Scouts 2nd Exeter (St Michaels) Annual General Meeting Saturday 11th June 2022 ssquirrels tSEhVEI**31/03/2022**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**||**01/04/2021**||**To**|**31/03/2022**|| ||||||||| |**Receipts and payments**|||||||| |**Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**16,440**
**-**
**8,635**
**_7,805_**
**3,130**
**48**
**616**
**11,599**
**18,905**
**-**
**621**
**-**
**755**
**4,461**
**24,742**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**291**
**1,562**
**108**
**1,961**
**38,302**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_-_**
**_-_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**2021/2022**|||**Total funds**
**£**
**16,440**
**-**
**8,635**
**_7,805_**
**3,130**
**48**
**616**
**11,599**
**18,905**
**-**
**621**
**-**
**755**
**4,461**
**24,742**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**291**
**1,562**
**108**
**1,961**
**38,302**

**-**

**38,302**|**2020/2021**
**Total funds**
_Restated_
**£**
**11,063**
**-**
**7,500**
**_3,563_**
**2,041**
**17**
**13,862**
**19,483**
**14,358**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**1,719**
**16,077**
**-**
**274**
**340**
**614**
**-**
**1,545**
**650**
**1,021**
**3,217**
**39,390**
**-**
**39,390**| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**|||||**-**
**-**
**_-_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| |Membership subscriptions|**16,440**|||||**16,440**|| |Less: Membership subscriptions paid on
(National/County/Area/District)enter figures with a minus sign|**-**
**8,635**|||||**-**
**8,635**|| |_Net membership subscriptions retained_|**_7,805_**|||||**_7,805_**|| |Gift Aid|**3,130**|||||**3,130**|| |Donations via Giving Machine|**48**|||||**48**|| |Other grants and donations|**616**|||||**616**|| |**Sub total**|**11,599**|||||**11,599**|| |**Programme & activities**|||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| |Camps|**18,905**|||||**18,905**|| |Family day & AGM|**-**|||||**-**|| |Fireworks|**621**|||||**621**|| |Group camp|**-**|||||**-**|| |Jambowlree|**755**|||||**755**|| |Activities other|**4,461**|||||**4,461**|| |**Sub total**|**24,742**|||||**24,742**|| |**Fundraising (gross)**|||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| |Christmas post|**-**|||||**-**|| |Paper recycling|**-**|||||**-**|| |Other fundraising activities|**-**|||||**-**|| |**Sub total**|**-**|||||**-**|| |**Other income**|||||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||| |Bank interest|**-**|||||**-**|| |Clothing, uniform & badges|**291**|||||**291**|| |Property rental|**1,562**|||||**1,562**|| |Other|**108**|||||**108**|| |**Sub total**|**1,961**|||||**1,961**|| |**_Total Gross Income_**
**Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_**|||||||| ||||||**-**|**38,302**|| ||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**|
**-**|| ||**38,302.11**||**-**||||| ||**38,302.11**||**-**||**-**|
**38,302**|**39,390**| 1 LT700003 ## **2nd Exeter (St Michael's) Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** ||||Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year end date
**31/03/2022**|Year end date
**31/03/2022**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**||**01/04/2021**||**To**||**31/03/2022**||| ||||||||||| |**Receipts and payments**|||||||||| |**Payments**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**2021/2022**||||**Total funds**
**£**
**178**
**2,704**
**285**
**360**
**551**
**644**
**5,562**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**10,285**
**7,248**
**-**
**397**
**565**
**7,703**
**15,913**
**-**
**-**
**26,198**
**-**
**26,198**
**12,105**||**2020/2021**
**Total funds**
**£**
**604**
**3,052**
**-**
**308**
**1,564**
**1,500**
**4,716**
**-**
**228**
**103**
**12,074**
**13,078**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**3,038**
**16,115**
**-**
**-**
**28,190**
**28,190**
**11,200**
**-**
**11,200**| |**Charitable Payments**|||||||||| |Broadband|**178**||**-**||**-**||**178**||| |Clothing,uniform & badges|**2,704**||**-**||**-**||**2,704**||| |Council tax|**285**||**-**||**-**||**285**||| |Electric|**360**||**-**||**-**||**360**||| |Equipment|**551**||||**-**||**551**||| |Insurance|**644**||**-**||**-**||**644**||| |Propertymaintenance|**5,562**||||**-**||**5,562**||| |Training|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |Water and sewerage|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |Other|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**Sub total**|**10,285**||**-**||**-**||**10,285**||| |**Programme & activity costs**|||||||||| |Camps|**7,248**||||**-**||**7,248**||| |Familyday& AGM|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |Fireworks|**397**||**-**||**-**||**397**||| |Jambowlree|**565**||**-**||**-**||**565**||| |Other Programme and Activitycosts|**7,703**||**-**||**-**||**7,703**||| |**Sub total**|**15,913**||**-**||**-**||**15,913**||| |**Fundraising expenses**|||||||||| |Fundraising costs|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**Sub total**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||| |**_Total Gross Expenditure_ **
**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**Transfers between funds**
**_Full year Net of receipts/(payments)_**|||||||||| ||||**-**||**-**||**-**||| ||**26,198**
**12,105**
**-**
**12,105**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||||| ||**12,105**||**-**||**-**||**12,105**||**11,200**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**12,105**||**-**||**-**||**12,105**||**11,200**| 2 LT700003 ## **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year** |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Cash and Cash equivalents**
Bank accounts
**80,284**
Cash/floats
**186**
Total cash
**80,470**
Uncleared receipts
**229**
Uncleared payments
**- 418**
**Total cash and current assets**
**80,280**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Cash and Cash equivalents**
Bank accounts
**80,284**
Cash/floats
**186**
Total cash
**80,470**
Uncleared receipts
**229**
Uncleared payments
**- 418**
**Total cash and current assets**
**80,280**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31/03/2022**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**
**£**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**31/03/2022**|**Total funds**
**£**|**31/03/2021**
**Total funds**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Cash and Cash equivalents**|||||**67,820**
**168**
**67,988**
**192**
**- 5**| |Bank accounts|**80,284**|**-**|**-**|**80,284**|| |Cash/floats|**186**|**-**|**-**|**186**|| |Total cash|**80,470**|**-**|**-**|**80,470**|| |Uncleared receipts|**229**|**-**|**-**|**229**|| |Uncleared payments|**- 418**|**-**|**-**|**- 418**|| |**Total cash and current assets**|**80,280**|**-**|**-**|**80,280**|**68,176**| **Statement of Cashflows for the year ended 31 March 2022** |**Cash from operating activities**
Operating profit / (loss) for the financial year
Adjustments for
Decrease / (increase) in receivables
Increase / (decrease) in payables
**Net cash from operating activities**
Cash equivalents at the start of the financial year
**Cash equivalents at the end of the financial year**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**12,105**
**- 36**
**413**
**12,481**
**67,988**
**80,470**
-|**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**£**|**Total**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||||**-**|**12,105**| |||||**-**| |||||**- 36**| |||||**413**| |||||**12,481**| |||||| |||||**67,988**| |||||**80,470**| |||||| **The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees on 11 June 2022 (the** |Signature|Print Name| |---|---| ||Andrew Turner (Chair)| ||Cathie Huddart (Treasurer)| 3 LT700003 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trusteesl Scouts * Exeter (Sl Mithael's) On accounts for the year ended 3113122 Charity no (rfany) 301212 Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above chartty (Ihe Trusf) for ￿ year ended 311312022 Responsibilities and As the tharity trustees of the Trust, you are responsibie for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance WFlh the requirements of the Chants'es Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). I rewrt in resFtct of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under sectÉon 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under sethon 145(5)(b) of the Ad. I have completed my ex*nination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention (other than that disclosed below") in connection wrth the examinats.on which gtves me cause to believe that in. any material respect: accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ with section 130 of the Ad or the accounts do not accord wrth the accounting records Independent examinerfs statement I have no COn￿mS and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. . Please delete the words in the brackets rfthey do not appty. Date: 2210512022 Signed: Name: than Simmonds Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any): DipPFS. Certs Cll {MP&ER} Address: 2 Nicholas Road Exeter EX1 3AT IER October 2018 ## **GSL’s Report 2021/22** After a couple of false starts, it has been a welcome relief to all of our leaders to start getting back to face to face scouting. It had been a long break for all of our children, in fact, some children went through Beavers and Cubs having only walked into the Scout Hut a handful of times! I continue to be inspired by our fantastic leaders and their dedication to delivering our first rate set of activities. Our membership numbers are nearly back to pre-pandemic levels with all sections maintaining their numbers. Interestingly we have also seen an increase in the number of girls joining which now represents nearly 30% of our overall number of children. Our numbers continue to be impressive and will can still boast not only being the largest and most active group in the Exeter District but also the biggest group in the County. Our Leader numbers have continued to grow, we have over 50 leaders spread between all of the sections helping to deliver our excellent program to our Children each week and with the inflated numbers we have even more fantastic ideas being bought forward which will keep our children engaged in all we do. I was over the moon when we were told that 2[nd] Exeter was going to be allowed to launch the first Squirrel Drey in Exeter. This means that as a group we now provide weekly activities for children from 4 years old to 14. We launched Squirrels after Easter with just 12 children and it has been well received by our Parents, (many of which stay to help out each week). The team has also been bolstered by three new Leaders who have joined Sharon Tamlin to help run the new section. Their enthusiasm is contagious and the ideas they are coming up with are excellent. We will soon expand the Squirrel's numbers so keep your eye out for their bright red Jumpers! Looking forward, we are about to embark on an ambitious plan to re develop our Scout Hut. We have plans to Carpet and re decorate the Scout hut over the Autumn Half Term but the building itself, while fit for purpose 50 years ago could do with being bought into the 21[st] Century. While we are great at keeping the children occupied, we do lack any construction and planning knowledge and could do with some help fundraising to reach our goal. Can you help us plan to deliver a new Scout Hut? Whether it's experience of the Project Management or Building industry or maybe some assistance in writing grant applications to help raise the money to deliver a new building for our children I would love to talk to you. It would be amazing to not only help deliver a building that suits our needs now but also allow us to deliver scouting for years to come. Jim Taylor Group Scout Leader gsl@exeterscouts.co.uk ## **Squirrels Report 2022** We had our first squirrel meeting on the28th April 2022. During this meeting we learnt our Hello song- 1 2 3 who are we? We also learnt about Sam the squirrel who lives on Brownsea Island. The Squirrels then coloured in their own Squirrel to add to a large tree college of the Squirrels in their Dray. This term, the Squirrels are working towards their ‘let it grow activity badge’ They Have planted Petunia plants and nasturtium seeds in the big tubs outside our scout hut. The Squirrels also planted sunflower seeds. These seeds the Squirrels have taken home. To look after, and to watch the sunflowers grow. The Squirrels have done a bug hunt around Heavitree Park. Tried worm charming. (No worms popped up). Shook a bush to see what insects were living there. Then drew brilliant big bugs with chalk on the path to make everyone smile that saw them. The Squirrels joined in with the Beaver scouts on the JOTT (Jamboree on the trail) walk around Ashclyst forest. While the squirrels were walking, they were looking out for different leaves to tick off on their leaf finder’s activity sheet. With the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee coming up, the Squirrels each coloured in a picture to create a large bunting to decorate our Scout hut in celebration. The squirrels also learnt about our Queen. That our Queen has had 30 corgis in her lifetime, with her first corgi being called Susan. The rest of the term the Squirrels will explore and enjoy outside activities. Maybe have a camp fire, with singing and Smores. We would like to thank all the parents and leaders that have supported our new section, especially our GSL Jim. Squirrel Leaders Owl, Otter, Badger, Mole and Young Leader Hedgehog. ## **Beavers Report 2022** This year the two colonies are working together as one. We are still Wednesday and Thursday Beavers, just one programme. The Beavers have enjoyed numerous activities over the last couple of terms. - Bell boating on the Great Exeter Ship Canal. - Tracking in Mincinglake Park. - Cycling at Hamlin Lane Park (JPL) - Scooby doo activity day. Beavers enjoyed cooking, making a game and various other activities with a Scooby doo theme. - Singing together at our carol service. - Beavers in space virtual camp organised by Hertfordshire Beavers. I understand nearly 2,000 beavers zoomed in to see and hear some amazing Space related talks and activities. - We visited the Harry Potter library (The Exeter and Devon Institution). Here the Beavers learnt about books that were hundreds of years old. The Beavers were also allowed to turn the pages on these really old books. - Learning about Pancake Day by cooking mini pancakes over a tea light. Lots of fun and laughter pancake racing. - The Beavers had fun programming a leader and pixel art for their Digital maker stage 1 badge. - The Beavers learnt about Healthy eating and the importance of exercise. - An Easter Trail. The Beavers had to find bunnies with different letters to crack the code. Each Beaver was given a chocolate Easter egg and a special beaver Easter badge. - The Beavers have enjoyed toasting marshmallows and making Smores. For some Beavers, their first experience of singing silly songs around the camp fire. - This term saw the Beaver scouts join together with Exeter district for the first time in three years. Marching together down through Exeter High Street, followed by a service in the Cathedral. For St Georges day. - Every beaver enjoyed the evening at Clip n climb. Beaver District event JOTT. (Jamboree on the trail) saw nearly 100 beavers (and squirrels) walking around Ashclyst Forest. Earning the Beavers a staged hike badge. A big Thankyou to Naomi. (Was a Beaver Mum, now a scout Mum) for coming in and sharing her experience of being part of the Cabin crew on Concorde. For part of the Aircraft Stage 1 badge, as always, making and flying paper planes is great fun. For the Jubilee, each Beaver (and Squirrel) coloured in a picture to create a large bunting. This can be seen hanging on our scout hut. The rest of this term the Beavers will be spending lots of time exploring and enjoying the outdoors. A Big thank you to every parent and leader for all your support over the last year, Especially our GSL Jim. ## Your Beaver Leaders Owl, Pip, Hawk, Kestrel, Falcon, Eagle. Rocky, Etch, Feathers, Lenny, Rex And young Leader Stinky Pete ## **Cubs Report 2022** We’ve seen some normality return slowly over the last year while the country comes to terms living with Covid. Starting with alternate weeks of Face to Face and on Zoom for the cubs. We have maintained our numbers at 24 each night, that has included some new Cubs from the waiting list as well as linking Beavers. To help get the Cubs back on track with their badges we hosted a Cub Activity day last July focusing on their Outdoor Challenge with pioneering, putting up tents and fire lighting. In October we finally took the Cubs on a residential to Beam House, having postponed it several times since planning it for Oct 2020, the Cubs got to try lots of adventurous activities including the muddy challenge course climbing, high ropes, wide games and Archery. In February we had a Princess Bride sleepover, which saw us sleeping in tents inside Alphington Scout Hut, the Cubs tried fencing, made mini balistas, learnt first aid and solved puzzle trails and of course had a camp fire . The Cubs behaviour on these Nights Away has been brilliant. It was great to have the Christmas Carol Service again this year and the Cubs did an amazing performance of their songs as usual with Feliz Navidad and Revvin’ Reindeer. We’ve kept as much of Cubs outdoors, with Cycling, water activities, firelighting and shelter building at Caddihoe. We also had a trip to ibounce and monitored the changes of the trees and plants in the cemetery through autumn into winter for the Naturalist badge. In the Spring Term we worked with the Cubs to complete the new Money Skills badge. We continued to see Cubs achieve their Chief Scout Silver Award with 9 this year with 224 challenge and activity badges all together. We have had a change in the Leadership team, with Ikki going off to University. We also said goodbye to Raksha, having moved back home to London at the start of Lockdown, Raksha had been able to continue helping at Cubs until we were back face to face full time. We have also said goodbye to Baloo and Jacala. Chil has decided to take a step back but is there is we need her. We have welcomed Kaa, who is studying at Exeter Uni, Kimon and Tabaqui, Cub Dads. After Christmas was difficult so many Cubs impacted by Covid, but it feels like we are now getting back to normal. ## **Scouts Report 2022** Summer term last year we were finally able to start returning to something resembling a more normal programme. We started the first half of term at half capacity with 2 patrols meeting each week, but by the second half of term we were all back together again and took advantage of the light evenings and good weather with plenty of adventurous activities including kayaking and Stand Up Paddle boarding, fire lighting, and exploring Ashclyst forest and Haldon forest. At the end of the Summer term we bid farewell to our largest cohort yet as 16 Scouts moved on to Explorers! But it is great to see several of them back in the group as young leaders through-out the various sections. Unfortunately COVID restrictions meant international camping was still a no go, so our planned summer camp to Kanderstag International Scout Campsite in Switzerland had to be delayed for a year, but we look forward to that this coming summer. However, domestic camping was finally given the green light, so after nearly 18 months we were able to have our first camps, all be it a little closer to home, over the summer holidays. With a camp at Cheriton Bishop and some wild camping on Dartmoor. In the middle of that we enjoyed a days cycle down the Exe Estuary to Exmouth, where the Scouts enjoyed an ice cream before cycling back to Exeter. We sadly bid farewell to our Wednesday Scout leader Jon over the summer, who stepped down after 8 years at the helm of Wednesday Scouts. But the Scouts loss was the groups gain, as Jon has taken up the role of Deputy Group Scout Leader. It was a privilege to be able to present Jon with his Chief Scouts Commendation for Good Service for hie tireless work in ensuring we were able to offer online Scouting during COVID, before he took up his new role. With a renewed thirst for nights away after an 18 month drought we enjoyed a hammock camp on Dartmoor at the start of the Autumn term, and at the end of term we head to Torquay for a Christmas camp where we enjoyed lasertag, bowling, and swimming before heading back to the site for Christmas dinner for 50! After Christmas we travelled in good numbers again, when we headed to Wellington to take over FlipOut for the night, enjoying some exclusive bouncing time before settling down for a nights sleep on a trampoline. There is much to look forward to with our postponed trip to Switzerland this summer, which preperation for Haarlem Jamborette 2023 is already underway too. And plently of activities and camps closer to home too! The Scout Leaders