## **24[TH] ABINGDON SCOUT GROUP**
## **BOARD OF TRUSTEES TREASURER’S REPORT**
**YEAR END ACCOUNTS 31[st] MARCH 2025**
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## **Income & Expenditure**
|**Income & Expenditure**||
|---|---|
|**Subs** Beavers
Cubs
Scouts
**Camp/Event Income**
**Joining Fees**
**Uniforms & Hoodies**
**Total Section Income**
**me**
**Fundraisers** Community Lottery & Easy Fundraising
Group Fundraising Inc Raffle
Other
**Bookings**
**Storage/Rentals**
**Grants**
**Gift Aid**
**Insurance Claims**
**Other Income (Inc Donations)**
**Total Group Income**
**Total Income**
**Misc Section Running Exps** Beavers
Cubs
Scouts
**Camps & Events**
**Go Cardless Fees**
**Capitation/Membership Fees**
**OSM/Website**
**Badges/Neckers**
**Uniforms**
**Exec Events (Inc AGM & Remembrance)**
**Other/Consumables**
**Total Section Expenses**
**enses**
**Fundraisers**
**Electricity**
**Water**
**Insurance**
**Site Maintenance**
Obstacle course
**Equipment**
**Activity in a Box Consumables**
**Broadband**
**Leader training**
**Other**
**Write off Prior Year Debtors**
**Total Other Group Expenses**
**Total Expenditure**
**Surplus/Deficit**|**2024/25**
**2023/24**
4,092
3,875
6,773
6,026
6,405
2,735|
||**17,270**
**12,636**
15,435
9,737
**299**
**265**
**504**
**1,083**|
||**33,508**
**23,720**|
||232
340
2,165
1,761
187|
||**2,584**
**2,101**
15,598
10,314
60
360
2,700
2,543
1,408
6,740
227
105|
||**21,011**
**23,728**|
||**54,519**
**47,448**|
||640
267
1,286
230
1,199
302|
||**3,125**
**799**
**12,669**
**9,729.01**
**1,173**
**820**
**12,438**
**3,078**
**78**
**123**
**1,498**
**1,282**
**548**
**1,400**
**294**
**334**|
||**31,822**
**17,566**|
||**233**
**215**
**2,764**
**8,192**
**292**
**532**
**2,605**
**3,215**
**2,652**
**7,492**
**1,519**
**3,353**
**3,224**
**56**
**158**
**80**
**70**
**100**
**93**
**39**|
||**12,128**
**24,756**|
|||
||**43,949**
**42,321**|
||10,570
5,127|
## **Section Income**
## **Other/Group Income**
## **Section Expenses**
## **Other/Group Expenses**
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## **Balance Sheet**
## **Balance Sheet**
|**Balance Sheet**|||
|---|---|---|
|**Current Assets:**
Bank Balance
Petty Cash
Expense Cards Available Balance
**Debtors**
Subs & Camps
Site Bookings
**Creditors**
**Total Net Assets**
Total Net Assets B/f
I&E Suplus/Defecit
**Total Funds i.e Surplus to c/f**
**Check**|**24/25**
25210
923
393
**26526**
0
0
**0**
0
**0**
**26526**
15956
10570
**26526**
**-**|**23/24**
14679
880
397|
|||**15956**
0
0|
|||**0**
0|
|||**0**|
|||**15956**|
|||10830
5127|
|||**15956**|
|||**-**|
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## **Summary**
Another very busy year with but the trustee’s have continued to invest in and maintain the whole site. We finished the year off with a surplus of £10,570 and a bank balance of £26,525 in the bank which we need to continue to build up to cover the costs of some major work needed for the replacement of the veranda around the building which will need replacing in the next year or two.
## **Income Report**
24[th] Abingdon scout group had a total income of £54,519 for the year ending March 2025. A breakdown of the income by type (%) is shown below:
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INCOME SOURCE
Gift Aid
other
4%
1%
Site hire
subs
29%
32%
Fundraising
5%
camps
Uniforms
28%
1%
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Due to the continuted growth in numbers the subs income has now become the largest source of the group’s income. The income for site hire remains our second largest income source, it is hired by other scout & guide groups, the local council for elections, holiday clubs and the occasional private hire. This raised £15,598 in funds this year, which is more than double our pre-covid targets. The introduction of booking forms online & visible live availability calendars has helped with this. Site hire is a major contributor to the group’s income and provides a steady income for the group if there are fluctuations in membership numbers.
The team continues with its fundraising efforts this year with some amazing events around Christmas & the good Friday walk and raffle. These efforts raised over £2.5k and provides us with much needed funds to be able to purchase new equipment & subsidise the Christmas group activity of a visit to the ice skating rink.
We claimed £2.5k in gift aid, which is where we can claim 25p for every £1 in subs paid. If all parents had signed up for gift aid, _**we could have claimed over £4000**_ . This is really easy for you to do so we encourage those who can to sign up for us to be able to claim gift aid on your subs.
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## **Expenses Report**
The total expenditure for the year was £44k, with £12.5k spent on camps and events, £3k on new equipment, £3k on utilities (down significantly from last year due to a change in supplier) and the remaining amount being group running expenses a breakdown of the expenditure by type (%) is shown below
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EXPENSE TYPES
Uniform Other Section Exps
insurance 2% 2%
3%
8% Camps/events
23%
membership fees
7%
Go cardless/OSM
equipment
fees
8%
2%
badges & Neckers
3%
maintenance
utilities
21%
21%
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Section expenses have risen considerably, mainly due to increases in capitation fees, larger sections and more camps. Utilities and maintenance of the site is ongoing and we continue to monitor and implement ways to be more energy efficient on site
Membership fees per person increased and we paid £12.5k over to the scout association, county & district for this, this is four times larger than last year’s figures, mainly due to our increase in numbers but also there was a price increase from HQ. There is expected to be an additional £5pp rise next year.
## **Next Financial Year**
There are many projects we are hoping to take forward including refurbishment of the shower block and an outdoor kitchen but possibly the biggest project will be replacing the wooden veranda around the scout hut which we have started receiving quotes for. We so will continue with the fundraising efforts so we can improve the site to its full potential.
Signed
K O’Callaghan Group Treasurer - Trustee
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CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Independent examiner's
report on the accounts
Report to the trusteesl
members of
24, Abingdon Scout Group
On accounts for the year
ended
3110312025
Charlty no
(if any)
300481
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I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
charity ("the Trust") for the year ended 3110312025
Responsibililies and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation
basis of report 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
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I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
come to my attention (other than that disclosed below ') in connection with
the examination which gives me cause lo believe that in, any material
respect..
accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of
the Act or
the accounls do not accord with Ihe accounting records
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