1ST LEIGHTON BUZZARD SCOUT GROUP Report & Accounts for YEAR ENDING 5APRIL 2024 scouts HONORARY PRESIDENT Tony 8irch TRUSTEES: Ex-officitr Awlntme Gro¢Jp Scout Leadef Scout Leader Cub Scoui Leader Beaver Scout Leader PL)b Redfern Eth¥ard Goddard sieve Anderson Graham Mills Trustee Trustee TRUSTEES: Elected Chairman Vice Chairman Treasurer lan Summerr￿d Position Vacant Siephanie Harris *Jnanda Godden Trustee Secretary Quartefmasier 8ookin8s Sec￿tsry Trustee Position Vatant D￿ld Le¥8atts Parènt ReFMÈnts￿¥es Beavers Cubs Position lknnt Position Vacant scouts Posiiion VKant Support Media Website Grant Support anda Godden Brian Davison Phil Wanleworth BANKERS National Westminster Bank PLC 27 High Street, Leighton Buzzafd. 8edfordshire LU7 IDX Uoyds Bank PLC Markei Sq. Leighion Buzza Bedfordshire LU7 CUSTODIAN TRUSTEES: The Scrxjt Assttiation Trust Corporation OTHER ADVISERS Independent Examiner= Mike Dalion Valuers: Andrèw Vthite & Co. Group Regisiration Number with The Stout Assttiation: Charity Registratbon Number= 279330 Contsct Name & Address". Mrs S L Harris. 9 Partridge Road. Leighton Buzzard. Bedfordshire. LU7 4BJ Chairnians Report 2023-24 1°, Leighton Buzzard 'The Buzzards, Scout Group Our Group has had arbother goLKI year bolh op8fdtionally and fir￿n¢la￿y. ft Is good to see (￿r B8av8rs. Cubs aThJ Scouts fulty enjoying our worrtl8rful facalitsés and ryeat to seé th8 Dtstrict Ftywxnix Explores ScoLts b￿0￿"n9 an ¥i*gral part of our grow aThJ ff4qk¥ig the Buzzards HQ th8¥ ovm. As a Group we have cOntin￿d to enga9e aThJ wpport local Y￿th LY9anisats'ons. Tris indudes th8 Girl Gumlès. Hi 5's and Fcxxsteps Nursery Sch¢)ol hire thé Mèmorial Hal dunng temi IKnes. ￿ts.1 end of suffffier Iwm 2024. This fits with our elhos of PO￿￿ve1y agir¥J with ￿ I(￿91 C(Mn￿nIty and ow yourwJ *thiL8t contrbuting tcAvaftts Group. I W(￿Id lik8 to thank our Booking Seuètary Da￿d P￿kInS all his work on mcMl8mi&ThJ tho m*wement of our t￿lO￿ngS. Th8s8 hirlngs onsur8 an c*igoing income stream to enabl8 us to maintain Our facalth'es and d8liv8r Scouting to our ycjung p8op18. Llkv¥¥i￿. our Treasur8r Steph Harris for prepanng Ihese attwnts and for I￿r fiscal rnan4en￿t and ￿)n(ro1 keeps our finarKes under c(￿tr￿. Ihanks 4so go to An¥nda Godd￿ wr secretary w*K) has given Ihe gro(w many years of serrfice. Amanda will be standing down as secretary at the AGM. bul l am da1￿hled that sh8 has a3re&d to stand as a trust8e C￿ ￿ new tmwd where her experienc8 and idar￿8 will t* invaluablo. Over ffi￿Y years GSL Rob Re(ffem has Lxtstsnthng lead￿Stsp. He has inspir8d our yoJry pec*. le&Jership tearn a￿1 to our ExeLIrtJV8 Committ80 alike. Rob has taken the detssion to stsnd d¢y*n at the end of this ￿r as GSL will remain with us to t*lp wrth the socIK>ns adM￿stratson aTrJ to faolilale a $rr¥￿th transibon for the nexl GSL. l *x)uld also thank all our Leaders. WKI help8rs fof al Iheir h*d wort ar#J dedication. W￿￿Ul w￿M w8 C￿ld not provMI6 SCO￿1ng to oui Y(￿￿j ff*nknars. Our EXa￿tiVe Committee have met r8gulaty ertsuring th8 Group continued to ry)erate cording tr> charilable status aTrJ Royal cha￿r. My gratrtude ￿eS lo all th8 Ex8cutivé C(Mnmitt88 hke lh8 Leadership Team fredy Vol￿te8r0d theif tsm•. Our acciwnts rema￿ strong. At the 8nd of 20234 fiscal year was hoklkng £65K of cash r858rves. Alihough this re￿0s8n￿ over 2 ￿ar$ tUffth8r. we are miThYful that w8 hav8 aging ￿1}dIng$ Ihat wll require maJcK èxpendrtur8 in th8 c(ffiiNJ years. We are therefore putling asKle funds to enatAe us to undertake bolh Immed￿10 and medi(xn lemi works a￿j improvthn8nts. Thi's wil ènaN8 us to maintain thé quality of our fatshb'es for g8n8rail(￿S to Chair ol the Gr￿p. l am sab'sfi8d thai we meot th8 réqu1rèm￿ts of our Charrtabl8 slatus. Royal Charter ￿ rwnain financially viable aThl abl& to meel both our vnff*diate aTrJ m&diunFlefm needs cc*nniknents. We ¥8 aW810(*irKJ for ￿p....sO rf can l•wJ a hwd ￿1h (wr facilit￿. fwKlrasing or leadefship tewn or are interesled in any way. please conlact Rob Redfwn or mys811 aTra ￿ woukl ba happy to d*cuss the oFY(*1￿11)eS to help lh8 Group. Yours in ScwliThJ Chair 1ST LEIGHTON BUZZARD SCOUTGIIOUP Page 3 Group Scout Leader's Annual Report forthe YEAA ENDING 5 *XIL 2024 seciw top awards. bfMze. and wld ChaI￿￿e5. ofttr*e • can be ￿¥ded wrthtyJt the of Ihe Vlhat ptolé see ss ihe hJrd behknd the stenès ofboth ￿aderS and Éxèc￿￿￿£￿￿￿11teè. a swfkarbr effort thio dthv*ii8reat fvw¥nre5 we0pual￿nal. Ihanksffly ¢omlr*yta(s. wrthsMr*for ￿term￿alle￿. lus been •6yeaf•5wW￿1e￿.￿Thl I 15trAkn lots mofe #lea£ aNI chafi8ètot￿￿ us al rr¥h*f(*wafd. Thartk i(wh )*èr. dtatsr¥ ￿th thé m*y (hawes ibe nwsery trrfLW. ho1ve￿. how tyjt and i the fvture I￿￿50Th￿rT￿TwIllos•o 5wpornry I￿1¢h￿ID￿￿￿ •yeat plKo ThInkW￿ both. YtyJ w￿1 ak50 si¥r io heèl atwi r*w rc4tg Thornts cl In tht ff￿nIh$. A5 a tharrty. musi ihe rules Set by the ASSOC￿On JThJ our EtterJA￿ CLThrAnee TA41 t* a Tftsgee Board framew Thè TiusTèé Is a reJmOlb￿ts1blÉèf$. led byrm ian suh¥h￿*1d, **•) itseèthéf. Jstha¢rtVTlU£teé£. to Nkèsur* Grojp SCO￿ Ltador IrAv4M*W￿ as load vO￿T￿le￿[l ￿¥ vou IXI Looklr¢bxk am￿4r**￿11 wehab* athle¥fd. We started off a Iltyafcaffii. ***fefwe ￿￿kO￿￿our￿tW woo¢land re• aThYhad ¢mrFg) F•urnp- We'we h¥d4xhefi•iYip511 Pacw•nd fwtWJf*bJ.We'¥* insu thehjt afid saltt plxé. I part*￿arty ertioyed st￿lhed*h1hf thé faces olyw pÈoplt myo¥m Stthrts Aow¢ I took b*es necken io h￿e$ and left dcwstep to ensure fft*st V*rn I'd n*•*r t*￿ed I We've •150 knprtyed if* recthlw fvw Iwthi 4 fh)•i kn the fftNal and hao a tléé IT Chrtstmas Tieé IésTN•Is. heW) them ¥1 bec(￿ betiw tékn¢s. *thdst at tr* tsme k*Jkryaftef ¢xw for hJttsreyr*rar*)Trs. badys be a¥JJf*Jt4 ¥JiiWfhe *vkOfthe*hJni¢erleadvshyie*n. i 101*4¢ been )ble TQ see mbnyofour adÈts aCh*YÈiJ*r¢￿￿ftt￿NbOnWVrthWsor￿Èl￿￿￿s and ts)MmÈW￿& We thxtstn'tl￿￿1oWG5LbÈfo1eft￿￿6rVd teena ye¥1 s￿rtl9 trery trt ol PAerlt &7 2021. ar￿ lulmment th Ile. Please ththkabouigjpptrwlot • The¢rtyJphès 1909and l'sihowwlurrteers makea difl¢rffKe•nd ha*e 50 peo*s In ftre I￿1 rrn io h¥rt led th8 th¥*y lor IN5 Lhapier of the* fm ri be YO￿ th 18reai plKe io mwe foThvwd tr asrf(e$5ful I￿￿re. RobRedlérn G￿P St￿1 L*•d 1ST LEIGHT014 BUZZARD SCWTGAOUP YEJA ENCING 5 APRIL2014 ItECE11ry5AIIDP4INEP115SUMMAftY Prhy (knty (Éi lÉl 15*62.7S TOTALRKEIPTS FORM YE TOTALPAYMEpifs FOR THE YE4JI I25.96L￿1 IIL893.411 NET RECEIrn IPAYMEFif51 FOR THe 9.265.62 3.969.31 Cxth. bkThk & umlar knd5trAWfanvard 3>7.11 533a7.10 Cath. baThk & ￿mIl￿ IDr¥ad 6457173 57.307.11 As41 5••1 ap14 kai 31 Mawth ZOZJ Cash F¥nd5 8aThk•£coL*Its 501.S5 42.641.98 14.615.03 Cath In hafvj 71.18 6&57L73 57.307MI Ass•t letsknedfoFowTr 3SO.(O) Unrtstlkt￿ F￿d9 41 57173 407.307.01 Fr*d￿d Land and ￿1&11￿% ￿k1 ￿th￿(U￿dYan TvuSlÈÈtsn Th* landind buildirw valu*d In sw*mbÈr X¥]6 on b* UDWS Sa¥ UDW5 Eiyrefit Natty￿St CurrentAtawnt É as.301.11 E ao.037.13 NaiwEst É 1.163.3L E 65.501.55 LEIGTrrroN BUZZARD SCOUT GROUP Page 5 YEAR ENDING 5 APRIL 2024 RECEIPTS This Year Prior Year Unre5trirted Unrestritted Funds onlyl£l Funds Only 1£) 2024125 2023124 Budget £ Budget £ 7.6CKJ MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS I3,3￿} I3,51￿) less.. paid to HQ District and County 4.1(M) Net Membèrship Subscriptions Retair•ed 6.875.50 13,106.501 3.769.tsJ 7.640.00 7.640.00 INVESTMENT INCOME 450 80 Bank Interest 398.67 76.00 138 Scout Association Short term 61.CM) 15,OC(I 15,450 12.C((J Property Rent 12,218 27.679.50 28,078.17 11.273.00 11,410.00 DONATIONS/ GRANTS 5(KJ Grant5 l(M) Donation5 sc 100 61KI I,5(￿.(#) 193.07 1,693.07 I￿.00 i￿.00 FUNDFiAISING 50 O Skipathon 97.CM) 50 97.00 OTHER INCOME 3,500 1,600 2.S(Ml Gift aid O Camp5 and Artivttie5 O Expenses Refund 2.SC(I 1,519.00 72.24 5,IC(I l.S91.24 24,9C(I 19,418 TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THE YEAR 35,228.48 19,150.(M) 1ST LEIGHTON BUZZARD SCOUT GROUP Pa8e 6 YEAR ENDING S APRIL2024 PAYMEpirs Thi5 Year Prior Year Unrestricted Unrestricted 1£) Funds Onl 2024125 2023124 Bud et£ Bud et£ Funds on £1 PREMISES O Water 250 270. 104.(L) iO.LTh s.(￿1 Gas and electricity 1.300 In5ur3nce 5CQ Telephone (incl internet C05ts1 6.(KJO Repairs and maintenan 1,500 Cleaning O FRA & Fire Alarm 10.251.77 2,635.80 331.20 4,272.43 460.15 2.454.96 1,093.90 5.235.18 1,222.84 26,350 14,300 17,037.63 11,294.E O DONATIONS I GIFTS O REFUNDS 25. AcllviTIES 5CK) Camps 2CQ Outingsl Activities 7¢X) 1.395.78 1,025.C 2.420.78 131.781 41.77 2(X) 7C(J 173.551 FUND RAISING EXPENSES O Expenses relating to fund raising actiwties 250 250 ADMIN, TRUSTEE AND OTHER EXPENSES 266.60 EQUIPMENT 10.(MXI I8,￿0 New equipment in period 5.211.11 134.73 10,C#XJ 18,ry)0 5,211.11 134.73 550 6CO BADGES AND UNIFORMS 442.20 537.66 O Misc 559.54 37.850 33.850 TOTAL PAYMENTS FOR THE YEAR 2S.962.86 11.893.44 1ST LEIGHTON BUZZARD SCOLIT GROUP Page 7 YEAR ENDING 5 APRIL 2024 STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILMES NOTE ONLY Éat Friday. April 05. 2024 £at Friday, March 31. 2023 MONETARY ASSETS Lloyds Bank Accounts Natwest Bank Accounts 65,338.24 1.163.31 39,962 2.680 14,615 50 Scout A550Clation Short term irhve5tment Cash in hand 71 66.573 57,307 OTHER MONETARY ASSETS Tax claim for current period Insurance prepaid Sub5 owed Rent owed Campl activity deposits paid Scout A550Clation interest accrued 61 61 LIABILITIES due within I year Rent depostts Camp Deposits received Utilities NET MONETARY ASSEts 66.573 57.368 NON MONETARY ASSETS Land & buildings revalued 2CI)6 Scouting Èquipmènt I fumtture 350.0(M) 350,OCrf) 350,( 350,OCK) NET ASSErs 416,573 407,368 The level of funds held on the balance sheet refiects the responsibility the Group has, with the potential future building costs related to holding an ageing building las discussed further in the Chaimwn's Report). 1ST LE￿NTON BUZZARD SCOUT GRO YEAR ENDING 5APRIL2024 Page 8 TreavfftrfsAnThual Reportloritrbt YEAR END114G 5 ￿P￿LI014 ha5 Iltr*n ol atttyjfits btth tm*ed. Ow t￿tirrt￿ to te healthy, •nd sÈu art reSp)nSib￿ for the preparatitin of ihe attounts In atcordartÈ wilh the requirements of ihe Charities Act 20111-Ihe Act"). I report in respect of my examination of the Group's accounts carried thji under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carryin8 Olrt my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions gi¥*en by the Charity Commission under sertion 14515llbl of the Act. Independent exarnlner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters h￿e come to my attention in connertion with the examination gNin8 me cause to believe that in any material respect- l. Accouniing records We￿ not keo in fespert ofthe Group as required by section 130 of ihe Act.. or 2. The actounts do not atcord wf(h those records. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the ex2mination to which ttention should be drawn in this report in order lo enable a proper under5tandin8 ol the accounts lo be reached. Signed.. Name: Mike Daltrm Relevant professional oualificaiion or membership ol professional bodies lil anyl-. Chartered Accountsnt (Member of ICAEWI Address.. 84 Camberton Road, Le¢hion 8uuard W7 2UP Datè: 9th 5èp￿rn￿r 2024