliers notyetpaid||**-**||**-**|
|Expenses incurred but not invoiced||**-**||**-**|
|Membershipsubscriptions notyetpaid||**-**||**-**|
|Loan - detail||**-**||**-**|
|Other liabilities||**-**||**-**|
|**Sub total**||**-**||**-**|
||||||
|**Total net assets**||**14,303**||**12,455**|



**The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees on Xth X 202X (the date of the Trustee Board meeting that approved the accounts) and signed on their behalf by** 


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Print Name Chair - Chris Wilson Treasurer  - Neil Thorley 

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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examinerfs report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trusteosl
members of
1st Gotham Scouts Group
On accounts for the year
ended
31 March 2025
Charity no
lif any)
1184237
Set out on pages
2 (Section A and B)
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
chartyllhe Trust") for the year ended 31 August 2023.
Responsibilltles and
basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance V￿th the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
{'the Act.).
I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's ac¢ounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying out my èxamination, I
have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charty Commission
under section 145{5)(b) of the Act.
Independent
examiner's 8Lit•m•nt
I have completed my examination. l ¢onfimi that no material matters have
come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me
cause to believe that in, any material respect..
the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130
of the Chanlies Act: or
the arxounts did not accord wrth the accounting records,. or
the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements
con￿mIng the fomi and content of accounts set out in the Charities
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter
considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no cOn￿mS 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.
Signed:
Dats:
IE12
Namo:
R818vant professional
qualification{s} or body
(If anyl:
Address:
KJ
-Y4ILL F.tsrfL
IER
Oct 2018


## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** 

## **From 31/04/2025   Period start date   To  31/3/2026   Period end date** 

## **Charity name: 1[st] Gotham Scout Group** 

## **Charity registration number: 1184237** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governing document|Para 1.17|**The purpose of Scouts is to support the**<br>**physical, mental, and spiritual**<br>**development of young people from 4yrs**<br>**to 25yrs.**|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular, the<br>activities, projects or<br>services identified in the<br>accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|**1st Gotham Scout Group aims to**<br>**provide young people from the age of 6**<br>**to 18, and beyond, the opportunity to**<br>**participate in a wide range of activities**<br>**designed to motivate and challenge**<br>**them, whist having fun with their friends**<br>**and peers. The section leaders and**<br>**trustees are volunteers passionate**<br>**about the enrichment of young people.**|
|Statement confirming<br>whether the trustees have<br>had regard to the guidance<br>issued by the Charity<br>Commission on public<br>benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

SORP reference **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on grant making **N/A** Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment **N/A** Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers **N/A** 



Other 

## **Achievements and Performance** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the main<br>achievements of the charity,<br>identifying the difference the<br>charity’s work has made to<br>the circumstances of its<br>beneficiaries and any wider<br>benefits to society as a<br>whole.|Para 1.20|**Delivered 26 Camps and outdoor**<br>**activities away from site and also**<br>**delivered over 200 sessions to our**<br>**children preparing them for their lives**<br>**ahead. Scouts prepares the next society**<br>**of adults for the world ahead.**<br>**Our volunteering in the community**<br>**connects them to their environment, its**<br>**needs and challenges.**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Achievements against<br>objectives set|Para 1.41|**Scouting UK sets out our key objectives**<br>**and responsibilities. These have been**<br>**achieved.**|
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising<br>activities against objectives<br>set|Para 1.41|**Key fundraising activities were more**<br>**successful than previous years and we**<br>**aim to excel again in the coming years**|
|Investment performance<br>against objectives|Para 1.41|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|**£14,303**|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Reasons for holding zero<br>reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in<br>deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any<br>uncertainties about the<br>charity continuing as a going<br>concern|Para 1.23|**None**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|The charity’s principal<br>sources of funds (including<br>any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Subs and fundraising**|
|---|---|---|
|Investment policy and<br>objectives including any<br>social investment policy<br>adopted|Para 1.46|**N/A**|
|A description of the principal<br>risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**Main risks are attendance and payment**<br>**of subs as well as fundraising in current**<br>**financial climate.**|
|Other||**N/A**|





## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Royal Charter 1912 Scouting UK**<br>**governance and policies**|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated Charity**|
|Trustee selection methods<br>including details of any<br>constitutional provisions e.g.<br>election to post or name of<br>any person or body entitled<br>to appoint one or more<br>trustees|Para 1.25|**Scouting UK governance and policies**<br>**for trustees and senior roles**|



## **Additional information (optional)** 

You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 

|Policies and procedures<br>adopted for the induction<br>and training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Scouting UK governance and policies**|
|---|---|---|
|The charity’s organisational<br>structure and any wider<br>network with which the<br>charity works|Para 1.51|**Scouting UK governance and policies**|
|Relationship with any<br>related parties|Para 1.51|**N/A**|
|Other||**N/A**|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charity name|1stGotham Scout Group|
|---|---|
|Other name the charity uses|N/A|
|Registered charity number|1184237|
|Charity’s principal address|Scout Hut, Malt Street, Gotham, Nottingham, NG11 0HU|
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**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8<br>9<br>10<br>11<br>12<br>13<br>14<br>15<br>16<br>17<br>18<br>19<br>20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**<br>**to appoint trustee(if any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Chris Wilson|Chair||AGM All Trustees|
||Neil Thorley|Treasurer||AGM All Trustees|
||Alison Moreman|||AGM All Trustees|
||Clare Brazill|||AGM All Trustees|
||Angela Meryl<br>Jolliffe|||AGM All Trustees|
||Ben Anderson|||AGM All Trustees|
||Simon Pank|||AGM All Trustees|
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name N/A** 

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity 

|**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**||
|---|---|---|
|**N/A**|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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)** Neil Thorley **Full name(s)** Chris Wilson **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc) Date** 10/08/2026 

