## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 01/01/2023 Period start date To 31/12/2023 Period end date** **Charity name: 1[st] Thorley (St James) Scout Group** **Charity registration number: 279424** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objectives of the Group are as a unit**
**of the Scout Association. The Aim of The**
**Scout Association is to promote the**
**development of young people in**
**achieving their full physical, intellectual,**
**social and spiritual potentials, as**
**individuals, as responsible citizens and**
**as members of their local, national and**
**international communities. The method of**
**achieving the Aim of the Association is**
**by providing an enjoyable and attractive**
**scheme of progressive training, based on**
**the Scout Promise and Law and guided**
**by adult leadership**| |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|**Ongoing support to our 7 sections of**
**Beavers Cubs and Scouts.**
**Management and oversight of the Group**
**Budget**| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees are appointed in**
**accordance with the Policy, Organisation**
**and Rules of The Scout Association. All**
**trustees are subject to annual**
**appointment at the Groupt AGM and,**
**once appointed, serve until the following**
**AGM.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**Grants are made from time to time to**
**leaders within the Scout Group to carry**
**out training towards gaining national**
**body awards so that they can obtain**
**permits to enable members of their**
**groups to take part in permitted activities**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**Social investment is carried out through**
**the delivery of Scouting activities via the**
**Scout programme.**| |---|---|---| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**None**| |Other||| ## **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 year the Group has organised**
**and supported a range of activities for**
**our sections, as well as providing**
**financial support towards training and**
**specific activities.**| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:|**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|Para 1.41|| against objectives Other ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Our Group, like most charities, holds**
**some funds in reserve. Our level of**
**reserves is set to ensure that there is**
**sufficient resources to continue the core**
**activities of the Group should income fall**
**short. The Group trustee board considers**
**that the Group should hold a sum**
**equivalent to 12 month annual**
**subscriptions, circa £37,000 in reserve,**
**and £40,000 of this is held on deposit.**
**Should the level of reserves falls below**
**the target level the Group will make**
**efforts to restore the level within next**
**financial years**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£77,823**| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**| ## **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|| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The Group's governing documents are**
**those of The Scout Association. They**
**consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn**
**gives authority to the Bye Laws of the**
**Association and The Policy, Organisation**
**and Rules of The Scout Association.**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Group is a trust established under its**
**rules which are common to all Scouts.**
**The Scout Association and the District**
**are Public Benefit Entities**| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**The Trustees are appointed in**
**accordance with the Policy, Organisation**
**and Rules of The Scout Association. All**
**trustees are subject to annual**
**appointment at the Group AGM and, once**
**appointed, serve until the following AGM.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** ## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures adopted for the induction and Para 1.51 training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name 1[st] Thorley (St James ) Scout Group Other name the charity uses Registered charity number 279424 Charity’s principal address 19 Mazoe Road Bishops Stortford Herts CM23 3JS ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |1
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20|**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Colin Nicholls|Chair||| ||Nigel Reed|GroupScout Leader||| ||Samantha
Carrington|Deputy Group Scout
Leader||| ||Susan Byford|||| ||Catherine Hills|||| ||Paula Mothersole|||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year** ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser** ## **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)** Colin Nicholls **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair **Chair, etc)** **Date** 22 October 2024 ## **1st Thorley (St. James) Scout Group** **(Registered Charity No. 279424)** ## **CONSOLIDATED GROUP STATEMENT OF INCOME & EXPENDITURE FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2023** |**Income**
Membership
Gift Aid
Use of HQ
Donations/Grants
Troop & Pack activities
Camp income
Electricity
Uniforms and badges
Bank interest
Other income
**Total income**
**Expenditure**
Membership
Troop & Pack activities
Camp costs
Fund raising expenses
Building fund
Cleaning
Donations
Utilities
Equipment
Insurance
Rent
Repairs & Maintenance
Uniforms and badges
Transport
Miscellaneous
**Total Expenditure**
**Net Income/(Expenditure)**
Opening cash & bank balance
**Closing cash & bank balance**
Represented by:
Current Accounts
Deposit Acount
Cash in hand
Accrued costs|**Year ended**
**31 December 2023**
**Total**
**£**
**24,102.78**
**3,757.64**
**1,527.00**
**4,711.08**
**12,785.86**
**10,664.32**
**-**
**1,458.85**
**636.41**
**2,550.28**
**62,194.22**
**9,894.38**
**18,813.28**
**11,909.65**
**-**
**1,776.00**
**1,170.28**
**616.81**
**1,693.82**
**2,143.60**
**563.14**
**707.54**
**1,799.73**
**4,813.97**
**-**
**3,341.80**
**59,244.00**
**2,950.22**
**74,873.11**
**77,823.33**
**37,874.65**
**40,240.03**
**126.37**
**(417.72)**
**77,823.33**|_Year ended_
_31 December 2022_
_Total_
_£_
_24,039.44_
_3,480.70_
_1,534.00_
_4,593.30_
_11,835.64_
_18,742.47_
_95.00_
_1,107.20_
_50.35_
_1,475.90_
**66,954.00**
_10,085.66_
_16,231.00_
_18,858.32_
_314.00_
_-_
_908.94_
_1,104.01_
_1,612.20_
_562.25_
_573.62_
_777.70_
_1,761.19_
_3,637.21_
_25.00_
_3,617.58_
**60,068.68**
_6,885.32_
_67,987.79_
**74,873.11**
_75,358.53_
_284.89_
_(770.31)_
**74,873.11**| |---|---|---| Independent Examinerfs Report to the Trustees of the 1st Thorfey (SL James) Scout Group I report on the a¢¢ounts of the 1st Th￿eY {SL James) Scout Group ts the year ended 31* December 2023. As the Charty's Trustees you are responsible for the preparation of accounts" you consKler that the audit requirement of Section 43(2} of the Chartlies Act 1993 (the Act) does not apply. It is my responsibility to state. on the basis of procedures specified in the General Directions given by the Chanty Commission urKler section 43(7)(b) of the Act, vthether particular matters have come to my attention. Bul$ of Examln•Vs R•port My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commission8rs. An examination indudes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented wrth those records. It als0 includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the a¢ownts, and seeking explanations from you as Trust88s concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would te required in an audit, and consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Indopendont ExamIne￿* Statement In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention: which gives me reasonable cause to believe, that in any material respect, the requirements to keep accounting records in accordance wtth Sects'on 41 of the Act. to prepare accounts. which accord wrth the accounting records. and to comply with the accounting requirements of the Act. have not been met, or to which, in my opinion. attention should be drawn in order to 8nable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached, or which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material ￿spect the accounting rutes of the Group's constitution have not been met. Name Michael Trippick D.Phil. ACMA 67 The Paddock Bishop's Stortford CM23 4JW Signed Dated 7 MA2o2(p