## **Report & Accounts for the 12 month period ended 31st March 2024**
## **THE 5TH WOODBRIDGE (SEA SCOUT) GROUP**
TRUSTEE COMMITTEE
Group Scout Leader Mr B Hayter Group Executive Chairman Mr M Bell Group Secretary and Membership Secretary Dr N Notcutt Group Treasurer Dr J Douse Scout Leader Mrs N Tooke Perisher’s Scout leader Mr S Owen Cub Scout Leader and Deputy GSL Mrs M Ulph Woden Cub scout leader Mrs D Bell Thursday Beaver Leader Mrs P Calver Monday Beaver leader Mrs L Keer Squirrels leader Mrs K Wrenn Explorer Scout Leader Mr C Finch Squirrel & Beaver Parent Representative Ms F Winter Cub Parent Representative Mrs J Perry Quartermaster Mr E Cullinan Bosun Mr D Russell Scout Parent Representative Mr M Davies Explorer Parent Representative Mr B Whittle Fundraising Coordinator Mrs J Perry Design and Social Media Officer Mrs C Owen
BANKERS: BARCLAYS BANK PLC, Woodbridge Business Centre, Suffolk Coastal Group 4 Church Street, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1DJ
CUSTODIAN TRUSTEES: None OTHER ADVISERS: None
Group Registration Number with The Scout Association: 40674
Charity Registration Number: 268625
Royal Navy Registration Number: 93
Contact Name and Address: Group Executive Chairman, 5th Woodbridge ( Sea Scout) Group 5-7 Tide Mill Way, Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 1BY.
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## **TRUSTEES ANNUAL REPORT For the 12month period ended 31st March 2024**
## **ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE YEAR**
## **CHAIRMAN’S REPORT By Mark Bell**
As the Chair of the 5th Woodbridge (Sea Scout) Group, I am pleased to present the annual report for the year ending March 31, 2024. This year has been a testament to our continued growth and success, thanks to the tireless efforts of our leadership teams, volunteers, and supportive community.
Our Group has seen significant activity across all sections, from the thriving Squirrels and Beavers to the adventurous Cubs, Scouts, and Explorers. The leadership teams have expanded, and we have prioritized obtaining new adventurous activity permits to enhance the experiences we offer to our young people. Highlights of the year include successful camps, diverse community engagements, and various badge achievements, including several Chief Scout Awards across different sections.
During the year we have welcomed new members and volunteers, in addition to bidding farewell to young people and adults alike as they move onto new challenges. A special thank you is reserved for Barrie Hayter, who served notice of his intent to step down as Group Scout Leader in 2024, moving back to being a leader in Friday Scouts. Though sad to see Barrie leave the trustees team, we are excited to welcome Nicola Notcutt into the newly created role of Group Lead Volunteer in 2024-25, and look forward to her stewardship, leadership and support.
Financially, the Group remains robust, with total receipts of £65,822.96 against payments of £46,107.56, leaving us with a strong cash reserve. Our fund dedicated to the refurbishment and replacement of our headquarters continues to grow, demonstrating our commitment to the long-term sustainability of the Group.
I extend my heartfelt thanks to all volunteers, leaders, parents, and the community for their invaluable support and leadership over the year. A special thanks to Jonathan Douse our Treasurer and Richard Short for creating this clear and concise annual report. Together, we look forward to another year of fostering growth and adventure for our young people, helping to provide #skillsforlife.
## **GROUP TREASURER –By Jonathan Douse**
The group has again had a busy year. During 2022-23 income was £65,822. At year end we had £14,454 in cash, £52,601 saved for the new HQ and £4338 reserved for training of leaders and to subsidise the attendance of young people from families who have financial challenge. Expenditure was less than income by £19,715, this was due to a combination of successful fundraising for the HQ (£14,445) and our fund raising team lead by Janet attracting grants (£10,500) that have not yet all be spent.
Sadly the cost of living crisis has made it difficult for some families to pay for subs and fees for camps and other activities. Donations from The Leslie Mary Carter Trust (£5000) and Woodbridge Town Council (£2000) have enabled us to cover these families’ fees, ensuring that no child is excluded from
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scouting on the basis of their parent’s ability to pay. These grants have also allowed us to subsidise uniform and training for new leaders.
I am very grateful to all those who help with the years fundraising events including boat rides, Row the Deben, the BBQ and Quiz. With more sections open we are now making much better use of the HQ with it used each evening. Until recently HQ had been largely unused during the day but now the Art Club and the dance group have rented it on a regular basis providing us with some welcome additional income. We would welcome contact from any group or society wanting to rent the HQ at times when we are not using it.
The budget for 2023-24 has been set on the basis that we will break even. The costs of all of our regular expenses has gone up again in the last year. Essential running costs are now £31,600 compared to £23,700 in 2022-23 and £18525 in 2021-22. We have kept the cost of the termly subscription unchanged for many years at £45 per term but this is no longer possible. The Trustees committee have made a decision to increase the subs to £50 per term from October 2024.
## **GROUP SCOUT LEADERS REPORT– by Barrie Hayter Group Scout Leader**
Another amazing year of activities and memories for adults and young people. We continue to expand the leadership teams within each section and work towards new adventurous activity permits for leaders so that we can get more young people out on the water, shooting and archery. The group continues to strengthen with regular section leader meetings and lots of discussion about group policy's.
In January this year I gave my notice as GSL and will finish on 25[th] June. I will be staying on as a team member with Scouts on a Friday night. I have so enjoyed my time as GSL and wish to thank all of the amazing volunteers and the parents that make this group so successful.
## **SQUIRREL’S REPORT by leader Katie Wrenn**
The 5WSS Squirrels group continues to thrive, with a full drey of 24 children currently attending our weekly meetings and a substantial waiting list. In the past year, we have worked towards many interest and challenge badges through a wide range of activities. These have included:
- new experiences such as trips out on the 5WSS boats and night hikes along the river Deben
- learning about nature and our role in protecting the environment through nature walks, learning about bees, making bird feeders, growing plants and a visit to the Vintage Litter Museum on Jetty Lane.
- developing links with the Woodbridge community through visits to Seckford Care Home, the fire station, library and Tide Mill, working on projects with Transition Woodbridge and parading with the 5WSS group for remembrance day.
- promoting a love of learning through opportunities to weekly enjoy stories, an evening of science experiments and an evening of maths games
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- developing new skills for life through cooking, playing teamwork games, developing our navigational skills, and promoting an awareness of our own mental health through mindfulness activities, yoga and den building together.
We have had seven Squirrels gain their Chief Scout Acorn Award, the highest award in the section, and almost all children who have left the section have remained in the group, joining one of the two Beaver groups.
We're looking forward to another great year, with an upcoming trip to Easton Farm with all the Suffolk Squirrels, a partnership with Community Rail Network to improve the station at Melton, and participation in the 'YouShape Award' which promotes opportunities for the children to design and lead elements of their own programme.
## **THURSDAY BEAVER SCOUT REPORT by Pippa Calver Beaver Leader**
We have had another great year in our beaver section. We have had 2 successful sleepovers (joining up with Monday beavers) for the first one we stayed overnight in the Sealife centre along the sharks and turtles and the second we went to Hallowtree and had a great day & night filled with activities. We went carol singing at a care home and we were asked by Sutton Hoo to help decorate Anglo Saxon masks to go on their Easter trail and the beavers all got free tickets to the event. We have visited lots of interesting places including the observation tower in Felixstowe and the Coldwar museum at Bentwaters. We have had a big group of newcomers in the last few weeks and they have all settled in so well. We say goodbye to 3 of our beavers in July as they move up to Cubs in September and they are on course for gaining their Chief Scout Bronze award!
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## **MONDAY BEAVER SCOUT REPORT by Laura Keer Beaver Leader**
The Monday Beavers have had a fantastic year going on 3 camps. The first was their first experience of wild camping in Methersgate. They loved making bows and arrows and exploring the countryside around the camp. We now have 2 leaders with camping permits.
Over the last year they have visited foxburrow farm and had a session delivered by James Campbell. He is a fantastic children's author who made us all laugh! They visited the residents at Haughgate House where they sang and signed songs. The Beavers gave them their Christmas cards they had made for them.
We started off 2024 by having a sleepover in great Yarmouth sealife centre. The beavers eventually fell asleep watching fish, sharks and a giant turtle swimming above their heads. I think it would be fair to say not much sleep happened!
We have had many different and fun sessions including art, cooking, making scones and inviting their mothers to tea, sports and walks.
We also had another joint beaver camp at Hallowtrees which gave the Beavers the opportunity to sleep in bell tents, participate in archery, complete the assault course, bouldering and orienteering. It poured with rain during the night but luckily the beavers kept dry and warm in the new bell tents.
Summer is coming and we're hoping to get the beavers out on the water. They've walked back from Melton, completed a litter pick up and made tulips and rafts.
## **CUB SCOUT REPORT – Maggie Ulph, Cub Scout Leader**
We have 9 leaders and 2 young leaders running this section. There has been a healthy flow of Beavers moving up to Cubs and Cubs moving up to Scouts over this period, plus transferee cubs who have moved here from other parts of the UK. Over the year, we have held investitures for 9 new recruits to Tuesday Cubs and all the Cubs have been working hard to earn their badges. Four of our older Cubs have been awarded their Chief Scout Silver Award which is the highest award that can be achieved during their time in Cubs. We always miss them when they move up to Scouts, but they are ready and prepared for the bigger challenges that they will encounter in Scouts. In total, there has been 337 badges awarded, the majority of these will be Staged Badges, Activity Badges and Challenge Badges, the others will be recognition badges for significant achievements, i.e. Senior Sixer, Sixer and Seconder badges and length of time in the movement badges.
We have had many organised events over the year but in April 2023 we celebrated St Georges’ Day with a group camp with all the sections present. Summer Cub Camp took place in July 2023 and huge thank you to the parents who helped with camp, cooking the meals/helping with activities and staying over to keep our Cub:Adult ratios up. I would also like to thank the parents/carers for all their help over the year. We are so lucky to have such terrific support from you and you always come up trumps when we ask for help.
To the Exec Team, I would like to thank you all for what you do to make life as a leader less arduous with your diligence with all your behind the scenes work in keeping the cogs rolling. Thank you.
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## **Woden Cub Pack Report by Daisy Bell Cub Scout Leader** ,
A truly memorable second year for Woden Cubs at 5WSS. The leadership team really came together and created a fun, educational, varied, and interesting 12 months for our 8–10-year-olds to enjoy. We now have 25 Young People, 4 Young Leaders and 9 part-time Team Members with a broad skillset and a deep commitment to scouting values. 92% of our Cubs leave for Scouts having gained their Chief Scout Silver Award and we have a weekly attendance rate of around 94%.
Our local community has been a great source of support and engagement – we were welcomed on visits to the Royal Harwich Yacht Club, the Ipswich Mosque, the Ipswich Transport Museum and even ITFC at Portman Road.
For English Tourism week we celebrated in style at the Shire Hall and had a visit from the Woodbridge Mayor which thrilled the Cubs. We have been continuing to support Transition Woodbridge with various conservation projects locally, outside of our normal session hours which is a marvellous show of commitment by the Cubs.
They made cross-generational friends when we set up a Pen Pal exchange with a local care home – the Cubs have since been to sing Christmas carols to the residents and wrote and conducted a general knowledge quiz at the home.
Our Blue Peter session was a great success with 22 Cubs sending off work and receiving their BP Blue Badges, Sports and Reader Badges. Badge holders are also privileged to receive free access to a wealth of attractions across the UK, so we’ve saved their grown-ups a few £££ too. We’re now finalising our
BP Silver Awards too.
We enjoyed 5 weekends away together over the year, including camping as a Section, a District and as a County. The senior cubs also had a weekend Narrowboating through central London which wasn’t one to forget. And neither was the surprise Morris Dancing, thanks to the East Coast Morris Men!
Our goals for the coming year are to utilise the shared knowledge and experience of 5WSS so we may enjoy getting out on the ocean (river) waves more often. We would also like to reflect the national Scouting Association priority to encourage diversity and inclusivity within the pack; we know all young people would benefit from this great youth organisation and it does wonders for both physical and mental health. A personal thanks to all the grown-ups of our Cubs, without whom we would struggle to achieve as much as we do for the young people in our care. The time, manpower, liftshares, ‘thank you’s’ and cake-making goes a hugely long way to keeping the leaders sane and motivated!
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## **SCOUT REPORT by– Nicola Day, Scout Leader (Friday section) and Si Owen Scout Leader (Monday section)**
It's been another busy year for scouts.
Numbers have risen again this year with the Friday troop currently sitting at 30 Scouts. Our leadership team has gone from strength to strength with 3 new leaders on the team and 3 fantastic Young Leaders, all of whom have ensured that we are able to offer our varied, high-quality programme.
We have continued to run Junior Officer training and selection sessions and are very pleased with our current group of JO’s. Throughout the year we have awarded some Chief Scout Gold Awards, the highest award available in the Scout Section, with a few more on the horizon. We have also promoted and awarded sections of the Youth Shaped Award as well as hundreds of other badges!
After
only providing County Wet taking 12 providing Summer fantastic skills. Some assessed for
pulling boats and activity instructors to support Weekend in '23, this year we are back in earnest, scouts from across the two troops, as well as pulling as one of the activities.
In August, Scouts from both troops attended our Camp at Decoy Broad, Norfolk. It was a week of water activities, expeditions, and scout of the leaders and older scouts were also
pulling permits, this is no mean feat; we are pleased to say they all passed with flying colours. We can't wait to go back again this August for round two!
Some of our scouts have also attended the district survival camp. They build shelters, prepared and cooked their own meals over a fire. They endured a night of torrential rain, but being sea scouts felt quite at home being a bit soggy and all survived admirably.
It's not just about camps though. We have spent many Fridays and Saturdays on the river covering power boating, sailing (when the weather allowed!), paddle boarding, canoeing, and kayaking. We also have rafting canoeing on the cards for later this term. We made the with the tides and operate entirely from our hut this than move boats, kit, and scouts to other locations. This greatly to provide quality water sessions, allowing more responsibility for looking after kit and our to share the workload. Whilst we still like to get out and
and carboard decision to work season, rather has helped scouts to take leadership team
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about, we will certainly be using this model in the future.
Leaders Rosie and George now have shooting permits. They have already run a Saturday session and we have a shooting and archery session booked in for the end of term.
Earlier in the year, we covered a range of activities including first aid, FASK, and navigation skills. We also visited Aldeburgh lifeboat station and had a fantastic Christmas trip to Clip 'N Climb.
As always, we would like to thank all our leaders, parent helpers and Young Leaders for their highly valued support and assistance throughout the year. We really could not do what we do without you all. And finally, huge congratulations to our leader Rosie who is getting married this term!
## **EXPLORER SCOUT REPORT – Craig Finch, Explorer Scout Leader**
It has been a busy period for the Explorer Unit. Highlights of our weekly programme include, walking 2 sections of the River Deben including locating the source of our mighty river in Debenham. Water activities include the full range of pulling, power boating, dinghy sailing and paddle sports. We also undertake more advanced water activities including down river boating, night time paddle sports and long distance winter kayak touring of the upper reaches of the river Deben. Explorers have also used the Deben Swimming Pool for kayak safety practice sessions in the winter months.
We have created a partnership with British Canoeing, now Paddle UK to become a provider for national paddle sport qualifications, currently 3 leaders are able to deliver qualifications. 8 Explorers have completed Paddle Explore Course and 12 have completed the Paddle Safer course, 3 adults have completed the Kayak Touring Performance award. Taken advantage of our association with the Royal Navy, 4 Explorers completed the RYA Advanced Dinghy Sailing Skills course and 2 completed RYA Power Boating.
During the summer, after 18months hard work fundraising, 4 Explorers attended the 25th World Scout Jamboree in South Korea. Whilst the the jamboree was in the international news for all the wrong reasons, the Explorers still had a good experience, just not what was originally planned. The Explorer section had their annual summer camp to Cornwall, going surfing, coasteering and local visits.
Explorers continue with Scout Badge work passing many of the top awards of Chief Scout Gold, Platinum and Diamond along with Duke and Edinburgh Awards.
The Explorer Unit currently has 30 youth members which is overborne, we have members across the full age range. Explorers also assist with the younger sections as Young Leaders.
## **NETWORK REPORT**
The Network Section remains the quietest section. The Network is not a traditional activity section but was set up to keep contact with young members who have departed for university, during their term breaks the members are invited back to help with water and land activities for the younger sections. In time these members may become the Groups Leaders of the future.
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## **GROUP POLICY AND OBJECTIVES**
At the end of the period, cash reserves amounted to _**£14,454.72**_ after deduction for current liabilities due within the year. The Group’s policy on reserves is to hold an amount sufficient to cover the essential running costs for the next 3 to 6 months and to budget for longer term maintenance and capital replacement to ensure the long term viability of the Group.
The executive committee has started a fund to pay for refurbishment/ replacement of the headquarters building, £52,601.86 has been reserved this purpose. The group has reserved £4338 of donations for the support the training of leaders and to subsidise the attendance of young people from families suffering from hardship.
The objectives of the group are to follow the aims of the Scout Association to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential. The Group is a trust established under the rules of the Scout Association, which are common to all Groups/Districts. Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organization & Rules of The Scout Association.
The accounts, which cover a 12 month period, have been drawn up on the receipts and payments basis, which is consistent with the previous year.
Approved by the trustees on 23/4/24
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## **Receipts & Payments Account Summary for the year ended 31st March 2024**
||**thisyear**|**previousyear**|
|---|---|---|
|total receipts|65822.96|48497.51|
|totalpayments|46107.56|51857.05|
|net receipts|19715.4|-3359.54|
|cash in bank brought forward|51679.18|55038.72|
|cash in bank carried forward|71394.58|51679.18|
The above account and accompanying statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees
On 23/4/24 and signed on their behalf by
........Jonathan Douse......................Group Treasurer
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## **Receipts for the year ended 31st March 2024**
||**Thisyear**|**previous**
**year**|
|---|---|---|
||||
|**Subscriptions**|22550.86|17829.29|
|**less refund**|135|nil|
|**less OSM**|350.8|363.49|
|**less association feespaid**|9553.5|8317|
|**Total**|**12511.56**|**9148.8**|
||||
|**Bank interest**|539.05|79.15|
|**HMRCgift aid and GADS**|5806.78|3416.71|
|**sundry reciepts**||75|
|**Activities**|18043.86|10049.08|
|**Fund raising**|11845.13|3526.31|
|**rent**|1769|1739|
|**boat insurance**|340|340|
|**uniform and Kit**|1048.5|1183.5|
|**from explorers**|318|nil|
|**Total**|**39710.32**|**20408.75**|
||||
|**Kay Yule Locality**|nil|1000|
|**Warm Rooms**|nil|3600|
|**Mrs Rope Paddle boards**|nil|800|
|**Frank Jackson new sections and hardship**|nil|5000|
|**Woodbridge Sufflers**|100|125|
|**Waitrose for tents**|nil|500|
|**Easy fundraising/ amazon**|94.96|264.96|
|**HQ Donors**|2600|7650|
|**RN forquest**|2500|nil|
|**town council for hardship**|2000|nil|
|**Leslie Mary Carter for training and hardship**|5000|nil|
|**Masons for Fence**|1000|nil|
|**Farlingaye school**|306.12|nil|
|**total**|**13601.08**|**18939.96**|
||||
||||
|**total receipts foryear**|**65822.96**|**48497.51**|
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## **Payments for the year ending 31st March 2024**
|||**Thisyear**|**previous**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|
|||||
|**Premises**|light,heat and water|984.14|867|
||insurance|1147.21|1133.64|
||repairs and renewals|878.9|1257.91|
||**Total**|**3010.25**|**3258.55**|
|||||
|**Boats**|insurance|2616.58|2861.51|
||New Dock|312|nil|
||Quest|nil|7426.67|
||Kayak Trailer|nil|1740|
||moorings,repairs and renewals|3744.42|4039.32|
||**Total**|**6673**|**16067.5**|
|||||
|**Activities**|Warm Rooms|nil|466.36|
||Dayto Daysection running|2483.93|1852.61|
||Activities|19902.33|10256.51|
||Equipment|2469|1090.17|
||**Total**|**24855.26**|**13665.65**|
|||||
||Fundraisingexpenses|792.17|753.41|
||Training|695.69|860|
||Personalgroupinsurance|52|52|
||Books and Badges|3699.03|2420.53|
||Misc|150|47.37|
||uniform and kit|2550.16|2115|
||**Total**|**7939.05**|**6248.31**|
|||||
|**New HQ project**|Fesibiltystudy|3630|3000|
||planningexpenses|nil|5186.2|
||Foundations|nil|3860.84|
||Archeology|nil|570|
||**Total**|**3630**|**12617.04**|
|||||
|||||
||**Totalpayments foryear**|**46107.56**|**51857.05**|
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## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities at 31st March 2024**
|||**thisyear**|**previousyear**|
|---|---|---|---|
|**monetary assets**|current account|4472.35|4123.42|
||subs account|9982.37|10476.51|
||hardshipand trainingreserve|4338|nil|
||bank deposit account for HQ|52601.86|37079.25|
||cash in hand|nil|nil|
||other monetaryassets|nil|nil|
||investment assets|nil|nil|
||**net monetary assets**|**71394.58**|**51679.18**|
|||||
|**non-monetary assets for**
**charity own use**|land and buildings(insurance valuation)|499,841|396699|
||boats and marine equipment(insurance valuation)|64685|69739|
||scoutingequipment(insurance valuation)|42175|42175|
||**total**|**606,701**|**508613**|
|||||
|**liabilities**|cheques issues and notyetpresented|nil|nil|
||expenses incurred but notyet invoice|nil|nil|
||**total**|**nil**|**nil**|
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## **Independent examiners report**
I report to the trustees of 5th Woodbridge Sea Scouts (charity number 268265) on the accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with 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 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner’s statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm 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:
- accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or
- the accounts do not accord with the accounting records
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed: Date: 21/6/24
Name:
Professional Qualifications: Chartered Certified Accountant
Address: 20 Hercules Road, Rendlesham, Suffolk IP12 2GP
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## **Budget* for the 12month period to 31st March 2024 Essential Running Costs**
## **Proposed Budget for 2024-25**
|**budget for 2024-25**|||
|---|---|---|
||**association fees**|**10000**|
|**premises**|light heat water|1100|
||insurance|1200|
||repairs and renewals|3000|
||**totalpremises**|**5300**|
|**boats**|insurance|2900|
||mooring,runningcosts,repairs,renewal|4000|
||**total boats**|**6900**|
|**capital equipment**|tents and camping|1000|
||Books and badges|3700|
||**total capital equipment**|**4700**|
|**other**|admins/establishment expenses|150|
||trustees expense|nil|
||personal accident insurance|52|
||training|500|
||**total other**|**702**|
||dayto dayactivities|**4000**|
||**total essential running costs**|**31602**|
||||
|**estimated income**|subscriptions|22505|
||gift aid|4000|
||rent of hall|4000|
||fundraising|1000|
||**total**|**31505**|
||||
£
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## **Appendix A Accounts relating to Debenside Explorer Unit**
Lloyds Bank Sort code 309985 Account 5101676
## **Statement of Assets & Liabilities at 31st March 2024**
|||**thisyear**|**previous**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|
|monetaryassets|bank current account|196.47|701.64|
||cash in hand|nil|nil|
||other monetaryassets|nil|nil|
||**net monetary assers**|**196.47**|**701.64**|
|non-monetaryassets|investment assets|nil|nil|
||land and buildings|nil|nil|
||boats and marine equipment|nil|nil|
||scoutingequipment|nil|nil|
||**total non-monetary assets**|**nil**|**nil**|
|liabilities|cheques issued notyetpresented|nil|nil|
||expenses incurred notyet invoiced|nil|nil|
||**net liabilities**|**nil**|**nil**|
|transactions|fundraising|nil|nil|
||receipts for activities|3883.29|6218.56|
||Receipts for kit|663.50||
||receipts for subs|90|45|
||payments for kit|841|nil|
||Transfer to 5WSS for subs|90||
||payments for activities|4210.96|6184.06|
||**net receipts(payments)**|**-505.17**|**79.5**|
Transactions relating to Debenside Explorer unit included in 5[th] Woodbridge accounts during year 31[st] March 2024:
|||**Thisyear**|**Previous**
**year**|
|---|---|---|---|
|subscriptions collected from explorers||2835|2115|
||association fees|-1366|-1065|
||OSM|-43|-43|
||badges|-57.25|-14.62|
||tent contribution|nil|315|
||camp/activitycosts|-416.4|Nil|
||camp/activityfees collected|318|nil|
||use of hall and equipment|-1270.35|-1328.48|
||**Balance**|**nil**|**nil**|
**Groups and Districts Receipts & Payments Form (Single-fund) C** 18