## 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<br>|Electricity|-|1,999.54<br>||-|1,999.54<br>|
|-|1,243.00<br>|Gas|-|3,221.00<br>||-|3,221.00<br>|
|-|461.74<br>|Water|-|239.77<br>||-|239.77<br>|
|||Rates|-|213.03<br>||-|213.03<br>|
|-|2,043.55<br>|Insurance|-|2,066.85<br>||-|2,066.85<br>|
|||**Maintenance, Repairs and Renewals**||||||
|-|2,437.37<br>|Repairs and Renewals|-|6,045.81<br>||-|6,045.81<br>|
|-|48,061.04<br>|Replacement and decoration of two kitchens||||||
|-|3,515.44<br>|Cleaning including materials|-|1,995.83<br>||-|1,995.83<br>|
|||New Floor Cleaning Machine|-|3,032.68<br>||-|3,032.68<br>|
|||**Administration**||||||
|||Stationery||-|||-|
|-|240.00<br>|Website|-|120.00<br>||-|120.00<br>|
|-|347.23<br>|Broadband|-|326.99<br>||-|326.99<br>|
|-|63.84<br>|Accountancy Package|-|156.60<br>||-|156.60<br>|
|-|139.97<br>|General Expenses|-|45.00<br>||-|45.00<br>|
|**-**|**61,319.18**<br>|**TOTAL EXPENDITURE**|**-**|**19,463.10**<br>|**-**|**-**|**19,463.10**<br>|
|**-**|**37,841.92**<br>|**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)<br>Christian Schopp|
||Peter Saunders (Vice Chairman)<br>Russell Jones|
||David Hatton (Treasurer)<br>Peter Hapgood|
||James Parker (Secretary)<br>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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