## ## ## ## ## ## |||||SORP reference|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary||ofthe purposes of||Para 1.17|Ninth Dartford Scout Group is atrust| |the charity as set out|||in its||established
under Scouting rules (see| |governing||document|||detail on the background
on this point in| ||||||the Governance
section later in this| ||||||report) and its purpose isthat which is| ||||||common to all scouts. The Aim ofThe| ||||||Scout, Association
isto promote the| ||||||development
ofyoung people in| ||||||achieving their full physical,
intellectual,| ||||||social and spiritual
potentials, as| ||||||individuals,
as responsible
citizens and| ||||||as members oftheir local national and| ||||||international
communities.
The method| ||||||ofachieving the Aim ofthe Association| ||||||is by providing
an enjoyable and| ||||||attractive scheme ofprogressive| ||||||training,
based on the Scout Promise| ||||||and Law and guided
by adult leadership.| |Summary
ofthe main
activities
in relation tothose
purposes forthe public
benefit,
in particular,
the
activities, projects or
services identified
in the
accounts.||||Para 1.17and
1.19|As with other Scout Groups
Ninth
Dartford has the aim ofpromoting
the
development
ofyoung people by
providing
an enjoyable and attractive
scheme ofprogressive
learning
based
on the scout promise and law. The hut is
used for functions
and as a base, the| ||||||former isas diverse as visits from| ||||||services such as the fire brigade,| ||||||interest groups such as animal keepers,| ||||||sieepovers
and learning
new skills such| ||||||as cooking. The equipment -we are| ||||||scouts, so think tents and camping- is| ||||||now in containers,
which has allowed us| ||||||to increase the available space in the| ||||||hut for use at meetings.| ||||||Like other groups the hut had closed| ||||||during
Covid, reopening
during this year| ||||||with Government
and Council support.| ## |||Covid had a profound
effect on our| |---|---|---| |||activities during
his year. Having| |||reopened
in accordance within| |Summary
ofthe main
achievements
ofthe charity,|Para 1.20|government
guidelines
we not only
resumed
providing
the activities| |identifying
the difference the||mentioned
elsewhere
in this report but| |charity's
work has made to||we made substantial
changes to the| |the circumstances
of its
beneficiaries
and any wider||grounds
and expanded the group to
include Squirrel,
bringing
scouting to4| |benefits to society as a||to 6year olds forthe first time.| |whole.||| ## |Financ|i|al|Review|Review|Review|Review|Review|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Review||of|the charity's|||||||Para 1.21|This review takes the form ofthe annual|| |financial||position|||at||the|end|||accounts, which have been provided to|| |ofthe period|||||||||||the charity Commission
and show|that| ||||||||||||the charity is solvent and has sufllcient|| ||||||||||||reserves. But must be considered|in| ||||||||||||accordance with other information|in| ||||||||||||this section.|| |Statement|||explaining||||the|||Para 1.22|The policy isto hold reserves ofat least|| |policy for holding|||||reserves||||||K3,000,su%cient to cover at least three|| |statin|wh|||the|are||held||||months essential
runnin
costs.|| |Amount||of|reserves||||held|||Para 1.22|The balance sheet shows K35,342.|This| ||||||||||||isas a result offunds from Covid restart|| ||||||||||||and other Covid grants being held|to| ||||||||||||allow the group to; keep the weekly|| ||||||||||||subs attheir present rate forat least|| ||||||||||||another year; cover the costof|| ||||||||||||increased cleaning
and other Covid|| ||||||||||||related costs; develop the grounds|so| ||||||||||||that they can be used for more outdoor|| ||||||||||||activities (Covid safety) and to improve|| ||||||||||||the fuel efllciency ofthe premises.|Much| ||||||||||||ofthis work was done in the year to|| ||||||||||||March 2023.|| |Reasons||for holding|||||zero|||Para 1.22|Not applicable|| |reserves||||||||||||| |Details
concern|offund materially||||||||in|Para 1.24|Not applicable|| |deficit||||||||||||| |Explanation||||ofany||||||Para 123|There are none.|| |uncertainties||||about the||||||||| |charity|continuing|||||as a going||||||| |Additional|||information|||||toptional)||||| |You ma||choose to||||include|||further statements||where relevant about|| ||||||||||||Forthis year itwas a Covid restart|grant| ||||||||||||along with a grant from Children
In|| |The charity's||||principal|||||||Need. The latter was received towards|| |sources||of|funds||(including|||||Para 1 47|the end ofthe year so,as with the earlier|| |any fundraising)|||||||||||Covid grant, whilst most was spent|in| ||||||||||||this year some will be seen in the 2023|| ||||||||||||accounts.|| |Investment
objMives|||policy and
induding
any|||||||Para 1.46||| |social investment|||||policy|||||||| |adopted||||||||||||| ||||||||||||The Group Executive Committee
has|| ||||||||||||identiSed the major risks|| |A description||||ofthe principal||||||Para 1.46|to which they believe the Group is|| |risks facing|||the charity||||||||exposed, these have been reviewed|and| ||||||||||||systems have been established
to|| ||||||||||||mitigate against them. The main areas of|| ||||||||||||concern that have been identified are:|| |Damage tothe building,
property
and|Damage tothe building,
property
and|| |---|---|---| |equipment.
The Group would request||| |the use ofbuildings,
properly and||| |equipment
from neighbouring||| |organisations
such as the church,||| |community
centre and other Scout||| |Groups. Similar reciprocal||| |arrangements
exist with these||| |organisations.
The Group has suf5cient||| |buildings
and contents insurance
in||| |place to mitigate against permanent||| |loss.||| |Injury to leaders, helpers, supporters||| |and members. The Group through
the||| |capitation fees contributes tothe Scout||| |Associations
national accident||| |insurance
policy. Risk Assessments||are| |undertaken
before all activities.||| |Reduced income from fund raising. The||| |Group is primarily
reliant upon income||| |from subscriptions
and fundraising.|The|| |group does hold a reserve to ensure|the|| |continuity
ofactivities should there be a||| |major reduction
in income. The||| |Committee
could raise the value of||| |subscriptions
to increase the income||to| |the group on an ongoing basis, either||| |temporarily
or permanently
but as||| |covered elsewhere
in this report a||| |decision has been made to use Covid||| |grants,
in part, to keep the subs at||| |current levels until at least April 2023.||| |Reduction or loss ofleaders. The group||| |is totally reliant upon volunteers
to run||| |and administer
the activities ofthe||| |group. Ifthere was a reduction
in the||| |number ofleaders to an||| |unacceptable
level in a particular||| |section orthe group as awhole then||| |there would have to be acontraction,||| |consolidation
orclosure ofasection.||In| |the worst case scenario the complete||| |closure ofthe Group.||| |Reduction or loss ofmembers. As at||31| |INarch 2022 the group provided||| |activities for all young people aged 4to
18.Itstoll does. Ifthere was a reduction||| |in membership
in a particular section||or| |the group as whole then there would||| |have to be a contraction,
consolidation||| |orclosure ofasection. In the worst case||| |scenario the complete closure ofthe||| |Group.||| Other ## |Description|ofchanty's||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |trusts:|||||| |Type ofgoverning
document||Para 1.25|The Groups governing
documents
are
those ofthe Scout Association .They||.| ||||consist ofa Royal Charter,|which in|| ||||turns gives authority tothe|Bye Laws|of| ||||the Association
and The Policy,||| ||||Organisation
and Rules of|The Scout|| ||||Association.||| |How isthe charity||Para 1.25|The Group isatrust established
under||| |constituted?|||its rules which are common|to all scouts|| |Trustee selection methods||Para 1.25|The Trustees are appointed|in|| |including
details ofany|||accordance with the Policy|Organisation|| |constitutional|provisions e.g.||and Rules ofthe Scout Association||| |election to post or name of|||||| |any person|or body entitled||||| |to appoint one or more|||||| |trustees|||||| |trustees||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Additional|information|(optional)||| |You ma|choose to indude further statements||where relevant about|| ||||The Group is managed
by the Group|| ||||Executive Committee, the members|of| |Policies and procedures
adopted forthe induction||Para 1.51|which are the 'Charity Trustees' ofthe
Scout Group which is an educational|| |and training oftrustees|||charity. 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.|| ||||The Committee consists of3|| ||||independent
representatives,|| ||||Chair, Treasurer and Secretary together|| ||||with the Group Scout|| ||||Leaders, individual
section leaders and|| ||||parent's
representation|| ||||and meets every 2months.|| ||||This Group Executive Committee exists|| ||||tosupport the Group|| ||||Scout Leader in meeting the|| ||||responsibilities
ofthe appointments|| ||||and is responsible
d'or:|| ||||The maintenance
ofGroup property;|| ||||The raising offunds and the|| ||||administration
ofGroup finance;|| ||||The insurance ofpersons, property|and| ||||equipment;|| ||||Group public occasions;|| ||||Assisting
in the recruitment
ofleaders|| ||||and other adult su
rt;|| ## |ame|s ofthe charrly trus|tees who manage the|charity|||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Trustee name|OIVice (ifany)|Dates acted ifnot forwhole
f|Name
to a|ofperson (orbody) entitled
oint trustee
ifan|| ||Gavin Wells|Chair||||| ||Neil Gearing|Group Manager||||| ||Philip Hamblin|Group Treasurer||||| ||Shaun Ford|Trustee||||| ||Wilson|Trustee||||| ||Couchman|||||| ||Paul Warner|Trustee||||| ||Desmond
Harris|Trustee||||| ||Pauline
Daly|Trustee||||| ||Julie Southcott|Trustee||||| |10|Jack Ford|Trustee||||| |11||||||| |12||||||| |13||||||| |14||||||| |15||||||| |16||||||| |17||||||| |18||||||| |19||||||| |20||||||| ## ## ## |The tru|stees declare th|at they have approved the|trustees
report aove.| |---|---|---|---| |Signed|on behalf ofthe|charity's trustees|| ||Signature(s)||| ||Full name(s)|Philip John Hamblin|Jim. Glfbfefkka dtMIA| |Position|(eg Secretary,
Chair, etc)|Treasurer|| ||Date|22 January 2023|| ## ## ## ## |Opening|funds|36,522|Assets||Closing funds||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Income||38,680|New equipment
coals|8,069|Deposit account|87|| |Expenses||39,860|Hall improvement
costs|14,768|Current accounts|34,723|| |Decrease|in funds|-3,338|Taken to P+Laccount|22,837|Cash and cheques inhand|532|| |Closing funds||35,342|Net improvement
costs|0||35,342|| |Signed|.......||Philip Hamblin||Date||Treasurer| ||||Page 2of2||||| ## ## ## ##