2024-03-31-accounts

Chairman’s Report 2023 - 2024

The Group saw a number of key changes this year. We adopted the new Scout Association rules and regulations, and we were one of the first groups in the country to change. Within this, most of the roles have changed (at least in name) except for the chairman.

On a personal level I have returned to 3[rd] Upton (having spent a number of years as District Commissioner) I have moved back to take on the role of Chair a role which I first took on in 1995 so in the words of Arnold – it’s good to be back!

I would like to thank James Vallance for his work as Chairman over the last few years and welcome Sarah Ainsworth and Tom Stacey, as long-term members of the group they will take on the role of Lead volunteer, (formerly known as GSL) this is probably the most important role in any group, and they will share it between them. I’m certain they will steer a steady course for the group and do a great job.

On an administrative level I would like to thank Rob Stanger for his work as Treasurer. Rob joined the group in 1950 and so has given an amazing 74 year’s devotion to the group, first as a young person and then as an adult volunteer. Rob has pretty much covered every role in the group over this time, the only job he hasn’t done is chairman – he was even a temporary Akela for about a year. Rob, thank you on behalf of the group, the other leaders and all of the young people you have influenced over the years

I’m very pleased to announce that Marie Hodnett will be taking over the role as treasurer and Rob has agreed to support the transition over the next months.

On a functional level I’m very pleased to report that all sections are running well and we are successfully delivering Scouting to the Slough community.

• The Hall is our biggest asset and is widely used by the local community. This includes church groups and sports activity groups in the school holidays. Tom and Harrison manage the hall bookings between them, and this provides a significant income for the group. It allows us to keep “subs” low and provide exciting Scouting at reasonable cost.

• Like previous years The financial position of the group is strong. We are still looking to “raise the roof” which is a long-term project, but as we are seeing deterioration of the existing roof, we appreciate we will have to do something to address this within the next few years.

The highlight of the year was the visit of Prince William and Princess Katherine with Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, along with key leaders from the Scout Association and around 100 volunteers who descended on the HQ for “the big help out”. It was a fabulous day and one that many people will never forget. We made the 10:00pm news as well as “Lorraine” and the event was widely reported. They are still using some of the pictures in press coverage of the Royals.

Later in the year Harrison and a group of our Scouts received a personal invitation from Princess Katherine to attend Westminster Abbey for her Carol Service. This was an amazing honour for all who participated and the wider group.

In drawing this report to a close I would like to say how proud I am of the 3[rd] Upton team and the work they do. By providing exciting 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 Chairman

3[rd] Upton Scout Group

3[rd] Upton Squirrel Scouts Report 2023-24

Our biggest achievement this year was celebrating our 2[nd] Birthday. 2 years has flown by and it has certainly been an exciting and busy year for the Squirrels. This past year we have been able to award many of our Squirrels their Acorn Awards just in time for them moving on to Beavers which is a great achievement.

The Squirrels have had a busy and exciting year with a programme that has been interesting and engaging with plenty of time outdoors exploring the abundance of nature in our park. They have also enjoyed sleepovers in our meeting place and joined in with Remembrance Day Parade, Christmas Panto, Christingle Service, Langley Carnival and many more community-based events. They all behave impeccably at these events and are a true asset to 3[rd] Upton Scout Group.

Our Squirrels have been working hard towards their Activity and Challenge Badges with many being achieved and Uniform Sweater sleeves filling up beautifully. We have also been working towards some of the Staged Badges like First Aid, Nights Away and Hikes and having lots of fun along the way

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. Also the leaders from other Sections that step in and help whenever they can, Hedgehog and Kaa especially. It is always appreciated and the Squirrels love having them around.

The future is looking very bright and exciting.

Alicia Phelan – Nutty

Squirrel Scout Section Leader

• 3[RD ] UPTON BEAVER SCOUTS SECTION REPORT

APRIL 2023 TO MARCH 2024

Throughout the above year we have continued to provide an exciting and challenging programme for the beavers.

Our weekly meetings concentrate on Badge and Challenge Award work. We have been both delighted and proud to award six beavers with their Chief Scout Bronze award. This is the highest award you can achieve which takes hard work and dedication from both children and leaders!

Our weekend actives have included several sleepovers and camps, outings to the London Transport Museum, Lookout Discovery centre and Langley Fire Station. We raised money for Children in Need and the Air Ambulance by running activity days. We attended Remembrance Day Parade and Christingle Service. As always, we have enjoyed Pancake and Christmas parties.

Our highlights have been visits from Pudsey Bear and Santa!

Clare Clark Beaver Scout Leader

3[rd] Upton Cub Scouts

Section Report – Cub Scouts 01 April 2023– 31[st] March 2024

A prime focus of our Cub Scouting year is 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 6 of these over the period of this report.

To help our Cubs achieve their badges and rewards, several camping weekends were organised throughout the year which were well supported and enjoyed. Of note was our weekend at Paccar Scout Camp in Buckinghamshire where the Cub Scouts slept in large Native American Tipis.

We are extremely fortunate to have a great team of enthusiastic and dedicated volunteer leaders, fully supported by a number of equally enthusiastic parents. Working together we continued to maintain a fun-filled balanced programme during our weekly meetings. We now look forward to making memories for our Cub Scouts with more adventurous activities and fun in 2024/2025.

Trevor Greenaway Cub Scout Leader (Akela)

3[rd] Upton Scout Troop

Section Report 1[st] April 2023 – 31[st] March 2024

In the last year 3[rd] Upton Scout Troop have been very busy.

On our troop nights we have done First Aid, a quiz night, made stop start animations, built Warhammer models, made wristbands, completed pioneering projects and even had an arranged visit from the police to teach us how to keep safe.

We have also got out and about away from our building going climbing at Slough Ice Rink, KataKanuing at Wokingham Waterside Centre and swimming at Windsor Leisure Centre. We also went back to Slough Ice Rink to watch the Slough Jets play Ice hockey and continuing with sport we went to Arbour Park to watch Slough Town Ladies in a League match. We also had our traditional Christmas Bowling night at Salt Hill Park. On the weekends we did hikes and geocaching around Eton Wick, camped at Dorney Wood doing back to basic skills and lots and lots of fire lighting.

In the Summer we headed to Oxford and Youlbury Scout Adventures. We had a very wet week where we went climbing, lots of other adventurous activities onsite but also headed into the city where we visited the Natural History museum and then went swimming in a very cold Lido.

Over the year we handed out a total of 282 Badges, Including 6 Chief Scout Gold Awards.

David Docherty Scout Leader

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Recelpts and payments accounts CC16a To 31103W24 Section A Receipts and payments Unrestricted Restrirted Lxtyear A1 Rec•1 10 1Q,152 213 hreof H￿[ Invesbnwt knest 251 11265 1.335 1.917 117 183 SurMI Sub lotal(G￿ irKC￿ for AR) 2TA92 l¥eetsbl•}. Sub total 1218 Ratey 1218 113 287 1.351 1J47 1.1n t.173 Squif(èl$, CLts. &xxAs SY Hail R￿Ul￿ShmEnt 3.7S• fotai 17 Subty 24ffi74 17,932 A6 Cash funds knt yearend Gish lund5 this year •nd 98.735 IM.07 89.07S 101.0711 CCXX R1 •xtyJrts (ssi

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period atego¥ie$ Jnd• bj nrAw£ 5,710 101.070 Details fund• Detai Cjetails ¢1￿1￿¥ a4vn uve kn¢)IW#d Detai15 85 LE￿11111• .17 CCXX F12 *xourts18S}

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner"'s Report Report to the trusteesl memb•rs of 3RD UPTON SCOUT GROUP On accounts for the year ended 31st March 2024 Charity no Irf any) Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination oftrE accounts of the above charty (kne Trusf) for the year 3110312023. Responsibllitigs and basis of report . As the chanvs trustees. you are ￿p¢H￿1b￿ for the preparation ofthe accourrts in aCc(Kdan￿ wtth the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 {Ihe A(l. I report in respe( of my examination of the Tru5Vs accounts carried out under serAton 145 ofthe 2011 Act and in carying out my examination, I have foll¢yAed all the apwicable Dwections grven by the Charity Commission under section 145(5}(b) of Act. Independent I have Ccffi￿eled my examination. I confimi that merial matters have examiners statement come to my attention in connection wrth the examination byhich gives me cause to b￿￿ve th in, any material regped". the accounting r￿rdS were not kept in accordarKe wtth s*ion 130 of the Cha￿tieS Act," or the accounts did not accord wth the accounting r￿ds", or the accourrts did not comply with the appliCa￿e ￿quIrernents con¢eming Ihe fonn and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Rep￿ts) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the ac¢ounts grve a Irue and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have r)0 ¢oncems and have come a(Yoss no other matters in connection with the examination to whith attention should be drawn in this report in order to enatrAe a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Slgned: Name: Relevant professional qualificallon{s) or body (If any): Ar4 Address: l J 44 co ffffièr IER Oct 2018

Trustees, Annual Report For the period From lstsrt datel to end date Section A Reference and administration details Charity name 3RD UPTON SCOUT GROUP Other n8mes the ¢harity is by THIRD UPTON SCOUT GROUP R￿istered charity number Irf any) HQ registration numter Charity's principal address 3RD UPTON SCOUT GROUP HEADQUARTERS UPTON COURT ROAD SLOUGH SL3 7LU Names of the charity trustees rnanwJe the tharity Trustst Name Offleè Irf any) forwhole year lan GcAdsvrdin David Nichols Robert Stsn er Trevor Greenth Harrison Saundet5 Chairman Grou Pwdent Treasurer Cub SccJt Leader District Le8deT 10 12 13 14 15 Names and a(¢dresses of a(fvisers lopts'onal inforniation er￿￿rty as best p￿ti￿) tlhe5ewilioÈw£￿￿d1￿l￿&llnUa{re1￿L￿therh￿￿J Tyw of advisor Independent Examnief Nane Robin LavKence Athress Wisteria Cottage, Hitcham Lane. Slough, SL1 7DU

Sectiom B Structuro. governance and management Descnption of the charity's tr(tsts TyFe of govemirKJ dwment The Group's govemiThJ d(Kuments are t1￿ of The Swut Assoaatson. They c￿siSt of a Royal Charter. thich in turn gives aUt￿"ty lo Ihe Bye of the Asxxialion and Tl)e Policy. Oiganisation and Rules of Tr Sc(Krt A￿K¥ab"on. le.g. trust deed. ¢onstituttonl Hcw the charity is conskntLrted The Group is a trust estiknJ under its rules ￿1¢h a commcm to all S(x)trt& {e.g. trust, as80ciation. company Trustee selection methc {e.g. app)inted by, ele¢ted by) The Trust￿ are aprxm.nted in ￿COrdan￿ with the Poli¢y. Organiskn'on and Rules of The sC￿rt A$S￿latiOn. Additional governance isgjes ICf￿0nat Inf￿latIOn erwjraged as trEst wb"cel You may choose to include additional informab"on. vA)ere relevant, aboLtt'. The Group is manapj by the Group EX￿trtiVe Comm¢ttee, the meffliErs of ￿1c￿ are the'Chan"ty Trustees, of the Scout Group vknich is an ed￿"onal tharity. As charity trustees tlw are reSPxsi￿e for comKAying WTth legissation applicable lo tharits"es. This indudes the registration, keeping proFer ￿ntS and making rebjms to the Charity Cofflrnission as approwe. Policies and kX(wJures wjopted for. al the induction ar￿ training of trust bl trust￿, consderation of Ma1￿ risks and the systems and prlxedures to manage them The Committee consists of 3 irthwdent representatives, Chair, Treagjrer and S• l(¥Jether wtth Ihe Grcxjp Scout Leajer. individual wtion leaders lif opled to take on the reSP￿S￿lIty) a￿1 Par￿¥$ representation aThJ meets every 2 months. This Gr(xsp Exe¢)Jtive Commiltee exists to gJPF#Ni the GroLkP Scout Leajer in M￿"Th3 the iesp)nsiknlities of the ap￿￿n￿)￿fitS and is respx)nsble for. The Maint￿nCe of Group WOFety" The rwgThJ of furKls and the alministration of Group fina[￿." The insjJrar￿ of rwstTh. aThJ ￿UIpMent Group pU￿1C Assth'ng in the r￿litsM￿t of leajers and other a1ult Appointing any sub committees that may ￿ wulr￿1,. Aprxm'nting Group Administrators and Advisors otheT than

Section 8 Structure, governance and management Icontinuedl Risk and Internal Control The Group Executive C(xnmittee has identifi&l the major nsks to ¥thich they ￿leve the Group is exF(6ed. these have teen revie¥￿d and systems have been establish￿ to mitigate againsl them. Tr main areas of COr￿ern that have Dam¥ to the Ixjilding, wowty and ffjuipment The Group reqLESt the use of bLsildings. propety and equipment from W9ht￿rirKJ organisaticns such as the church, community centre and other Scout Groups. Similar recipfctsl arrangements exÉst Trhith these organisations. The Group has suffiaent tMJildings aTKI contents insUrar￿e in lo mth.gate aJain5t ￿ar￿nt loss. Injury to leader5. hdws, SUPFXNters and members. Group through the caprtab.on fees contnbutes to the Scout ss(xiations national cident insurance Folicy. Risk RedLrnJ ir￿1)Me frcth hall renla arKI fund ￿lsIng. The Group is primarity reliant in￿e from hall rertsl . subw"pb"ons and fundraisrg. grrxjp dcts hold a Teserve to en￿jre the continuity of ¥b"vib"es should there L a m8jor r&ductton in ir￿me. The Commttt could raise the value of SLSbscriptio￿ to incrèase the income lo the group or¢ an ongc¥ng t)8g"S. ￿ther temp)rarily or pemianendy. an¢J als) to irKrease the income from hall rental. Reduction or10&8 of leakn. The group is tclally reliant upKsn volunteers lo njn and Jminisler tne xtivities of the group. If the￿ was a r￿Uth"on in the nuM￿r of lea(lefs lo an urw(Yeptable levd in a particular wtion or the group as a bbKAe then there %￿ld have to t a C£￿t￿lI0￿, nsjidth.on ￿ dce4Jre of a secb"on. In the wjrst ( enario the ￿rn￿ete dosure of the Group. R￿Juctil￿ or loss of memtrws. Tr Group wides tivities all young 4 to 18. If there was a redLKhon in meMt￿￿lP in a particular section OT the group as yth￿e there %wxJld have to be a contr%tion, consolidation ￿ Glosure of a Section. In the Drst S￿ariO the Complete dosure of the Grgup.

Section C Objectives and £ctivitses Summary of the Obj￿ of the chanty sel out in its goveming document Summary of the main athvth.es in relation to these objects The Group provides a varied and Challengi￿ scheme of prcuressve training for youThJ Fwple based on the Scout Promise and LawaNI gui11ed by leadership. Addib"onal details of the 0tr4'e¢b"ves and ￿tIvitIeS (Opti(￿al infcxmation enc(Msrawl as tEst practicEI You may choosè lo include further statements, vthere rdevant, ab)ut'. Any grants made by the Group to any of our young people are only made folloW￿j f*Jll approval from the Group EX￿"ve Committ￿. The only c0ntn.txjb.￿ maJe by cyjr leaders is thwr time, there are no finarKial contributs'ons made lo them olheT than ￿1mbL￿r3emeDI of their cxrt of rKtket exper￿ when this cost is irKurT￿ on behalf of the Grou x)licy on grantmaking". * contribution made by vcAunteeFS", . policy on investments. Public benefit statement The GrcyJp meets the Charity Commiss ¢￿'S public benefit teria under the advancement of education and the al￿ar￿ement of citizenship or o)mmunity development

Section D Achievements and performan¢e Summary of the main ¥hievemerbts of tt)e charity durir4J the year The highlight of the year was the vi&t of the prin￿ and PrirKess of Wales with Prin￿ George. Prin￿$S Chadotte and prin￿ L￿lS for'lhe kn"g help wt" The Group has continued to provide ts usual full and &tive Refer als) to separate retxxts from the Chaimian and Section Lealers. Section E Fillancial Review Brief statement of the chanty's Wicy (¥) The Group's Fdicy reserves s to hojd sufficient reswr¢es to continue the ￿tiVItieS of the Group should Ir￿ome and fvndraising activities fall shcrt The Group Execub"ve wnsders that the Grwp should hold a contingency rewve gjm 4uivalenl to 12 months wnning cc6ts, approx. £lO.C(KI The Group tota reseNes of £101.070 at year er￿. All(K3t&J a5 c(￿tir￿Jer￿Y ieserve ..£10.{￿). Jamboree Fund1£10.4291 arKI the balaThx for the HQ 'RaTrse the Roof Quantify and explain any deggnations D&tails of any funds materially in deficit (circuman￿S plus steps to eliminate} Flfrther finatKial reviewdetails l(ytional Inf￿MatsOn) You may chorjse to indude addtti.onal information, %there relevant. atrlxrt". . the charity's principal SAxJrces of funds (including any fundrai%ngi". Inve¥tmwrt Poliey The Group rdies heavily UFMJn the income r&eived from lettirKJ out the hall. It is our intention to Juild enough re￿eS to'raise the of our HQ bLilding. The Group has adoptaj a km risk strategy to the investrnent of its funds. All funds are hdd in cash using ￿lY mainstream banks.

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