2024-03-31-accounts

Battersea Scout Centre

Annual Report & Accounts

Year Ended 31st March 2024

Battersea Scout Centre Charity number 269205

Receipts and payments account for the year ended 31st March 2024

2022/23	2022/23				2023/24
Total funds			Unrestricted		Restricted	Total funds
	£	RECEIPTS		£
	42.20	Interest - Business Premium Account		172.80			172.80
	101.06	Interest- National Savings		613.29			613.29
	23,324.00	Hire of Centre		24,489.10			24,489.10
	10.00	Donations - Other		10.00			10.00
		Deposits held against regular users (Restricted)
	23,477.26	TOTAL RECEIPTS		25,285.19			25,285.19
		PAYMENTS
		Establishment
-	2,766.00	Electricity	-	1,999.54		-	1,999.54
-	1,243.00	Gas	-	3,221.00		-	3,221.00
-	461.74	Water	-	239.77		-	239.77
		Rates	-	213.03		-	213.03
-	2,043.55	Insurance	-	2,066.85		-	2,066.85
		Maintenance, Repairs and Renewals
-	2,437.37	Repairs and Renewals	-	6,045.81		-	6,045.81
-	48,061.04	Replacement and decoration of two kitchens
-	3,515.44	Cleaning including materials	-	1,995.83		-	1,995.83
		New Floor Cleaning Machine	-	3,032.68		-	3,032.68
		Administration
		Stationery		-			-
-	240.00	Website	-	120.00		-	120.00
-	347.23	Broadband	-	326.99		-	326.99
-	63.84	Accountancy Package	-	156.60		-	156.60
-	139.97	General Expenses	-	45.00		-	45.00
-	61,319.18	TOTAL EXPENDITURE	-	19,463.10	-	-	19,463.10
-	37,841.92	Net Increase/decrease in Year		5,822.09	-		5,822.09
	126,357.79	Bank balances brought forward at 1 April 2023		88,515.87	800.00		89,315.87
	89,315.87	Bank balances carried forward at 31 March 2024		94,337.96	800.00		95,137.96

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Battersea Scout Centre

Charity number 269205 Statement of assets and liabilities at 31 March 2024

31st March 2023	31st March 2023		31st March 2024
	Unrestricted funds
	Bank and cash balances
616.52	Current Account		552.52
9,206.36	Deposit Account		14,479.16
78,692.99	National Savings		79,306.28
88,515.87			94,337.96
	Restricted Funds
	Bank and cash balances
800.00	Deposit Account		800.00
	Total Bank and Cash Balances
89,315.87			95,137.96
	Other assets and liabilities
	Fixed Assets
763,718.00	Leasehold Premise - Insurance value		778,229.00
105,550.00	Equipment - Insurance value		105,550.00
	Current Assets
456.76	Wandsworth Borough Council - Rates	for 2024/25	330.59
	paid early.
	Clive Reynolds Renovations		650.00
	Current Liabilities
800.00	Deposits held against regular users (Restricted)		800.00
	Terms of lease - 99 Years from 25th March 1973.
	Ground Rent from 25th March 2006 for 33 years is higher
	of £100 per annum or market rent for	the premises
	as it is used as a Scout Headquarters.
Approved by the	Trustees on: 24th April 2024
	______	____
	Clive Reynolds - Chair	Peter Saunders - Vice	Chair

Accounting policies

These accounts have been prepared on a receipts and payments basis.

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Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of Battersea Scout Centre

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of Battersea Scout Centre (the Centre) for the year ended 31st March 2024

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the Centre 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 Centre’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent examiner's Report

I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:

1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Centre as required by section 130 of the Act; or

2. The accounts do not accord with those records.

I have no concerns 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:

Name Michael Merritt Relevant professional qualification or body FCA Address 87 Worcester Road Chichester West Sussex PO19 5EB

Date:

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Battersea Scout Centre

Trustees' annual report for the year ended 31 March 2024

Address	Battersea Scout Centre
	15 Wickersley Road
	London SW11 5QS
Trustees	Clive Reynolds (Chairman) Christian Schopp
	Peter Saunders (Vice Chairman) Russell Jones
	David Hatton (Treasurer) Peter Hapgood
	James Parker (Secretary) Helen Oakley
Appointment of trustees	Trustees are recruited from persons who are familiar with the aims and policies of the charity
	and have appropriate skills, knowledge and experience to undertake specific roles.
Correspondence address:	Clive Reynolds, 30 Broadhurst Gardens, Reigate, Surrey RH2 8AW
Bankers:	Barclays
Charity Registration Number:	269205
Web site:	http://www.batterseascoutcentre.org.uk
Independent Examiner	Michael Merritt FCA
Constitution:	Royal Charter dated 4 January 1912 and declaration of trust dated 17 July 1972
Objects	The object of the Charity is to provide a meeting place for the development of young people to help them achieve their full physical,
	intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.
Public Benefit	The Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit. Our charity's aim
	is to help and educate young people through their leisure time or educational activities. Continued improvement
	work has been undertaken at the Centre to improve the premises and to ensure that the health and safety
	requirements are met. We have regular groups of Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorer Scouts using the centre and
	when they are not, local community groups make use of the property.
Achievements	The past twelve months have seen the Trustees continue to improve the centre. The entrance doors to the centre have been repainted
	as have the windows and porch ceiling. In addition, the Trustees have had an EICR Survey done and as a result the electrical consumer unit
	was replaced as well as a PIR Security Light installed in the car park. The electrics were then given a complete health check and any faults
	corrected. Last, but not least the Trustees agreed the purchse of two machines to clean the hall floor. All in all, the Trustees are very pleased with
	their years work.
Reserves	The Trustees can confirm that the Battersea Scout Centre has at least one year's running costs in reserve.
Trustees expenses	One Trustee, Mr Reynolds was appointed with Charity Commission guidance to clean the hall for two hours a day, five days a week, for which his
	company, C W Reynolds Renovations duly received £1950.00, but is still owed a further £650 as his invoice was delayed. His company was paid
	£3.450 for the year 2022/23 of which £850 was owed from the previous year.

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