Greater London North SCO County Tntstees. Annual Report fr>r the year ended 31 December 2021 Trustees The trustees are deemed to be the members of the County Executive for the time being. Those who have seNed in this capactty during the last year and to the date of this report are as follows. Andrew Wellbeloved (Chair) Andrew Donn ICQ Thomas Graham Rebecca Smith Brian Hosier rrreasurer} John Nelson {Secretaryl Ben Hardcastie (from 06.07.211 Joshua Olins (from 06.07.211 The principal address of the chartty for correspondence purposes is County Office Scout Park Gordon Road London Nll 2PB Structure• governan and management The County's governing documents are those of The Scout Association. They consist of a RoyaL Charter, which in tuffl gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and The PoLicy. Organisation and RuLes of the ScoutAssociation. The County is a trust established under rules which are common to all Scouts. It is also a Registered Charity in its own right number 272028. The Trustees are appointed in accordan wtth the Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association. The County is managed by the County Executive Committee. the members of which are the 'Charity Trustees. of the County which 15 an educational diarity. As charity trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to chartties. This includes the registration. keeping proper accounts and making rethrns to the Charity Commission as appropriate. The Committ& consists of the Chairman. Treasurer and Secretary together with the County Commissioner and up to 10 other members. Of the 10 other members half are appointsd by the County Scout Council and the other half are nominated by the County Commissioner and approved by the County Scout Council both at the AGM. The Executive Commtttee exists to support the County Commissioner in tneeting the responsibilibes of the appointment and is responsible for.
The maintenance of County propety. The deveLopment of the County", The training of leaders and administrator& The raising of fijnds and the administration of County finan. The insurance of persons. propety and equipment County public occasions- Assisting in the recruwtment of leaders and other adult support Appointing any sub committees that may be required.. The Executive has two principal sub-committees to assist with these responsibiLities,' the Finance sub-commrttee and an Appointments Advisory Committee and Ix)th meet as required. The Executs"ve itself meets quarterLy. Risk and internal Contml The County has in place systems of internal controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against material mismanagement or loss. These include two signatortes for aLI payments and comprehensive insurance poLiaes to ensure that insurable risks are covered. Principal risks facing the County are as follow& Exposure to financial Loss from events - mitigated by a robust Events Approval pro$5 Reputational damage from adverse press coverage- mitigated by the use of a County Public Relations officer in contart with locaL Press and the Scout Association media team Reduced income from a fall in membership in our component Districts which provide the major part of our income-mitigated bythe supportand training of voLunteer Scout Leaders to enable a challenging, vigorous and appeaLing programme for young peopLe. Objectives and artivities The objectives of the County are as a untt of The Scout Association. The Aim of The Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physicaL intellectuaL social and spiritual potentials as individuals. as responsible cit12ens and as members of their locaL national and international communities. The method of achieving the Aim of the Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractrve scheme of progressive training. based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership. In the County of Greater London North our objectives are currently as follows:
To make quality ScoLrting available to every young person in the catchment area of the County. regardless of gender. race. ethnioty. religion or disability. To ensure that every Scout Group offers the opportunity for young people aged 6 to 25 to progress through the Scout sections in a dearty identifiable way, either within their Group. orthrough formaL arrangemerts wtth other Scout Groups and District and County led provisions. To conbnuaLly'quality assure. the quaLity of Scouting in every Scout Group. To continuously recruit and retsin adult leaders and heLpers. To maintain a quality programme of aduLttraining and development. To build strong teams of aduLts who wiLi deliver the County's objectives. The County supports the work done in Groups and Districts in deLivering the programme by: Delivering the national modular adult training schem Supporting and promoting participation in national and internationaL events. Providing Leadership and guidan both for District Managers and those who manage specific sections within districts. Providing County-wide events and competitions, e.g. handicrafts, camping. water activities. hiLL waLking and dimbing etc Liaising with other Scout Counties to share resources and good practice. Achievements and Perforniance 2021 was another difficultand challenging yearforthe County duetothe ongoing Covid pandemic. This wasevident in the County's 2021 census dats which showed a 20% drop in both the number of adult volunteers and the nLJmber of young people within the County. ALthough significant this was still in Line with the National average and better than the census drop in other comparative Scout Counties. The coronavirus readiness level for youth groups continued to change throughout the year. however. at the time of wrtting. we are pleased to reportthat the majority of Covid restrictions have now been lifted which has allowed us to resume all of our Scouting achvibes, including residential events. For Groups who were facing partrcular hardship foLlowing the pandemic funding was made available and the County Membership Subscription was also waived for a second year running. with County expenses being funded fully from County resetves. In the spring of 2021. HQ launched a National volunteer recruitment campaign named
GoodForYou. A series of online volunteer recruitment workshops were run by HQ
which were very well attended. GLN pushed the campaign locaLly too.
In April 2021. a proposaL to recruit a County Development Team to support programme delivery and volunteer induction across the County was approved by the County Executive, and in August 2021. we were pleased to welcome James Mickley as our Development Team Lead Offir and in January 2022. Linda Royies as our Development Team Assistant During the first few weeks of his appointment James provided support to Barnet Borough Scout District who were running a HAF projett IHoLiday. Attivity & Food) to encourage young people from deprived areas into Scouting. Following its success and the approval of our application for a £5,000 Jack Petchey Relgnits Grant in December 2021. James. together with EnfieLd Scout District's DC Katie Davis. have been working together to deliver a similar project in Enfield during the Easter holidays. The DeveLopment Team are working closely with all Districts in the County to support voLunteerrecruitment lincludingtsking their roadshowto Countyand Districteventsl and are also busy setting up missing sections within existing Groups. They are aLso focusing on setting up new Groups in undeePresented and deprived communities within the County. AIL Groups are invited and encouraged to ask for their help and suppo In April 2021. Jackie Hartog was appointed GLN Jack Petchey Coordinator and the Jack Petchey Achievement Award scheme was reLaunched in the County. This Led to 117 young people being recognised for their achievements in 2021 and £29,250 worth of funding being paid out across the County. 14 Jack Petchey Leader Awards were also awarded during 2021, the first time that Leader Awards have been given out in the County since 2017. The Jack Petchey Award ceremony for 2021 was cancelled due to the pandemic and the 2022 ceremony has been postponed. The County Training Team. led by Chris Nagle, worked very hard during the pandemic to put together an online training programme for all volunteers, including First Aid. Jointly with Dc's, there was also a major push to ensure fuLI mandatory training compliance, especially Safety and Safeguarding. Currently less than 5% of adults remain outstanding in their 2 modules - HQ are putting a much greater emphasis on 100% compliance so we still have work to do. Another bumper year of Queen's Scout Awards were given out during 2021 which is a remarkable achievement given that many were accomplished during a period of Covid restrictions. Our thanks go to Chris 'Fozzy' Foster. ACC 14-25. for driving this forward. In August 2021, we were aLso thriLled to award a young person, Nathan Goodwin. from North London Scout DistricL an Award for Meritorious Conduct Nathan is just one of four people in the County who hold this award currently. Many aduLt volunteers were also recognised in 2021 through our Adult Good Service Awards. including 4 Silver WoLfs (Steve Smith, Chris 'Fozzy' Foster. Michael Hayward and GILL Jonesl and 6 Bar to Silver Acoms IMaLcoLm Rush, Judy Turner. Roger Turner. Clive Halley, BILI Taylor and CoLin Kirk). Two 60 year Long Service Award5 were also awarded (to Alan Lanstein and to Brian Hosier) and the County's Vice-PresidenL Vin Reming. was also awarded remarkabLe 70 year Long Service Award in JULY 2021.
We were delighted to be able to hold the Chiltern 20 and Southern 50 events again, with the C20taking place in October2021 andthe Southern 50 tsking place in February 2022, both of which were very well attended. A very successful ExpLorer HiLiwalking event also took place in Snowdonia in October 2021. the first of what we hope WILL become an annual event for Explorer Scouts in GLN. 2021 saw HQ'S launch of a new Early Years Section for 4-6 year olds initialLy named 'Hedgehogs' which was piloted in the County at 16th Wood Green. FolLowing HQ'S formal launch of the new Section, the name of the Section was changed to SquirreLs and Dan Turek was appointed as the County's Squirrels Advisor to help support Groups within the County who were looking to set up a Squirrels Section. We now have 10 Squirrel "dreys. 16th Wood Green and 9th MusweLL Hill. In November 2021, the County Commissioner. Andrew Donn, oversaw a selection event for the 25th World Scout Jamboree. South Korea. tWSJ231. where an unprecedented number of young people applied to take part 54 young people were eventually selected from nearly 300 applicants which shows a clear desire amongst young people to take part in international scouting. John Nelson was appointed as the Unit Leader for WSJ23 who. with S others. formed the Unit Leadership Team. During what was a very challenging year. our thanks and gratitude go out to our inspirational team of leaders and volunteers who worked tirelessly and creativeLy to adapt their programmes, activities and events so that they were able to be delivered in Line with Government guidelines. It was due to their support and dedication that we were able to keep Scouting alive under very difficult c1rcumstsn$. Public Benefrt In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind atour trustee meetings the Charity Commission guidance on public benefit Membership of the Scout Association, and therefore of the County. is open to all, no matter what background. faith. gender, or personal arcumstances. Subscriptions payable to local groups are minimal and noyoung person would be prevented from joining ifthey were unable to pay this subscription. Grants are available at Group. District and County level to assist aLI young people to fully participate in all attivitie Plans for the Future FoLlowing 18 months of Covid unrtainty. we have now begun to see a F)ositive resurgence in the number of young people who are either returning to Scouting or are signing up to Scouting for the first time and we expect this trend to continue over the
coming year. We are mindfuL however, thatfor some of our existing volunteers. this may not be the case. with some Leaders deciding not to return to Scouting F)OSt-covid. With the help and the support of the Development Team. we are pushing forward with our volunteer recruilJnent drive. with more roadshows being planned for the coming year. We are also making headway with the Launch of some new Sections and Groups across the County. Following the carscellation of the Windsor Castle ceLebration in 2020 and 2021, we are pleased to reportthatthisyear's celebration WILL be going ahead. In April 2022. Queen's Scout Award Holders for 2019 and 2020 will be invited. SiLver Wolf Award Holders for 2019 and 2020 and Meritorious, Gallanty and CornwelL Badge Award Holders for 2019. 2020 and 2021 wiLi also be invited to attend. In May 2022. the County WILL aLso be hosting a Celebration Meal to which all Queen's Scout Award Holders from 2019, 2020 and 2021 will be inmted. On the Ist-3rd April 2022. GLN WILL be holding a Nights Away Permit and Assessor Training weekend at Scout Parl to help Leaders learn or refresh themselves on the skills required to run residential experiences. In May 2022, a NationaL Transformation Conference named "Basecamp22" will also be taking pla in Manchester to enable key volunteers to prepare forthe changes and the chaLlenges ahead. And in Mayljune 2022, a variety of events will be tsking place across the County to celebrate the Queen's PLatinum Jubilee. including District Camps and a family day at Frith Grange which will include a town crier competition. a night at the Frith Proms and the Lighting of the Beacon. Financial activities and results Our General Fund reIPts in the year extseded expenditure by £35.102. A transfer of £11,028 has been made to thejamboree Designated Fund to support future Jamborees. The General Fund now stands at £156.014 and with a minimum of Liabilrties this Fund is considered satisfartory and sufficient for foreseeable need& The total of Designated Funds has increased by £1.758 and with the transfer mentioned above now stsnds at £58.315. Restricted Funds include specificfundraising forthejamboree wtth a baLance of £15,592 at the year end. This includes a balance of £4.984 from Eurojam. an event which had to be cancelled during the year, to make sure this money is used for adventurous attivities. During the year we have continued to receive achievement award grants from the Jack Petchey Foundation. in totsl £29,250. and these have alL been paid out to groups and leaders in the County to assist with further activitie& We are most grateful to the
Foundation for this continuing support and generosity to young rkople associatsd with our group& Investment Powers Policy and Perfornian It is a requirement of POR IPoLicy Organisation and Rules) that funds not immediatsly required by the County are transferred into a suttable investment vehicle permitted by POR. The County's policy is to invest in bank deposit accounts induding the Charities Official Investment Fund and CAF. ReseThs ReseNe5 can be considered as the baLance on our General Fund. It has been agreed that this figure should not fall below £50.000 and although currently more than that it is experted to faLLto this LeveL overthe next 2 year& Voluntary Help Many voLunteers give of their time and tslents to support Scouting in Greater London North at Group. District and County leveL We are greatly indebted to these volunteers for their commitment and support Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by. Andrew INeLlbeloved Chairman 02 Febnjary 2022
GREATER LONDON NORTH SCOUT COUNTY Receipts and Payments Account Fortbe year tsYJANUARY 2021 31ST DECEMBER 2021 Receipts and payments 2021 2020 nd$ TrtaLfvnds Totallunds R•wpts onation embet5hip subscriptions Less. MemberShpEC5 paK4 on INatK)naVCoUntylAre3Ithrt) o4ttr 2336 184263 2J36 132336 139.280 Mt¥nberthi) gubsuytson Gauff NetmemberStripbscriptim5 fEtsined OonatiOn5 44163 $09 Other5imila¢ intiwne &Jbotsl 872 Grants latk Petchey 29.250 19.500 Subtotsl 250 Actwbtits Igrossl jamboree L616 EUrD1a¥r sthE 501Chiltem 20 8.907 Cub Camp RefuNI DofE Welcome pack5 otheradiillt5 ity) 4500 1260 2.570 1415 150 bt¢ytal 775 3&025 Inter 24 245 COIF interest Subtotsi 4.799 2.651 30 EOO.279 Asseiand itwestment saLe& etr 4799 Z651 255 Ir?9 Pase B 1 LT7[4)3 Scouts
GREATER LONDON NORTH SCOUT COUNTY Receipts and Payments Account To 31st D•cember 2021 2021 Receipts and payments 2021 2020 fvnds TO funds Totslfunds PaymeTrts Ch4ritablE P•yments Youth programme and artiVeS Eur0mI15T Adult supportandtrait)vJ Salary costs 415 4713 7.364 I961 7.511 1.525 IL773 L308 Jam6)ree Grnnts lack Prtc I96 2250 Oev4opMttw5eS Insurance 19.5(KJ 14542 J4542 476 T&Jm ExwnM5 Rtgional &Jbs Web hostine sit• DofE [Coe packs Errorcorr¢ded ID 2022 1400 2,156 576 ioi 1485 1383 AGM and room hire County OFfvce Sundries 175 121 70 •nk 192 120 5ubtotsL 39JOI 409 4&751 45.499 Donatlon$ L050 totsi Trtal Gm$5 Expenditure 39.901 409 48,?91 93,061 Prior y••r idluthentts wrlte off Totsl p•yments 4&751
3.061
4&Y9 Nrtof receipt(payMents) Transfers b•ts¥wi fimd¥ Csh funds Last •r end Cash fvnds this ye•reftd 95.102 L756 17.946 53,731 IL028 11.028 102.14 49,045 33,538 230.996 156.014 315 15.592 229.921 727 2 LT7003 Scouts
Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year 31st DECEMBER 2021 31-Dec-20 Totsl fvThds Total fvnds Cash knds Bank currEnt4CCOJnt- spetsfjc Bankdepositacccunt- COIF Atcounts 179 l¢f27 15.453 103.645 141512 20L494 51190 1&592 67.780 156.014 54315 15J92 Othw rnonetary4ssats DofE theques in hand prpaYts 2847Z7 2501 btotal Not) mon•t4ry a$sets forth•rfVs own u5• DofE Stock of bc% soo 1502 737 SubtDtsi 694 737 abNiti•s Amounts owing DepositsiKeived l¢xfuture thnt btotsl 694 1.055 1.055 G•Lieon SAS Closing lr• 1.720 121 8eawr Fund 1.599 315 Sout 501Chiltem 20 JlmbmFUl.lnrn•ltrB 315 7.311 1649 4,288 5.672 14.661 11.028 2&689 1&038 25.040 49.04S 13.679 4.409 58.315 Jk Peteh 2929) 29.250 825 825 Eurd•m 21192 1.468 18.676 JambN•4nDtsmational Events .4.984 10.521 4,984 15.59Z 33.538 30.5 48.751 15592 2022 •nd ¥ign•d on thr b•haif by Siwature Print Nome Andrew WeIlLVed . Chair Brian Hoster- Treasurer Pa9è 10 3 LT70CNX3 Sc¢)uts
INDEPENDEKT EXAMNER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES GREATER LONDON NoirrH SCOUT coupiry I report to Ihe ch• trustees on my examIt of tPB &cwJts of th8 charity for the year ended 31 December 2Iy21 whh e set out on ge$ 1 to 10. Rosponslbllities and basts of rwx>rt As the Charty's twstees ytw e responsiile preparation of accounts in accordance with the requremenls of the Chartties Art 2011 (Ihe Art). I rep)rt in resm ofrny examftiation ofthe clwty's carried out Secti 145 ofthe Act and in carrying out my eInati I have fdlcy•l all the applic8k4e DIreCti¢S given by the Charity Commiss under 8ecbon 145{5){b) of the Act. Independent Examlnerfs Statement I have corneted my &xamination. I confirn) that rL) matsria matters have e(xne to my attention in connection Ythh the examillati givirKJ me cause to tel.eve that in m4erial resFecl.' accoLmtirg recryds were rnt ket wi re¥ of chaity as Uired by stIC 130 of the Ac(" or 12) the aCcOts do mt aCYd with those re¢d5. Signed 1&&[6(L/ Heathw RaynerFCA........................... 31 Freston Gwd Bamet Herts EN4 9LX 10 2022 Page 11