2024-03-31-accounts

Trustees. Annual Report For the period FrDm Isttdatel kneTrJda Secti)n A FlefereTrce and 3dminis.-raiiDn details Charity name Othefnamesthè dwity is known ty Regi%te￿ charty number (rfanyl Ila registralion numb8r Chatitys pri￿¥paI ldrp55 163 PkxlhwrtA¥eNe REadi Narnes of the charity trvslees who manage the tharity TEUSt89 Namè oirKe rrfanyl fwvihole year Phttio Addi ton Ro er Fkmin Leye GtiTffths lèn May Kris Mccabe David Newrnan veory Trustee Cha',r ot10d￿3. 2W9rxd Trustee Trustee Trustee Ton Phi1Op5 Ison Ritd)ie Tajlor lan May 10 Twstee Ttystee 12 9r2v2tr23 13 14 Gllwn Band 01Mf23 10 2&W23 of ad￿SOr Name Address Section Structure. coveTP.ance and mar2-. e￿e￿I De5C￿p￿9￿ of the chatity's Iru5ts Typ? of governrfpa dooJm8nt Royallxrter. whth in hjm g¥es 8uthctyto U* atKI The P(4￿y. le.9. tNst deed, wnstslutionl 1 Lfiooco1114 Sepknber20241

Trustee selknn rnelhtxts le.g. appointed by, el8dad by) The Truse5 are atwinted in the Palcy. OrgaHi5alion and Ru￿$ ofTh2 Scout he tJslrx B rDaW bylhÈ Disbid Tiue Board. the rnpmbws ihÈ Charity Trustees. oflhp Dthtwhth is an ertu12t￿ thanty. As (tharityttustees ttrka.yare resrmsible for ation. where reknni about meets èvery 2 trKXLlh5. Pclici ￿￿o￿lEs 8doW•J al the irthctiDn and trdinir¥ oftrustees,. bl trust88' u)nsid&tytion of major risks and the $5Etems p￿￿ureS to tnanage IIErn tsfjoining the Board. reQu￿ents and ts cwntsaLth'5 nAe& The￿p￿)rt h8ts othervokjrrteers run 2 Lfi(yxK)1114 Sepknber20241

Sectron B Structure. 9overnancè and management Icontinuedl Risk Man8gement The Irusiees usea central KiskRewsterthatis h8idvrithin central and accpssibie sacure iocatiortthiGhthetweernembets Gan access. h is reviewed bythetrusTres every 2 onths. The DistrECt Chair. DisiTiCI LeadVolunteera￿￿ 1 othervuet8te mantyngthe iTrput and xoringofihe risks astheyco¥erTrnstee andOpwaE1onaLrna￿g8manL D•tobuilding prop8rtyandequlpmenL The di￿riCtha$SU￿ciÉlrtbUliding8 and comerts insuronce in P￿cet{l mitigateagainst permanentloss. and ￿lhe eventof ￿MpOtsry lossy￿Uld reqLSttheuse o buiLdings. propertyand equipmentfrom neighlKburin¢orrdnisationssÈKhasthEchurch. communty centre and othersC￿Er0ltp$. asa shorr-teim solution. Disttictvolurtsers8r8 m8rnbeT50ftheScoLrtAswciation 8nd.assucb. IrKlud￿ In the nation8laccidentinsuranc8poW. Aiiactmtiyand nights awdyeNErts ioilfmfthe Sc(HJtA8sociation iules. BiskAsse5smentsare r8vrewed beforeactNitiescantake p18c8 byy￿￿p58￿d tsnitswithin the districL Activitipsand NI8htsAv￿eVents8Te notified usingthe B8tkshire s¢￿ts tKtification system5 which inlcude subrni￿oll of a F4skASse55Th￿nl Aeductlon or I(￿SOf Ihedistrtctlstorattyteiiant upon ¥olurrteerstonJn and 8dministerthe actNtties of the distrlct. 1there￿Ie a reduGtton inlhe numberof volumeerstoan unacceptablelevel in a p8nicuiar area then there would havetobe8 sx)ntraction. cons£4idarion of acti¥lties ortlosure of parts ofthe district operatio￿s. YIFGrant& Rebujld ofthe P￿adI￿HQF￿￿￿￿ The di8Thctw&%8warded a granttowrtherA>stsofrebuiidin¥thpScoutsandGulde$ HQ in Readin&Top ￿ne risks asSOtaat•Ywhi￿ p￿ie￿Ie[e. Financ￿1$hOn[8lL N0eornp￿ted building Wifhdthalofwarrts Negaii¥e& RepulatioT￿L To mrtigateth&associHte(I iisks.weha¥fottned an ¢￿erSi￿htT￿arR behalf ofthe trusts bDaTdl lohvrkc1osetyw￿1hthe proieci and its lunding. Aseparale riskregistsrbas been created forthe O￿ratiOnal5pe¢Tfi¢Sthat are used regU￿rtY¥￿7¢hIn t￿tearn. Thetrustee i￿rdrewe￿Sa summaryofthese riskseverym) rI￿nthSUn￿5thereare anycrucialorhigh ThetFuee Fknsk Rwswis he1￿￿71hF￿aceTrlr31and8¢¢e55ib1e ￿￿re location thatthe Irustse memberscan access. It is remewed trythe Irustees trery2 rnomhs. The Districtchair. DistrictLead VoLuTrteerand 1 othertrustee art rnan8&ngthe inKKrtand ￿oring01rhe risks a¥ theYcOverT￿Stee and Operrional manag￿￿￿t 3 LT7(KKX11 {14 Sepkmber2tr241

Sectlon C Objective5 and activities Symrnwy oflhe obi8(ts ofthe knty set ut its governiry dwmei)L The ValuES of S￿lting Car&.We Sup[￿ othersatKt lake care olthe k%tytld in fiith we fve. . enioywhai d(Mng aNJ h85 - learn bydoing . ￿￿ertake now arK1 challengiry acth¥kn8S make and INe by IheirPromÉ surnrn￿ oflhe in rtp to these objects Readity Central li¥￿(sup￿T￿the 1t grwps Y) wth¥Je Swlwig lo some 8110 young people in pewle a nights awa(iMty40ry with a b81&)cod ￿r￿)rne that inchJdJ atvthe5 at rDe8ting p￿r. Athhb8s range Irrxm hiTres. 9atw (￿b￿￿￿, ka￿ffl9. drdwxAK)th"ry. bell Avenue. The wc4ect ks wpkn¥ayarkl. wheft o)mi4ete, ViU offer&yxtsand otherwulh organisatsons in the aw access to a m(yJem trvting venue. Adthtiry￿1 d8tofthe obieciwes arxl loptsnal b￿e￿x￿Jra￿I as t¢st pradAxl You rnay choose to t￿e slatern￿lS, Tdevani a￿￿L. . polcyc• gr8nlfftakirv. . 0)ntri￿tiDll made byvO￿n1eels. . Oicytm investrnent& PU￿1C b￿8ffl statement The meets the Charity commi￿n'S bwefrt cte¥iti underbolh the ad¥anc8menl of Section D AchiEvem&nt5 perfcrmafice Summary oflhe main a¢h￿an1￿￿ of Ihe th31ity durry the￿a repyb"rMJ Fernd IK7wever. thè rol ofchws has b￿n del3￿￿. VWher& pC￿ble. wrfhln the 4 LT71J)rK11 114 September2tr241

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Section E Financial Rewiev• Brieftementdthe thantys ￿lcY on reserves presentty ttTrat it s￿d 4 gjm ￿ll￿￿ent to 12 n￿Thtrts running ￿$ts. cirr £12.00D. level for lwabng el￿en￿ The TnJ5tee BoaTd bekves an addith)nal sum RÈadirJ st¥￿& GL£wJe Qu8ntifyand 8￿1￿ any d￿gnatI￿$ Detakb of anyfunds rnaterralty in deftit (Lxrwmstances pl￿StepS to dirnin8ie) Futhrfinancial d8tsiLE loptiona Yw may ¢h005etD indude ldrtthel Information, where E￿ant, atKJirt". . Ihe charty's principal $￿Ir(￿S of funds lirKkndry any￿￿ra￿ty1,. The L)Is1rD￿ atKI Ex￿thJr8 m(NJE5t aTKI. a5 a consequen￿, there a￿ insufficiprtfunds . how èxpenditufe h85 supkkjtsd tha key obiects¥e5 of Ihe chariiy. The Tntstee Board regularty mth)i￿s the ofb> b￿n￿ ￿ Ihe inl¥esi r8tes recved to erwJrE thtr grwp oits1￿ maximum vaL arKI uKon)e I￿¥￿ ts banthg arraThJements. ()c￿s1on8￿Y rnay ￿rg an rryui￿ a peTh)d of ￿￿4￿ before fvnd5 ' invethent pc4iw aThl Section F Other OpEion31 Information ans forfuture peri{￿$ IdetsiLs of any sigroficantathittss *Med to athe¥e 6 LTTOCrf)01 114 sepfeMtw￿241

Section G Sign8d on bePotrofth8 charity'$bwtee5 rElsl Full nam8($} Mr5L Gtiffiths PC6￿on le3 Setrptary. Charl hair 7 LTTfmoi 114 Septembu20241

Receipts and PaymentsAccount Forthe yearfrom 014)ri12023to 31 M8rch 2024 Receipts and payments 2023124 2022123 Recei Donation4 Membershi subscri tions Less:Member5hip subscriptions orto County Net membershi subscription5 rEtsined Subtotsl 49.455.10 45 297.90 4.157.20 4.194.00 Granls R•cÈr¥ed GovemmentGrants Youth PT ThreeTowers Hike Scouts Jamboree Trainin Bad e&les IA31.00 1.080.00 3,410337 15.000.00 500.00 6.502.42 6.496.79 Sub total Investment incomo Bank interest 205.40 btotsi nts Grant Income ended CharitabLè P Puiche5e of Bad es Three Towers Hike Hire of Premises District Leaders Licences Administration Ex Youth ro ammeand actiwties- Ex lorers Youth ramme and 8ctivities-&outs Youth ramme and activities- Cubs Yoirth ramme and acbvibes- Beavers Jamboree Bankcha Sund ents 5.431.24 1.601.13 311A5 156.47 393.60 6,309.05 nses 684.68 enses 81.97 1080.00 62.50 50.00 4A03.35 40.00 150.00 ro 175.00 ro 22.52 18 082.50 120.40 670.86 Sub totsl Netof General Fund brou forward Transfer- Croton Access To Adventure Fund Transfertts S UiTrelTrainin Fund 56,269.61 54,906.69 1.757.50 500.00

Readingcentrai District Scoutcounc Statement of assets and liabilities atthe end of the year 2023124 2022123 UnrestrKtedfvnds Fixed Assets Tan ibleAssets Other invesrEnents 145,000.00 72,500.00 48 581.04 btotsl Cash fvnds Bank current accounts ar￿ cash in hand Banksavin accounts Totslcashfunds 70.607.76 36 $60.49 49.187.06 36 355.09 Non moneta Bad e stock RS&GH sown use 3.%&34 098.38 1 271.99 effls due Subtotsi abilities Grants Received Not Yet nded Pre aid Membershi &Jbscri tions Pre aid ThreeTowers Hike 2024Subscri tions Three Towers Hike 2023 Ex nses Outstandi Grou ents re Bad es Subtolal 3.804.10 30.13920 117.41 262Q1 19.925.93 NotAssets Funds of the Charity Notes 2023124 2022123 Unrestrirted Funds General Fund Des nated Funds The Warren Fund Closed Grou Fund AccessTo Adventure Fund Trainin Fund Readin Scout&GuideH Restricted Funds Boddin on Fund 59.ITJS6 5.237.00 7.71277 764S0 500.00 5.237.00 4567.00 500.00 121081.04 394.00 394.00 TotslFunds 3..111&7 -390.813._1.5 Prrnt Name Lestey Griffiths Chair David Newman Treasurer P&Je 2

Notes to the Accovnts These accounts are p￿pared underthe histon"calcostconvetrtion in accordance ￿ applicable accountingstsndards and the Statemerrt of Rocommended Practice onA¢oourrting By Charrties 2(M) There has been no ¢hangetothe aoo0urrt1r￿p0lleieS ￿nce Lastyear. No changesto eOLmts have been madefor prevtousyear& 1. Grantln¢ome and ExpènditurB The Readingscoth and Guide H(L ofwthichthe Distiictisa SkKJnsofinguiNL is presenttyurKlertaking a projectto demolish and redevelop ttsbuil(tirgthankstoagrantfromtheYouth Investment Fund. AS a registered charity.the District is providingthe meanstywhlchgTantfuThlsand receNed and expended. Thework isexpected to be completed by February 2025. l Fued Assèts ReadingknutarKI GuKk Headquart&s lthe Yrffjvrds 0rithaltyfom￿d byaTrust Deed dated 12° Novemlw 1958 and is registered as a Trustvthh theS¢(MrtTrust and the&JideTwstCorporatKJn. TheTnJstwas set upto managepropffjat 1￿ NOrthCoLftAven￿ ReadingRG2 ThG Iknown as Reading&out & Guide Headquarters) and rIve￿de lth atTheWa￿en. Re8(th On8 ofthe orWlsporwringunrt& Pa￿ValleY Distilctscoutccw￿iL decidedto wlthdwfr0mtsTrL￿t and a new constttution wassigned in November2023v4iihthe foiLowingspor6Dringunit& - ReadingCentralDistrictScoutCouncii150% share) - ReadingAbbey DNision-Berkthire Girt GuidIngA￿latson {25% share) - Reading RNetsNJe DIvis￿n-Be￿lre Girt&JidireAsg)CI￿10n (25% shel The investrnent reported incLu(testhe Council's revi*J shareof thetotaineta&8etsof theTrL￿t as at31 July2023. which includes: Land and Buildings NetCurrentAssets li￿Ludingstock andcashl 145.000.00 92.389.44 237.389A4 & Badge Stock Badges arevaiued atthe Lowerof costornet re81isatleYdiue 4. BankCurrentAceiMvrtswdcash ￿ hHr¥l HSBC Bank Uoyds Bank 27.28027 43,327.49 70.607.76 5. BankSavingsAeeou¥rt Wirgin Money ChartyAccou 36,560A9 Pase 3

& Funds of the Charity GeneralFurxl The Generdl Fund comprisesthe reservesofthe Distrlctawdiiabletosupporttheehari￿S obiectsves. Desagnxted Funds Designated Funds are tho 3etasidetytheTtU8teesfora specialwrw The Warygn Fund was initiatedfoiiowingthe sale ofthefomw2 Rea(l￿p￿MIsesatThewarren in Caversh8m and is used tofund projects wh￿h promtxe scoutingfrff alscouts inthe Dtstr Baian¢o asat 1 Apri12023 No grants were made duringtheye8r Balance asat 31 Mawh 2024 5237.00 NIL 5237.00 The Closed Group Fu￿d comprises balancesof thosegToupsvthith have dosed and thecouncil has determined should be usedforary ourstanthE runn1r0￿$[S assodatedwTth ttN)Se￿upS orto assist inthe setfing up otnewgroupsorsectsons. B￿nCe asat1 Apnl2023 &Jrplus arisingfrom closureof 71st Re￿11 Balance asat31 March 2024 3.145.77 7.71ZTI The Crotrn AccessToAAt¥enth Fund was set 4) bythe Council in 2014115 aTrJ is used to helpfrjnd scoutsfrom the Districttsking part in organised ￿QuIl￿aCtr1Itje￿ThIsluTh1W￿S previousty krK)wn asthe Intemational Fund, bLrt rts remit has beenwKlened tosupm OTganised ath1tseSar￿Whe￿. Baien¢e 8$8t1 April2023 Transferfrom Gelleral Fund nc¢ a$ 8t31 Marth 2024 NIL 2.764￿0 Tho ReadI￿SCOUt8nd Guido HQ balance wllcontinueto beused tosupportthe ¢xgoingactivitsesofthe Reading Scout & Guide HQ. includingthe ReadingScout& Guide ￿0p. RS￿rIct￿ Ftsnd5 Th8 Hugh Boddingwn Fund is man8ged bythe Counciland isth be L￿d for putposes ofprOm￿lr￿sCQUtir£Wfthln certain areasofthe Di¥trseL The Fund has been transfe￿￿￿ from Bert(sh1￿coUntysCoutc0UnciL Balance asat1 Apn12023 No grants were made duringthe year Baianea asat31 March 2024 NIL Pa￿4

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Reading Central District Scout Council for the year ended 31° March 2024. Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity trustees of the Reading Central District Scout Council you are responsil)le for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 ('the Act,). I report in respect of my examination of the Reading Central District Scout Council accounts Ca￿led out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Conunission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination giving me cause to believe that in any.material respect: . accounting records were not kept in respect of the Readillg Central District Scout Council as Tequired by section 130 of the Ac¢ or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records. i• I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examinthon to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reache(L Signed: Name: C4*¥ F¥c& i QG- i li Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies: rc LLO￿￿ O F KrTC- c) F Address: T14oo CkcJS Date: 20 2a2KL':