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

**From                 01/04/2022             To                                 31/03/2021** 

## **Charity name:  Amberley Scout Group** 

## **Charity registration number:   267343** 

## **Objectives and Activities** 

||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of<br>the charity as set out in its<br>governingdocument|Para 1.17|Provision of Scouting for boys and girls aged 6 to<br>14 from the local community, comprising<br>Beavers,Cubs and Scouts.|
|Summary of the main<br>activities in relation to those<br>purposes for the public<br>benefit, in particular the<br>activities, projects or services<br>identified in the accounts.|Para 1.17 and<br>1.19|Providing outdoor and adventurous activities,<br>and teaching skills for life, to promote the<br>development of young people within their<br>community.|
|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|The Trustees do have such regard.|



## **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|The group is strongly supported and attended by<br>local young people, confirming that the Scout<br>Group is valued, enjoyed, and contributing to<br>the social, physical, and intellectual<br>development of its members.<br>Many parents report that their children have<br>grown in self-confidence and desire to<br>contribute to society.<br>Our youth members with special needs have also<br>flourished and overcome some of their<br>individual challenges.|





## **Financial Review** 

|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s<br>financial position at the end<br>of the period|Para 1.21|The charity has funds to meet all foreseeable<br>future liabilities, with no borrowings.|
|Statement explaining the<br>policy for holding reserves<br>stating why they are held|Para 1.22|Prudent but not excessive reserves are held to<br>cover one year of fixed and variable costs.|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Please refer to Amberley Scout Group Accounts<br>and Balance Summary|
|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|No concerns about charity continuity. We are<br>confident that its future is secure and sound.|



## **Structure, Governance and Management** 

|Description of charity’s<br>trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document<br>(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|The Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR)<br>document of The Scout Association<br>(https://www.scouts.org.uk/por)|
|How is the charity<br>constituted?<br>(e.g unincorporated<br>association, CIO)|Para 1.25|Unincorporated Association|
|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|Trustees are appointed at AGMs as directed by<br>the National Scout Association's Policy,<br>Organisation and Rules.|



## **Reference and Administrative details** 

|Charityname|AmberleyScout Group|
|---|---|
|Other name the charityuses|n/a|
|Registered charitynumber|267343|
|Charity’s principal address|Drake Scout Headquarters<br>Culver Hill<br>Amberley<br>Stroud<br>GL5 5AS|





**Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** 

|1<br>2<br>3<br>4<br>5<br>6<br>7<br>8|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if**<br>**not for whole**<br>**year**|**Name of person (or body)**<br>**entitled to appoint trustee (if**<br>**any)**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
||Coral Rice|Group Scout Leader|||
||Sarah Seward|Group Treasurer|||
||Susan Jenkins|Group Administrator|||
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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**<br>The Trustees of AmberleyScout Group|**Dates acted if not for**<br>**whole year**||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** 

|Description of the assets<br>held in this capacity<br>Name and objects of the<br>charity on whose behalf the<br>assets are held and how this<br>falls within the custodian<br>charity’s objects<br>Details of arrangements for<br>safe custody and<br>segregation of such assets<br>from the charity’s own assets|n/a|
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## **Exemptions from disclosure** 

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details 

n/a 



## **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)** Coral Esther Rice Sarah Elizabeth Seward **Position (eg Secretary,** Group Scout Leader Group Treasurer **Chair, etc) Date** 25/01/2022 



**Scout Association No:  2950    Registered Charity No:  267343** 

## **Amberley Scout Group** 

**Receipts & Payments Account 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021** 

**Page 1** 

|**Yr 2019/20 **|**Receipts**|||**£s**|**Yr 2020/21**||**Yr 2019/20 **|**Payments**|**£s**|**Yr 2020/21**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Sections Subscriptions:**|||||||**Site Occupancy Costs**|||
|2,020.00|Beavers|||925.00|||1,031.75|Gas|882.94||
|3,210.00|Cubs|||1,250.00|||552.58|Electricity|486.24||
|3,690.00|Scouts|||2,032.50|||272.59|Water|305.42||
|8,920.00||||4,207.50|||||||
||||||||1,067.94|Maintenance/Repairs/Safety Inspec./Grass|638.61||
||||||||35.82|Cleaning/Consumables|-||
|4,187.00|Paid to Scout HQ (Annual Capitation)  - paid Mar20|||-|||252.00|Common Land Rent (paid Mar20)|10.00|2,323.21|
|||||||||**Insurances**|||
|4,733.00|Net Membership Subscriptions Retained|||4,207.50|4,207.50||||||
||||||||1,552.84|Personal Injury (2yrs)|786.42||
||||||||-|Property & Equipment (paid Apr20)|1,568.97||
||||||||175.84|Employers Liability|195.84||
||||||||75.60|Accident & Medical Insurance, helpers|75.60|2,626.83|
||**Camp / Outings Receipts**|||||||**Camp / Outings Costs**|||
|120.00|Beavers|||-|||311.15|Beavers|65.91||
|1,889.00|Cubs|||73.60|||1,910.37|Cubs|120.00||
|3,830.00|Scouts|||50.00|123.60||1,902.50|Scouts|600.00|785.91|
||**Fundraising:**|||||||**Section Costs**|||
||||||||417.45|Beavers|40.21||
|1,157.77|Burns Night|||-|||1,138.83|Cubs|77.87||
||Village Evening||||||2,830.56|Scouts|982.97|1,101.05|
|-|Christmas Raffle/Stirup Sunday|||-|||||||
|-|Bagpacking|||-||||**Equipment**|||
|48.80|Car boot/stall sales|||-|-||134.00|Tents & equipment|27.59||
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||**Other Receipts:**||||||||||
|285.31|Gift Aid Tax|||2,845.18||||||27.59|
|635.46|Other donations/grants/misc income|||-||||**Central Costs**|||
|450.00|Guides - contribution to rent|||450.00|||-|Donations to charities|50.00||
|-|COVID Grants|||19,907.42|||424.53|Go cardless/OSM fees|179.19||
|0.09|Bank Interest|||0.13|||172.74|Badges, Uniforms & Training|60.80||
|-|Gift Donations|||-|||165.48|AGM, Gifts & Web address|81.44|371.43|
||Misc camping tent & HQ hire-out etc||||||||||
|-||||-|23,202.73||**14,424.57**|**Total Payments**||**7,236.02**|
||**Newbuild Project:**||||||||||
|-|Donations (Mydonate)|||-|||||||
|762.66|Bagpacking|||-|-||||||
||||||||**(512.48)**|**Surplus of Receipts over Payments**||**20,297.81**|
|**13,912.09**|**Total Receipts**|||**£**|**27,533.83**||**13,912.09**||**£**|**27,533.83**|
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|**SUMMARY**||**Yr to**||**31st March**|||||||
|||**2020**|||**2021**||||||
|**Opening Bank/Cash**||**33,407.31**|||**32,894.83**||||||
|**Surplus of Receipts over Payments, above**||**(512.48)**|||**20,297.81**||||||
|**Closing Bank/Cash Balances (Per Schedule)**||**32,894.83**|||**53,192.64**||||||
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**Scout Association No:  2950    Registered Charity No:  267343** 

**Page 2** 

## **Amberley Scout Group** 

## **Receipts & Payments Account 1 April 2020 to 31 March 2021** 

## **Monetary Balances** 

|**Monetary Balances**|||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Opening Balances at 1 April 2020**|**Cash**<br>**in Hand**|**Current**<br>**Accounts**|**Deposit**<br>**Accounts**|**£s**<br>**Totals**|
|**Group Executive and Auction Accounts**<br>**Group Newbuild Project Account**<br>**Scouts Section**<br>**Cubs Section**<br>**Beavers Section**<br>**Totals**<br>**£**|**-**<br>**11.50**<br>**54.13**<br>**94.21**|**1,980.19**<br>**26,984.89**<br>**2,098.49**<br>**966.20**<br>**500.03**|**205.19**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**2,185.38**<br>**26,984.89**<br>**2,109.99**<br>**1,020.33**<br>**594.24**|
||**159.84**|**32,529.80**|**205.19**|**32,894.83**|



|**Closing Balances at 31 March 2021**|**Cash**<br>**in Hand**|**Current**<br>**Accounts**|**Deposit**<br>**Accounts**|**£s**<br>**Totals**|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Group Executive and Auction Accounts**<br>**Group Newbuild Project Account**<br>**Scouts Section**<br>**Cubs Section**<br>**Beavers Section**<br>**Totals**<br>**£**|**-**<br>**11.50**<br>**54.13**<br>**7.05**|**21,525.77**<br>**26,984.89**<br>**559.85**<br>**521.42**<br>**477.53**|**3,050.50**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**|**24,576.27**<br>**26,984.89**<br>**571.35**<br>**575.55**<br>**484.58**|
||**72.68**|**50,069.46**|**3,050.50**|**53,192.64**|



**Notes to Receipts & Payments Account** 

1. Payments made between Sections, and between Sections and Executive, are eliminated. 

2.  Apart from the Monetary Asset Balances above, other Group assets include Equipment with a replacement value of approx £26,000 and an interest in a Lease expiring in 2056 on which the Group's Buildings are situated. 

3. The donations, grants and associated fundraising income for the Group's Newbuild Project, which have accumulated 

- (above), are earmarked for future expenditure on that Project and as such are classified by the Committee as “Designated Funds”. 



**Page 3** 

**Scout Ass. Membership Details /Capitation Fees Paid (At Census Date 31st January)** 

||**Youth**<br>**Leaders**<br>**Young Ldrs**<br>**Assistants**<br>**Membership Numbers**||**Total**|**Youth No.**<br>**Per Youth**<br>**Capitation Fee**|**Cost**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Year 2020 (at £52.00 per Youth Member only)**<br>**Beavers**<br>**Cubs**<br>**Scouts**<br>**GSL/AGSL**<br>**Young Leaders**<br>**Capitation Totals**|**18**<br>**3**<br>**28**<br>**4**<br>**33**<br>**4**<br>**1**<br>**2**||**21**<br>**32**<br>**37**<br>**1**|**18**<br>**52.00**<br>**28**<br>**52.00**<br>**33**<br>**52.00**<br>**2**<br>**52.00**|**936.00**<br>**1,456.00**<br>**1,716.00**<br>**104.00**|
||**79**<br>**14**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**91**|**81**<br>**£**|**4,212.00**|
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|**Year 2021(at £53.00 per Youth Member only)**<br>**Beavers**<br>**Cubs**<br>**Scouts**<br>**GSL/AGSL**<br>**Young Leaders**<br>**Capitation Totals**|**18**<br>**3**<br>**28**<br>**4**<br>**30**<br>**4**<br>**1**<br>**3**||**21**<br>**32**<br>**34**<br>**1**<br>**3**|**18**<br>**53.00**<br>**28**<br>**53.00**<br>**30**<br>**53.00**<br>**3**<br>**53.00**|**954.00**<br>**1,484.00**<br>**1,590.00**<br>**159.00**|
||**76**<br>**15**<br>**-**<br>**-**||**91**|**79**<br>**£**|**4,187.00**|
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