**Trustees' Annual Report for the period** **From** Period start date Period end date 1[st] April 2024 31[st] March 2025 **To** ## Section A Reference and administration details 1[[st]] Cowfold Scout Group **Charity name** 1[[st]] Cowfold Scout Group **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number (if any)** 271544 **Charity's principal address** 50 Acorn Avenue Cowfold Horsham **Postcode RH13 8RT** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Steve Sims|Chair||| ||Nicholas Reynolds|Treasurer||| ||Sarah Cooper|Deputy Group
Leader||| ||Suzanne Redford|Treasurer||| ||Angie Bell|Secretary||| ||Ellen Clare Barker|GroupLeader||| ||KayBlackwell|Parent rep||| ||Ian Jewell|Treasurer||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| **Names of the trustees for the charity, if any, (for example, any custodian trustees)** **Name Dates acted if not for whole year** March **2012** **TAR** 1 ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of adviser Name Address Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** ## **Section B Structure, governance and management** ## **Description of the charity’s trusts** Type of governing document (eg. trust deed, constitution) How the charity is constituted Constitution Association - (eg. trust, association, company) Trustee selection methods Elected - (eg. appointed by, elected by) ## **Additional governance issues (Optional information)** Governance complies with the instructions and processes of the Scouts You **may choose** to include Association of the UK additional information, where relevant, about: - policies and procedures adopted for the induction and training of trustees; - the charity’s organisational structure and any wider network with which the charity works; - relationship with any related parties; - trustees’ consideration of major risks and the system and procedures to manage them. ## **Section C Objectives and activities** Education/training and other charitable purposes for children and young adults **Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document** March **2012** **TAR** 2 5 groups and leaders meet weekly during term time for activities that lead to awards (badges). Developing their skills to help them progress into adulthood. **Summary of the main activities undertaken for the public benefit in relation to these objects (include within this section the statutory declaration that trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit)** ## **Additional details of objectives and activities (Optional information)** Fund raising and other charitable activities are held 3 to 5 times per year. This has included xmas tree and stall at the annual cowfold village fete. Family fun day You **may choose** to include further statements, where relevant, about: - policy on grantmaking; - policy programme related investment; - contribution made by volunteers. March **2012** **TAR** 3 ## Section D Achievements and performance 2024-25 **Summary of the main** We have had an active programme of events, and each section has had **achievements of the charity** weekly meetings and days out. **during the year** Overnight camps for four of the sections. March **2012** **TAR** 4 ## **Section E Financial review** The group hold a reasonable reserve of fund, should any urgent work be **Brief statement of the** required on the scout hut or equipment. Replacement of camping **charity’s policy on reserves** equipment is being looking at **Details of any funds materially** none **in deficit** ## **Further financial review details (Optional information)** You **may choose** to include additional information, where relevant about: - the charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising); - how expenditure has supported the key objectives of the charity; - investment policy and objectives including any ethical investment policy adopted. ## **Section F Other optional information** ## **Section G Declaration** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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**Full name(s)** Ellen Barker **Position (eg Secretary, Chair,** Group Lead Volunteer **etc) Date** 12/05/2026 March **2012** **TAR** 5 Provisional , subject to independent verification Section A Receipts and payments A1 Receipts Fundraising Donations / Grants Badges Subscriptions Camps and Trips Uniform / Hut Hire Misc (Cash deoposit/Credits) Interest Sub total(Gross income for AR) A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table). Sub total Total receipts A3 Payments Suscriptions - Group / Capitation Uniform Group general expenses Equipment Camps and Trips Fundraising Costs Premises expenses Misc Sub total A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table) Sub total Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) A5 Transfers between funds A6 Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end Page 1 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Categories B1 Cash funds B2 Other monetary assets B3 Investment assets B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use B5 Liabilities Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees Page 2 Charity Name 1st Cowfold Scout Group Receipts and payments accounts For the period from |Charity Name
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Receipts and payments accounts||| |---|---|---| |For the period from||Period start date| |||1st April 2024| |Unrestricted funds||Restricted funds| |to the nearest £||to the nearest £| ||1502|-| ||2299|-| |-||-| ||12287|-| ||9671|-| |-||-| |||-| ||436|-| ||26195|-| |-||-| |-||-| |-||-| ||26195|-| ||7683|-| ||648|-| ||4538|-| ||301|-| ||13001|-| ||536|| ||2167|| |||-| |||-| |||-| ||28874|-| |-||-| |-||-| |-||-| ||28874|-| ||-2679|-| |-||-| ||24445|-| ||21766|-| Page 3 ## Details LBG Current Account LBG InstantSavings LBG 32-day notice Total cash funds (agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details Details Details Details Signature N C Reynolds Page 4 No (if any) 271544 ## To Period end date 31st March 2025 |Endowment funds|Total funds|| |---|---|---| |to the nearest £|to the nearest £|| |-||1502| |-||2299| |-|-|| |-||12287| |-||9671| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-||436| |-||26195| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-||26195| |-||7683| |-||648| |-||4538| |-||301| |-||13001| |||536| |||2167| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-||28874| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-|-|| |-||28874| |-||-2679| |-|-|| |-||24445| |-||21766| Page 5 |Unrestricted funds|Restricted funds| |---|---| |to nearest £|to nearest £| |1777|-| |8086|-| |28292|-| ||-| ||-| |38154|-| |Agreement Error|OK| |Unrestricted funds|Restricted funds| |to nearest £|to nearest £| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |-|-| |Fund to which asset belongs|Cost (optional)| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| |Fund to which asset belongs|Cost (optional)| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| |Fund to which liability relates|Amount due (optional)| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| ||-| |Print Name|| |Nicholas Reynolds|| Page 6 CC16a Last year to the nearest £ 2039 264 54 23060 944 7 - 99 26467 - - 26467 11645 1568 3837 197 7019 - 4992 162 - - 29420 - 29420 -2953 - 27398 24445 Page 7 Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - OK Endowment funds to nearest £ - - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - Current value (optional) - - - - - - - - - When due (optional) Date of approval 12/05/26 Page 8 ## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts** **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees** Charity Name 1st Cowfold Scout Group **On accounts for the year** 31 March 2025 **Charity no** 271544 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2025. **Responsibilities and** As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. **Independent** I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have **examiner's statement** come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: - the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or - the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or - the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. 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:** Lucy Anne Poleykett **Date:** 17/05/2026 **Name:** Lucy Anne Poleykett **Relevant professional** ACA (ICAEW) **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 17 The Hemsleys Pease Pottage, West Sussex RH11 9BX 1 **Oct 2018** **IER** ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**