Greater London North Scout County TNstees' Annual Report for the year end¢d 31 December 2025 Trustees The Trustees who have served in this capacty during the last year and to the date of this report are as follows. Andrew Donn (County Lead Volunteer) john Nelson (Chairl Brian Hosier Thomas Graham julie 8on rrreasurer. appointed 17.09.251 Gurkiran Duggal (Appointed 24.06.251 Claudette Ward (Appointed 24.06.251 Chris Stèvenson Ito 24.06.251 The principal address of the charity for corresporKlence purposes is County Office Scout Park Gordon Road London Nll 2PB Structure. gavernance •nd manag•m¢nt The County's governing documents are those of The Scout Associats'on. They consist of Royal Charter, which in turn gives authorty to the Bye Laws of the Association and The Policy, Or9anisation and Rulcs of tho Scout Association. 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 accordante with the Policy. Organisation and Rule5 01 The Stout Association. The County is manèged by The Trustee Board, the members of which are the 'Charity Trustee5' of the County which is an educational charity. As charity trustees they are responsible foi complying with legislation applicable to chartties. This includes the registration. keeping proper accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as appropriate. The Board consists of the Chairman and Treasurer together with the County Lead Volunteer and up to nine other members, to make a trustee board of between five and twelve people. agreed at tho AGM. These members are either appointed at the AGM or by the County Scout Council or co-opted by the Trustee 8oard. The number of co-opted members will not exceed the actual number of appointed members, pxcluding the Chair and Treasurer.
The Board exists to 5UPPOrt the County Lead Volunteer in meeting the responsibiltties of the appointment and is responsible for: The maintenance of County property". The development of the County.. The training of leaders and administrators.. The iaising of funds and the administsatson of County finance: The insurance of persons. property and equipment. County public occasions.. Asslsting in the recTUltment of leaders and other adult support.. Appointing any sub committees that may be required.. The Board has a Finance sub-committee which meets as required. The Trustee Board itself usually meets quarterlv. Risk and intèrnal Control The County has in place systems of internal controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against material mismanagement or loss. These include two sionatories for oll payments and comwehensive insurance policies to ensure that insurablp risks are covered. Principal risks facing the County are as follows.. Exposurc to financial loss from events approval process Reputational damage from adverse press coverage- mitigated by the use uf the Scout Association Public Relations Dfficer. Roduced income from a fall in momborship in our component Districts which provide the major part of our income- mitigated by the support and trabning of volunteer leaders to enable a challenging, vigortsus and appealing programme for young people. mitigated by a robust Events Objertive5 and artivities The objectives of the County are as a unit 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 rcsponssble citizens and as mombers of their local, national and international commltnities. Tho method of achieving the Aim of the Associalion is by providing an enjoyable and attractive 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 Scouting available to every young person in the catchfflent area of the County, iegafdless of gender. Tace, ethnicity, religion or disability. To ensure that every Scout Group offers the opportunity for young people aged 4 to 25 to progress through the Scout sections in a clearly identifiable way. erther within their Group. or through formal arrangements with other Scout Groups and District and County led provisions. To continually'qualsty assure. the quality of Scouting in every Scout Group. To continuously recruit and retain adult leaders and helpers. To mabntain a quality programmo of adult training and development. To build strong team5 of adults who will deliver the County's objectives. The County supports the work done in Group5 and Districts in delivering the programme bv: Delivering the national modular adult training scherne. Supporting and promoting partieipation in national and international events. Providing leadership and guidante both for District Managers and those who manage specrfic sections within districts. Providing County-wide events and competitions, e.g. handicrafts. camping, water acts'vities, hill walking and climbing etc. Liaising with othor Scout Covnties to share resources and good practice. A¢hl•vements and P•rforniance 2025 proved to be another very busy year at Gieater London North Scout County. The County continued to provide its young people with a full programme of activtties. event5 and adventures. all supported by its team of dedicated and trusted volunteer.. The County also worked tirelessly to ensuro full compliancc aeross Safoty, Safeguarding and First Aid and to review updated regulatory advite and guidance across all Group, District and County Trustee 8oards. In addition to this, the County focused on adapting to role name changes and embracing the new digital tools following the rollout of the new membership system across the Scout MovemenL In April 2025. we welcomed the news that Greater London North IGLNI had been setected to send two full units to the 26th World Scout Jamboree in Gdansk. Poland. taking place in the SLJmmer of 2027, with each unit comprising 36 young people and 4 leaders. GLN invited applications from a¢r055 the County to be part of the jamboree Leadership Team or to supportthe jamboree as part ofthe UK Contingent Support Team or the Intornational Support Team. Following a round of interviews, the Leadership Team was appointcd and preparations began on holding J number of selertion events towards the end of the yeor in order to recruit the 72 young people who would be invited to be part of GLNS 2 unit contingent.
On Sunday 27th April 2025, 5 King's Scouts ffom Greatei London North gathered at Windsor to attend the prestigious 'Day of Celebration and Achievement,. A150 in attendance were S of Greater London North's Silver Wolf recipients and I recipient of the Bar to the Silver Acorn. In association wrth YOU London. on Saturday 7th June 2025. Greater London North were delighted to send a contingent of 68 young people and adult volunteers to attend the Colonel's Review of Trooping the Colour. As always, our delegates proved to be wonderful ambassadors for Scouting. Our thanks go to YOU London for providing our County with this wonderful opportunity At the AGM held at Stout Park in lune 2025. we were delighted to appoint Claudotte Ward and Gurkiran Duggal to the County Trustee Board who weie both reciuited following our open selertion pr¢xess. Our aim this year 15 to continue on this recruitment drive to further increase the size of our Trustee Board. During the AGM. wo were honoured to present Elizabeth Glindon from Barnet District with her Chief Scout's 50 Year Service Award and Hedley Warner from SoLtthgate District with his incredible Chief Scout's 60 Year Service Award - we send them both our conglatuiations. In Octobef and November 2025. three Jamboree selectton days took place at Scout Park. led by the newly appointed jamboree Unit Leaders. Matt Lightfoot and Chartie Cumber. who ensured that the events were fully accessible and inclusive to all young people wishing to takc part. Over the course of the thrcc days. over 200 young peoplc took part in vaiious group activities and challenges to showcase their talents and their team building skills. 72 young poople from a diverse fange of backgrounds. ethnicitie5 and gonders woro thcn scloctod. through a Selertion Committce mado up of 9 people, to be part of our 2 unit contingcnt to the Jamboree. Our thank5 go to Matt and Charlie. who together with Katie Davis. led a team of volunteers who helped to run and support the three selertion days. During 2025 12 King's Scout Awards were achieved across the County with 3 more having beèn achieved during just the first few months of 2026. Our congratvLation5 go to all of our King s Scout achievers and to Chris Foster for his year5 of dedication 5UPPOrting young people in èchieving Scout'5 Top Award. In 2025, we presented 22 Adult Awards which included a Silver Acorn foi Matthew Cook. These awards are hugoly important in order to ensure that Ouf adult volunteers continue to be suitably recognised for their exceptional service. We were delighted to once again be able to hold the Chiltern 20 and Southern 50 events. w¥th the Chiltern 20 taking place in October 2025 and the Southern SO taking place in February 2026. In 5Plte of some challengos and disruption in the days loading up to the Southern 50. both events were hugely attended and both were a resounding success. Di5CUSsions are ongoing to Mitate any similar issues taking place at eithe¥ event in the future. Our thanks go to the Chiltern 20 and Southern So Committee5 for all
of their hard work and effort in running the events and ensuring that both events remain two of the m05t long running and successful events in UK scouts"ng. Wo were delightod thèt so many international camps and expeditions took place, including camps to Kandersteg and to the Essex jamboree and also Explorer Belts in Denmark and Germany. A number of other events also took place in¢l¢Jding the annual Monopoly Aun Scouting competition run by Mike Thurston which took place in April 202S and two Hillwalking weekends led by Chris Stevenson which took place in the Peak Distrirt In lune 2025 and in the Lake District in january 2026, where Leaders were able to gain walking experience in the upland environment and undertake the training required to 9ain hillwalking permits. In Ortobcr 2025. 40 Explorors from different units acTOSS the County took part in the County's 5th County ExploreT Hillwalking Weekend where they were able to bond, work together and support each other to be resilient and enjoy the beauty of Eryri National Park in North Wales. A dedicated S£t Section Hillwalking Weokend also took place in May 2026 to the Peak District. Our thanks go to all of the adult volunteers who dedicate hours of their time to arranging and supporting these events. In November 2025. GLN were honourod to be part of a group of Scouts from acr055 the London Counties selected to act as Guards of Honour and Way Finders as part of the March Past The Cenotaph on Remembrance Sunday. GLN'S 2 Guards of Honour ILouis Charalambous and Henry Thomasl provided a static guard whilst our 4 Way Finders IEvie Flctchcr, Harry Agrawal. lamos Dclancy and Nicole Lesliel a5S15ted tho Royal British Legion on the Parade ground by being a friendly face, handing out order5 of service and providing support to veterans with direction5. All of the representatives were King or Qucen Scouts achievers lor weie working towards theml and they all did fantastic job acting as wonderful ambassadofs for the Scout Movement. In September 2025 and after many years of searching, we weie delighted to appoint Julie Bon a5 the County's new Trcasuror. taking over from Brian Hosier M8E to whom we owc debt of gratitude for the many many years of 5Qtwice and dedication that he has given to our County. Our immense thanks goes to Julbe for taking on this role and to John Nelson for his support during the recruitment process aThJ handover. During 2025, 117 Young People and 14 Leaders were r¥cognised through the Jack Petchey Achievement Awards scheme, adrninistered by otst County Administratoi, Jackie Hartog, which resulted in c. £50.000 In grants being awcirded to Group5 and Units across the County. In February 2026. District Lead Volunteers. member5 of our County Team and our TTUStee Board, parents, volunteers and dignitaries from across the County gathered at the Arts Depot in North Finchley to attend the lack Petchey Achievernent Awards ceremony, hosted by thc Jack Petchey Foundation, to celebrato the achievements of the award WFnners in what was a very spocial and uplifting event. Entertainment included a presentation by Chris Foster on the Southern 50 event and by john Nelson on the Explorer Belt. A special presentation was also made to one of the Leader Award
recipionts. Robert Brooker, who was Presented with his Chief Sc(yJt's 50 Year Service Award. Following Ayesha Arsh3d's appointrnent as GLN'S Local Giowth OffKer in February 2025. the County continued to support the development of local Scouting a5 part ol the Underrepresented Communities Fund development project, specifically young people in Index of Multiple Deprivab'on ban(J 1-3 and volunteers fiom Black. Asian and minority ethnic communities. The 2-year project came to an end in April 2026 and live projects have been handed over to our District5 in order to ensure their future sustainabilty. On Saturday 14th March 2026. a London Adver*ture Conference took place which brought together Adventure Teams from acioss the London Region. including representative5 from GLN, to help shape Scouts future adventure ottering. The conference was very successful and included a keynote speech by Cliief Scout, Dwayne Fields. As we prepare for another busy year ahead. our thanks and our gratitude as always go out to our dedicated team of leaders and voltsntèers for everything that they do to SUPPOrt the work of the County in order to delivef safe and exciting programmes to all of our young people. Public Benefrt In planning our activities for the year we kept in mind at our trustee meetings the Charty Commission guidance on public benef Membership of the Scout Association. and therefore of the County, is open to all, no matter what background. faith, gender, or personal circumstances. Subscriptions payable to local groups are minimal and no young peT50n would be prevented from joining if thev wcre unable to pay this subscription. Grant5 are available at Group. District and County level to assist all young people to fully participate in all activities. Plans for the future Our focus for 2026 will be to support Scouts HQ as they continue to make improvements to the new inembership system and resolve any outstanding digital issues. We will also work vvith them to gain a more detailed understanding of the level of reporting that we are able (o obtain from the new system in order to support the work of our County. The County will continue to run our County events. including the Chiltern 20 and the Southern 50 hikes. and will continue with preparations for the 2027 World Scout Jamboree. On Tuesday 23rd June 2026. we will be holding our County AGM. kindly hosted by Southgate DistricL We will officially appoint julie Bon as Our new County Treasurer and
will continue in our aim to further grow our County Trustee Board thTough our open selection process. Wo will continue to devetop Our Internal communications using various social media platlorrns and will work to update our County web8lte. Through our various tommunication channels, we will also seek to recruit new volunteer% into a number of vacant County leadership roles, m05t pressingly a new District Lead Volunteer for Southgate District to replace Steve Smrth whose role is shortly due to come to an end after years of tireless service, and a new Volunteer Development Team Lead to take over from Chris Nagle who will be stepping down following many years of service working with a team of trainers to deliver First Response courses to leaders from GLN and bèyond. We WI continue to promote the Jack Petchey Achievement Awards scheme and to reach out to Groups and Units from across the County who have never applied before. We will also continue to provide support to any young person wishing to gain 3 Top Scouting Award and to begin preparations to host our next Celebration Lunch for King s Scout achiever5. Most importantly. we will continue to work with Scouts HQ and oui Regional Lead Volunteer. Richard Williams, on a majoi drive to ensure full mandatory compliance across the County, specifically Safety and Safeguafding. We will also work with Groups and District5 to delivor on the Charity Commisston's Regulatory Advice and Guidance of 4th February 2026 to all Trustees of the Scout Movement and to confirm our adherence whtch will ensure that the safety ol young people continues to remain paramount in our mission to delivor fantastic scouting tg as manv voung peoplo as possible. Financiat artivities and results Our Goneral Fund has made a Surplus of £25.316 during the year due to a reduth'on in our expenses - notably development expenses. A transfer of £21.501 has been mède to the jamboree Designated Fund to support future jamborees. The General Fund now stands at £97,437 and with a minimum of liabilrties this Fund is considered satisfactory and sufficiont for forosccablo need5. The total of Designated Funds have increased by £10,852 as we continue to build the fund to support the 2027 World S¢out jamboree. The total to carry forward is £102,322. Restricted Funds include Jack Petchey awards. as well as a £250 donation for the Hillwalking activrty. In relation to Jack Petchey awards, all but one Icader Jword of £1,000 received have been paid to groUpnit$. In relèts.on to Hillwalksng. £148 was spent on Hillwalking equipment. giving a total to carry forward of £ 1.102 for restricted funds. During the year we have continued to receive achievement award grants from thc lack Petchey Foundation, in total £51,071. We paid out £51.071 during the year. of which £1,000 related to payment of a lack Petchey award that had been rolled over from last year- so other than one grant of £ 1.000 noted above these have all been paid out to groups and leadeTs in the County to assist with further activities.
We aro m05t grateful to tho Foundation for thi. cov)tinuing Jijpport lind ijpniirui ily In voung people and loaders asSOCiOtod w•th our cJroup-. Investment Powers. Policy and Perfomiance It is a requirement of POR (Policy Organisation and Rulcsl thot funds not immodi¢7toly required by the County are transferred into a suitable invcstment vehir.Ic' pefmilted l)y POR. The County's policy is to invest in bank doposil accounts including the Chariltc.,; Official Investment Fund and CAF. Reserves Reserves Can be considered as the balance on our General Fund. It has been agreed that thi5 figure should not fall below £50,000. The fund stands in excess of thi5 amourbt but the budget for 2026 indicates this will fall in the current year. Voluntary Help Many volunteers give of their time and talents to support Scouting in Greater London North at Group. Distrirt and County level. We are greatly indebted to these volunteers for their commitment arKI support Appr ved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf by.. n Nelson Chairman 10 June 2026
GREATER LONDON NORTH SCOUT COUNTY Receipts and Payments Account Ftsr the y•ar 1ST JANVARY 2025 31ST DECEMBER 2025 Receipts and payments 2025 2024 G•Th•r lur D•signat•d fvnds Tthi iunds Tot•È lunds R•c•lpts klenkntship lUbriPl I MgrntJpr%hy Mibwiiptdons path4 on INatKUCQth1tyIAr0A¥l1Y uies wth Z50.845 23>273 3th5 184.163 MtmbrshM> subscfiptth fyllt I niLwnber5hip sub5rrM)S retthiL1 r)onJtN>ni 47.780 4¥.110 Othp.1 41Mar Incorn¢ 216 gjb t•tsl Gr4rrti liick P¥tLhoV 51.071 47.092 Artl¥ltMi Iwosil Jambryoe 1,*34 12.001 FuroJanthST Soutrn SOlf.hltpin ?0 I>A34 21.49 r)olt p•cks Vlher a¢tivit.. 4.589 1.940 7.475 3.125 Sub tot41 I¥tment Itkn?m• l.T12 4,196 COIF ini041 2.941 960 Sub to Totsl Gr¢ss Incoffte
GREATER LONDON NORTH SCOUT COUNTY Receipts and Payments Account For the year from 1st JaVry 2025 To 31st Dererthr 2025 2024 Reteipts and payments Gwn•rl fvnd$ fvnds rotsi iuThJs Total lund5 P•vment5 ¥th prrramryw' Lind art1115 7ithrNn9 In¢ 19.819 1.04Z A1 Support JI4ryiosts 6.471 13.650 150 lii¢hh¢w 11.733 1.641 51.Q71 46.09? 250 2Z.271 Exponsw5 1.803 Wob hotiWnpw 5rt 975 1.013 Jf& w•lrom P4r% 4.346 Ctsnt•lL4Ic 2.997 GM atid hlr¢ CoLinty Qfl 104 390 Sub toi 60 Sybtrt Total Gross Enlre Prw ye4r adwtmffit t• wrfte Off rtodt Tot•1 p•meftts Net of re(eipts/(payfftent51 Transfers beknn fvnd5 Cash ivnds List y•ar •nd C•$h lunds this ypar •nd 21,SOI Pi.501 91.621 69.969 1.250 Page 10
Ststement of assets and Llablllttes at the end of the year 315t D£CEM8ER 2025 31-Dcc-24 Ger41 lund• Desnted lund• Restricted T•t41 T¥{ funds C45h fvnds (nt . spocil 26.893 38.976 102.322 i.ioi 56.163 CQF Acc4uiil ?0.545 69.70? .'101322 DDIF choqws in h4nd Grft 14fv4lamboiev t•t Non mqnEtsry for chavivs JIE DI OD debtors 5ubtotsi U•b¢tr Amoun¢s Owing suts 500 1.000 0ÉSIGNA7ED FVNDS 0oniThJ b•Lce 10179 b4iJnc Sr Wchllem ZQ 20.136 29.434 19.819 29.751 Fdltn 49ffjJJ 1.934 697 31.SOI 72.571 69.969 31.369 20.516 ?1.501 102.322 REsfRlfTED FUNDS 51.071 Sl.071 250 148 102 1.250 51.219 tomert ol •¥xts li•biUtiei •ppro¥•d bythe Trvrteoi 10106n6 •nd &9n•tufe Pnnt Nirne rAI,IVIIMII Nelson Ch•ir Jul 8w- Treasurer P*w 11
INDEPENDENT EXAIAINERS REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES GREATER NORTH SCOUT COUN I report to the charity Irusteeg on my examinalK>n of the xcounls of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2025 which are set out In pages 1 to 11. Ro8pon8lbllltlos and ol r•port As the Charity's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accoidance wrth the requirements of the Charit$ Act 20111'lho ACVI. I report in respect of my examinab.on of the charity's accounts carried out under sects'on 145 of the Act and in carying out my examination I have followed all the applicab DIrectn$ given by the Charity Commission under section 14515> of the Act. Ind•p•ndont Examln•r'• Stat•m•nt I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come 10 my attention In connection with the examination gNing me cause to belleve in any material resFect'. 111 accountsng rectyds were not kept In respect of the charity as required by section 130 of the or {21 the acce4Jnts do not accord wrth those records. Signed Heather Rayner FCA 31 Freston Gar¢Jens 8amet Herts EN4 9LX 10 August 2026 Page 12