**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 274225**
**REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES AND UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023 FOR HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
**CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
||Page|
|---|---|
|Report of the Trustees|1 to 2|
|Independent Examiner’s Report|3|
|Statement of Financial Activities|4|
|Balance Sheet|5|
|Notes to the Financial Statements|6 to 13|
|Detailed Statement of Financial Activities|14 to 15|
|County Treasurer’s Report|16|
|Report of the County Commissioner|17 to 27|
**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
The trustees present their report with the financial statements of the charity for the year ended 31 December 2023. The trustees have adopted the provisions of Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective January 2019).
## **OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES**
## **Objectives and Aims**
Hertfordshire County Guides Association known as Girlguiding Hertfordshire is registered with the Charity Commission (No: 274225) and is governed by Royal Charter dated 14 December 1922. As a Charity it is committed to promote Guiding within the County. Hertfordshire Guides adhere to the aims and objectives of The Guide Association as set out in the Policy Statement. The trustees confirm that they have referred to the guidance contained in the Charity Commission general guidance on public benefit when reviewing the charity's aims and objectives and in planning future activities.
## **Girlguiding - Policy Statement**
Girlguiding Hertfordshire is an operating name of the Hertfordshire County Guides Association, Hertfordshire, and is part of Girlguiding, the operating name of the Guide Association.
## **Statement of Purpose**
Girlguiding enables girls and young women to develop their potential and to make a difference to the world.
## **Aim of Guiding**
Guiding offers girls and young women opportunities to:
- be challenged by new adventures and experiences and achieve a sense of pride in accomplishment
- develop self-awareness, self-respect and self-confidence
- develop a personal faith and values to give life meaning and direction
- think for themselves, govern themselves and make their own decisions
- make friends and have fun in the family of Guiding
- develop a sense of tolerance, justice, kindness and honour
- learn teamwork and acquire leadership skills, working with and for others to appreciate the environment and how to live in it
- understand about the world, its people and cultures
## **Method**
Guiding uses a method with five distinct elements that interlink:
- Guides work together in small groups
- Guides are encouraged to govern themselves and make their own decisions
- Guides have a balanced and varied programme
- Guides care for the individual
- Guides share a commitment to a common standard
## **Membership**
Girlguiding is open and inclusive for girls and women from all faiths, cultures and races. The extensive, balanced and varied programme in all sections of Guiding, cover the five outcomes outlined in 'Every Child Matters'.
## **The Sections**
Guiding takes place in four sections: Rainbow: from fourth birthday Brownie: from seventh birthday Guide: from tenth birthday Ranger: from fourteenth to eighteenth birthday
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **REPORT OF THE TRUSTEES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT**
## **Governing document**
The charity is controlled by its governing document, a deed of trust, and constitutes an unincorporated charity.
## **Recruitment and appointment of new trustees**
Potential new Trustees are nominated by members of the Hertfordshire County Guide Association to the County Commissioner whose duties include the appointment of new Trustees. Before making an appointment, consultation with senior members of the Association is undertaken. The nominee is then approached to ascertain their willingness to become a Trustee and the role and importance of the position is explained. Upon acceptance of the appointment, the nominee is offered Commissioner training.
## **REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATIVE DETAILS**
**Registered Charity number** 274225
## **Principal address**
County Office Hertfordshire Guide Centre Cottered Buntingford Hertfordshire SG9 9QP
## **Trustees**
Mrs S Beswick (appointed 1 September 2023) Mrs E Mclaughlin (appointed 1 September 2023) Ms N Weisfeld Mrs J Bushe Mrs J Eavis Mrs S Settle Mrs R Ashdown Ms S Hill Miss E Wilson Miss K Hunter Mrs L O’Bryan Mrs J Maskrey Mrs A Johns Mrs C Alonso – Mora (appointed 1 September 2023, resigned 20 February 2024) Mrs S Sayce (resigned 30 April 2024) Ms K Pett (appointed 1 May 2024)
## **Independent examiner**
Mercer & Hole Accountants 72 London Road St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1NS
Approved by order of the board of trustees on 11 July 2024 and signed on its behalf by:
Mrs J Maskrey - Trustee
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**INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **Independent examiner's report to the trustees of Hertfordshire County Guide Association**
I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Hertfordshire County Guide Association (the Trust) for the year ended 31 December 2023.
## **Responsibilities and basis of report**
As the charity trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the 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 Act and in carrying out my examination **I** have followed all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.
## **Independent examiner's statement**
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect:
1. accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act;
2. the accounts do not accord with those records; or
3. the accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content
- 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 confirm that there are no other matters to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Steve Robinson FCA
Mercer & Hole Chartered Accountants
72 London Road
St Albans Hertfordshire AL1 1NS
Date: 22 July 2024
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|||||**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**Unrestricted**||**Restricted**|**Total funds**|Total funds|
|||**Funds**|**funds**|||
||Notes|£|**£**|**£**|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||||||
|Donations and legacies||**8,520**|**226,354**|**234,874**|20,615|
|**Charitable activities**||||||
|Direct charitable activities||-|**37,054**|**37,054**|13,141|
|Other charitable activities||**75,484**|**-**|**75,484**|75,298|
|Other trading activities|2|**49,436**|**-**|**49,436**|46,926|
|Investment income|3|**5,542**|**-**|**5,542**|5,395|
|**Total**||**138,982**|**263,408**|**402,390**|161,375|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||||||
|**Charitable activities**||||||
|Direct charitable activities||**-**|**34,838**|**34,838**|8,448|
|Other charitable activities||**163,017**|**4,832**|**167,849**|138,078|
|Other||**-**|**-**|**-**|2,896|
|**Total**||**163,017**|**39,670**|**202,687**|149,422|
|**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**||**(24,035)**|**223,738**|**199,703**|11,953|
|**Transfers between funds**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Net movement in funds**||**(24,035)**|**223,738**|**199,703**|11,953|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||||
|As previously reported||**433,476**|**69,613**|**503,089**|491,136|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**||**409,441**|**293,351**|**702,792**|503,089|
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **BALANCE SHEET AT 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**2023**
Notes
**£**
**FIXED ASSETS**
**Tangible assets**
**8**
**190,846**
**CURRENT ASSETS**
**Debtors**
**9**
**-**
**Cash at bank**
**529,633**
**529,633**
**CREDITORS**
**Amounts falling due within one year**
**10**
**(17,687)**
**NET CURRENT ASSETS**
**511,946**
**TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT**
**LIABILITIES**
**702,792**
**NET ASSETS**
**702,792**
**FUNDS**
**12**
**Unrestricted funds:**
**General Fund**
**332,197**
**Designated International Camp Fund**
**3,767**
**Designated Disabilities Fund**
**8,822**
**Designated Cost of Living Fund**
**1,027**
**Designated Activity Fund**
**63,628**
**409,441**
**Restricted funds:**
**Flexible guiding Fund**
**3,684**
**Restricted donations**
**508**
**International Fund**
**20,155**
**Buildings Fund**
**42,650**
**Disability Fund**
**226,354**
**293,351**
**TOTAL FUNDS**
**702,792**|**2022**
**£**
**197,613**
**-**
**327,581**
**327,581**
**(22,105)**
**305,476**
503,089
503,089
348,681
3,967
9,122
-
71,706
433,476
3,684
508
17,939
47,482
**-**
69,613
503,089|
|---|---|
The financial statements were approved by the Board of Trustees on 11 July 2024 and were signed on its behalf by:
Mrs J Maskrey -Trustee
The notes form part of these financial statements
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES**
## **Basis of preparing the financial statements**
The financial statements of the charity, which is a public benefit entity under FRS 102, have been prepared in accordance with the Charities SORP (FRS 102) 'Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS 102) (effective January 2019), Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Charities Act 2011. The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.
## **Financial reporting standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions**
The charity has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland':
- the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
- the requirement of Section 3 Financial Statement Presentation paragraph 3.17(d); the requirements of Section 11 Financial Instruments paragraphs 11.41(b), 11.41(c), 11.41(e), 11.41(f), 11.42, 11.44,11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
- the requirement of Section 33 Related Party Disclosure paragraph 33.7.
## **Income**
All income is recognised in the Statement of Financial Activities once the charity has entitlement to the funds, it is probable that the income will be received and the amount can be measured reliably.
Income from grants is recognised on a receivable basis.
## **Expenditure**
Liabilities are recognised as expenditure as soon as there is a legal or constructive obligation committing the charity to that expenditure, it is probable that a transfer of economic benefits will be required in settlement and the amount of the obligation can be measured reliably. Expenditure is accounted for on an accruals basis and has been classified under headings that aggregate all cost related to the category. Where costs cannot be directly attributed to particular headings they have been allocated to activities on a basis consistent with the use of resources.
## **Tangible fixed assets**
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - 2% on cost Fixtures and fittings - 20% on cost
## **Taxation**
The charity is exempt from tax on its charitable activities.
## **Fund accounting**
Unrestricted funds can be used in accordance with the charitable objectives at the discretion of the trustees.
Restricted funds can only be used for particular restricted purposes within the objects of the charity. Restrictions arise when specified by the donor or when funds are raised for particular restricted purposes.
Further explanation of the nature and purpose of each fund is included in the notes to the financial statements.
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **1. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued**
## **Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits**
The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the charity's pension scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities in the period to which they relate.
## **Grants**
Expenditure on grants is recorded once the Charity has made an unconditional commitment to pay the grant and this has been communicated to the beneficiary or the grant has been paid, whichever is the earlier. The Charity has not made any commitments of more than one year.
## **2. OTHER TRADING ACTIVITIES**
|||**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|---|
|||**£**|**£**|
||Training|**-**|360|
||County Centre|**20,994**|18,608|
||Activities for members|**13,785**|17,632|
||Badges|**13,345**|9,890|
||Other merchandise|**617**|436|
||Other|**695**|-|
|||**49,436**|46,926|
|**3.**|**INVESTMENT INCOME**|||
|||**2023**|2022|
|||**£**|£|
||Interest received|**5,542**|5,395|
## **4. TRUSTEES' REMUNERATION AND BENEFITS**
Three trustees received remuneration or other benefits for the year ended 31 December 2023 totalling £18,730 (2022: £7,039).
## **Trustees' expenses**
15 (2022 - 15) Trustees were reimbursed during the year for directly incurred expenditure totalling £8,575 (2022 - £2,495).
## **5. STAFF COSTS**
The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
||||**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Accounting|and|secretarial|**5**|4|
No employees received emoluments in excess of £60,000.
## **6. INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS' FEE**
The fee for the independent examination was £3,900 (2022: £3,300).
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **7. COMPARATIVES FOR THE STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2022**
||**Unrestricted**|**Restricted**|Total funds|
|---|---|---|---|
||**funds**|**funds**||
||**£**|**£**|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS FROM**||||
|Donations and legacies|**3,115**|**17,500**|20,615|
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Direct charitable activities|-|**13,141**|13,141|
|Other charitable activities|**75,238**|**60**|75,298|
|Other trading activities|**46,926**|**-**|46,926|
|Investment income|**5,395**|**-**|5,395|
|**Total**|**130,674**|**30,701**|161,375|
|**EXPENDITURE ON**||||
|**Charitable activities**||||
|Direct charitable activities|**-**|**8,448**|8,448|
|Other charitable activities|**125,001**|**13,077**|138,078|
|Other|**2,896**|-|2,896|
|**Total**|**127,897**|**21,525**|149,422|
|**NET INCOME/(EXPENDITURE)**|**2,777**|**9,176**|11,953|
|**Transfers between funds**|**(30,000)**|**30,000**|**-**|
|**Net movement in funds**|**(27,223)**|**39,176**|11,953|
|**RECONCILIATION OF FUNDS**||||
|**Total funds brought forward**|**460,669**|**30,437**|491,136|
|**TOTAL FUNDS CARRIED FORWARD**|**433,476**|**69,613**|503,089|
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **8. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**
|**TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Freehold**
**Fixtures and**
**property**
**fittings**
**£**
**£**
**COST**
At 1 January 2023
**355,534**
**40,534**
Additions
**1,972**
**-**
At 31 December 2023
**357,506**
**40,534**
**DEPRECIATION**
At 1 January 2023
**159,366**
**39,089**
Charge for year
**7,979**
**760**
At 31 December 2023
**167,345**
**39,849**
**NET BOOK VALUE**
At 31 December 2023
**190,161**
**685**
At 31 December 2022
196,168
1,445|**Totals**
**£**
**396,068**
**1,972**
**398,040**||
||
**198,455**
**8,739**
**207,194**||
||
**190,846**
197,613|
**90,846**|
Included in cost or valuation of land and buildings is freehold land of £24,500 (2022 - £24,500) which is not depreciated.
Ownership of Cottered County Centre shown under the heading Freehold Land & Buildings above is registered with Guide Association Trust Corporation who hold the title as Custodian or Holding Trustees for the Hertfordshire County Guides or the Trusts of the Guide Association 1938 Trust Deed.
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **9. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
||**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|
|Other debtors|**-**|-|
|Prepayments and accrued income|-|-|
||-|-|
## **10. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR**
||**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|
|Deferred income|**10,250**|17,755|
|Accrued expenses|**3,749**|4,350|
|Other creditors|**3,687**|-|
||**17,687**|22,105|
## **11. ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS**
|**2023**
**Unrestricted**
**Restricted**
**Total funds**
**Funds**
**funds**
Fixed assets
**189,070**
**1,776**
**190,846**
Current assets
**227,808**
**301,825**
**529,633**
Current liabilities
**(7,437)**
**(10,250)**
**(17,687)**
**409,441**
**293,351**
**702,792**|2022
Total
funds
197,613
327,581
(22,105)
503,089|
|---|---|
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**
|**MOVEMENT IN FUNDS**||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||**Net**|**Transfers**||
||||**movement**|**between**||
||||**in funds**|**funds**|**At 31.12.23**|
||**1.1.23**|||||
||**£**||£|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General Fund|**348,681**||**(20,146)**|**3,662**|**332,197**|
|Designated International||||||
|Camp Fund|**3,967**||**-**|**(200)**|**3,767**|
|Designated Disabilities||||||
|Fund|**9,122**||**(300)**|**-**|**8,822**|
|Designated Cost of Living||||||
|Fund||**-**|**1,027**|-|**1,027**|
|Designated Activity Fund|**71,706**||**(4,616)**|**(3,462)**|**63,628**|
||**433,476**||**(24,035)**|-|**409,441**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|Restricted donations|**508**||**-**|**-**|**508**|
|International Fund|**17,939**||**2,216**|**-**|**20,155**|
|Flexible Guiding Fund|**3,685**||**-**|**-**|**3,684**|
|Disability Fund||-|**226,354**|**-**|**226,354**|
|**Buildings Fund**|**47,482**||**(4,832)**|**-**|**42,650**|
||**69,613**||**223,738**|**-**|**293,351**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**503,089**||**199,703**|**-**|**702,792**|
|Net movement in funds, included in|the above||are as follows:|||
||||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Movement**|
||||**resources**|**expended**|**in funds**|
||||£|**£**|**£**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||||
|General Fund|||137,955|(158,101)|(20,146)|
|Designated International Camp Fund|||-|-|-|
|Designated Disabilities Fund|||-|(300)|(300)|
|Designated Cost of Living Fund|||1,027|-|1,027|
|Designated Activity Fund|||-|(4,616)|(4,616)|
||||**138,982**|**(163,017)**|**(24,035)**|
|**Restricted funds**||||||
|International Fund|||37,054|(34,838)|2,216|
|Growing Guides|||-|-|-|
|Training Fund|||-|-|-|
|Flexible Guiding Fund|||-|-|-|
|Disability Fund|||226,354|-|226,354|
|Buildings Fund|||-|(4,832)|(4,832)|
||||**263,408**|**(39,670)**|**223,738**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|||**402,390**|**(202,687)**|**199,703**|
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **12. MOVEMENT IN FUNDS - continued**
## **Comparatives for movement in funds**
|||**Net**|**Transfers**||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**Movement**|**between**||
||**At**|
**in funds**|**funds**|**At 31.12.22**|
||**1.1.22**||||
|**Unrestricted Funds**|||||
|General Fund|**377,518**|**1,163**|**(30,000)**|**348,681**|
|Designated International Camp Fund|**3,967**|**-**|**-**|**3,967**|
|Designated Disabilities Fund|**9,122**|**-**|**-**|**9,122**|
|Designated Activity Fund|**70,092**|**1,614**|**-**|**71,706**|
||**460,699**|**2,777**|**(30,000)**|**433,476**|
|**Restricted Funds**|||||
|Restricted donations|508|-|-|508|
|International Fund|7,428|10,510|-|17,938|
|Flexible Guiding Fund|4,760|(1,075)|-|3,685|
|Sustainability Fund|8,448|(8,448)|-|-|
|Buildings Fund|9,293|8,189|30,000|47,482|
||**30,437**|**9,176**|**30,000**|**69,613**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**491,136**|**11,953**|**-**|**503,089**|
Comparative net movement in funds, included in the above are as follows:
||**Incoming**|**Resources**|**Movement**|
|---|---|---|---|
||**resources**|**expended**|**in funds**|
|**Unrestricted funds**||||
|General Fund|128,973|(127,810)|1,163|
|Designated Activity Fund|1,701|(87)|1,614|
||**130,674**|**(127,897)**|**2,777**|
|**Restricted funds**||||
|International Fund|13,141|(2,631)|10,510|
|Flexible Guiding Fund|60|(1,135)|(1,075)|
|Sustainability Fund|-|(8,448)|(8,448)|
|Buildings Fund|17,500|(9,311)|8,189|
||**30,701**|**(21,525)**|**9,176**|
|**TOTAL FUNDS**|**161,375**|**(149,422)**|**11,953**|
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## **HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - CONTINUED FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **13. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES**
There were no related party transactions for the year ended 31 December 2023.
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
||**2023**|2022|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|**INCOME AND ENDOWMENTS**|||
|**Donations and legacies**|||
|Legacies|**226,354**|-|
|Grants|**7,954**|15,200|
|Donations|**566**|5,415|
||**234,874**|20,615|
|**Other trading activities**|||
|Training|-|360|
|County Centre|**20,994**|18,608|
|Activities for members|**13,785**|17,632|
|Badges|**13,345**|9,890|
|Other merchandise|**617**|436|
|Other|**695**|-|
||**49,436**|46,926|
|**Investment income**|||
|Interest received|**5,542**|5,395|
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Subscriptions|**74,754**|73,935|
|200 Club|**730**|1,363|
|International trip income|**37,054**|13,141|
||**112,538**|88,439|
|**Total incoming resources**|**402,390**|161,375|
|**EXPENDITURE**|||
|**Charitable activities**|||
|Training|**2,526**|2,860|
|Members events|**7,867**|10,074|
|County centre|**42,252**|24,122|
|Professional fees|**-**|7,728|
|Travelling|**10,639**|15,157|
|Postage, telephone, printing and stationery|**3,351**|3,316|
|Website and internet costs|**2,372**|644|
|Share magazine|**-**|4,615|
|Commissioners and Queens guide grants|**720**|499|
|Carried forward|**69,727**|69,015|
This page does not form part of the statutory financial statements
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **DETAILED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
|**Charitable activities**
Brought forward
Grants
Presentations and awards
Sundry expenditure
International trip expenses
Badges
Rent
200 Club
Advertising
Depreciation
**Support costs**
**Governance costs**
Wages
Social security
Pensions
Insurance
Independent examiner's fee
Secretarial and accounting
**Total resources expended**
**Net income/(expenditure)**|**2023**
£
**69,727**
**6,354**
**4,320**
**5,787**
**34,838**
**15,108**
**3,809**
**500**
**1,769**
**8,738**
**150,950**
**43,156**
**862**
**346**
**2,073**
**3,900**
**1,400**
**51,737**
**202,687**
**199,703**|2022
£
69,015
12,149
560
3,504
2,631
14,246
-
-
**-**
8,823
110,928
29,886
554
205
1,653
3,300
2,896
38,494
149,422
11,953~~_~~|
|---|---|---|
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
## **COUNTY TREASURER'S REPORT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
The accounts show a net surplus of £199,703 for the year compared to a net surplus in 2022 of £11,953.
## **INCOME**
Net subscription income was up at £74,754 compared to 2022 (£73,935). Other trading activities was higher at £49,436 compared to 2022 (£46,926) largely due to an increase in the income from the County Centre and badges.
Donations and legacies were higher due to a legacy of £226,354 received in the year.
## **EXPENDITURE**
Major expenses during 2023 were:-
- £42,252 (£24,122 in 2022) for the Hertfordshire Guide Centre at Cottered. The increase in the year was largely the result of expenditure on building projects in the year;
- £44,364 (£30,645 in 2022) on Staff costs — largely due to one extra staff member;
- £10,639 (£15,157 in 2022) on Travel expenses.
The Balance Sheet shows Girlguiding Hertfordshire's current worth as £702,792 an increase from 2022 (£503,089). Fixed assets decreased by £6,767, mainly due to depreciation. The cash element of Current Assets increased while Creditors increased. This resulted in Net Current Assets of £511,946 up £206,470 on 2022. Within the Unrestricted Funds the General fund decreased by £20,146 while other funds remained similar to last year. The Restricted Funds increased from £47,304 in 2023 to £293,351 due in large part to a legacy for the disability fund and movements on the International Fund.
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**HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY GUIDE ASSOCIATION**
**REPORT OF THE COUNTY COMMISSIONER FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023**
## **Our county in numbers**
**Divisions Districts Units** 10 46 457 **Comparison to 2022** Young Members 7476 10 Volunteer Members 1697 233 Rainbows 1690 46 Brownies 3547 97 Guides 1892 85 Rangers 347 48 **Mission**
Our mission statement works in alignment with those of Girlguiding Anglia and Girlguiding UK. By expanding the skill set within our county team to achieve our aims we support girls to find their voice, encourage them to be the best they can be and to have a positive impact on their community.
## **Our Values**
We are committed to providing an inclusive, caring, fun environment for our girls and members whilst challenging, empowering, supporting and inspiring them. These are the key guiding values which enable everyone to achieve their best and have an exceptional guiding experience.
## **Girlguiding Themes**
## Access
Ensuring girls and adults from all backgrounds are able to access guiding and benefit from the opportunities.
## Excellence
Helping our volunteers to deliver good guiding by ensure access to the relevant support is available.
## Voice
Commitment to listening to and promoting our girls’ and volunteers’ voices.
## Capacity
Reviewing and updating our processes and working together to make guiding easier for our volunteers and to help them provide a better guiding experience.
**2023 Aims and Objectives**
2023 saw the launch of a Girlguiding branding refresh in the early part of the year. As a county we aimed to be one of the first to rebrand our website, resources and pr materials, and ensured our volunteers were well supported, especially during the initial period of change.
The King’s Coronation was also a big focal point for guiding, particularly within our county where there was great excitement in the lead up and some of our members were very lucky to be invited to take part in the Trooping the Colour event.
Recruitment featured heavily especially with the King encouraging volunteering and Girlguiding being an official partner of The Big Help Out volunteer recruitment drive. We were also invited again
to have a stand at the annual Hertfordshire County Show and our media and communications team ran a ‘meet the volunteer’ recruitment campaign to showcase who we are, ordinary people who together can achieve amazing things, and members were encouraged to share these posts. Volunteers from Berkhamsted district manned a stall in Hemel Hempstead on Armed Forces Day and volunteers from Stevenage division set up a stand at Stevenage Day in June, with the Mayor of Stevenage taking time to stop and chat.
Working to retain volunteers by making them feel valued and recognising the work they put has been important. As well as our annual county awards event, South West division held an afternoon tea in November as a thank you for all leaders and helpers in the division. The Goffs Oak district commissioner applied for, and received a grant towards the tea from a local councillor. The division team for West division held their own awards evening to celebrate the leaders who had received awards, giving those who were unable to attend the county event the chance to celebrate and be celebrated. To make the commissioner role less onerous we started looking at creating division and district teams where the workload would be spread amongst team members.
One of our leaders from 1st Rickmansworth Rainbows, was nominated to attend a red carpet event in London in November, for her contributions to Girlguiding. She was greeted with a glass of bubbly, had an afternoon tea and got to meet volunteers from across the country.
## **Structure**
Many county team roles came to an end this year and their successors brought with them fresh ideas and their enthusiasm was wonderful to see. We have continued to strive to work collaboratively as a county team and ensure information is cascaded to all levels to allow members to access wonderful experiences and opportunities. The county growth and retention coordinator role, created towards the end of last year, proved effective in ensuring new volunteer enquiries were dealt with speedily.
## **Supporting the Community**
Members of all sections have been out in the community. Rangers and young leaders from East division helped organise and participate in various community fetes. Brownies from Harpenden and Redbourn division went to a care home and sang songs, chatted to residents and played Bingo and Rangers from the same division helped the local Round Table with the Santa sleigh that goes around town.
Members from across the county represented Girlguiding and paid their respects at Remembrance Day parades and services.
Berkhamsted district raised £1350 by holding a Christmas cracker market with girls helping to run their unit stalls; there was face painting, tombolas, games, crafts, a hamper raffle, cakes/biscuits and reindeer food.
1st Goffs Oak Rainbows held fundraising events for Guide Dogs for the Blind raising over £200 and they are now sponsoring a Guide Dog.
A Brownie from 1st Cuffley Brownie unit completed her Brownie Gold award by running a unit meeting and fundraising. She called the register, gave instructions and with her chosen team, organized an amazing evening of games and cake decorating. The district and division commissioners joined the unit leaders to become Brownies for the evening, wearing yellow t-shirts to blend in. £92.40 was raised and £40 was used to adopt two animals at Whipsnade Zoo with the remainder donated to Children in Need.
St Albans South Rangers hosted a charity disco for 100 Brownies, Rainbows, Beavers and Cubs as part of their Take Action badge and raised an amazing £1000 for Youth Talk a local charity.
1[st] , 2[nd] and 4[th] Rickmansworth Rainbows completed the ‘Help your Community’ challenge from the Helper interest badge, by each bringing a food item to make a huge hamper that was donated to the Rickmansworth Food Bank.
A Brownie from 10[th] Harpenden Brownies collected over 55kgs of toiletries for The Hygiene Bank Harpenden and St Albans as part of her Charities badge.
## **Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers**
Girls across all sections have been achieving their Gold, Silver and Bronze section awards. With one Rainbow from St Albans division also earning all 12 interest badges. 9th St Albans Rainbows presented their super Rainbow her Gold award just before Christmas under the gold bauble in St Albans city centre.
7th St Albans Brownies
celebrated their centenary with a talent show for parents and invited guests.
Brownies from Harpenden and Redbourn division took part in the Harpenden Christmas carnival.
150 Brownies from St Albans division attended a very successful division Gilwell Brownie adventure weekend, enjoying 2 days of fun and adventure, supported by 40 adult guiders and young leaders.
Guides, Brownies and families from Broxbourne district attended a 'family' holiday and camp at
Belchamps camp site near Southend over the spring bank holiday, taking part in onsite activities, fire lighting, BBQ's and camp fire.
A number of Rangers from Harpenden and Redbourn division attended the Girlguiding Wellies and Wristband festival in August.
This year saw the spectacular return of the St Albans Scout and Guide Gang Show, following a 2 year hiatus due to the pandemic. Over 50 Girlguiding members aged 11 to 70 spent 5 months preparing for the show.
Young leaders from the Hemel Hempstead districts held a ‘pizza’ evening social event so they could get to know each other.
Stevenage division ran a circus skills day for Brownies and Guides which was well attended and fun for everyone involved.
Members from across Radlett district decorated ‘winter trees’ made from repurposed wooden pallet which were put on display around the local area.
## **More fun…**
There have been trips along the Grand Union Canal and to Whipsnade Zoo, the cinema to watch the Girlguiding viewings of the Disney films the Little Mermaid and Wish, bowling alleys, Rickmansworth Aquadrome, Jump City, Woodoaks Farm in Maple Cross and to various Golf Clubs where girls completed their Girls Golf challenge badge.
Holidays, camps and sleepovers have taken place across the county with sleepovers at the Science Museum, the RAF Museum in London for the Pillows and Pilots event, HMS Belfast and one district from Harpenden and Redbourn division went to Paris.
## **Celebrating The King’s Coronation**
There were many celebration events and parties held across the county with activities including making union flag windmills and window decorations, crown decorating, playing coronation bingo, baking Coronation cupcakes and making willow crowns.
12 girls from Hertfordshire county were selected to attend the Trooping the Colour parade in June and watched the historic occasion from inside the youth enclosure. After the parade they walked The Mall, in front of the public, to Buckingham Palace where they saw the Royal family on the balcony and watched the flypast. One lucky girl from our county was selected to be positioned at the Queen Victoria Memorial grandstand opposite Buckingham Palace where she directed guests in the grandstand area, handed out flags and ponchos and entertained the crowds while they waited from the King and Queen to arrive back at the Palace after the service.
A Guide from Harpenden and Redbourn division and a Brownie from St Albans division represented the county at an Evensong at St Albans Cathedral. The girls carried their unit flags alongside other youth organisations and our Brownie read a prayer in front of congregation.
Lots of events took place as part of The Big Help Out to raise awareness of volunteering. A working party at our County Centre in Cottered was well attended, with volunteers helping to paint the new camp shelter. Ware district spent a morning painting benches and litter picking at Ware Priory, and Brownies from Rickmansworth district litter picked.
## **Celebrating Thinking Day**
Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and volunteers from South East division celebrated World Thinking Day by wearing their guiding uniforms to school. A number of schools even included a quote in their newsletters to promote Girlguiding and encourage people to join. Rainbows, Brownies and Guides from Hoddesdon district held a Thinking Day afternoon get together and completed the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts (WAGGGS) challenge. Around 100 girls from Berkhamsted district celebrated Thinking Day by undertaking the Police challenge badge with support from Dacorum Police.
## **Visits from the community**
Many units across the county were visited by a Scout volunteer who passed on his wood whittling skills to the girls. As part of the Make Change badge and UK Parliament Week activities 9[th] Watford Rainbows received a visit from their local MP Dean Russell who gave an interactive short talk about rules, laws and voting. 3[rd] Baldock Guides were visited by Essex and Herts Air Ambulance.
## **Guiding development**
All team members are qualified trainers and renewals continue every 3 years. Many of the team have been involved in Anglia region webinars throughout 2023.
The Anglia trainers who cover Hertfordshire have continued to support with county trainings such as 1[st] Response, division commissioner support, a safe space and other adhoc webinars as requested. This ensures that our volunteers are provided with great learning and development opportunities.
The trainers help share lots of resources to sharpen leaders’ skills and get participants fully involved with learning and development.
The majority of the team will be involved in the upcoming Hertfordshire county training day in January 2024.
## **Outdoor activities**
We ran 3 county ‘fun days’ during 2023. One for Rainbows and Brownies at Paradise Wildlife Park in July, another for Guides at Phasels Wood Activity Centre, and the third, for Rangers, at Wyboson Lakes where girls took on a water obstacle course and army assault course.
The walking team listened to girls’ voices and improved their events by making them more accessible to all members, girls in particular, and opened some up to include families as well as units.
Hertfordshire continued to be a strong walking county, attracting a good number of trainees and social walkers each year.
Walking team members went to units and ran geocaching sessions. To facilitate more groups being able to have a go, some gps devices were purchased.
Mountain Experience, a joint Scout and Guide navigation training weekend for Rangers and Explorers, as well as an adult training group, took place early in the year.
Ranger teams from the county competed in Hertfordshire Peak Assault; with Buntingford winning the Visitors’ trophy.
Members of the walking team, with extra help from some Trefoil Guild members, ran compass based activities for Brownies and Guides at the South West division outdoor activity day. The team also led hill walks and other outdoor activities on Introduction to the hills (Itth).
A Sensory Safari for Rainbows and Brownies took place in Broxbourne Woods along the existing sculpture trail route and in September, a 26 mile challenge event along the Norfolk coast was coordinated for Rangers, young leaders and adult members.
During 2022/23, 11 Bronze, 4 Silver and 1 Gold Duke of Edinburgh Awards were completed by members.
The walking team plans to run an equally full schedule of events in 2024.
## **Residential**
There have been lots of residential activities this year with girls enjoying trips, sleepovers and camps. The early part of the year saw the appointment of new joint county residential lead volunteers who have continued to provide support and advice to our leaders to ensure they are confident their events are well planned.
## **International**
The team organised a county international selection day, Lorne residential and Azores residential. It was wonderful that after 3 years of not being able to offer an International experience to girls we were able to run two trips this year. The trip to Lorne was aimed at giving younger members the opportunity to get a feel for what an International trip involves. The girls came away with a sense of achievement and a thirst for adventure.
21 Rangers and 4 adult leaders went on the Azores trip. An action filled week which included dolphin and whale watching, canyoning, biking and kayaking and lots of water activities.
A few girls were selected by Anglia region to attend the World Scout Jamboree in South Korea, which despite the many challenges was a fantastic opportunity.
## **Youth opportunities**
2023 saw big changes within the youth opportunities team with the majority of teams’ roles ending and successors being appointed.
Our young leader lead volunteer visited units providing support to young leaders and other leaders, as well as started preparing training sessions which will be run across the county as required. 24 young leader qualifications (YLQ) have been completed.
Our Ranger lead volunteer ran an event for Ranger leaders to enable sharing of ideas and good practice for this age range. Our county peer education coordination lead volunteer focused on events to engage more peer educator members aged 14-25 within the county.
There were 5 new sign ups for the Queens Guide award and two young members completed and were presented with their awards.
The county young leader lead volunteer was appointed as a tutor and reviewer on the Anglia regional training team.
The team will be looking to increase the Commonwealth award uptake amongst our young members.
## **Inspire**
The focus of our county Inspire coordination lead volunteer, fresh in role at the beginning of the year, was to grow Inspire Hertfordshire. A survey was shared throughout the county to find out what 18-30 year olds want.
September saw the launch of an Inspire Blog and plans to create more of an impactful social media presence were formulated.
Our county Inspire coordination lead volunteer started work on a Region Inspire challenge badge, a tool for the whole region to learn more about Inspire and improve connections between counties within Anglia region.
Our county Inspire coordination lead volunteer completed her Queen’s Guide award this year.
## **Trefoil Guild**
2023 saw Trefoil Guild celebrate its 80[th] birthday and members took part in the 80th birthday challenge set by National Trefoil Guild with some units all gaining the badge as they based their programme on it. A birthday picnic at Tolmers Scout Camp site was held and a craft day at Hemel Hempstead.
The Hertfordshire Trefoil Guild annual review took the format of Creative Spree in '23 with each Guild providing a display on the theme of 80 years of Trefoil Guild. The creative arts included many mediums such as song and poetry.
The Guilds continued to provide a full and active programme for their members, as well as supporting local Girlguiding in various ways, including supporting the 200 Club for the Hertfordshire County Centre at Cottered and helping at working parties there. Members regularly helped with activities and served refreshments at district, division and county training and activity days as well as supporting regional and National Trefoil Guild events throughout the year.
The individual Guilds had a variety of speakers and have been out and about exploring their local area.
Guilds have continued to support the local community in various ways by collecting stamps, bottle tops, etc. and knitting for premature baby units, and the shoe box appeal. The amount that has been raised for charities over the year by the various Guilds is substantial.
Stevenage Guild celebrated their 75th anniversary and other Guilds have celebrated their 45th anniversary and other landmarks.
5 members completed their Voyage award with 2 gaining the gold, 1 the silver and 2 the bronze.
It has been good to see numbers rising to pre pandemic levels as members gain in confidence and it is good to see new younger members being recruited.
## **Inclusion**
In 2023, the inclusions team were busy supporting leaders and responding to requests for advice on how to adapt activities to include all young members. There was a rise in the number of units asking for help with supporting autistic and neurodiverse members this year. Members of the team made visits to units to tailor advice to individual circumstances. Plans are currently being made to offer a training session for leaders around the topic of neurodiversity in the coming year.
The team have also helped leaders with the writing of adjustment plans for young members. Informal advisory work has been undertaken in St Albans and Central divisions about including girls and leaders with additional needs.
Members of the team have undertaking e-learnings about disability and inclusion to ensure their knowledge remains up to date and are able to provide appropriate support and advice.
## **Membership support**
The membership systems team supported volunteers by being the first stop for queries related to GO and Girlguiding policies. This involved covering areas of the database including safe practice, compliance, girl enquiries, training on GO and resolving problems where possible. Our county membership systems coordinator supported members, dealing with high levels of queries surrounding the setting up of logins for GO and the learning platform.
The responsibility for maintaining the volunteer enquiries moved to the membership growth coordinator.
The leadership qualification team worked hard to encourage completion of the leadership qualification (LQ), before it was withdrawn at the end of September. The new leadership development programme (LDP) replaced the LQ.
A group for GO coordinators in the region was set up following a region training day.
All long service awards for 2023, bar one, were given to division commissioners for presentation. Total Awards for the year are: 5-year = 100, 10-year = 45, 20-year = 20, 30-year = 12, 40-year = 16, 50-year =4.
## **Media and communications team**
There was a change in leadership within the media and communications team early in the year.
Following the launch of the new branding in March, the team helped everyone in the county to embrace the change by providing support to divisions, districts and units.
The team have attended lots of events, including Hertfordshire County Show, county activity days, St Albans Gang Show, Trooping the Colour and the county awards celebration, to collect stories and take photos to share on social media, website and local press.
The team have continued to share posts across the county social media channels about what has been taking place. Facebook remains very strong with over 2,500 followers. There have been some particularly popular posts with one about Halloween crafts gaining an engagement of over 1,000 and reach of 30,000 people. The Instagram and Twitter accounts continue to grow with over 700 and 500 followers respectively. This year saw the launch of the county’s LinkedIn page, to connect with volunteers, Hertfordshire businesses and as a recruitment tool.
The team helped create recruitment graphics for a variety of purposes and sharing posts on social media as well as supporting Girlguiding Anglia’s ‘Pass it on’ campaign. To encourage volunteer recruitment, graphics have been shared throughout the year, such as ‘meet the volunteer’ posts to highlight the benefits to volunteering. Later in the year, the Girlguiding girl recruitment campaign to encourage new Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers to join was shared across social media platforms.
## **Growth and retention**
The growth and retention team organised the county participating in the Hertfordshire County Show with volunteers supporting on the main gates. With the rebranding taking place not long before the team worked very hard to ensure the stand and advertising was up to date.
There has been a big focus again this year on recruitment across the county and the team have provided support to units/districts and divisions with PR events.
2023 was a very successful year with local pr events taking place all over the county. The events varied from stands, stalls and displays at local community day to multiple events taking place over the county as part of the national Big Help Out event in May. The team provided support to units, districts and divisions with PR events.
As a county we ran multiple recruitment campaigns. Our most successful recruitment tools have been word by mouth and social media. More campaigns will be run in 2024.
2023 saw a change in the Girlguiding leadership qualification, moving to a new program called leadership development programme. To date we have 4 fully new leaders on the new program and 78 registered. The county growth and retention coordinator took over the coordinating of the leadership development programme (LDP) qualification for the county.
At region level the growth team were involved with the Promote and Grow challenge badge.
In 2024 Girlguiding Hertfordshire will be celebrating its 110th birthday, this will create amazing opportunities to run events to celebrate, promote and grow the county.
## **Awards**
This year saw a big change over to an online web-based nomination system, which opened the nominations out to the girls and their parents, as well as adult members.
A new county Youth award was created, and the badge designed by a member working towards their Queens Guide award.
We held a well attended awards presentation and garden party at Cottered at the end of the Summer, for all county award winners and long service award recipients.
**Member and Long Service brooch**
50 years – 3
40 years – 14 30 years – 9
## **County Thanks award**
13
## **County Good Service award**
11
## **County Good Guiding award**
10
## **County Youth award**
1
## **National Good Service award**
4
Hertfordshire will again be on the rota as one of the representative members on the Anglia region team from January 2024.
## **Archives**
The annual Anglia archivists weekend took place at Hautbois in October and was attended by the Girlguiding HQ lead volunteer for the National Archive Project and the recently appointed HQ Archivist.
An escape room was trialled at one session, a talk on Waste not Want not, ideas for using surplus items such as badges for activities and display ideas, was very useful. A conservator verified identification and dating of older uniforms and gave a presentation on conservation and preservation of archive material.
Work began on the new Anglia badge book for the Guide section to prepare it for publication and the final draft for the Rainbow section was available. Brownie, Ranger and Adult sections remain in progress.
Hertfordshire archivists have attended courses, including a full day digitisation workshop, a seminar on digital archiving processes and a full day workshop on conservation for archivists.
Heritage week at Foxlease was attended, which included presentations on safe storage for archives and Girlguiding history.
Uniform has been loaned for display and a visit to a Brownie unit with archive items was well received. Requests, for available information about the history of units and other levels, were frequently received, particularly around significant anniversary dates.
Work commenced on creating history activity boxes for loan to units across the county and work on sorting, cataloguing, conserving and moving more items into archival quality boxes for protection has continued. New donations have been received throughout the year.
**Badges and depots**
An online form for ordering section Bronze, Silver and Gold awards went live this year, allowing orders to be placed anytime with the most up to date information and has resulted in a reduction in time for processing orders.
Across the county this year, the awards achieved by girls was as followed: **Bronze** : Rainbows 450, Brownies 781, Guides 247, Rangers 23 **Silver** : Rainbows 258, Brownies 460, Guides 153, Rangers 3 **Gold** : Rainbows 146, Brownies 285, Guides 86, Gold 4
(End of year totals may be higher).
## **Conclusion**
The year has been packed with excitement, achievement and celebration. Our numbers have unfortunately dropped for most young member sections and volunteers, but our growth and retention lead and local teams have put a lot of effort into recruitment and being visible in the community, which we hope will have a positive impact in the coming year.
A highlight of the year has to be the activity around the King’s Coronation and Girlguiding Hertfordshire had two volunteers who were selected to support the event in London, as well as many members holding local celebrations and supporting the Big Help Out initiative.
The length of service of our volunteers continues to be outstanding, and many more awards were presented again this year at our celebration event. Young member awards were also in abundance and units and districts have been fantastic at celebrating these, with Gold parties and social media stories.
Our online presence continues to develop and we have been able to generate a great following across all of the social media channels as well as an improved website experience where we aim to support volunteers with resources, as well as share great news and provide members of the public with an insight as to the great things Girlguiding has to offer.
As always, Girlguiding Hertfordshire volunteers strive to do the best they can to help girls achieve anything and everything, giving up countless hours of their time whilst benefiting from long-lasting friendships and experiences.
Jenny Maskrey County commissioner Girlguiding Hertfordshire