## SITTINGBOURNE, MILTON AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL
## **ANNUAL REPORT**
For Period September 2022 to September 2023
President: _Chris Appleby_ Vice Presidents: _Position Vacant_ District Chair: Nicola & Jon Foot District Lead Volunteer: Angela Palmer
## **OUR MISSION STATEMENT**
We aim to promote the progressive development of young people in Sittingbourne, Milton and District and help them to make the most out of life, by providing them with opportunities to participate in an attractive and enjoyable programme appropriately and locally delivered by an effective and fulfilled Leadership.
www.sittingbournescouts.org.uk
## **Contents**
District Lead Volunteer Annual Report 2022 - 2023 .......................................................... 3 Chairperson’s Report 2022 – 2023 ......................................................................................... 4 District Treasurer’s Annual Report 2022 - 2023 .................................................................. 5 Bexon Lane Campsite and District Headquarters 2022 - 2023 ......................................... 6 Appointments Advisory Committee Annual Report 2022 - 2023 .................................... 8 Awards Committee Annual Report 2022 - 2023 ................................................................. 9 District Explorer Scout Commissioner’s Annual Report 2022 - 2023 ............................ 10 Dragon Explorer Scout Unit Annual Report 2022 - 2023 ................................................ 11 Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit Annual Report 2022 - 2023 ............................................... 13 Network Section Annual Report 2022 - 2023 .................................................................... 14 Scout Active Support (SAS) Annual Report 2022 - 2023 ................................................. 15 District Youth Commissioners Annual Report 2022 - 2023 ............................................ 16
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## **District Lead Volunteer Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
Wow what a year we have had! There has been ups and downs, but as a District we have all pulled together to make sure the Young People get the best Scouting experience.
Starting with our lows; we suffered several attempted break-ins and damage to the site. Followed by a group having a van stolen. It was disappointing people steel from a charity, but with true resilience we bounced back.
Onto the positive highlights…
We have historically had low numbers for District Founders Day. This year we tried something different. Our Youth Commissioners planned and delivered the activity day and oh boy it was a massive success. We had to put in an extra order of badges, taking the attendance to just under 350 people. Massive thank you to Hanah and Skye. This in turn sees the team grow and we welcomed Gemma to the Youth Commissioner team.
Our St. George’s celebration is growing bigger and bigger each year. Inviting parents and guardians to stay has helped with recruitment. This year we decided to hold a fate style theme which everyone really enjoyed. The crew team worked particularly hard to get our new obstacle course open for St. George’s day. A big thank you to everyone who built the new course and especially Beth who spent many hours drawing the plans.
We have had District camps and activity days. Thank you for the District Programme Team for providing these opportunities. This year we did our first District Jott hike, which has gained the nickname of SHOTT. Each section had different starting points along the same route with the end point being the Campsite. All sections really enjoyed the day and plans are on way for next year.
Our District Carol service was headed up by Megan and she really made our Christmas service. With laughter and signing, it was an amazing night. Donations of toys and food going to the Salvation Army. This year we will be trying something different. Look out for next year's report to see what we would have done!
This year has seen the opening up of two more Squirrel sections taking us up to 3 units. What's next? Plans are on way for the redevelopment of our Explorer area. The Cub team are renovating the bug hotels and making a new sensory trail. The District Trustees are very proud to be part of the District and thank everyone involved in making Scouting happen.
## **Angela Palmer** ~ District Lead Volunteer
Annual Report September 2022 to September 2023
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## **Chairperson’s Report 2022 – 2023**
“Ohana means family. Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten”. Taken from the Disney film Lilo And Stitch, but definitely defines what Sittingbourne, Milton and District Scouts have been achieving over the last year.
With the establishment and successful running of our sponsored group from Meadowfield school to the setting up of more Squirrel groups for younger members, as well as an additional Explorer unit and the ongoing Network group. We have new Youth Commissioners on the trustee team and a successful and engaging SAS group to support District events. We are offering programmes, activities, and experiences to the diverse and varied population of Sittingbourne and Milton and once again we applaud all those that make it happen – leaders, young leaders, the executive teams of the groups, the parent helpers, and the parents who support us and volunteer their time and energy, the crew and campsite team, and all those who are too many to mention.
Thank you to you all.
**Nicola and Jon Foot** ~ District “Team Chair”
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## **District Treasurer’s Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
2022-2023 Financial year, showed a year of recovery after the Covid pandemic.
The accounts for 2021-2022 have been restated in order for us to show a comparison between the 2 financial years. This is because we have slightly changed the way our accounts are administered.
When looking at the District, it looks like we’ve had massive growth, but actually this is misleading as the District heavily subsidized the membership fees in March 2022. Although in March 2023, the membership fee was again subsidized, the Covid grant was used to top that up.
The District received reconnect grants from KCC and the grants were used to put on a District Reconnect event to help to build our numbers again.
Bexon Lane showed a huge increase in usage following the pandemic, and this is reflected in the income which for 2022-2023 was £13,386 against £2,753 in the previous year. A lot of work took place at Bexon Lane over the 2 years as shown in the accounts, with the new assault course being finalized and opened in April 2023.
The participants of the WSJ were very busy this year, and were able to raise enough funds to cover the cost of their places, and this summer they went to South Korea.
Overall, the District accounts show an in-year deficit of £3,530 which considering the amount of work that has happened in the District, is a good result.
Finally, I would just like to extend my thanks to Melissa, who I took over from during this . financial year for leaving the accounts in a good position to ease the transition period
**Tracey Swift** ~ District Treasurer
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**Bexon Lane Campsite and District Headquarters 2022 - 2023**
As always, the team have been very busy in 2023 with general maintenance and repair around the site, but much bigger things have been happening too.
The obstacle course is now complete to the original plan, but it’s likely to see adaptions and improvements as we go on. There is probably room for another couple of challenges. We have a free supply of woodchip now so we can maintain the safety layer.
All the feedback has been very positive about this area, so thanks to all involved.
The installation of the new CCTV and alarm system is also complete, thanks to Deans efforts. The picture quality and view area are much improved. The alarm system allows remote deactivation and setting of the alarm as required. It would be worth looking at extending the system to cover the climbing wall area and the Explorer barn area in the future. We did have a break in to the store by the climbing wall but the cable and wheelbarrow taken were retrieved from a layby in Bexon Lane?
With the obstacle course complete, we are looking at the next project. This is to assist the Explorers in a revamp of their area to make it safer and more user friendly for all yearround use. This will include cladding the inside of the barn, insulating, sorting the electrics and locks, making all roofs watertight, clearing the fenced area and erecting a flag pole. This project will also include the erection of a light tower allowing all year-round use of the archery range. The radio club are still working on their shed and we are looking to provide a hard stand for our tailer fleet and equipment.
The wild flower meadow hasn’t “bloomed” as much as we had hoped. We will probably enlarge it a little and try seeding and cultivating it again to see what happens. We have lost a couple of trees this year and are taking advice on tree management from the Woodland Trust and the Forestry Commission. Generally, the hedges and trees are in good health, too good in some cases and we need to consider drastically cutting them back. We don’t currently have suitable equipment to do this so options need to investigated.
We have had very little news about the proposed house building but this remains on the radar.
We are again starting to investigate the possibility of own water treatment plant. Removal of our waste water by tanker is not very eco-friendly and our largest cost by far.
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We have recently made changes to the booking process, moving away from OSM, as it was felt that a more basic calendar and booking system fitted better with its users and allowed much more control for bespoke bookings.
We have had the first meeting of the management team. The main aim of which is to ensure we are compliant and have all mandatory testing, training, processes, and RA’s etc in place. Steph and I are working with Dean to ensure this information is stored securely on the shared area. We are also looking into how to market the site in the scouting / guiding community to attract visitors from wider afield.
The District Cub team are working hard on a project to build a sensory area near the campfire circle. This is starting to take shape and will be another free activity for all.
As part of their charity commitments MHS, Medway will be doing a “Hands on day” in the next few weeks painting and clearing around the site. Thanks to Angela for arranging this.
The bouldering walls have stalled a bit and we need to make some changes, however I’m confident this will be ready for spring. We are also looking to put lights in the barn making this another activity available at all times.
As well as all the maintenance and project activity at Bexon Lane, many of the crew also attended District events and hirers events to set up marquess, electrical equipment, car parks and activities, as well as manning carparks etc. With changes in peoples work life balance its increasingly difficult to get the help required, especially if it’s early evening. Improved cooperation from organisers and a thank you may help in the future.
Bexon lane looks and feels like it does because a hand full of volunteers who spend hundreds of hours maintaining it.
My thanks to everyone involved, not just on crew days but with bookings, cleaning, organising and planning
So, lots done …but much more to do ….
**Paul Dickens** ~ Campsite Warden
## **Remember crew days are 2nd and 4th Sundays from 9am**
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## **Appointments Advisory Committee Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
I am once again pleased to report the Appointments Advisory Committee has been kept very busy since the last annual report. For the period of this report, the committee has met on 5 occasions and carried out a total 30 appointments panel meetings.
It is particularly pleasing to report that the team has seen new and returning volunteers from 10 of the 11 groups within the district, which is amazing. We have also seen a number volunteers taking on district roles; district roles are often additional roles, which bring with them exciting new challenges and responsibilities. These roles are key to the support of a cohesive District. It’s been a real pleasure to see some of our younger volunteers taking on these new responsibilities, bringing with them new ideas and enthusiasm.
As well as carrying out Appointments Panel meetings, the committee has also looked at 9 role reviews. All roles were unanimously approved, some with shorter onward review dates, highlighting the need for extra support for some. We all have busy lives and the juggling of work, family and scouting commitments is sometimes difficult. As a District we recognize that sometimes our volunteers need a little extra support. Reviews whether formal or informal are an important way of checking in with volunteers to make sure they are doing ok.
District compliance monitoring and reporting continues to be a large part of what the Appointments Advisory Committee does. Appointments Secretary Kathryn Shires regularly sends out Group and District ‘Red Flashy Lists’ but these are more often than not green or amber lists these days. This is due to the commitment of our District and Group Lead Volunteers and their teams, well done everyone.
A massive “thank you” to Appointment Secretary Kathryn Shires for her expertise and unfailing support of our District from the Cumbria office. A huge thank you to Paul Dickens, Graham Killick, Sam Crook, Tanya Curson and Bridget Pike the awesome appointments team for put up with my whittering at panel meetings ☺
This is my 5th District Appointments Advisory Committee Annual report. Things are changing, the process of recruiting and welcoming new volunteers to the movement will be different this time next year. Writing reports has never been my favourite thing to do but I do very much like meeting and chatting to volunteers.
Yours in Scouting
## **Helen Harlow** ~ Appointments Chair
Annual Report September 2022 to September 2023
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## **Awards Committee Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
The young people’s event January went very well and they enjoyed their films. Adult’s awards in February being well attended with ACC Neil joining us to issue a merit award for Angela. We were able to keep it a surprised until the last minute.
We have had a trickle of recommendations through so do keep them coming. We do not always know who has done what.
James English was awarded the last Queen’s Scout Award in the District on St George’s day or so we thought. Jack Noulton’s award has come through and it is a Queen’s Scout Award too. It will be presented to him at the next possible event. Congratulation to them both for all their hard work.
Explorers had a great evening recently with many Young Leader Belts / a few Platinum Chief Scout Award and a Kent Explorer Invicta Challenge Badge being awarded with some high nights away too. Well done to all. It’s great to see you all achieving so much.
A big thank you to all leaders and supporters helping to make scouting so rewarding for all and to see such high achievements by all.
Don’t forget to let us know when your youngsters achieve their awards by filling in the link so we can invite them to the celebrations.
Thank you to the team for all their efforts in getting everything organizing for the awards event.
**Linda Curson, Joan Pantony & Frank Pantony** ~ Local Awards Advisory Group (email awards@sittingbournescouts.org.uk)
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## **District Explorer Scout Commissioner’s Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
This year has been a big one for the Explorer Section.
In January we opened our second unit; Phoenix and they have been busy raising their profile within the District. Dragons have continued to grow too. Both units have camped and got together on a variety of events throughout the year.
I am pleased that yet more high awards are being awarded. Young Leaders Modules are being offered by both units as part of their programme.
I am pleased to announce that the next big Explorer project is working with the Crew Team to revamp and improve the Explorer area at the top of the site.
Leaders within both units now have camping permits and have camps in the planning process already for next year.
I would like to thank both leadership teams for their adaptability and enthusiasm.
**Sam Crook** ~ District Explorer Scout Commissioner
Please see below reports from both units:
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## **Dragon Explorer Scout Unit Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
Wow! What an action-packed year we’ve had! We have 37 Explorers currently registered at our unit, with a regular attendance of 30 Explorers per evening. We continually work hard to ensure we are as Youth Shaped as possible, providing multiple opportunities per term for the Explorers to provide feedback on activities we have done, to ensure our programme of events and meetings is as broad and balanced as possible. We have re-introduced the patrol system this term, with new patrol leaders, and assistant patrol leaders, and we will continually monitor how the peer leadership works in the unit.
On to the good stuff! What’ve we been up to in the last twelve months? This summer comprised of two camps! We had a summer camp at Bexon which was enjoyed by 18 Explorers, and we have just returned from taking 20 Explorers to Legoland for the weekend (they chose Legoland!) I have to admit I wasn’t expecting to be spending all day there!! Both camps were enjoyed thoroughly by all. Next year we are hoping to take the Explorers away to an activity centre for a Summer Camp. Events throughout the rest of the year included an afternoon of Water Activities, a DofE Bronze Expedition, Young Leader First Aid Training, a joint camp with Phoenix, Lazer Tag, Bowling, and district events including the JOTT Hike and St. Georges Day Event. Our Explorers have also started taking part in county run events run by Kent Explorers, including a day trip to Thorpe Park, Winter Survival and Young Leader Training. Explorers that have attended these events have enjoyed meeting other Explorers from around the county. Recently, we have all enjoyed hearing about the adventures that Aimee, Charlotte, Charlie & Joshua H had at The World Scout Jamboree in South Korea this summer! All four Explorers have been awarded their 75 Nights Away Badge upon their return.
Within our unit we have 17 Explorer Scout Young Leaders, who volunteer with one of the younger sections across the district. We are particularly proud of Tom, Charlotte, Adaani, Ewan and Aimee for recently achieving their Young Leader Belts! The Belt shows they have completed all of their training as a Young Leader, including 11 modules and 4 missions. The Belt also shows a huge level of commitment to the younger sections they support. Young Leaders ARE the future of Scouts; Leadership Teams would be very different without Young Leaders. A huge well done to them all; it has been a pleasure to support them all through the scheme. We are very proud of the positive role models all of our Young Leaders are for Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts across our District.
We recently presented the Explorers with their Top Awards, that they have earnt over the past year. I am very proud to say that a huge 18 Top Awards have been achieved by the Explorers this year, including 4 DofE Bronze Awards, 4 Chief Scout Platinum Awards, 5 Young Leader Belts and 5 Kent Explorers Invicta Challenges. A huge congratulations to all of our Explorers who received an award! These awards don’t just happen overnight, a huge amount of commitment and dedication has been involved in the completion of these awards. The Chief Scout Platinum Award is one of the highest awards in Explorers, it has taken a lot of work for Adaani, Aimee, Ewan, and Tom to receive this award, so congratulations to you all. Tom, Ewan, Ben, Poppy and Mig all completed their DofE Bronze Expedition this year, finishing off their award for most of
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them. We are planning to present these awards at the District Carol Service this year. Going all the way back to the District Carol Service last year, we presented Ewan with our Explorer of the Year Award, as a symbol of recognising Ewan’s contributions to our Unit and District. Very well deserved! Who will our Explorer of the year be this year?! On top of these awards, an astonishing 460 Badges have been earned and awarded by the Explorers in the last 12 months; I’m particularly pleased that that’s more than last year! That must mean that we have done more this year?!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank our amazing Leadership Team, within Dragon Explorers for everything they have done this year. The team consists of myself, Bethan Foot, James Dickens, Jack Noulton, and Andrew Thomas. We are very lucky to also be supported by our District 14-24 Team Leader for Explorers, Sam Crook. We are also supported by Erin Foot, and Oliver Sutehall when we need extra help and support. I am also very grateful to Linda Curson and Roger Langley who have supported me leading this year’s DofE Bronze Expedition. We are very pleased to recently welcome Callum Southwell to our team, who will be joining us as a leader. Thank you to each and every one of you for helping to make our unit so great; I hope you agree that we all make a fantastic team.
And finally, I would like to say a huge thank you to our Explorer Scouts. They have joined in with everything we have done with them this year so enthusiastically, and they deserve recognition for their hard work, and everything they have achieved this year. It is a real privilege to see the Explorers grow as individuals throughout their time with us. I am so proud to be the leader of this amazing unit and I can’t wait to see what the next twelve months will hold for us all.
**James English** ~ Explorer Scout Leader: Dragon Explorer Scout Unit
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## **Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit Annual Report 2023**
Phoenix ESU have had a very successful first 9 months. We now have 20 members and are currently full, having grown from 3 in January.
Throughout the year many explorers have started their bronze DofE (via school) and we are working on them getting the International, Community and Values elements of the platinum award.
The program has been a diverse one where we have focused on building a selection of base scouting skills. These have included fire lighting, pioneering, cooking, map and compass skill and first aid. All Explorers have achieved their level 3 first aid and many opted for the level 4 young leaders course which was offered over the summer break by the County. The Explorers have also done backwards cooking including gutting fish. For many this was the first time. They have done many more activities focusing around the core values of community, communication and team work.
We had our first summer camp which was attended by 8 young people, some doing some activities for the first time.
Financally, due to starting up, we were lucky enough to have Mars Wrigley fund the first 6 months of our programme to enable us to build a bit of a security fund.
As we move into the winter program, we will begin working on community impact project as we were lucky enough to have 5 adults salvage equipment, dried food and other items from the Reading Festival. This will allow us to provide items to a food bank, as well as spare sleeping bags, roll mats and potentially some tents to give to those less fortunate and are currently homeless.
All of this would not have possible without the amazing team of volunteers we have at Phoenix and I thank them all for the hard work support and dedication to providing the best possible program to the young people.
**Tom** ~ Explorer Scout Leader: Phoenix Explorer Scout Unit
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## **Network Section Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
Having been officially appointed District Network Section Commissioner (14-25 Team Leader Volunteer) in March of this year, Network has slowly and surely been improving. Sam Crook took Network from a small group and grew it in to the Network we see today, and graciously handed the group over to me to continue her good work. Although it has been a slow start, the future is looking bright for Network.
A regular, monthly programme of activities and meetings has been the goal from the beginning, ensuring that Network members do not lose interest. Although this hasn’t always been achieved due to varying factors this year, the activities organised have been lots of fun and thoroughly enjoyed. Activities include helping out at a crew weekend, a trip to the pub, campfires and S’mores, Lazer tag, volunteering opportunities and a pub hike so far. Future proposed activities include back-to-basics campfire cooking, speed boating, kayaking and canoeing, a theme park trip, a Network camp and Bluewater Skywire.
Unfortunately, so far, attendance to these events and activities has been averaging around 5 people per event. With 47 members on OSM, this is less than 10% of the people who are part of Network. As a result, attendance will be promoted even further in the next year to try and get as many people attending as possible. In April 2023, each Networker was emailed individually to ensure they are still happy to be a part of Network. A lot of people responded, with 12 asking to be removed from Network due to moving away etc. It has been found that the main reason for poor attendance is most Networkers are at Uni or working but still wish to attend when they are free- an issue that is not easily resolved. The age of people who attend Network is the main factor in this, with 18-25 years being a key chapter in a lot of people’s lives.
Recently, the issue of age has been discussed and resolved by the Exec. Most of the regularly attending Networkers are over the age of 25- the maximum age of a Networker. As attendance can be limited, the decision was made that the over 25’s who still wish to be a part of Network can still partake in activities, as long as they are DBS checked and essentially become part of the ‘junior SAS’. This is yet to be actioned.
During this year, it was also decided by the exec that Network will have their own budget of £200 a year. This is to fund activities such as cooking, ingredients and any badges that are required. It is understood that Networkers will pay for their own activities individually (such as Laser tag), and when communal activities (such as S’more making) is required, this will come out of the Network budget.
In the future, many activities will be planned with the hope that with continued communication and events, the attendance will slowly increase. Another aim is to increase the attendance and promotion of Network at District events, with the scarf being worn with pride by anyone in the age range (something which is currently not achieved). A Network camp will be planned for Easter of 2024, and continued collaboration between Network and Explorers should ensure that Explorers will look forward to moving up to Network when they reach 18. Overall, it has been a joy to lead Network up until this point . and there is much hope for its future
**Bethan Foot** ~ District Network Section Commissioner
Annual Report September 2022 to September 2023
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## **Scout Active Support (SAS) Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
We have increased our members and we now have 24. As mentioned before, a high percentage of our members have other roles within the District – good for them
I believe we are going to have another change to our name shortly and we will wait for that.
Happy Scouting
## **Stuart Turk** ~ District Co-Ordinator for SAS
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## **District Youth Commissioners Annual Report 2022 - 2023**
Over the last year, we have had a brilliant time attending and supporting various events and are looking forward to helping with planning and running many more scouting activities in the future.
Our first event we attended as Youth Commissioners was last Christmas’ carol service.
At the beginning of the year, we also helped support 9[th] Sittingbourne at some of their evenings where we shared ideas for many games and badges which they could use in their program.
In February this year we planned and organised Founders Day and after an amazing turnout of young people and feedback we have decided to plan it again for next February 2024. After careful consideration, we have chosen to go in a different direction this time and celebrate the Scouting movement over the years and Baden Powell’s birthday, which will of course mean lots of cake. We are more than happy to receive more feedback and ideas you would like to see it at the next Founders Day in 2024.
In April we attended St George’s Day and a brilliant cub camp which both had very popular turnouts.
Going forward we have decided to add a new member to the District Youth Commissioner team - Gemma Willett - who will help us with planning and events in the upcoming future.
We are planning on running another event next year which will be a sports day for the young people which will offer activities for all sections.
We hope to see you all at many more scouting events and activities.
Thank you.
Yours in scouting,
## **Hannah, Gemma & Skye** ~ District Youth Commissioners
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||||RESTATED|
||Receipts|||Unrestricted
Funds
£|I
I|Restricted
Funds
£|||Total Funds
£||rotal Funds
£|
|Donations, legacies and similar income||||||||||||
|Membership subscriptions||||30,719.00|||-||30,71900||10,728.00|
|Less: Membe’sbip subscriptions paid to||||||||||||
|HQlCounty||||27,063.00|||-||2706300||20,382.00|
|Net memue’ship subscr ptons retaire&||||3,656.00|||-||||(9,654Odl|
|Donations||||693.81|||||69381||34611|
|Legacies
Gift Ad|||||||-||I|||
|Section Activities||||1,68882|||-||1,68882||100-C.0|
|Badges||||661.91|||-||661.91||1,536.51|
|Otner ,rcome|||||||||||555.00|
|W5J 2023||||.||23,384.81||:|13,38481||2,968.50|
||||Sub total|6,700.54||13,384.81|||20,085.35||(4,147.88)|
|Grants||||||||||||
|Maintenance Grant||||||||||||
|Other Grants||||-||13,245.57|||13,14557||19,050.85|
||||Sub total|||13,145.57|||13,14557||19,050.85|
|Fundraising (gross)||||||||||||
|Detail 1||||||||||||
|Detail 2||||||||||||
|Detail 3||||||||||||
|MISC Income
Other fundraising|activities||Sub total|JL1||||||||
|Headquarters||||||||||||
|Property rent (Camp lees/Hall||hire)||11,125,91|||||11,125.91||1,773.50|
|Activities hire||||2,260.63|||||2,260.63||280.00|
|MISC Income|||||||||||700.00|
||||Sub total||||||||2,753.50|
|Investment income||||||||||||
|Bank interest||||||||||||
|Other investment|income|||||||||||
||||Sub total|||||||||
|||Total|Receiptsl|20,|||||46,617.46 I|I|17,656.47 I|
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|Receipts and Payments|||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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||||||||||RESTATED||
||||||Restricted||||||
|Payments|||Unrestricted
Funds
£||Funds||Total Funds
£||Total Funds
£||
|Charitable Payments|||||||||||
|Youth Programme and activities|||5,529.67||-||5,529.67||598.69||
|Adult support and training|||1,724.73||-||1,724.73||1,831.38||
|Recruitment/Retention|||||||||||
|Badge expenses||||273.00|-||273.00||2,351.16||
|Admin costs||||723.09|-||723.09||1,883.02||
|Donations||||408.26|-||408.26||||
|Bank charges||||182.93|-||182.93||275.27||
|Hospitality||||123.87|-||123.87||166.36||
|Postage||||302.59|-||302.59||322.72||
|Cards||||563.17|-||563.17||680.20||
|Stationary|||||||||275.00||
|jamboree/Eurojam||||-|(5,332.84)||(5,332.84)||2,085.00||
|WSJ 2023||||-|13,172.92||13,172.92||1,600.00||
|Reconnect||||-|16,000.00||16,000.00||||
|||Sub total|9,851||23,840.08||33,671.39||12,068.80||
|Headquarters|||||||||||
|Sewage|||3,437.00||-||3,437.00||1,792.00||
|Utilities|||1,830.09||-||1,830.09||2,197.69||
|Telephone||||342.69|-||342.69||313.14||
|Insurance|||1,672.92||-||1,672.92||1,439.92||
|Licences|||1,908.20||-||1,908.20||666.63||
|Equipment purchase/maintenance|||||||||||
|Tractor Maintenance||||225.33|-||225.33||1,413.99||
|Building/Grounds Maintenance|||5,896.21||-||5,896.21||4,791.69||
|Refuse|||1,041.30||-||1,041.30||3,026.93||
|Cleaning||||954.15|-||954.15||88.56||
|Activity Maintenance||||89.94|-|-|89.94||46.96||
|CDVID Recovery|||||||||252.49||
|COVID Costs|||||||||||
|Special Project||||.|1,500.66||1,500.66||||
|Projext 20X||||-|(2,885.96)||(2,885.96)||1,840.93||
|Reserves||||-|463.60||463.60||||
|||Sub total|17,||(921.70)1||16,476.13||17,870.93||
|Fundraising expenses|||||||||||
|Other Fundraising Costs|||||||||||
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||Total Expenditure1||27,22||22,918.381||50,147.52||29,939.73|income|
|Net of receipts(payments)||I|(7,142.06)1||3,612.00|I|(3,530.06)1|I|(12,283.26)j||
|Transfers between funds|||||||||||
|Memberships received in|advance||28,401.30||-||28,401.30||26,892.00||
|Cash funds last year end|||19,733.52||25,665.63||45,399.15||57,682.41||
|Cash funds this year end|||||29,277.63||70,270.39||I||
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## **Scrutineer's Report to the Trustees of the Sittingbourne, Milton and District Scout Council**
I report on the accounts of the District Scout Council for the year ended **31[st] March 2023**
## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Scrutineer**
As the District's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that neither the audit nor independent examination requirements of the Charities Act 2011 apply. It is my responsibility without carrying out an audit or independent examination to scrutinise the accounts and to report to you.
## **Basis of Scrutineer's Statement**
In accordance with the directions given in the District's constitution, I have scrutinised the records and the accounts set out in the financial reports.
## **Scrutineer's Statement**
In my opinion the accounts are in accordance with the records produced to me and comply with the constitution.
Name: Kevin Funnell F.M.A.A.T. Address: 10 Nutberry Close Teynham Sittingbourne Kent ME9 9SP
Date: 17 July 2023
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