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Contents
Contact Detail5..............................................................................
Trustees. Annual Report...............................................................
Charity Trustees........................................................................
Structure, Governance and Management..............................
Objectives and Activities..........................................................
Achievements and Performance.............................................
Statement of Accounts..................................................................
Receipts and Payments Accounts............................................
Statement of Assets and Liabilities
Notes to the Accounts..............................................................
Independent examiner's report on the accounts......................

Contact Details
Group Scout Leader
Sue Doyle
Tel 07779 817529
biggleswadescouts.org.uk
Email gsl
Group Chairman
L&igh Wood
Tel 07771785454
Email Leigh.Wood
pielan.com
Group Treasurer
Lucy Courtney
Tel 07834 176128
Email lucykate2 1
hotmail.corn
Group Secretary Lorraine 8ennett5
Tel 07398 182511
Email lorrainebennetts777@btinternet.com
www.biggle5wade5COUt5.org.uk

Trustees, Annual Report
for the Period l April 2021 to 31 March 2022
Charlty Trustees
Chairman
Leigh Wood
Group Scout Leader
Sue Doyle
Deputy Group Scout Leader
Chris Wells
Treasurer
Lucy Courtney
Secretary
Lorraine Bennetts
Neptune Cub Leader
Eddie Fuller
Armstrong Scout Leader
Tracy Warner
Irwin Scout Leader
Tom Keller
Explorer Scout Leader
Beverley Lattimer
Executive Committee Members Alan Dansey
Nick Gurney
Rob lenkins-Green
Helen Kingerley
Louise Preston
Brian Lawson
Vicky Pullinger
Charity Number
300444
Principal Address
The Scout Headquarters
London Road
Biggleswade
SG18 8EL

Structure. G¢v*rnan¢* and Manag¢m*nt
Biggleswade Scout Group is a registered charity, governed by our
Constitution, Declaration of Trust made on 17 April 1962 and also the
Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association UK (April
20221.
The Group Council is the elertoral body, which supports Scouting in
the Scout Group. It is the body to which the Group Executive
Committee 15 accountable. The Group Council con515t5 of all adult
volunteers and supporters, along with the parents of all youth
member5.
The Group is managed by an Executive Committee Ithe Charity
Tru5teesl who are appointed and elected from the Group Council. It 15
their responsibility to support the Group Scout Leader in meeting the
responsibilities of their appointment. This includes maintenance of the
Group's property and equipment, raising fund5 and managing the
Group's finances. insurance of persons, property and equipment and
assisting with recruitment of leaders and other adult support. All new
trustees undergo training mandated by the Scout Association.
The truste&s regularly consider major risks and are currently
undertaking a project to help secure a new home for Scouting in
Biggleswade to ensure we have adequate facilities for the next 2￿30
years.
The Group is part of the Scout Association UK and as such is guided
and 5UPPOrted by the local Scouting Distrirt, and by teams at the Scout
Associations national headquarters.
As a registered charity the trustees also give due consideration to the
guidance i55ued by the Charity Commi55ion.
ObJ¢rtlves and ArtlvltS•s
Our Charitable Objectives are to contribute to the development of
young people in achieving their full physical, intellertual, social and
spiritual potentials as individuals, as responsible citizens, and as
members of their local. national and international communitie5.
The Group meets the Charity Commi55ion's public benefit criteria
under both the advancement of education and the advancement of
citizenship or community development headings.
Membership thi5 year is down slightly at 260 including our Explorers.
Biggleswade Scout Group currently run5 3 Beaver Colonie5. 3 Cub

Packs, 2 Scout Troops and in partnership with Biggleswade and District
l Explorer Unit. Betrmeen them these provide a programme of personal
development for 229 young people aged between 6 and 18 year5 old
who live in and around the market town of Biggleswade in
Bedford5hire.
Thi5 programme con51Sts of a weekly meeting during term time,
number of day trips and the opportunity to take part in residential
experiences. The programme is based around three themes'.-
Outdoors and Adventure
World
The Scout Group is run entirely by volunteers.
Achievements and Performance
Scouting continues to be very popular in Biggleswade with all sections
running on or near their capacity. We have an active Beaver waiting
list and currently have 16 young people who are old enough to start
but are waiting for places at one of our Beaver Colonies. We also have
over a further 50 plu5 people on the waiting list who are not yet old
enough to start.
Through our sections we have successfully delivered a programme of
personal development consisting of over 540 hour5 of artivitie5 in a
year to our 229 young people-this is over 120,oc￿ hours of personal
development for young people in the local area.
We know that Dur young people are engaging and benefiting from
this development by a significant number of Chief Scouts Awards that
have beèn pr&5ented this year
the highest recognition of a young
person's achievement in each section.
We were only able to hold one Fundraising Events during this financial
year a quiz night that raised £575. We did continue to raise fund5
through Amazon Smile £97. We also made a number of successful
grant applications- Bedlordshire and Luton Community Foundation
E2021 and Asda E806
These grants have allowed for us to undertake improvements to our
headquarters during thi5 period such as internal decoration and new
notice boards.

Biggleswade continues to grow with more housing development on
the east and north side of the town. School intake5 Wlthin th& town
are increasing with expansions of existing schools and the addition of
new 5choo15. This growth represents a Significant challenge for an
already large Scout Group and we are looking for ways to ensure we
can meet the challenge.
Following the relaxation of the Coronavirus re5trirtion5 the Scout
Group has been able to return to face to face meetings and residential
experiences this year.
The Trustees would like to take this opportunity to thank all the
Leaders, helpers, ParentslGuardians and the young people themselves
for all their hard work over this past year.

Receipts and Payments Accounts
For financial year ended 31 March 2022
Receipts
Memb&r5hip Subscriptions
Residential Experiences and Trips
Activities
Bank Interest
Fundraising I Incl Donation51
Rent
GiftAid
Covi&19 Grants
Other
31 Mar 22 31 Mar 21
18,417.53
18,435.73
16,823.54
2,020.75
0.00
273.34
1.16
12.75
5.789.39
16.099.61
157.IM)
240.IM)
3.036.97
11,153.48
0.00
20.240.93
638.53
520.87
Total Receipts
44.864.12 68.997.46
Payments
31 Mar 22 31 Mar 21
12,022.50
12,075.(X)
15,204.20
3,285.25
1..837.91
1.302.30
523.95
102.20
1,749.11
1,979.60
2,072.20
1,671.64
2.151.51
14,375.90
115.60
0.00
1.747.54
42.00
233.IM)
161.IM)
379.16
671.03
2.240.26
2,565.43
0.00
181.66
0.00
1.255.26
Scout A550ciation Capitation
Residential Experiences and Trips
Activities
Fundraising Costs
Headquarters-utilities
Headquarter>Maintenance and Cleaning
Headuarters Improvements
Leader Uniform
Insurance
Rent
Equipment
Resources (including Badges)
Volunteer Expenses
Donations
Other
1.196.74
Total Payments
Net Receiptslpayments
Cash Funds Last year end
41.532.20 39.609.75
3,331,92
29,387.71
65,875.64
36,487.93
Cash Funds this year end
69.207.56 65.875.64
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Statement of Assets and Liabilities
For financial year ended 31 March 2022
Monetary Assets
31 Mar 22 31 Mar 21
Bank Current Accounts
Bank Deposit Accounts
Cash in Hand
53,167.31
15,832.46
207.79
50,885.92
14,699.50
290.22
Totsl
69.207.56 65.875.64
Not￿ to the Accounts
For Financial Year ended on 31 March 2022
This was another successful year for the Group. Youth Membership has
dropped slightly to 229 linc 26 Explorers). Coronaviru5 Restrictions
have continued to have a significant impact on residential experience
and fundraising events. We have continu&d to invest in
improvements to our Scout H(>largely funded by Grants. We made
Small 5urplu5 this year although this 15 largely down to money
collected for Residential Experiences that have not happened yet. We
continue to have a healthy balance at the end of the year.
R*¢¢lpts
Membership subscriptions- the main source of income for the Group.
Down slightly thi5 year due to falling number5 and the decision to
make subscriptions optional while we were unable to deliver face 2
face meetings.
Residential Experiences and Trip5- Additional money collerted from
the members for the purposes of paying for specific camps and trips.
Usually these take the form of day or weekend artivitie5.
Activitie￿Additional money collect&d from the members to pay for
activities that take place as part of the weekly programme.
Bank Interest- interest earned in all of the Scout Group accounts.
Fundraising- Shows the income generated through fund raising
activitie5. Thi5 year this was mainly from grant51donations from a
number of organisations.
Gilt Aid- As a registered charity we are able to claim Gift Aid on
donations and our membership subscriptions qualify as a donation for
these purpose5. We submitted a claim for 202(k21 this year.

Covi(k19 Grants-specific government funding to support charities
during the coronaviru5 pandemic.
Other other income-thi5 consisted of a number of item5 that did not
fall into any other category.
Payments
Scout Association Capitation- Annual payment made to the Scout
Association based on the number of members within the Group. For
2021122 this was £12,022 which is slightly less than it was in 2020121
dLJe to a Small drop in membership.
Residential Experience5 and Trips
camps and trips for our members.
Money Spent on providing specific
Activities- Money spent on providing activities for our members as
part of our weekly meetings.
Fundraising Costs- cost5 incurred in the course of raising fund5.
eadquarters Utilitie5- Expenditure on Electricity, Ga5. Water and
Refuse collections for the Scout Group Headquarters.
Headquarter5- Maintenance and Cleaning- cost5 incurred in
maintaining the Groups Headquarter5 and its ground5, including
capital expenditure. This has increased this year due to a number ol
maintenance projects.
Headquarters Improvements- Money invested in making
improvement5 to our Headquarter5 building. Thi5 year we have
decorated the inside of the building and installed new noticeboards.
Leader Uniform- cost of uniform for the Group's volunteers and
provi510n of Group Neckers and Group 8adge5.
In5urance- Costs of providing insurance for the Scout Group HQ and
all camping equipment owned by the Scout Group. WE paid for 2
years of insurance during 2021-22 because the payment that should
have happened in 2021>21 was made late.
Rent- cost to the Group of renting rooms at Trinity Methodist Church
to accommodat& Neptune Cub Pack. This also included variou5 rents
for Exec Committee Meetings and other adhoc events.
Equipment- Capital expenditure on group equipment.
Resources lincluding badgesl- Resource items purchased for use e.g.
paper. glue, paint etc.
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Volunteer expen5e5- C05t5 incurred by volunteer5 in the course of their
volunteer work which are reimbursed to them.
Donations - donations made by the Group.
Other other expenditure-thi5 consisted of a number of items that
did not fall into any other category.
Assets
Bank Current Accounts-includes the Groups central Current accounts
a5 well a5 th& individual sertion current accounts.
Bank Deposit Accounts
Includes the Group Savings accounts, an
Armstrong Scout Troop savings account and a very small amount in
Neptune Cub Pack 5aving5 account.
In addition to the cash a55et5, the Group owns the HQ building along
with the land and a considerable quantity ol camping equipment.
These have not been formally valued and so are not included in the
accounts.
Liabilities
As at 31 March 2022, the Scout Group had no liabilities.

Ind*p¢ndent Examln*r's Report to th* Trust¢*s of th*
Blggl¢swad* S¢out Gmup
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March
2022 which are set out on page5 8 and 9.
Respective responsibilities ol trustees and examiner
The charity's trustees are r&5ponsible for the preparation of the
accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required
for thi5 year (under sertion 144121 of th& Charities Act 201 I (the 2011
Actll and that an independent exami nation is needed.
It is my responsibility to
examine th& accounts under 5ertion 145 of the 201 l Act-,
follow the procedures laid down in the General Directions given by
th& Charity Commi55ion under section 14515llbl of th& 201 I Art,.
state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis Of independent examiner's report
My examination wa5 carried out in accordanc& with General Directions
given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of
the accounting records kept by the charity and a compari50n of the
accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of
any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking
explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The
procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be
required in an audit, and consequently no opinion 15 given as to
whether the accounts present a 'true and fair view" and the report is
limited to those matters Set out in the 5taternent below.
Independent eNaminer's statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my
attention..
l. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material
respect, the requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of
the 2011 Art.. and
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records
and comply with the accounting requirements of the 201 l Act.
have not been met,. or
2. to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to
enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Signed..
Date.. 31 July 2022
Name..
Address..
Darryl Ashi ng FCA
clo Ashings Chartered Accountants, Northside House,
Mount Pleasant Cockfoster5, EN4 9E8

De¢laratlon
The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees. report
above
Signed on behalf of the Charity Trustee5
Signature
Full name
Lelgh Wood
Position
Group Chairperson
Date
31 July2022

Biggleswade Scout Group
www.big9leswadescouts,org.uk