## **1[st] Send (St Mary’s) Scouts; Chair’s Report October 2024** (by Martin Threakall) I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my first year involved with Scouting in Send, and want to say a big thank you to everyone for being so welcoming and collaborative over the last year, very much in line with the Scouts values. I’ve learnt a huge amount (including about diggers!) and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It’s been fantastic to see how vibrant the group is, leading the way with one of the first Squirrels sections and with spaces across all the sections highly sought after by local young people. The programme of activities through the year is impressive, with excellent weekly sessions, camps and other trips taking place, and great usage of the Wey that is literally on our doorstep. The group is also an integral part of the local community, organising multiple much loved events through the year, which both raise funds for the group, but also serve to bring the community together and make Send and the surrounding areas a richer place to live. There is much heritage behind these, and we are lucky to benefit from the interest and experience of those who have been involved in organising these events for many years. All of this is achieved through the hard work and selfless commitment of a relatively small number of people. From the Leaders who organise the sections, to those who are involved in the background to keep the group running and arrange these local events. A huge amount of time and effort goes in to making all of this happen. Whilst this is fantastic in terms of the commitment that people are giving, it’s also a concern to me from a sustainability and resilience perspective for the group. For me, this should be a key focus for us over the course of the coming year. It is timely that the broader Scouts movement is making changes to improve the Volunteer experience. It is my hope that we can leverage these, and through some focus and persistence, broaden out the number of people involved in supporting Scouting in Send, to help ensure that it continues to thrive for years to come, and that the significant effort involved in achieving that is spread sustainably across a broader number of people. We also have some important points to decide on in relation to our facilities. We know there are some challenges with the current Hut; parts of it are aged and not best suited to our needs, and we need to take some action in relation to the asbestos within the building. This will require a significant investment to achieve, one for which we’ll need to raise a material amount of funding. Our experience with the changing rooms over the last year indicates that we would be prudent to ensure we have funding to cover professionals completing the work, to ensure it is done in a timely manner and doesn’t further stretch volunteers’ time. So for me, the year ahead is about leveraging the changes being made across the Scouts organisation, to expand out our team and give us the capacity to sustainably maintain our very strong foundations as a Group, and to build upon these with some ambitious projects for the future, in particular in relation to our facilities. All of this will enable us to continue to deliver on the Scouts mission: actively engaging and supporting young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. 1st SEND (ST. MARY’S) SCOUT GROUP (Registered Charity No. 267767) Summary of Accounts - Year Ended 31st March 2024 |**OPENING BALANCES**
Beavers - Cash
Cubs - Cash
Scouts - Cash
Group - Bank
Group - Cash
Reserve Fund - NS&I
Scout Investment A/C
Total Opening Balance
**INCOME**
Gift Aid
Gift Aid Income
Subscriptions
All Sections
Camps, Trips & Activitie|**Bank**
**Cash**
20 13
-
-
-|**34 464 67**|**34 464 67**|**EXPENDITURE**
Capitation
Capitation Fees
Equipment
Various Equipment
Camps, Trips & Activities
Beavers
Cubs
Scouts
Scoutabout|**Bank**
**Cash**
4 347 00|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||15 244 05|||||| ||21 26|||||| ||15 040 05
4 179 44
**Bank**
**Cash**
-|||||| ||**-**
**-**
6 354 55|**-**|||**4 347 00**
**-**
-|**4 347 00**| ||**6 354 55**
**-**
s
70 00|**6 354 55**|||**-**
**-**|**-**| |Squirrels|||||605 50
11 36|| |Beavers
526 00
Cubs
2 406 00
Scouts
200 00
Scoutabout
-
**3 202 00**
**-**
Interest
Scout Inv A/C Interest
9 79
Reserve Fund Interest
-
**9 79**
**-**
Pantomime
Pantomime income
250 00
**250 00**
**-**
Misc. Income
Use of HQ & Equipment
772 00
Uniforms / Badges
171 00
Grants - changing rooms
8 797 00
Covid-19 Refunds
-
Subscriptions
-
**9 740 00**
**-**
Donations
Various
1 083 20
6 75
**1 083 20**
**6 75**
Fundraising
May Fair 2022
4 665 44
64 62|526 00||||1 739 13|| ||2 406 00||||291 00|| ||200 00||||-|| ||-|||Buildings
Maintenance
New Changing rooms
Cleaning
Insurance
Electricity
Water / Sewage
Misc. Expenses
P&S
Leader Expenses
Uniforms / Badges
AGM
Web Hosting
Training
Subscriptions
Gifts
Other Insurances
Pantomime
Pantomime costs
Fundraising
May Fair 2022|**2 635 63**
**11 36**
538 80
1 501 56
1 200 00
2 104 55
433 71
174 38|**2 646 99**| ||**3 202 00**
**-**
9 79
-|**3 202 00**||||| |||||||| ||**9 79**
**-**|**9 79**||||| |||||||| ||250 00||||**5 953 00**
**-**
-
353 11
1 876 27
-
32 50
60 00
112 50
59 99
-|**5 953 00**| |||**250 00**||||| |Uniforms / Badges||||||| |Grants - changing room||||||| |Covid-19 Refunds
Subscriptions
Donations
Various
Fundraising
May Fair 2022||||||| ||**9 740 00**
**-**|**9 740 00**||||| |||||||| ||1 083 20
6 75||||**2 494 37**
**-**
300 00|**2 494 37**| ||**1 083 20**
**6 75**|**1 089 95**||||| ||4 665 44
64 62||||**300 00**
**-**
2 351 26|**300 00**| |Santa Run & Xmas Fair|1 933 99|||||| |Bonfire Night 2022|7 262 98
0 21|||||| ||**13 862 41**
**64 83**|**13 927 24**||||| |||||Santa Run & Xmas Fair|1 065 00
27 22|| |||||Bonfire Night 2022
Ripley Event|4 702 43
-|| ||||||**8 118 69**
**27 22**
**Bank**
**Cash**
28 51
-
-|**8 145 91**| |||||**Gross Expenditure**||**23 887 27**| |**Gross Income**||**34 573 53**||**CLOSING BALANCES**
Beavers - Cash
Cubs - Cash
Scouts - Cash
Group - Bank
Group - Cash
Reserve Fund - NS&I**
Scout Investment A/C*||| |||**10 686 26**||||| |Net Excess of Income||||||| |||||||| ||||||30 076 75|| ||||||5 62|| ||||||15 040 05
-|| **Total Closing Balance** **45 150 93** **Net Movement on Bank & Cash 10 686 26** * Scout Investment A/C was force closed on 19th May 2023 as the service is no longer offered. Paid into main bank account on 19th May 20 ** Check on NS&I account balance at year end in progress - assumption currently that is remains same as opening balance. CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Raport to the trustees On accounts for the year ended 31 2021p Charity no (if any) 267167 Set out on pages I rewt to the trustees on my examination of the ac￿Unts of th8 above chartty (kne Trusf) for the year end8d 31 / c 3 /Ic 24- As the charivs trustees. you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance vAth the r￿uIreMents of th8 Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). Responsibilities and basis of report I report in respect of my examination of the Trusfs accounts p￿rrIed out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Chartty Commission under seL*on 145{5Xb) of the Act. Independent examinerfs statement u ap I have cornp￿ my examination. I confinn that no mat8rial matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disdos8d bebw") which gives me cause to beli8ve that in. any material respect.. the accounting reo)rds were not kept in accordan￿ ¥wth section 130 of the Charities Act" or the accounts did not accord vrith the accounting records" or tha accounts did not comply wtth the applif2ble requirements con￿ming the fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and RepcKb) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the aco)unts give a Irue and fairf view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no (￿n￿rns and have come auoss no other matters in connection with the examination to which attgntion shoukl be drawn in this report in ¢xder to enable a proper understanding of the aGo)unts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brdckels rfth8y do not apply. Signed: Li s i fF7AI"tl i Relevant professlonal qualffication(s) or body IER Oct 2018 (If an￿. Address: /h- lj-i Ll GU Section B Disclosure Only coffl[￿ete if the examiner needs to highlighl material matters of COn￿M (see CC32, Independent examination of Chartty accounts: directions and guidance for eXamIr￿rs). Glve here brlef detalls of any items that the examiner wishos to disclose. IER Oct 2018