## Acting GSL’s Report 1[st] April 2022 – 31[st] March 2023 I am writing this annual report in the capacity of Acting GSL for 3[rd] Upton and District Commissioner for Slough Scouts. I am pleased to report that we launched our new Squirrels section in April 2022, it is well organized and has a thriving membership. It has been another successful year of Scouting at 3[rd] Upton. We are now running regular weekly meetings for Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and have a full program of activities. Both young people and adult membership are strong. - The hall is well used and providing a reasonable level of income. We have replaced the electrical distribution board and many of the lights, the heating and switches during the year, and had the electrical system certificated. - The financial position of the group is strong. - We are planning for the re-organisation of the Scout Association which is planned for later in the year. In drawing this report to a close I would like to say how proud I am of all the leaders within 3[rd] Upton, you are all a credit to the Group, to the Slough District and to the community at large. By providing active Scouting in Slough, we are changing the lives of young people and creating memories that I am sure they will treasure forever. Thank you all, from all of them. Ian Ian Goldswain acting GSL 3[rd] Upton Scout Group DC Slough District ## **3[rd] Upton Squirrel Scouts Annual Report** It has certainly been an exciting and busy year so far for the Squirrels. With a year now under our belts we are gaining in confidence every week. We are very proud to have invested the first ever Squirrels in the Slough District, plus we have already been able to award many of our Squirrels their Acorn Awards just in time for them moving on to Beavers. The Squirrels have been lucky enough to have taken part in so much already including a visit to the Jubilee Camp in June, and paying our respects to our former Patron, Queen Elizabeth, in September by laying flowers and our Squirrel Mascot ‘Upton’ at Windsor Castle. They all behaved impeccably at the Remembrance Parade representing 3[rd] Upton with great respect for the day. We have also enjoyed a fun-filled joint afternoon with the Beavers before breaking up for the summer with an epic water fight in the park. Our Squirrels have been working hard towards their badges and having lots of fun along the way building dens, contributing to Slough Food Bank in our Community Impact Project, going on bug hunts, trying out orienteering, going on a space adventure, being scientists and trying out exciting experiments and showing great teamwork building Lego bridges so as not to be eaten by the sharks! They have also been very thoughtful in coming up with their ‘Squirrel Values’ which we now have displayed in the hall. We have lot’s more engaging and exciting evenings planned. This year has certainly been a year of 1sts for our Squirrels and we have had a busy year with lots of activities happening! December was our first Christingle Service at St Marys Church. Our Squirrels behaved beautifully and respectfully in church. We concluded 2022 with a fun joint Christmas party with our Beaver friends and had a special visit from the big man himself much to everyone’s delight! 2023 got off to a great start with our Squirrels learning about disabilities, creating awesome nature art, learning about Chinese New Year, bringing some of our favourite stories to life, making Valentines gifts for our loved ones, creating amazing designs with Lego and taking part in a joint Pancake Party with the Beavers. These activities have earned them an abundance of badges that they are very proud to have earnt. In March we began work on our First Aid Level 1 badge and the Squirrels excelled once again. We had a fantastic visit from a paramedic who taught them the recovery position amongst other invaluable skills for life. Our Squirrels have also been learning all about the importance of recycling and learnt our Squirrel promise in Makaton! We are continuing to work on our Challenge badges and have several Squirrels who will soon be receiving their Chief Acorns awards. Activity badges are always being included in our programme and we are definitely gaining confidence in our abilities as leaders. We have lots still left in our programme and we are looking forward to another great year. Having had quite a few of our Squirrels move up to Beavers we now have the capacity to recruit some more and that is currently in progress. We have 3 full time leaders and we have also welcomed a new leader Clelia (Nibbles), into the section. I would like to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you to Clare (Hedgehog) for helping us with ratios and Jon (Kaa) who regularly comes and helps out too. The Squirrels love their energy and crazy ways. I would like to finish off by thanking my wonderful team, Vanessa (Skippy) and Dawn (Scrat), for their continuous hard work and dedication. The past year of running Squirrels with them has been a pleasure and they both work so hard behind the scenes helping to plan our sessions and support in every way. I really do appreciate having them by my side throughout this. The future is looking very bright and exciting. Alicia Phelan – Nutty Squirrel Scout Section Leader ## 3[RD] UPTON BEAVER SCOUTS Section Report 1[st] April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023 At our weekly meetings we work on our badges and challenge awards, play games and share our news. We also had a wet and wild evening and picnic in the park with parents. We have taken part in the following weekend activities:Water activity day Children in Need activity day Black Park activity day Pancake party Christmas party Remembrance Day parade Christingle service We held a super hero sleepover at our scout hut having lots of fun dressed up as super heroÕs ! Clare Clark Beaver Scout Leader ## 3[rd] Upton Cub Scouts ## **Section Report – Cub Scouts 01 April 2022 – 31[st] March 2023** A prime focus of this Cub Scouting year was the encouragement of our young people to achieve their Activity Badges and Challenge Awards, all leading to the ultimate Silver Award. The Cub Scout Silver Award is the highest achievable in their time with us and I am delighted that we presented 16 of these over the period of this report. More are on the horizon, and I am particularly delighted that many Cubs are now making the effort to achieve their awards by personal effort at home. In addition to this we had one Cub Scout who managed to obtain every Activity Badge it is possible to obtain. A wonderful achievement and one that has now set a record within our Scout Group. On the outdoor activity side, the highlight of our year was undoubtedly the Slough District camp held in June 2022. This was organised in celebration of our late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee and was attended by Scouts, Cubs, Beavers and our new Squirrels from across Slough District. Our own adventure activities were organised for our Cubs later in the year whilst we continued to maintain a fun-filled balanced programme during our weekly meetings. We are extremely fortunate to have a great team of enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer leaders, fully supported by equally enthusiastic parents. Together we will continue to make memories for our Cubs with more activities and fun in 2023/24. Trevor Greenaway Cub Scout Leader (Akela) ## 3[rd] Upton Scout Troop ## **Section Report 1[st] April 2022 – 31[st] March 2023** In the summer term we went to the Jubilee riverside centre and went kayaking for a few weeks enjoying the warm weather. In June we joined the rest of the sections and groups in Slough for the District Jubilee Camp at Walter Davies scout campsite. Over the long weekend we celebrated the jubilee with lots of activities ending in a giant street party. Over the course of the term we worked with the local church to do our Astronomer Badge. William Hershel was buried there, and a local man and ex Nasa employee Ron Lewin help the scouts complete their badge which were awarded at a BBQ in the summer. In August we went to the Kent International Jamboree. We were joined by scouts from all over the UK and the world. A week of activities and evening entertainment was fantastic, and the scouts made friends with some of the thousands of scouts camping together. In November we represented the scouts at the local Remembrance Day parade. We also went camping, it was extremely wet but the scouts manged to cook on fires, we also had a fireworks display. In December we brought back our annual tradition of Christmas bowling, bowling in Christmas jumpers. In the new year we went to trampoline park Jump in. In April we went camping again this time at Dorney wood. The weather was much better, we had fun lighting fires in drier conditions. David Docherty Scout Leader CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGIANO AND WAIES 3RD UPTON SCOUTGROLIP Receipts and payments accounts CC16a Forthe ￿riod To 31h)Y2023 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted funds Restricted funds Endowment fury Total funds Last year toth• n•Ar••t£ lothD neatwt£ )th* noJmt£ to th• n8•reffst£ A1 Reeelpts 10,152 213 10.152 213 9.368 183 1.135 339 Fwd REising Hire of Hall Invesbneni Int￿￿t GiftAd Ek)ngtion Covid GT8trt Sundty Sub totsl(Gross income for ARJ 6.245 183 1.135 40 247 3,266 10,667 6.333 27A92 Z7,$92 27,114 A2 A8Sèt and Inv••tment 881•8. 18•• tsbl¢l. Sub total 27,592 27.392 27,114 A3Pa ments Mambership Fees Elethn￿ty Ratè5 W8ler Inlemet Cleaning Hall Repair8 & Maintenw Insurance GroupA¢ministral Squirrels. B&¥￿￿, CULB. SrAXrt• A￿1vibeS ￿ assocth Hall RtrFurbishment 1,873 778 57 154 247 92 92 183 1,351 4,312 978 594 3.75B 3.891 3,75B 3,697 77 3,914 Sub total I7￿2 17,933 13,737 A4 Asset and InvÈ8trnent urchasos, tsble Sub ¢ofal 17.932 17,932 13,737 Net of re¢￿'pts1(Paym￿nts) A5 Trnntsfers between funds A6 Cash funds last y•ar•nd Cash funds thls year end 13,377 89.075 98.735 89.075 98,735 75,698 89.075 CCXX R1 arwunts ISS) ry310712023 Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unresthcted funds to n￿rP￿t£ Restricted funds Endowment funds to nearest£ to nÈarest£ B1 Cash funds t9.543 61,926 Totsl cash funds 98.735 R•8trlctsd funds to n￿r•￿t £ Endowm•nt funds to ng•wi£ fvnds to E Detsils Fundts w￿¢b Ct*tlo*loMI) ¢wr•nivalu• Detalls Fundto wNch Details Cc•tlo*¥ ury•rtvalu• 84 A8uts retaln•d lor the charlty'8 own uso Fund Jnountdu• Detsils B5 Llabllllles SSJned by on8 Orkn￿ trustees on b8haW of all the tsustees Dat* of rowal Stgn¥ture Prinl Name ROBERT STANGER CCXX R2 ac¥xJLtnts {SSI CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl members of 3RD UPTON SCOUT GROUP On accounts forthe year ended 31st March 2023 Charity no (if any 300687 Set out on pages I report to the truste85 on my examination of the accounts of the above charity fthe Trn￿r) for the year ended 3110312023. Responslbilities and basls of report As the chantys trustees, you are respongble for the p￿paratIOn of the a¢Gounts in accordance wrth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Yhe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's 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 Commission under section 145(5>{b) of the Act. Independent I have completed my examination. I confim) that no material matters have examinerfs statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examination which gives me cause to beI￿ve that in. any material respect.. the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Chartties Act: or the accounts did not accord with the accountirvJ records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rep¢xts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the a￿untS give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter onsidered as part of an independent examination. I have no cOn￿mS and have come a(xoss no other matters in Connection wrth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understsnding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date: Il-dF-21 Namo: Relevant professlonal qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: K464oA