Chairman’s Report
Welcome to this year’s annual review of the group, a year that’s been like no other before.
The last year has been dominated by the effects of the Covid-19 epidemic, with regular section meetings being re-scheduled to online zoom calls. A big thank you to the leader team for their ingenuity in continuing to deliver an inspiring program to our young people through the challenges and technical challenges on a video call. Having seen some of the results, they were truly amazing.
Even our regular maintenance activities, for both our flotilla of boats and headquarters has also been restricted during this time. We will need to catch up with this once the current restrictions allow us to do so, so please support the group if you can .
Due to the conditions, we were unable to hold or participate in a number of our usual social & fundraising activities this year, including Family Camp, Boundary Walk, Fireworks evening, quiz night to name a few. We will look to recommence these events as soon as we are able to safely.
I sure that you will join me in thanking all members of the group, our leader team & assistants, Executive members, and will continue to support the Group to enable us the continued opportunities to deliver adventures to the young people through these ongoing challenging times.
Kevin Stanley Group Chair
GSL Report
The trials and tribulations of the COVID years have been seen first-hand reading through the reports of the year past.
We can all agree that we are more suited to ‘hands on’ Scouting, rather than ‘online’, but we tried and with some success kept the 1[st] Maidenhead going.
With not only the section members to check in on, but the leaders also needing a regular chat to ensure we were all coping ok with the restrictions.
Due to this we did lose a few from both leader, and section member perspective, and we still struggle without them – more so the leaders, as the waiting list is still buoyant.
With the changing times we not only had to learn the art of zooming and making it work for us and our activities, but also the Scout Hut and boats – all needing maintenance and checks, and this also incurs costs still – we were grateful that our supportive parents were able to continue to finance us given the circumstances.
We hope for a brighter and less lockdown challenging next year, where we can get back on the water and land – anywhere apart from online!
Thank you as always to the leaders, helpers, and committee for their continued support.
Wayne
Sea Beaver Scout Section Report
Beavers have had a fun year despite not having as many face to face meetings as we would have liked.
Highlights for this year include den building at Quarry Woods, outdoor cooking and awarding Chief Scout Awards at Grenfell Park.
We very much enjoyed the camps at home we had every term. We celebrated Halloween, Space and VE Day. The sleep-in zoom meetings gave us all the opportunity to see the sleep-in dens and the crafts. The beavers worked hard and showed great imagination. Photo of Tiger showing her very spooky den.
Our Beavers have been a credit to 1[st] Maidenhead, when on trips and with how hard they have worked towards their badges. This year we awarded 333 badges to the beavers.
We were so pleased that sixteen Beavers were awarded the Chief Scout’s Bronze Award, the highest award achievable in Beavers. This is an amazing achievement especially during this time. A big thank you to Tiger who gave help and encouragement to all the beavers.
We had three Young Leaders, Anna, Simon and Sam all working towards their Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
The final thanks go to our lovely group of Beavers with their supportive parents.
The Beaver team: Hawkeye (Elizabeth), Rusty (Jackie), Tiger (Alison), Otter (Neil) and Dragonfly (Liz).
Cub Report 2020
After the Sea Cub Spring Term changed dramatically half way through, we muddled our way on Zoom for a few weeks, recorded challenges and indoor camps were tried, but unfortunately due to the change in work life this was difficult to adjust to, and with the Sea Cubs fed up with everything online we were not really getting much interest, we kept in touch with a few special online meetings, but the Summer Term was non-existent.
In September the rules changed, and we were allowed to meet up, with certain restrictions, but we were at least back!
With the Cub Pack split into 3 groups, we were able to adhere to the guidelines easier and do more. The first sessions were back to Taplow Lake for Paddle Boarding which we all enjoyed.
Next up we headed to Quarry Wood for Shelter Building, after the three weeks I’m surprised there were any branches left on the ground!
As the weather changed, we headed to the footpaths and tried out the chip shops – it is amazing how different each group walks – some fast, some slower – less time for chips with the latter…
Just as we were getting used to a new way, the rules changed and we were back to online…two evenings and we were done for the year and with the Zooming!
After the struggles with the previous online meetings, we halted again and waiting until the rules changed again…but this time the wait was longer.
Akela
Sea Scouts Section Report
As with everyone else our time has been dominated by limited face-to-face activity. Summer 2020
All conventional events and meetings were cancelled with Zoom replacing the weekly Thursday night meetings. During the Summer 2020 term we met every Thursday with a diverse range of virtual activities taking place. Notable events were the Egg drop challenge which really tested the ingenuity of the Scouts. Other fun activities included Mapping, Scavenger hunts, junk modelling and Pictionary.
Attendance during this term ranged from 9 to 16 with an average of around 15.
Autumn 2020
We were fortunate to be able to meet in person during the Autumn 2020 term. All activities took place outdoors per guidance with various activities engaged in.
We had a sports day where the Scouts worked towards their sports badge and as always successful Chip-Shop-Hike.
There was shelter-building evening in quarry woods as well as Tin Lantern Crafting evening
As we moved back into lock-down we shifted into Zoom sessions again with fun and productive sessions such as A Bake-off, floating paracord keyrings and Christmas sweets baking.
Spring 2021
Online sessions continued into 2021 with paper boats, bird feeders and online games part of the program. The bird feeders, the scouts sewing their own knotting bags, soap carving and a mini-pioneering project all extended and challenge the scouts in their home environments.
General
We said goodbye to Scott as Scout Leader as well as our two stalwart Young Leaders; Simon and Aimee as they headed off to university.
We also welcomed Wei Mumford as a Section Assistant.
Attendance overall has been good with an average of 21 Scout out of 29 this term. Covid and secondary school requirements have impacted attendance significantly.
Two of our oldest Scouts have been promoted to Senior Scouts and are transitioning into Explorers. They will remain with us till October half term.
Thank you to Mike and Margaret for your help and support this last year.
Justin Glanvill
Mid Thames Explorer Scouts 2020-2021
Well, I started the year in style my shortest camp ever with a trip to hotel Wexham and it wasn’t a good weekend to go
But still the scouts and explorers had a good winter camp with lots of plucking going on , then cooking their endeavours on open fires
That was our last time out in our wonderful Mediterranean Climate and Lockdown came But we soldiered on with Zoom meetings with varying degrees of success with most of the unit regularly taking part.
We held quizzes , baked dodgy cakes, some technical challenges to keep the explorers little grey cells working, tried some navigation exercise, guess where Bryan was or wished he was and some silly challenges to keep us all sane.
Then September came and were allowed to meet and get out on the water albeit socially distanced or in Family bubbles, hard work just 2 people rowing a Gig
Hannah represented the whole district on her own on Remembrance Sunday
Come December we thought we try some boating and lighting some fires. Practice our Culinary skills .
A difficult year which I hope we never repeat but as always, the explorers rallied to the challenge and did what they do best - just chilled out.
As always thanks to Mike for supporting the unit and to the support received from the group
Bryan Barnard
1st Maidenehad (Mid Thames) Sea Scout Group Receipts and payments accounts
For the period from 01/04/2020 To 31/03/2021
Receipts and payments
| Receipts | Unrestricted funds £ 8,442 - 3,326 5,116 - - 4,702 44 4,376 122 126 - 14,486 - 10,000 10,000 480 512 - - 992 - - - - - 25,478 |
Unrestricted funds £ 8,442 - 3,326 5,116 - - 4,702 44 4,376 122 126 - 14,486 - 10,000 10,000 480 512 - - 992 - - - - - 25,478 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Total funds £ 8,442 - 3,326 5,116 - - 4,702 44 4,376 122 126 - 14,486 - 10,000 10,000 480 512 - - 992 - - - - - 25,478 - 25,478 |
2019/2020 Last year £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Donations, legacies & similar income | ||||||||
| Membershipsubscriptions | 8,442 | - | - | 8,442 | 19,507 | |||
| Less: Capitation subscriptions paid | - 3,326 | - | - | - 3,326 | - 5,432 | |||
| Net MembershipRetained | 5,116 | - | - | 5,116 | 14,075 | |||
| Donations | - | - | - | - | 1,873 | |||
| Legacies | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Gift Aid | 4,702 | - | - | 4,702 | 5,073 | |||
| Section Activities | 44 | - | - | 44 | 9,971 | |||
| GroupActivities | 4,376 | - | - | 4,376 | 3,115 | |||
| Uniform | 122 | - | - | 122 | 110 | |||
| District ActivitySubsidy | 126 | - | - | 126 | 378 | |||
| Other similar Income | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| **Sub Total ** | 14,486 | - | - | 14,486 | 34,595 | |||
| Grants | ||||||||
| Maintenance Grant | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Other Grants | 10,000 | - | - | 10,000 | 7,017 | |||
| **Sub Total ** | 10,000 | - | - | 10,000 | 7,017 | |||
| Fundraising (gross) | ||||||||
| Premises/Marquee/Tent Hire | 480 | - | - | 480 | 2,481 | |||
| GroupFundraising | 512 | - | - | 512 | 1,342 | |||
| External Fundraising | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Other FundraisingActivities | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| **Sub Total ** | 992 | - | - | 992 | 3,823 | |||
| Investment Income | ||||||||
| Bank Interest | - | - | - | - | 37 | |||
| The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service |
- | - | - | - | - | |||
| PropertyRent income | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Other Investment income | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| **Sub Total ** | - | - | - | - | 37 | |||
| **Total Gross Income ** | 25,478 | - | - | 25,478 | 45,472 | |||
| Asset and investment sales etc. | - | - | - | |||||
| Total receipts | 25,478 | - | - | |||||
| 25,478 | - | - | 25,478 | 45,472 |
CCXX R1 accounts (SS)
30/01/2022
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1st Maidenehad (Mid Thames) Sea Scout Group Receipts and payments accounts
For the period from 01/04/2020 To 31/03/2021
Receipts and payments
| Payments | Unrestricted funds £ 4,645 396 - - 212 1,071 744 7,242 5,919 - - - - - 150 - 20,379 - - - - |
Unrestricted funds £ 4,645 396 - - 212 1,071 744 7,242 5,919 - - - - - 150 - 20,379 - - - - |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Restricted funds Endowment funds £ £ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2020/2021 |
Total funds £ 4,645 396 - - 212 1,071 744 7,242 5,919 - - - - - 150 - 20,379 - - - - |
Total funds £ 4,645 396 - - 212 1,071 744 7,242 5,919 - - - - - 150 - 20,379 - - - - |
2019/2020 Last year £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charitable Payments | |||||||||
| Youth Programme & Activites | 4,645 | - | - | 4,645 | 19,365 | ||||
| Membership fees | 396 | - | - | 396 | 744 | ||||
| Adult Support & Training | - | - | - | - | 378 | ||||
| Rent | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Water / Sewerage | 212 | - | - | 212 | 223 | ||||
| Electricy & Gas | 1,071 | - | - | 1,071 | 818 | ||||
| Telephone | 744 | - | - | 744 | 795 | ||||
| Insurance | 7,242 | - | - | 7,242 | 6,594 | ||||
| Repairs & Renewals | 5,919 | - | - | 5,919 | 2,385 | ||||
| Material & Equipment | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Admin & Establishment | - | - | - | - | 102 | ||||
| Contribution to Camp Costs | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Uniforms | - | - | - | - | 537 | ||||
| AGM & Trustess Expenses | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Badges & Awards | 150 | - | - | 150 | 900 | ||||
| Other Costs | - | - | - | - | 25 | ||||
| **Sub total ** | 20,379 | - | - | 20,379 | 32,866 | ||||
| Funraising Expenses | |||||||||
| Group Fund Raising | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Membership fees | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Other Fundrasing Costs | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| **Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| **Sub total ** | 20,379 | - | - | 20,379 | 32,866 | ||||
| 11,164 31,543 - 6,065 |
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| Asset and investment purchases | 660 | 10,504 | - | 11,164 | 11,317 | ||||
| Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) Transfers between funds Cash funds last year end Cash funds this year end |
21,039 4,439 - 16,479 20,918 |
10,504 - 10,504 - 15,362 4,858 |
- - - - - |
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| 44,183 | |||||||||
| 4,439 | - 10,504 | - | - 6,065 | 1,289 | |||||
| - | - | - | - | - | |||||
| 16,479 | 15,362 | - | 31,841 | 30,552 | |||||
| 20,918 | 4,858 | - | 25,776 | 31,841 |
CCXX R2 accounts (SS)
30/01/2022
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1st Maidenehad (Mid Thames) Sea Scout Group
| Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment funds Total funds £ £ £ £ £ 20,918 £ - £ - £ 20,918 £ - £ 4,863 £ - £ 4,863 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 20,918 £ 4,863 £ - £ 25,781 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 159,073 £ - £ - £ 159,073 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ 165,339 £ 9,201 £ - £ 174,540 £ - £ - £ - £ 324,412 £ 9,201 £ - £ 333,613 £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - £ - Print Name Kevin Stanley - Group Chair Wayne Davie - GSL Signature 31 March 2021 |
31/03/2020 Last year £ |
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| Cash Funds | |||
| Bank Current Account | £ 20,918 | £ 25,697 | |
| Bank Deposit Account | £ - | £ 15,362 | |
| BuildingSocietyAccount | £ - | £ - | |
| The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service |
£ - | £ - | |
| Cash / Floats | £ - | £ - | |
| **Total Cash Funds ** | £ 20,918 | £ 41,059 | |
| Other Monetary Assetts | |||
| Gift Aid Claim | £ - | £ - | |
| Debts Due from the County / District / Group |
£ - | £ - | |
| Refunds Due | £ - | £ - | |
| Insurance Claim | £ - | £ - | |
| **Sub Total ** | £ - | £ - | |
| Investmenets Assets | |||
| Investment Property-m Detail | £ - | £ - | |
| Quoted Investmnets | £ - | £ - | |
| Other investments - Detail | £ - | £ - | |
| **Sub Total ** | £ - | £ - | |
| Non-Monetary Assets for Charities | |||
| Badge Stock | £ - | £ - | |
| ShopStock | £ - | £ - | |
| Other Stock | £ - | £ - | |
| Land & Buldings | £ 159,073 | £ 159,073 | |
| Motor Vehicles | £ - | £ - | |
| ScoutingEquipment,Furthnite Etc. | £ 165,339 | £ 163,376 | |
| Other | £ - | ||
| **Sub Total ** | £ 324,412 | £ 322,449 | |
| Liabilities | |||
| Account notyetpaid | £ - | £ - | |
| Expenses incurred but notyet invoiced | £ - | £ - | |
| Subscriptions notyetpaid | £ - | £ - | |
| Loan - Detail | £ - | £ - | |
| Other Laibilities | £ - | £ - | |
| **Sub Total ** | £ - | £ - | |
| Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees |
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| Date of approval |
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| 30/01/2022 | |||
| 30/01/2022 |
CCXX R3 accounts (SS)
30/01/2022
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Independent Examiners Report to the Trustees of the I" MAIDENHEAD (MID THAMES) SEA SCOUT GROUP I report on the accounts of the Group for the year ended 31st March 2021 which comprise the Statement of Financial Activities, the Balance Sheet. This report is made solely to the trustees in accordance with Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011. My Work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charitvs trustees those matters l am required to state to them in an Independent Examiners Report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees for my examination work Respertive Res"ponslbllities of Trustees and Examiner The Group's Trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. They consider that an audit is not required this year (under Section 145 of the Charities Act 2011 (the Charities Act)) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: Examine the accounts (under Section 145 of the Charities Act). To follow procedures laid down in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners (under Section 145 (5)(b) of the Charities Art). and To state whether particular matters have come to my attention. ..Basics of Independent Examinerfs Report My examination was carried out in accordance with the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Group and a comparison 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 rovide all the evidence that would be required for an audit, and consequently no opinion is given as to whether he accounts present a 'true and fairf view and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below. Independent Examinerfs 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 a. To keep accounting records in accordance with Section 130 of the Charities Act. and b. To prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the Charities 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 be reached Name: ISo•U k4AffLI£Lu £ Qualification: f c C A Address: eKJ SL Date: * please delete the words in brackets if they do not apply"