## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** ## **From 1/4/23 Period start date To 1/4/24 Period end date** ## **Charity name:1[st] Lindfield Scout Group** ## **Charity registration number: 283377** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|As part of a worldwide organisation, Scouting offers
challenge and adventure to over 100 young people
in Lindfield and the surrounding area. young people
across the UK| |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|Scouting offers challenge and adventure to 400,000
young people and 100,000 adults across the UK. In
our group we do some pretty amazing things, but
for us, adventure is a way of life and not just an
activity or expedition. Our Scouts grow in
confidence by trying out new skills and stretching
themselves. Whether it’s our older Scouts trying out
their French on an international trip or a Scout
leading his Patrol for the first time, each time we
challenge ourselves, it’s a step forward. When a
Scout stands up to a bully, or sticks up for what they
believe in; that’s an adventure.| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**n/a**| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**n/a**| 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|Over the period we have provided the
following:
•
regular weekly meetings of six separate
section providing a range of activities
to you people (male and female)
ranging in age from 6 to 14.
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In addition we provide trips away to
“camp” for all ages
•
Other activities in include
`o` Farm visits
`o` Raft building
`o` Geocaching
`o` Flight simulator “flying”
`o` Day hikes
`o` Overnight hikes
`o` First aid training
`o` Wide range of “outdoor”
activities| **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** |**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|Funds are raised in three main ways:
•
Parental “subscriptions”
•
Fund raising activities
•
Donations for the use of the building
Funds are spent on day-to-day expenses,
maintaining our range of equipment (tentage
etc) and maintaining our Scout Hut.
Reserves are built up in order to facilitate the
on-going maintenance of the Scout Hut and to
carry out a full refurbishment of the building
over a period of five years.| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£**20 000 earmarked for Hut refurbishment| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|n/a| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**n/a**| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**n/a**| ## **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|**n/a**| |---|---|---| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|Other than interest on bank accounts no
investments are made| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**n/a**| |Other||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**Scout Association Structures**| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**As per Scout Association’s (Policy and**
**Rules**| |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|**Appointed by the Trustee Board**| ## **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 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 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|1stLindfield Scout Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|none| |Registered charity number|283377| |Charity’s principal address|c/o 22 Savill Road, Lindfield, Haywards Heath
West Sussex
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**year **|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||James Keeble|Chair||| ||Simon Fitzpatrick|Treasurer||| ||Claire Stone|Lead Volunteer||| ||James Taylor|Trustee||| ||Ali Garwood|Trustee||| ||Sandie Mann|Trustee||| ||Tim Wall|Trustee||| ||Jo Broom|Board Administrator||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## – 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 None 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)**
**Position (eg Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**||| |---|---|---| ||James Roland Keeble|| ||
Chair|| ||24/01/2025|| ||24/01/2025|| **1st Lindfield Scout Group Cash Flow Accounts 2021-24** |**Income**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Income**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Income**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Income**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Income**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Income**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**||**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||||||||| |**Subscriptions**|||||||**Capitation**|||||| |Parental Subscriptions|£13,794.00||£14,113.58||£10,951.39||Capitation|£6,435.00||£6,500.00||£8,967.00| |**Total Subscriptions**|**£13,794.00**||**£14,113.58**||**£10,951.39**||**Total Capitation**|**£6,435.00**||**£6,500.00**||**£8,967.00**| |||||||||||||| |**Camps/Events**|||||||**Camps/Events**|||||| |Scouts WS 2022|||||£6,302.35||Scouts WS 2022|||||£6,200.00| |Joint CampMay2022|||£2,271.82||£1,370.33||Joint CampMay2022|||£3,266.53||£312.00| |Cub CampApril 2023|£240.00||||||Cub CampApril 2023|£355.15||||| |Cub CampJune 2023|£1,825.32||||||Cub CampJune 2023|£1,685.80||£23.40||| |Scout CampMay2023|£1,244.35||£745.74||£1,521.34||Scout CampMay2023|£2,047.68||£271.60||£1,173.70| |Cub CampJune 2024|£384.00||||||Cub CampJune 2024|£384.00||||| |Scout CampMay2024|£411.62||||||Scout CampMay2024|£80.00||||| |Raft Races|£208.98||||£240.18||Raft Races|£240.00||£252.00||£311.00| |MonopolyRun|£193.70||£368.03||£348.66||MonopolyRun|£192.80||£403.20||£312.30| |Go Beavers|£314.73||£751.30||£334.10||Go Beavers|£750.00||£750.00||£500.00| |DiscoverySailingProject|£883.22||||£500.00||DiscoverySailingProject|£820.00||||£360.00| ||||||||Overland Hike 2022|||||£65.00| |**Total Camps Visits etc.**|**£5,705.92**||**£1,865.07**||**£2,944.28**||**Total Camp Visits etc.**|**£6,555.43**||**£1,700.20**||**£2,722.00**| |||||||||||||| |**Fund Raising**|||||||**Fund Raising**|||||| |Bike Ride|||£2,824.84||||Bike Ride|||£2,399.59||| |Village Run|£609.05||£665.14||||Village Run|£437.30||£464.77||| |RotaryClub Dinner|||||£280.00||RotaryClub Dinner|||||£99.88| |Village Day|£2,273.94||£1,342.23||£981.92||Village Day|£842.87||£650.12||£465.01| |Village Night|£1,084.35||£1,007.19||||Village Night|£560.05||£576.95||£117.23| ||||||||Cash Float|£85.00||£210.00||| |**Total Fund Raising**|**£3,967.34**||**£5,839.40**||**£1,261.92**||**Total Fund Raising Expenses**|**£1,925.22**||**£4,301.43**||**£682.12**| |||||||||||||| |**Investment Income**|||||||**Insurance**|||||| |Transfer from Savings Account|£30,024.20||£8,913.36||||Fire|||||£2,188.66| |Interest|£731.81||£105.98||£3.15||Equipment|||||£709.46| |**Total Investment Income**|**£30,756.01**||**£9,019.34**||**£3.15**||Combined Policy|£2,202.40||£1,504.11||| ||||||||**Total Insurance**|**£2,202.40**||**£1,504.11**||**£2,898.12**| |**Other Income**||||||||||||| |Misc cardpayments|||£118.32||||**Utility Bills**|||||| |Misc Refunds|£50.00||£394.09||||Electricity|£3,262.13||£922.49||£729.05| |ElectricityAccount Refund|||||£1,551.40||Phone/Broadband|£208.40||£200.06||£295.81| |Donation|£331.84||£153.61||£200.00||Water & Sewerage|£100.52||£321.24||£635.47| |ElectricityFeedin|£268.69||£786.30||£623.31||Waste Collection|||£160.00||£26.67| |Leaders Curry|£330.50||£281.00||£140.00||**Total Utility Bills**|**£3,571.05**||**£1,603.79**||**£1,687.00**| |**Total Other Income**|**£981.03**||**£1,733.32**||**£2,514.71**|||||||| ||||||||**Hut Running Costs**|||||| |**HMRC**|||||||Cleaning|£1,396.08||£1,165.26||£1,210.99| |Gift Aid|£1,914.13||£2,440.32||£593.46||General/Equipment|£524.01||£9.99||£448.79| |Grants|||||||Electrical|£516.00||£60.00||| |**Total HMRC**|**£1,914.13**||**£2,440.32**||**£593.46**||Gardening|£87.75||£110.00||£120.00| ||||||||Window Cleaner|£80.00||||| |**Hut Rental**|||||||Fire Alarm Service|£334.80||£265.20||£235.20| |Lindfield Dance School|£3,600.00||£3,006.00||£2,814.00||Maintenance|£165.00||£184.79||£350.67| |Norris Yoga|£592.50||£202.50||||**Total Scout Hut**|**£3,103.64**||**£1,795.24**||**£2,365.65**| |Jill Sayers|£135.00||£756.00||£384.00|||||||| |Post Natal Fitness|||||£168.00||**Badges**|||||| |Lorna Kneller Swoove|£795.00||£720.00||£334.00||Miscellaneous Badges|£560.00||£1,730.00||£1,599.00| |Biggs Tai Chi|£150.00||£213.00||||**Total Misc. Badges**|**£560.00**||**£1,730.00**||**£1,599.00**| |Limepalm|£315.00||£288.00||£600.00|||||||| |Jennifer Pullen Pilates|£787.50||£774.00||£600.00||**Leader Expenses**|||||| |Trident Explorers|||£500.00||||LeavingGifts|£50.24||£56.62||| |Private Parties|£1,880.00||£1,185.00||£1,447.50||Leader Uniforms|£491.80||£452.04||£153.99| |BeadingBrilliant|||£120.00||£126.00||Leader Training|||||| |**Total Hut Rental**|**£8,255.00**||**£7,764.50**||**£6,473.50**||Woggles / Scarves|£170.00||||£517.05| ||||||||**Total Leader Expenses**|**£712.04**||**£508.66**||**£671.04**| |||||||||||||| |**Section Receipts**|||||||**Section Running Expenses**|||||| |Beavers|||||||Beavers|£122.36||£1,366.70||£642.47| |Cubs|£493.68||£599.48||||Cubs|£2,953.25||£2,065.30||£1,520.15| |Scouts|£432.16||£282.75||||Scouts|£1,952.42||£2,139.46||£1,676.86| |General|||||||General|£614.39||£522.11||£739.06| |**Total Other Activities**|**£925.84**||**£882.23**||**£0.00**||**Total Section Running Expenses**|**£5,642.42**||**£6,093.57**||**£4,578.54**| |||||||||||||| ||||||||**Charitable Donations**|||||| ||||||||World Scout Jamboree|||£1,500.00||| ||||||||Royal British Legion|||||| ||||||||**Total Charitable Donations**|**£0.00**||**£1,500.00**||| |||||||||||||| ||||||||**Outdoor Equipment**|||||| ||||||||Camping|£114.69||£792.90||| ||||||||Catering|£202.80||£1,052.27||£48.00| ||||||||Gazebo|||||£142.50| ||||||||Gas refill|£153.46||£499.97||£58.50| ||||||||**Total Outdoor Equipment**|**£470.95**||**£2,345.14**||**£249.00**| |||||||||||||| ||||||||**Miscellaneous**|||||| ||||||||Refunds|||||£45.00| ||||||||Leaders Curry|£735.00||£663.61||£442.77| ||||||||Software/Cloud|£220.20||£95.70||£70.00| ||||||||OSM|||||| page 1 of 2 13/06/2024 **1st Lindfield Scout Group Cash Flow Accounts 2021-24** |**Income**|**2023-2024**|**2023-2024**|**2022-2023**|**2022-2023**|**2021-2022**||**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**|**Expenses**
**2023-2024**
**2022-2023**
**2021-2022**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||Stationery|||£17.20||£45.74| ||||||||Transfer from Savings|£25,012.10||£8,920.47||| ||||||||Misc Card Payments|£115.44||£119.16||| ||||||||**Total Miscellaneous**|**£26,082.74**||**£9,816.14**||**£603.51**| |||||||||||||| |**Total Income:**|**£66,299.27**||**£43,657.76**||**£24,742.41**||**Total Expenses:**|**£57,260.89**||**£39,398.28**||**£27,022.98**| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |**Profit / Loss**|**2023-2024**||**2022-2023**||**2021-2022**|||||||| ||**£9,038.38**||**£4,259.48**||**-£2,280.57**|||||||| |||||||||||||| |**ASSETS**|**31/03/2024**||**31/03/2023**||**31/03/2022**|||||||| |||||||||||||| |**Bank & Cash Accounts**||||||||||||| |1st Lindfield Scout Badge A/C|£216.05||£334.12||£403.53|||||||| |Barclays Bank Main A/C|£13,916.05||£15,446.92||£20,035.19|||||||| |Barclays Bank SavingA/C|||||£8,904.97|||||||| |Barclays Bank Hut A/C|£34,123.42||£43,554.17||£26,796.16|||||||| |United Trust Savings A/C|£20,000.00|||||||£3,920.31||||| |Scouts Short Term Investment|||£5,000.00||£5,000.00|||||||| |**Total Assets**|**£68,255.52**||**£64,335.21**||**£61,139.85**|||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| |||||||||||||| page 2 of 2 13/06/2024 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND ANO WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Report to the trustee51 mèmbers of 1° Lindfidd Scoul Group On accounts for the yèar •nded 31Y Marth 2024 Charity no lif any) 283377 Set out on pages 1 & 2 attathed I r&[￿ to the trustees cr• rny èxamination of th8 accounts ofthe at*)ve charity llhe Trusfi for the year e￿Ied 31103 12024 Rosponslbi1Stl•s and As the charity Ints1￿ of the TrusL you are reSPon￿bIe for thÈ preparation ba¥ls of roport ofthe accounts in aC(xMda[￿ the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 1.the Art-l. under seclion 145 of 2011 Act and in Cafrying wt my examinalion. I have fdkh¥8d Ihe applTht4e D￿ed￿S giv8n by Ihe Chanty Commisston ndef section 14515llbl of the Act I hav& ¢(ffn￿1ed my examination. I confirm that no material rnatte￿ have o)me lo my attention I ") sn connection wrth the examinatKxi which gives me caLise to believe that in, any material speca: accounting records rx)t kept in a&￿)rdan(* wth seclw 130 of theAdor the accounts do rK)t atrord with the ac￿nting ￿￿)rdS Independent examinerfs statement I have r¢0 concems and have o)me across no other matters in connection with the examination lo which attents.on should ￿ drawn in order lo enable a proper under5tarMJing of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in th8 tM¥ck¢ts Ifthey do not ap￿y. Signed: Name: L fvLoSS IER OCto￿r 2018 Relevant professional qualifi¢atlon(81 or body Irf any): Addr•ss: Only r￿mplete if the eXam￿ne[ nÈed5 to hi9hlight matters of conr£m Ise8 CC32, lryletEndent exanNnat*)n of charity aco)urts.' direclions arml guidance for examiners1 4¢ IER October 2018