## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1[st] April 2024 Period start date To Period end date 31[st] March 2025 Charity name: 2[nd] Uxbridge [St Margarets] Scout Group** ## **Charity registration number:274788** ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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10|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (if any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Darren Butcher|GLV||| ||Mark Loring|||| ||Toni Lawes|||| ||Michael Redgrave|||| ||HarveyO’Rourke|||| ||Vanessa Goodwin|||| ||Stephen Leighs|||| ||Susan Leighs|Chair||| ||Clare Green|||| ||David Redgrave|Treasurer||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|
Para 1.25|It is governed by Scout Association policy ,
organisation and rules ROYAL CHARTER
4TH JANUARY 1912 AS AMENDED BY
SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 28
MAR 1949 AS AMENDED BY
SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 18
FEB 1959 AS AMENDED BY
SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 05
MAY 1967 AS AMENDED BY
SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTER DATED 19
JUL 1991 AS AMENDED ON 08 FEB 2018
AS AMENDED ON 30 APR 2019 AS
AMENDED ON 12 FEB 2020| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|The Group Scout Council has a
governance role for the charity .| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any|Para 1.25|There is a selection process. The Trustees
are appointed by the existing trustee board| constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51|The policies and procedures for the training
and induction of Trustees is that of the
Scout Association as in POR.| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|| |Relationship with any
related parties|Para 1.51|| |Other||| ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|The groups charitable purpose is to actively
engage and support young people in their
personal development, empowering them
to make a positive contribution to society.| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|We provide progressive and adventurous
activities that develop skills confidence and
character in young people aged 6 to 18.| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|| ||Para 1.38|The group is supported by a wide range of
volunteers; Leaders , Trustees , Parents
and carers, local community . without the| Contribution made by support of volunteers, the group could not volunteers exist. ## **Achievements and Performance** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|During the reporting period, 2ndUxbridge
Group has continued to deliver high quality
youth provision in line with Scout
Associations guidelines. At the same time,
it continues to review and improve existing
provision.
The Group has continued to maintain
diverse and engaging activities for
members across all sections to meet the
needs of all its members.
At the 2025 Census, 2ndUxbridge had 96
youth scouts across all 3 sections| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|| |---|---|---| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the
end of the period|Para 1.21|Receipts for the year amounted to £59k
compared to £44k in the previous year. This
variance was mainly due to the Scout unit
signing up to the District Kandersteg summer
camp for 2025.
Expenditure for the year amounted to £58k
compared to £53k with camp expenditure
increasing in line with income due to Kandersteg
camp advance costs payable to District. In
addition, the rates due to Hillingdon council were
paid late for 23/24.
Overall this year was in surplus by approx £1k
compared to the loss in the prior year of approx
£9k.| |---|---|---| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The charity’s reserve policy is any unrestricted
funds not committed are sufficient to enable the
charity to continue to achieve its objectives. The
reserves policy and the level of reserves are
reviewed from time to time.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|£47,947| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|| |Details of fund materially
in deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a
going concern|Para 1.23|| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|At the end of the 2025 financial year, the
Treasurer in position stepped down. The
Current Chair person has also indicated
that they will be looking to step down during
the financial year 2025-2026| ||||| |---|---|---|---| ||Other||With the previous treasurer stepping down
in May 2025, the new treasurer has
collated the financial accounts based on
information available| ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|2ndUxbridge [St Margarets] Scout group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|| |Registered charity number|274788| |Charity’s principal address|148 Long Lane
Hillingdon
UB10 0EH| ||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**
**Name**
**Address**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**||| |||| ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||Darren Philip Butcher|| ||

Group Lead Volunteer|| ||10/11/2025|| ||10/11/2025|| ||**The 2nd Uxbridge Scout Group (St Margaret's) Charity**|**The 2nd Uxbridge Scout Group (St Margaret's) Charity**|**The 2nd Uxbridge Scout Group (St Margaret's) Charity**|**274788**|**274788**|**CC16a**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**Receipts and payments accounts**||||| ||**For the period from**|01/04/2024|**To**||31/03/2025|| |||||||| |**Section A Receipts and payments**||||||| |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**16,495**
**30,787**
**8,281**
**2,528**
**278**
**-**
**-**
**147**
**611**
**59,127**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,127**
**985**
**2,241**
**5,340**|**Restricted funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**16,495**
**30,787**
**8,281**
**2,528**
**278**
**-**
**-**
**147**
**611**
**59,127**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**59,127**
**985**
**2,241**
**5,340**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |Hall Hire|**16,495**|||||**16,575**| |Camps/Trips/Activities|**30,787**|||||**17,396**| |Subs|**8,281**|||||**6,668**| |Donations|**2,528**|||||**1,716**| |Fund Raising (AGM)|**278**|||||**708**| |Gift Aid Received|**-**|||||**-**| |Grants Received|**-**|||||**250**| |EasyFundraising|**147**|||||**132**| |Interest|**611**|||||**602**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for AR)_|**59,127**|||||**44,046**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales, (see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**44,046**| |||||||| |Maintenance|**985**|**-**|**-**||**985**|**2,687**| |Cleaning|**2,241**|**-**|**-**||**2,241**|**2,750**| |Rates|**5,340**|**-**|**-**||**5,340**|**-**| |Electricityand Gas|**6,648**||**-**||**-**||**6,648**||**6,615**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Water|**899**||**-**||**-**||**899**||**987**| |Insurance|**1,448**||**-**||**-**||**1,448**||**1,389**| |Fire Equipment Servicing|**106**||**-**||**-**||**106**||**-**| |Camps/Trips/Activities/Equipment|**32,562**||**-**||**-**||**32,562**||**23,340**| |Uniform/Badges|**192**||**-**||**-**||**192**||**1,331**| |DESU Subs Reimbursement|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**980**| |Uxbridge and District Scout Council|**5,324**||**-**||**-**||**5,324**||**4,167**| |Miscellaneous|**691 **||**-**||**-**||**691**||**4,711**| |Training|**967**||**-**||**-**||**967**||**-**| |Audit and Accountancy|**281 **||**-**||**-**||**281**||**1,475**| |Bank and card charges|**51 **||**-**||**-**||**51.12**||**-**| |~~Charitable Donations~~|**-**||~~**-**~~||~~**-**~~||~~**-**~~||**2,355**| |**_Sub total_ **|**57,733**||**-**||**-**||**57,733**||**52,786**| |**A4 Asset and investment purchases, (see table)**||**-**
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**57,733**
**1,393**
**-**
**47,947**
**49,340**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Equipment|**-**||||**-**| ||**-**||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||| ||||||**52,786**| ||||||| ||||||**(8,739)**| ||||||**-**| ||||||**60,041**| ||||||**47,516**| ||||||| |**Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period**|||||| |**Categories**
**Details**|||**Unrestricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Endowment funds**
**to nearest £**| ## **B1 Cash funds** |Natwest Reserve Account||||**43,998**||||||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Natwest Current Account||||**5,181**|||**-**|||**-**| |OSM Cards||||**162**|||**-**|||**-**| ||**_Total cash funds_**|||**49,340**|||**-**|||**-**| |(agree balances|with receipts and|||||||||| |payments account(s))|||OK|||OK|||OK|| **Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds** **B2 Other monetary assets** **B3 Investment assets** **B4 Assets retained for the charity’s own use** |**Details**
Debtors
Prepayment|**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
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**-**|**to nearest £**
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**-**|**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---| |Debtors|**-**|**-**|**-**| |Prepayment|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**| |**Fund to which asset**
**belongs**|**Cost (optional)**
**-**
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**-**|**Current value**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**| **Details** **Fund to which asset Current value Cost (optional) Details belongs (optional)** Building (insurance value) **262,500** |General Equipment||||**-**||**-**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Camping Equipment||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| |||||**-**||**-**| ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |**Details**
Accounts Payable
Unpaid Expenses|**Fund to which**
**liability relates**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted|**Amount due**
**(optional)**
**240**
**-**
**-**|**When due**
**(optional)**| |---|---|---|---| |Accounts Payable|Unrestricted|**240**|| |Unpaid Expenses|Unrestricted||| ||Unrestricted||| |||**-**|| |||**-**|| |Signature|Print Name
Darren Butcher
Gillian Thompson|Date of approval| |---|---|---| ||Darren Butcher|10/11/2026| ||Gillian Thompson|10/11/2026| IER October 2018 IER October 2018 ## Independent examiner's report on the accounts ## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report** **Report to the trustees/ members of** Charity Name 2[nd] Uxbridge (St Margarets) Scout Group ## **On accounts for the year ended** 31 March 2025 **Charity no (if any)** 274788 ## **Set out on pages** 1-2 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31 March 2025. 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 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the 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 which gives me cause to believe that in any material respect: - accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act; or - the accounts do not accord with the accounting records I confirm that there is no other matter to which your attention should be drawn to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. 31 January 2025 **Signed: Date: Name:** Dr P K Hopkins **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** **Address:** 3 **October 2018** **IER** 8 North Common Road Uxbridge UB8 1PD ## **Section B Disclosure** Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners). **Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose** . 4 **October 2018** **IER**