**REGISTERED CHARITY NUMBER: 302036** ## **FIRST DRAFT** ## **UNAUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS** **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** **FOR** ## **8th CHELMSFORD SCOUT GROUP** Baverstocks Chartered Certified Accountants Dickens House Guithavon Street Witham Essex CM8 1BJ **8th CHELMSFORD SCOUT GROUP FIRST DRAFT CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ||Page| |---|---| |General Information|1| |Independent Examiners Report|2| |Receipts and Payment Account|3| |Statement of Assets and Liabilities|4| |Notes to the Financial Statements|5| ## **8th CHELMSFORD SCOUT GROUP FIRST DRAFT GENERAL INFORMATION** ## **FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** ## **Full Name** 8th Chelmsford Scout Group ## **Registered Charity Number** 302036 ## **Main Address** Langton Hall Melbourne Chelmsford Essex CM1 2BP ## **Trustees** Phil Stevens Stuart Collett Mike Cook Steve Hugh Joseph Everett Thomas Hinxman Kyla Flack ## **Bankers** Metro Bank United Trust Bank Limited ## **Independent Examiner** Philip Lawrence FCA Baverstocks Chartered Certified Accountants Dickens House Guithavon Street Witham Essex CM8 1BJ **Website** www.8thchelmsfordscoutgroup.co.uk 1 ## **INDEPENDENT EXAMINER'S REPORT TO THE TRUSTEES OF** ## **8th CHELMSFORD SCOUT GROUP** ## **FIRST DRAFT** ## **Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of 8th Chelmsford Scout Group.** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the 8th Chelmsford Scout Group for the year ended 31 March 2025. ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** As the charity trustees of the 8th Chelmsford Scout Group you are responsible 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 8th Chelmsford Scout Group accounts carried 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 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: 1. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the 8th Chelmsford Scout Group as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records; or 3. The accounts do not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed:- Philip Lawrence FCA Baverstocks Chartered Certified Accountants Dickens House Guithavon Street Witham Essex CM8 1BJ Date:….................. 2 ## **8th Chelmsford Scout Group FIRST DRAFT** ## **RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT ACCOUNT FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025** |**RECEIPTS**
Scouting Income
Gift Aid
Hall Trading Income
Interests received
**PAYMENTS**
Scouting section Expenses
Hall operating Expenses
Miscellaneous scouting Expenses
Bank and other Charges
Hall Depreciation (note 2)
**Deficit for the year**|**_£_**
**£**
**_£_**
34,359
23,382
2,724
1,708
23,749
20,373
1,597
1,236
62,429
39,442
23,841
19,549
16,047
-
1,587
732
739
13,120
13,120
72,843
£
(10,414)
**2025**|**£**
46,699
55,334
£
(8,635)
**2024**| |---|---|---| 3 ## **8th Chelmsford Scout Group FIRST DRAFT STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31 MARCH 2025** |**Fixed assets (note 1)**
**Current Assets**
Sundry Debtors
Bank current accounts
Bank reserve account
**Current Liabilities**
Accruals and deferred income
Hardship fund
Damage deposit
**Net current assets**
**Total assets**
**Represented by**
**General Fund**
Balance brought forward
Deficit for the year
Balance carried forward|**£**
770
70,050
-|**£**
**£**
763,016
`
2,479
63,401
-
65,880
`
3,610
120
400
4,130
64,456
£
827,472
846,521
(8,635)
£
827,472
**2025**|**2024**
**£**
776,136
61,750
£
837,886
£
837,886| |---|---|---|---| ||70,820
5,844
120
400||| ||6,364
837,886
(10,414)||| ||||| The financial statements are prepared in accordance with the rules set out by the Charity Commission …....................................... Steve Hugh - Trustee …....................................... Stuart Collett - Trustee 4 ## **8th Chelmsford Scout Group Registered Charity Number 302036 FIRST DRAFT** ## **Notes forming part of the accounts to 31 March 2025** |1|**Fixed Assets**
**Scout Headquarters**
**Cost**
Balance brought forward
Less depreciation for the year
**Balance carried forward**
£||**Freehold**
**Land**
2,000
-
2,000
£||**Freehold**
**Total**
**Improvements**
774,136
776,136
(13,120)
(13,120)
761,016
£
763,016| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||| ||||||| ## 2 **Depreciation Policy- Scout Headquarters** No depreciation was calculated until the Scout Headquaters development was completed which was in the year ended 31 March 2023. The policy thereafter is to depreciate the freehold improvements straight line over 60 years. 5