# **BROADSTONE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL REPORT AND ACCOUNTS** **31 MARCH 2023** Trustees Annual Report ## **Broadstone Scout Group** ## Registered charity number 267693 The Trustees present their annual report for the year ended 31 March 2023 The Trustees of the charity are as follows |Name|Office| |---|---| |Graham Davies|CommitteeMember, Chair| |Andrew Williams|Vice Chair| |Gill McDonald|Group Scout Leader| |Alison Bowden|Assistant Group ScoutLeader| |Simon Lawford|Assistant Group Scout Leader (resigned June
2021)| |SueRice|Treasurer| |Sarah Carter|Secretary (resigned 16thNov 2022)| |Tom Lever|Secretary (joined16thNov 2022)| |Sue Cracknell|CommitteeMember| |Simon Harwood|Committee Member| |Adrian Kyte|Committee Member (resigned January 2023),| ## **Structure, Governance and management** The principal address of the charity is Scout HQ, Dunyeats Road, Broadstone. The Group's governing documents are those of The Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and The Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association. The Group is a trust established under its rules that are common to all Scouts. The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association. The Group is an educational charity that is managed by the Group Executive Committee, the members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout Group. As charity trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as appropriate. This Group Executive Committee exists to support the Group Scout Leader in meeting the responsibilities of the appointments and is responsible for: The maintenance of Group property; The raising of funds and the administration of Group finance; The insurance of persons, property and equipment; Group public occasions; Assisting in the recruitment of leaders and other adult support; Appointing any sub committees that may be required; Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than those who are elected. 1 Trustees Annual Report The Corffliittee consisls of 3 widepend￿t repr￿ntativeS, Chay. Tfeasurw arKI Secretary, tO9ethw ¥•ith lh8 Gr￿Jp S¢AXrt L￿. r&JMdual sedW18th5 and pamts, refv¥esenlalKwi I￿￿ts 8v8ry 3 mnths. Rl•k Ind lrtt•rn•l ¢ontrol The gro￿ has In place Sy￿eMs ol intwnal ojilrols that we deS￿ned lo provKle reas(￿1)1 assurance agalnsl maierial mismanwenl or loss. th￿Je ir)clLMJe 2 signalonos lor all paym•nls and comprehensive insurarKe polths to ensure Ihat msittable risks are covered obj•￿1¥•% •nd •lm8 T￿ obpctW5 of the gr(w are ￿ a unil ol Ihe Scoul Assoc￿￿. The ￿"ffl d The Scoul AssoclatK>n Is ￿ promole Ihe develr￿1 and internatKThI ccmnmun1￿s. The melhod ol athievi the ￿'rn of tho AswcialKXI bs by prov￿ry an enMatrA8 and attradvie sc*wne ol wowe5SiV0 tra￿lTr9. basod on th8 ScAXrt Prcrfn*e aThJ gwdod by adull leador3hy. Aehl•v•m•ftts and pwlMn4nc• aftor Ihe ¢￿d Impad d th8 pa$1 lew years with off sile advenlures and camps r8sumlng. Flnanclal r•vlff Tcrtal recélpts amounted lo £38.307 (2022 £66.0191 againsl wthich expendlluré of £47.77212022 £42,509) was incurred, resU￿r￿a in 8 riel def￿1 of £9.465 (2022 net su(plus of £23.510). The ¢>w's reseryes is to hold sufiklenl r•Sow￿ to conllnu¢ lh• charllable 8thit*s ol tt)e syoup should fundrai*'Dg actthtles fall sh(rt Tr* Group Execulwe C(xnmrtlee consKth that the gr(w slMxAd IKdd a sum atyivaknt io 12 months c￿1 of central ftxed costs. IM￿strnenI poky Glven UK'S fthi*thi un¢xthi)ty ￿k)wIng th& EU reler•fKlum r•suK Ihe Gffw has adopted a risk averJ¢ glrategy to the inveslmenl of rts fthls. All fur￿8 are held kn ¢ash mainstream b8nks or slKx14wm inveslrn8nls lunds admin*twed ty the S¢￿￿ Ass¢oabon lo £4,922 (2022 £4,844). Srgnad on behall tha Charity Trustees Grah¥n Dawws. Ch*rman •Vanuwy 2024 22-A. Trustees Annual Report ## **Broadstone Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** |**Receipts and payments**
**Receipts**||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**01-Apr-22**|**T**
**o**|**31-Mar-23**| |||**2022/23**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**||**2021/22**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**||||| |Membership subscriptions||**25,706**||**21,943**| |Less: Membership subscriptions paid on (National/County/Area/District)||**(8,624)**||**(7,998)**| |Net membership subscriptions retained||**17,082**||**13,945**| |Donations||**-**||**10,677**| |Camps||**15,026**||**20,611**| |Other activities||**4,280**||**2,785**| |Gift Aid||**-**||**17,222**| |Other similar income||**221**||**89**| |**Sub total**||**36,609**||**65,328**| |**Grants**||||| |Maintenance grant||**-**||**-**| |Other grants||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**-**||**-**| |**Fundraising (gross)**||||| |Other fundraising activities||**533**||**220**| |Detail 2||**-**||**-**| |Detail 3||**-**||**-**| |Other fundraising activities||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**533**||**220**| |**Investment income**||||| |Bank interest||**-**||**-**| |Building Society interest||**-**||**-**| |The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service||**80**||**36**| |Property Rent income||**1,085**||**435**| |Other investment income||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**1,165**||**471**| |||||| |**_Total Gross Income_**||**38,307**||**66,019**| |**Asset and investment sales, etc.**||||| |||**-**||**-**| |||||| |**_Total receipts_**||**38,307**||**66,019**| 3 Trustees Annual Report ## **Broadstone Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** |||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**01-Apr-22**|**T**
**o**|**31-Mar-23**| |||||| |**Receipts and payments**||||| |**Payments**||**2022/23**
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**||**2021/22**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Charitable Payments**||||| |Youth programme and activities||**10,953**||**11,518**| |Adult support and training||**65**||**-**| |Rent||**533**||**473**| |Water and Sewerage||**168**||**84**| |Electricity and Gas||**4,013**||**1,825**| |Insurance||**3,100**||**3,106**| |Repairs and Renewals||**3,458**||**910**| |Materials and equipment||**-**||**-**| |Printing, photocopying and remote video||**205**||**-**| |Contribution to camp costs||**18,185**||**18,178**| |Uniforms and badges||**2,489**||**2,779**| |AGM and trustee expenses||**-**||**-**| |Cleaning||**2,280**||**2,049**| |Sundry||**1,258**||**980**| |Telephone||**261**||**268**| |**Sub total**||**46,968**||**42,168**| |**Fundraising expenses**||||| |Other fundraising costs||**-**||**-**| |Detail 2||**-**||**-**| |Detail 3||**-**||**-**| |Other fundraising costs||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**-**||**-**| |||||| |**_Total Gross Expenditure_**||**46,968**||**42,168**| |**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**||||| |||**804**||**341**| |||**47,772**||| |**_Total payments_**||**47,772**||**42,509**| |||||| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**||**(9,465)**||**23,510**| |**Cash funds last year end**||**69,606**||**46,096**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**||**60,141**||**69,606**| 4 Trustees Annual Report Stateineiil of assels aiid liabiliiies at Ihe eiid ot the year 31•1 2023 31W Ilvrh 2022 ln •A.141 Ta dthb iknA Trustees Annual Report Ind8￿￿1 gxamlngr'8 r8ix>rt to th8 tru•tw ol Broad810￿ Scout GfOUP I retN)rt lo t￿ tr￿$ on myèx8mination otir* xo)untsoftts Broadstore So)ut Group lorthe por èrK*d 31 March 2023 Re8pon•lbllltb•& and ￿818 ol report As thè t*artytrLtstee8 ol the 8roAdsiong ￿uL Group w)u are rosp0￿1)b lorthe preparation ol the ac£ourrts in acwrOaTr* witti the requirernents ol the CharbtiesACt 2011 I'lhe Att'l. 1 ￿port in r8Sk*rt of myexam1n￿￿n ol thè Broadsiong Scotrt Gmup accourts eArwd out un#8r sectK•n 145 of tnè 2011 Act ar￿ in carwry outr myexaminalb)n I follMd 011 the 4)plrAbÈ Dlrectlor6 given byt￿ Charty Commission undersection 14515llbl ol theACt. Indapèndont exJmlner'8 8t8t•m•nt I have cy)mpléted myeyaminaiion. I conlim) thw no matenal matters com8 to my atte[rt￿n In ￿n￿tron wrth the exarninatson giwng me cawe to tyel** that in any material ountlng récords rrt)I kept In respect of the Broadston8 Scout Grow as requireo by 1300f 2. tre aeeourts do rnl accor¢ %vith th)se revJrds. I have ￿ corums arf have come auoss no other matters in conrpctK)n wth the exarnin**)n lo wttich attèrrtKJn sh)uld be drawn in this report In ord8r to anab￿ a proper understaThJiw of It* accounts 10 rèactws Name. Jona Re￿¥&nI pro18$8￿nal qualth'cation or mamr*rnhip of professwal bod￿$ Irf any). FCCA IretiWI Address." g R￿geWaY Broaostong Dat8. 28 January 2024