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Scouts Essex Essex County Scouts Annual Report and Accounts 2024-2025

Annual General Meeting tb Tuesday 9 September 2025 at 8pm Skreens Park Scout Activity Centre Skreens Park Road, Chelmsford Essex CMI 4NL Scouts Essex Contents Charity Details Trustees Report Report of the County Treasurer 15 Auditors Report 18 Statement of Accounts 22 Annual Census 44 Grants Analysis 45 The E5seT Countv Scout Coullcil is a Trust established under the rules of The Scout Association. Trustees are appointed ullder the Poliey, Organisatioll alld Rules of The Seout Assoeiation.

F.5s¢T C'oun¢%. S¢oul C-ouncil Presidcnt The CounTh' Trllstec Board The Lord Petre. KC"VO. DL Vice Presidents Ex-oflieio Trustres JC Bailev G Courtaul(l OBF.. I)I. B J Ci)u%in_% L A Jordan. DL R A Bie. CountN L£ad Volunteer Miss J Mcl)onald, Countk. Youth l.ead I1￿7nkerS Apybind Twslee5 Barclays Bank PIC 2 High StrLThI C-hLlms1(Ird, CM I I BCJ P J Slertn￿l, Countv Chaimian Mrs l. Sloan. County, Tre&surLY Iuntil 1010gn41 Cr Nlc)nk Mrs S Griftiths CAF Bank Lid 25 Kings I lill AI'LMUC Kin85 Tlill We.%1 Mallin8. Keni Ml.'19 4JQ P W'Jlker J Frn'akL C Cir¢¢n IApwint¢d 101091241 K l)di kin-l￿,￿(XlF￿.rr￿. IlJniil IUIOY1241 M IlrJLL Illniil IV11141,I241 IlniiLd Trusi Bank l.¢d I RI)PLmakLr %irLL l.ond<)n l.'L'2Y YA W C-a.xti)n lju&mLnL% Ltd 2 1.lman %ir¢¢i l.ondi)n. I,'181.'A J L()n8 Iljntil 101091241 AudilcTrr CIN)PiL•d'l rul￿￿.￿ l.'dmund CarT I.I.P 14fi N¥i%' l.i)ndiin R(uLI C'hilmslord. I,.ss¢x C'M2 IIAW Mrs M I lohlin. C'()unlN I'rca%urcr IM¢f Iyig1124. ts) 11111151211251 l)Jn Skiptsjn (￿er10105/2025l Tahir Sai'ani- Lounty Trcasurcr, (Apwintrd 20107Q0251 In5urancc Ejroker Clidr In%uranLL Manag¢m¢nt l.ld 4. SI BL'nLlS RIMd. Souihenthon-sea. L5￿1 552 6LF Charit). R¢8i¥traLI(?n Nii." 302097 Scout Associalion No= 117 Contact Address Online Cvunty s￿r¢￿¥ 1.32 CedaT R()ad. C.anv¢v 1s14ind Essex SS8 9HS 1I4'iiier.comlesseiscouis instsgram.comlesscxsCOUt5 5¢cr¢lary ci ¢53¢x￿X)Uts.org.uk Page 3

Report from the Counh. Trustee Board Scouting isa MO￿.¢￿ent￿w¢rcd h. the kindness andcomrnittnentofouri'olunteers, I￿h0 Tnake a difference and help to d￿'elop the voun8 lii'es in our Lommuniiie Our Vision Bv 2028 F.%sex 8¢()uts ii'ill hai"e prtp)r¢d mtsr¢ ptt)ple with skills foi life, suptK)rted by amaLing leadLrs delivLYin8 inspirational pro8fdmmes. We'll be grow.ing. more inclusii'e, shapKd by young rthple and making a bigger impact in our communities. Our Misslo Scouts gives voun8 people skills for lile. Scouting aetii'el%' engages and supp)tts young pwpl¢ in ih¢ir p¢rsiinal dev¢li)pmenL empoM'¢ring Ihem io make a tK)siiii'e Loniribuiion io socieiN. In partrtLrship with adulis. voung wplc thk¢ pan in fun ind￿)r and OVId￿)r JthiiitiL%. The%, l¢arn by doing, bN shdring in spiritual retleciion and bi. iakin8 reS￿nSIbilitI.. 'I'hc% make choice¥ undL'iukc ncw and ¢hall¢nBin8 ac¢i%'iiie& and thw live their Scoui Pn)mis¢. Our Value5 WL act w'ith C￿￿L. rcs￿L intC8rily. Cx￿￿ra1]un. eipiorin8 our and others k.lief5. Our Three Plllrs of H'ork 'I'i) %uprA)rt ihL' mi)%'ement achiLve its 8cTrals, (Trur thr￿ pi118r% L)f work are a plan ()(Jiiion ￿h1¥h suprrt)rts i)ur mLmbL'r% and LxtLnd.% ()ur rLaLh. irnpuitin¥ thc lii'Ls ()I'rn(?rn i()ung PLY)pIL'. l)roRramme- 1% fun, Injc)vahlL. high 4ualiiv. d¥liN¥r¢d and suptx)rt¥Yl bv simpl¢ iJigitJli tsM)ls. L() h¥lp arL MLII Iraincd. M iih aduli volun1c￿$ from all back8rounds hdtL'r sup[￿)rtcd and morc mc)tiiJied. li) supp(iri mt)re >"(iunB ￿Trple frt)m di%"erne bJLk8ft)unds. Perception to rnSU￿ ¢hal srouiillB 15 bcU¢r uThJ¢r5tood. more i isibl¢. Iru5¢¢d and r¢5p¢l￿d. ￿1th LIIUI% %LLll li) k. plJ> in8 a kL?' rt?IL in ￿)LILlI.. Our Goal Our aim 15 t() build on the succL￿5 ofthc prei'ious plaTh= io eoniinue ￿ 8TOW. bccomc more inclusivc, to bc shdped by ropl¢ dnJ mJke a bl￿er impaii in ()ur wmmuniii¢i. The Essex Sci)ut Couni%' comprises of 19 Disrriets. one ol. iihiLh is dei'o(ed purelv Lo Sailin8 IAdi'enlures Offshiir¢l. W'ithin lh¢ rLmainin¥ 18 1)i5ttiLl5 ih¢r¢ ￿1r¢ 246 SLx?uL GTh?up% m.ith a Ivt41 (If L4.600 Adull voluniccr5 dcliNLring qualii! Scouiing bad PTogrammc5 and in supwkrt Tolcs. The Tru51ccs a¢knO￿led8¢ that a %imple'Yhank vou 10 the Lea41ers and adminiStra￿rS acmss the County does nol refleci ihe leiel i)f ppr¢Lialion r¢quir¢d lor ¢h¢ir SUp￿rt and g¢ne￿)51¢y in gii.ing their5P￿ tim¢ lo ￿olunteer ¢0 the Sertions, tiroup5. Di5trias and LTnits 14"ithin ihc Counl).. Th¢ Counts. Trustee Board team are ¢M￿￿11'¢rCd to pro&"ide goi'ernance and re￿UrCeS to 5UPWrt the GroupDistricL-s Adult vollln*ers and AdministraLors. Th¢ Tru5ttes confirrn thai iho. h￿"¢ paid du¢ regard w the need in the Charities Act 2UI I ro demonstrate that our aims arc lor the publiL t￿￿er11. Our asscsSmL￿I is thai lie hai'c MCL ihc public bencfil eri￿rIa undcr both the AdN"anc¢ment of Educaiion and the Athancetnenl of Citizenship or Cornmuniti. l)eNelopment Page 4

headino5. Th¢ tnJin PTlllLipIv ()[ Six)utine d¢tnc)Th%traL¢ thai tsur aitns ar¢ r(Ir the puE>li¢ EYn¢fii bN= Supporting young people io d•"elop iheir tull ￿￿n[la1. through the Scouiing progTarnme. LTndertsking all Scouiing aciii ities ivith full considerdiion for the hLalih and safetN ot-all participants. nuT rD¢mb¢rs rn<iking the Sc(iui Prvtnise t(1 be able rv ￿llerIt fr()tn full ￿L)Uting rnwnberyhip. 'I'he ￿'Oung people and other main beneflCLaries ol-scouiing being in the 4- 25 l'ears age range. Being art inLlusii'¢ orgtsnisaiitsrt. ii'ith meM￿￿hlp i)Pth Lts all. inLluding those liNing in lirt￿¢1)I hurd5hip. Whilstan annual rnetnkr5hip fee ispal'able all tnembers. the abilitk. to join is not restricted bN their abiliti pay. A ￿angements are in place ￿ assisi Ihose iiho are unable to pav their annual Mernb¢￿hlp i)th¢r LM)sL%, Ix)th Ii)Lall! thn)ugh th¢ Cc?uTht! qut¥MTrrt FunLI. Structure, Governallte And ￿l9￿￿EeMent Lssex County Scoui Couneil is the eleC￿ra1 hyjv M'hich sup￿rtS and encourdge5 the development of SLouiing in the coun￿.. and OPLYates in a¢¢ordanL¢ iiiLh a iirillen Consiiiuiion. It is the bodi 10 w,hiLh th¢ ('i)unty Tru51¢e Ho￿d ithe TTUStttsl 15 acC()un￿bI¢. l)euils ()f the Count&. Trus1tt5 are sh()ii'n (In page 3. IlistoriLallJ. TrUStLL￿ hai'e been aprxTrinied annuall!. ai ihc Annual Gcnerdl mceiing of the C'ounii %Lou( Counlil. ¥ith¢r bj LlILiion or by nDmina¢ion. and ma% alg) ￿ Ix)-OPt¢J bw thc Couniv TwsiLK. Bi)ard during the N'¢ur. Fr(Itn l April 2(I24. 14ere rnade ￿ li) h()Ik Trusl¢e% aTe aptMiillt¢d. terni limit% f<)r I'nJst¥Ys. iiho Ltin ￿ a'l'rusi¢x' and hoii. mJn%' Twst¢¢s ih¢r¢ ar¢. 14.ith Ihes¢ ¢hang¢s uk'ing ellLLi Iri)m th¢ 2024 Annual CienLYul M¢eiing. I'ru%¢iK'$ arL' th¢ir rL%ry)nsibiliii¢s. Jnd ar¢ abl¢ io ￿ner￿( fn)m trainin8 pri)I'i4JLxl by lh¥ ('i)unly l.L￿nIn¥.1'L￿rn plL aTL ini()IlL￿ in dcLisii)n making. li-ith li%() 18- ?5 k¢ar i)14J% bl.in￿ mLmhLrs ()I'ih C'i)uniy I ruNIL'L' Ili)Jrd 1¥- 25 ￿'Carl)I￿S als() TLPTLK'niLQI)n an& c'()uniy'l'ru%lL￿. IliiJrd lU￿LI)mn71ilLL%. Yc)ung Nxipl¥ arn. alw 811 i)prK)rtuniii¥s aiross thi C'i)uniy ￿ iKYi)m¢ I.￿d￿r5 of th¢ l.'uiuri. l¥ading bLItL'r rLtL'ntiun ol'yourtg pwplc ihrough aduli voluniccring. During thc ve#r ¢hc C'ouniy 'l'Nsie¢ B￿rd md 6 time¥ by a mixiure of face und £(x)m mLxlings. 'I'hL Ciiunli, I'ru.%lL 14c)ard is %uptx)rtLd M. J numky i)r %uM.()mmillLx￿I"¢am￿. Li)n4islin8 (11. l. inanLL liniludin¥ Ihi Cc)uni¥ lirants Ikiar(11. Skr¢¢ns l>ark Ai¢ii"ii! C'intr¢. and'l'hrifli¥o(Kl ( (?untN I Iciidquilrtvrs & 'l"raining C-LnlrL. Substantial sUPPOrt 15 rKoi"idcd io thc C'vunli" Sc()u¢ Council fmni a largL nurnblr ol- iiluniLLr hLIpLf5. '1"hLfL arc LIIX) mLmbL'rs ofihL Cc)unii' Icam and ()IhLr ad%is()rs diTLLII)' suprrt)Tlin8 ihL C'i?uniN S¥1)ut C'ouncil. Nonr ofihc5¢ iolunic¢r5 r¢rcii¢ ani" pai"mcnts for%rvicc5 rcnd¢r&l. I'hc principal s(iurLL5 ol. Ihl Si()ui Couniil's inioml arL Inlmkrship subscripiions. flrs paid bv InLinkrs lor aLllI'iIics. t()8ether with 8fdnts and donations from public h)die& trusrs and indi¥iduals. Proces5csarc in plaLY to moThitorwmpliancc iiith mandatorv Lcarnin8 forall Adultsthroughouithc County. %'ith the C()llntv Trustee Bi)drd remdining dnd fullv ¢x)mmiL*d li) and 8dfLgudrding. We haTre a Hcalth &. 5af¢ti Ill&.Sl Profc&sional in the Team ii.ho has compilcd a comprchcnsiic Il&S documenL as well ￿ pro% iding praLILLal help and 8uidance Lo ihe Gft)ups and DistricL8 around the Counly. Trustees. Responsibilities Statement Our Tru5te¢5 are valu￿, ￿1th them ¢aking on %i"eral irnwrtant role5. The Tru5ttts are resEK>nsible for prcparin8 the Annual Rcrort and ol'crsceino our Financia] SiaicmLmts in ac£ordanec Mith applicablc la￿, and ALLI)ulliing sthrtdards Illniied Kingdvm Generalll" AeeeFAed ALlX?unting PraLLiLel- Trustccs arc responsiblc for making sure our financial SLgtcmeThts gil'e a true and fair of thc status of tht Lhdrit}'. Th¢i' dlso tnvnitiir inLiitning r¢5(iurL¢5 and th¢ appliution ()f lh¢ Ci)untN S Twur¢¢s f(Ir Lhe v¢ar. Lai4" applicable to charit1¢5 in England &. Wales require5 the"1 rus(ees to prepare financial statements loreaLh finanLial % ear iihiLh oiiea trueand lair%'iei% olthe Sta￿(￿[￿1[airS of the Lharil>' andof the inci)ming Page 5

resources and applicaiion ot-rttources of the chariTh" for that ￿riod. In P￿Paring ihesr finan¢ial Sthi¢tn¢thts, th¢ Trus￿$ art ￿Ul[¢4 ts)= Selea suitable accountin8 wlicies and then a￿1%. Ihem consistrnilv. Ub5eTre the m¢thi)ds and principles in the Charities SORP 201911.-RS 1021. Make judg¢rn¢nts and ¢slimat¢s that are r&9sonable and prudcnL late ii'hthher thes b'e folltsiied #ppliLahl¢ aL*I)uniing sththdards suhjeci anN material Llepurture8 disclosed and explaincd in the linancial s￿leMents. Pr￿P￿ire the finynLial the -g()ing COllLYrn' imsis, unle55 il is inappr()prial¥ iu ussume that the chari(N will coniinue in 0￿ration. The Tru5ttts are re5P()n5ible for keeping accounting record5 ihat disclose iiith reasonuhle accuracN' at any time ihc linancial pN)siiion of ihL C'harii!.. Th￿. musi also hclp our 'frustees ￿ ensure that the financial st)tLm¥rtlS Lomply i%iih th¥ Chariiics Act 2011. lh¢ Chariiv (Annual R¢Po￿l Rcgulaiions 2(K>8 and the pri)1 i4iiins ()l-th¢ Tru.41 t)e¢d. Th¢), arc alx) r¢4w)nsible r()r ￿feguar11)n¥ the &%%eL% iil-the Lhurily and henLe king rL'asonabl¢ S￿p5 lor th¢ prm'¢niion and de1￿[10n of Irdud and oih¢r in'guldriti¢s. 'I'hL' "I'rus[L￿￿ Ll)nlirm thai major risks hai'e kicn r￿1￿%.ed and S%%lLms and proLedurLS hai'c been S￿blIsh￿￿ 10 ihose risk's las x'i oui in th¥ Risk A&%¢&%m¢n( l)oliLJ un Pdgi$ 16 171. Page 6

AchievemeDts Performantt Review of the l'ear DuTing th¢ ￿'¢ar$ PTogrekn h45 ￿en Tnad¢ impl¢tn¢niing the i4WiOUS arlion5 5eioul in th¢ County Development Plan M'hich il'as doeloped bv "fearn Lssex Iconsisiing of ihe Inembers of the C'ountN l Tusree Board, together iviih ihe Esse.I Senior Le￿¢[ship Team and DistriLt LLd VtslunieeTsI in 2024, tr) ideniify il'hat we need to do io move Scouting in F.55ex foni"ard= The Ilsion Siulemenl sei b). feom E￿ex￿Or f￿$&¥S(0￿1S.' 'By 20211 Tr.ssey Scouts will have Prepared more i'oung people with skills for life, supported by amazing leaders deliverin2 inspiraiional programmts." Pro1'idi￿ fiippnrl lo Clroiips ljisiricis ii'iih.4diili yycruiin￿lli ReLruiimLni Tool Kits- The lour tsJ)Ikits purchased b%. the Lountv ledch consisiing ot-a Gazeh). frL%￿St￿￿iMg roll¢r h￿rtL[S. fea(her flags and le)fl¢tsi ¢otllinue tsi be ivell used by li)cal Disiricts ("ir(iup5 ariiund the C()unli'. o Gri)wih and I)LILIo - Il'ith th¢ pr¢¥'ious ￿t￿l￿g Coming ￿ an in 2024. th¢ Tru%tLL% a¥TLLLI ii) L()niinue funding ruI￿lim￿ Piti¢J Crr()14th and l)L'i"Ll()pmLni oniLLr IGI)()I bel'ond June 2024. usin8 funds reLrii'cd from Ihc NomiJn tiarL)n"l TUSI. 'I"hc (il)C) LX)rttirtUL¥ ¢() plav a r()l¢ in ¢hL r¢'Lruiim¢m¢ supwrt of ICKJI Jdul( %{)luniLL'rs 4nLI Yc)ung l.¢aÉJ¢r% 11¥181. io help ww Jev¢lop no4 proi'i%ii)n. and strengthcn e.¥i%ling gT()ups in idLmiili¢d ¢c)mmuniti¢￿￿r4￿s ol'n¢¢d aiross l..wx. Wilh the funding going li)riiard ￿.InS pri)i idLyJ yi)ILI)' l.'ssL'x %it)ul% afL ablL u) bA)adLn uii'LragL i)l-thi (il)()'s iiLlii'ilies LfLI.%S thL wh(Ilc (Trf thL C i)unti'. Impri)I'inx C onimiini¢'(Iliuns ciwlmiiking li mor¢ iwxeiL.d i.e. 'Righi nK•&sugc' its ihcj riRhipccJpl Wilh thL ( i)uniN Wl￿"lll' rn()i"ing l() u nL%4' h()mL lasl JLur. thL ()rv(?rlunitN has Jl%ii b¢¢n iak¥n t(> mc>ii lh¢ l)ark Allll'lti" C'¥ntrL' ￿(b&ll¥ L() J n¥ii hi)m¥. mak'ing li rn()￿. sLKurL an4J LasiLr ¢1) maintsin. Mdill￿._.t'hl ('(TrMp￿1￿$ iILan-up undL'rukcn JlK'ad ()fthL nLii Jduli mcnik'phip %N%iL'm 'inb IdunLhLxI. hL'IpLd L'n￿rL￿ ihtit dll Adult% ha%"L d valid Lmdil d fLulI. mdilin&i% dr¢ n()w %cni dircLI Io OUT I'oluntccr Icadcrs. which ha5 alrcad). shO￿n an improi'LInL￿t in rL%FNinsc ratL•s Miih infc)mati(In k,in8 fLKX'I%Ld dirLXi bv ih4)%L' i114&% IlliL￿￿L'd fi>r. in d iimL.l)' mannLr. Wvrk ¥untinu¢s io impro%"I hmi" mailing lists ar¢ main&in¢d lind k¢pi up ￿ daw.. ¢(? ¢nsurL" thai m&¥imurn ￿)￿LraSc LS mainlaincd. As Pdrt (i(the'l'rJrL%fc)midiLI)n pnijeLL a signif1L￿[ amc)LLllL c)f M(Irk unJenJken L() clcan-up thc contact information lor vcr%' Aduli Volunlccr recordcd on Thc Sc()ut A550ciation s Adult MLmbLrship daiabase. This hLIpL￿ li) Lm.%urL thai IhL daia li'a% fil and rLad￿ Ic) nii8ralL il) lh¢ nrn" digitsl 51'51¢m h.hcn it launih¢d ai th¢ ¢nd vf 2024 and ihankb gil i(1 th¢ l.uk¢ 14N¢ and Ilannah Wcllh of ihc C'ompliance T¢am for their hard li"0￿ and dcdicaliort in this respect: iiiih l.'&%ex leading Ihe in iemis ofi)1"erdll data 4ualii% and Ll)mplianL. the C-ounts. Lead Volunteer continu¢s to issue regular updates thL mcmbiys ofTeam Essex. proi iding inforniaiion and updates. pariicularlv whcre aciion is required. st) 11) f(Kus diieniion %i"her¢ Wmethin￿ n¢¢ds" dving. Proi'idAng siipporiJor Disirici loiiih LL'a(ts o The nei￿Ork of District Youth Leads LonLinues (o ￿ dei'eloped bN' the CountN Youth Lead, wilh supwirt being prw"id¢d ￿ l)islrici l£ad Volunws ts) h¢lp th¢m milk¢ a Youth l.ead app(iin¢ni¢nL it'thei do noi alrcadi. hai'c one. Proiiding i￿￿5 io gi>e FJs¢x &-oiil i'olunleers ihe rerognilion ihei'desenv AM"ard5 Data- The nurnb¢r of aii.ards king wt5ented across the Counts. continues to increase. as a rLsuli ol'ihe on80in8 ana]Nsis ofthc Counp. s dath bi. thc Aiiards Tcam. b) idcntitN' arcas whcrc Ltivn is required and the infc?miation shdred iiith Dist[iL￿ I.￿￿ Vi)lurt￿[s. AM'ard5 C-ornrnitte¢5- Di5trici-s haN't iren encouraged to e5tabli5h thtir Ai¥aTds CoTnrnittee hLlp idL￿tIl> candidates and wbmit nominaiion Page 7

lajor Events and International The f()Ilc)ii'in¥ M#jor Events li￿k pla¢e during the %"w'. ESSEX IVEEKEND- held in Mai, 2024. 0i.er420 auendees to this unique eveni M'hich is aitned at th<inking l¢ad<Ys their fl'lni¢rng¢lon•l ¢rlps und¢nak¢n durinB 2024: Au%tralia Jamb(ircc ()n Ili)xinbt l)a%' 126ih Ik'LL'rn￿rTr 2U24. 70 I￿p10r¢r ￿)UL5 and l.¢aders ¢mbJrkLYI ()n J (hr¢￿. v¢Lk l..xp¢dition i(? Ausiralia f(br thc Australian JJmix)m. J125 in Mar¥iN)r(?U8h. QuLK'n%ldnd. 'I'hL SEKnl IhrLL in Kuala l.umpur. traiLlling ar(wr¥J thL Llt!.. ¥'isitin8 Q'hinal(ii%n. IhL I?Ltninas l iiiVLr and Kl.'Ii)w"¥r plu% a dd%' ai (i¢niing M'()rld. a mJj()r ih¢m¢ ffark. &% 14"¢ll as I￿ndIng lim¢ in Lh Infinit) P(i(?l on Ihc 21&¢ Ilwr of ihcir h(TrlCI. ThL' Ll)ntinBL'ni drri1'L￿ in %! dnL￿. C)n ihL m4)rnin8 ()f 3IsL Dettm￿r. irni'Lllin8 onward% l(1 Lairn.% f()r Nki¥ y￿￿5]..1.¢ li ith ihl tradilional fiMiork"5. Durins four davs in Cairn5. Ihc%' traicllcd lo thc Greai BarriLY Rccfand ￿ent snorkclin& klorc tra%'L.Ilin8 Ihe rainfc)rL'.s1. IM)Jrdin8 ihe %ki ii'Ji' Lable Lar %i'SLL?m (i) LTai'LI ii) KurandJ. ILaming ah)ul thL ¢111s%%l¢m frnm park rJng¢rs on thi j(ium¢%'. A￿.r somi limi in Kurandil. thi gT(?up Irak¢ll¢d b4¥k tv Caim% dbi)ard thL minL irain s(c)rvinR ai Bam)n Fall% li) a(Imire the Jnd uke phiiliigraphs. 'I'h¢%' und¢rt￿k a ¢hinl trip I13rt1th'5 CrtTrwdil¢ Adi¢niur¢5 14"h¢rv manN' had pi¢lure5 kcn with a koala or snakc and had the chancc to fced the crocodile5 1iio¢ ￿"1th a Scout '.}. On leaN in8 Cairns. theN (rakellcd bi, train on a 21 hour journc%' io Nqar¥,knrou8h. Ihc silc ofthe J￿bl?r¢e ii.here th¢y S￿nt 10 £lai's m.ith our Australian fii¢nds ¢kp¢rl¢nL]n￿ dll the thal a Jamborcc can oftcr. Those under 16 joined ii.iih an Australian Troop ii.hile the older Eiplorcr Scouts joined Mith their Venillrer C1)Il￿gUeS assis(ing ii'ith the programme bases. Mosi people vi%iied the Australia £(K) (made famou5 bv Slo¢ Ini"inl. a da!. into MarviK)rough and a iialtr aclii'ities dai., togcthLr Iiiih mank advcnLurous aciii l(lL￿ onsiic and big ei cning aetii'ilies in thc main arcna and el%ei%here. The cc)niirtgeni perf(Trmie(I i)n lft(emaiic)nal Ei"enin¥. pA)i iding theiri)wn rendilion of "Big Fish. Littl¢ Fish" aided b). a i'ideo ofBob the Builder. 14.hich 14.as iiell receii'ed. Atler lea%'in8 the Jarn￿reL. Ihe group ifdl'elled o%'emi8hL b!. Coach Lo S%dne! ￿"here thev speni three dav5 N'lSlting th¢ Blue MiTrurttsin5, ￿'1th a iihole dJs" in S!"(In¢N sights¢¢in& finishing 74.ith 4 sp¢¢dtK)4l tour around the harbour. Atler three iveeks and three daJ% they all reLumed home ieTh Lired bui ￿lth memories thai ￿11] last a lifetime. Page 8

Essex InternAtional Jambortt The Essex Intemaiional Scoui and Guide Jamknree IEIJI 20?4 Il'as a tnjlv remarkable and memorable ei'ent and International Celebrntion ol-SLOUling and Girl?uiding, iihieh I￿)k plJLe from Saiurdav Jul}. 27th 2024, for a week of unparalleled fun. disco￿.cry and adi"enbJre. The Jamknree emlx)died the vibtathi spirii of Giilgllidithg and kouting, Jrtd aimed tr) p￿1,]de eierv partiLipant with a 'M'¢ek to remem￿r. M"h¢re thrn. celebrated ii.ith old and new. ernbTa￿d ne challLnges, and enjoved ei'etv Op￿l￿nity. It was considered the largest joint Scoutin8 and Girl8uidin8 e%'ent in Euro￿ in 2024. The budget for the ¢ILni £2.iM and li'￿ under grL'ai pressur¢, bui Ultim￿c]Y th¢ ¢￿¢ThI achie1.￿1 a mod¢si surplus du¢ to Lureful bud¥Lting iind linnes like -l.ech l.ab leodiTh& mkniics. VRI. l-.ntcrprise Isii'Let mJkin8 bu%inL*% ihdll¢ngil. Mi)iion Ibik¢%. KKIX kansl. IlJlan¢ing Ail Iiirius skills. high ry)pL%. l)arki)url. I Ip und IlndLr (Llirnbing. Lai'ingl. ()n 'l'ar¥L¢ l%h(K)ling. arLhLTr I. I1".￿ a Kn()Lkoul I￿.0M Lhullcn¥c¥l. ur%'i%dl (hush LraQ lirL, li8hiin81, and WLI &. M'ild l/iwbin8. ka&akin81. Evcning /.i)nL%'. I)IILrL,d frl￿ LhLIILL' JLII% IIIL% SULh Iliiux i)r MusiL 11)J%. IINL rKrf()rniJnLX'%I. 1118 SLrLLn Iiiii s¢r¢'¢n iinima thith agwppr()prio¢¢ filmsh. C'irius l..xirJiJgan/• IliK¢ ¢irius acts). th¢ 14-17 Riireai II'IP liiungc M ith mocktai15 IOT oldcr partiLipantsl. and a iradiliondl C"amplirc. AnvlimL /.£)nLs= idcd ¢on¢inuous ¢ngagem¢nL including lTh¢ Iquic¢ a¢tll'ilic5. badge sii'appingl. C'raft Ilarn ILriatllL Lhallcn8¢51. 1)aisi s Cjaming Shcd Icompuicr 8amcs1. 50ft Rock Cari IIcgLndary milkshJkr51, Thl IIL%L¢h1sJnJrasl11￿. rl'laxaiivnl. All AIxTruL Mc. All Lls lin¢lu511?n. li¢ll￿.In8. global i5SU¢51. and ihc Ficld & Caf¢. Th¢ EIJ Presents thlcnt 5hoii pro¥'ided an optK>rtunil)' for partlLipants to shoi4LasL iheir thlLnts on sta8C. Ceremonies ￿'cre a brilliant ii'av to begin and end the Jamknree experience. Flag br&qk was respected each Page 9

rllorning and eiening in the main arena. The C'elebration Da! held on Frida%" included a picnic and a celebraior¥' partv complcte ￿'ith tirciiorks. -I'h¥ "I,'lJ in a l)av' prti8ram otT¥r¢d i)pwniiii¥ for othir %¢M)uiin8 and (iLrl8uidin8 m¥mk.ry ts) visit #nd parliiipuiL in ihL e¥'eni. l.'lJ partiiipan¢s were en¢oura8ed ￿ adhere io ihe'l.iN¢ (iold¥'n Rul¢s (bfprogramme": l()i)k dllLr ihLm8Lli'e$ (stay hi'draled. proiethed from Mwdtherl listi￿ i(1 insiruitityns qucuc wlitcly choosc Ihcir adventurLs. and most importanily iry new thing. to ma¥imisc their c.¥pcricncc and gain a scn5c ofachio"cML￿1. Whilc no 5ingl¢ ionr qualified lor an indii idual badgc. the artii"itiC5 throughout the ￿¢¢k contributed 5l8niliLantly to partiLLpanis' SLx>u(in8 and Girl8uidin8 ai%ards. The 5ucce5s oI-ElJ hingeson ihe dedicated eJTort5 ofits iolunlccr 51aJTand leader5. The ei'enl acknoiilcdged thi Lrucial rolL ol. aduli IcadLYS and sthn.. ollcrin8 an AdulLISiaff Lcamin8 and DLNelopmLml Pro8ramrnc Ihri)ugh(?llt the Meek. This programm¢ PA)i"idLYl i)prKirtunili¢s for n¢LI¥I)Tkin¥. sharing, and %kill deN'clopmeni. Co￿tring topics such as First Re5Foll5e firs( aid. dii'ersitv and inclusion: inlernational opponunities, and progrdmme plannin8. This investmcni in volunteer d￿'t10PMent further underscored ihe comprehensil'e and forward-thinkin8 appri)ach Ihe EIJ team gile 10 ()rgani%ing %uch a large-%cale iniemaiional ei"eni. Something ihai li'&% elen tnore in forus atl¢r cancellation of ihe 2V20 ¢i¢nt due lo Ihe Coi"id Pandernic. EIJ 2024 ￿"aS not just-a 14eek in a field- li a mdiculousl& planned ath"enture designed to create lasting meTll()Ties. f()%ler skill.%, and p￿?M1)le gli?hal Unde￿L￿din¥ r(Trr ￿￿[%"(?￿e ini(Trli'fxI. Fxternalli. the eieni created significant ro51tive press coi'erage and huge social media interesL further enhaneing the rositive aspeas ol'ciirlguiding and Swuting in Esse.x and ond. Page 10

Fecdback from thc cvcnt has bccn hithlv ￿Siti1.¢ M'ith commcnis and improi'emenis bcin8 rollcd fotib'ard into futUT¢ plan5. LLK)king ahead, Karen and Pa￿1, the Jamlx)ree Chiefs. haieagreed the 2028 eKenL for￿hleh planning has alrtath. started. The Cauntw Trnstees thank Paul, Kat¢th and th¢ii thidertram foi plltling on a fil￿ ¢lJss ei'eni %￿h]Ch is beirtg looked at as an example of hou" Such larg￿5¢al¢ eN'¢Nts should be run. Ivith the leam willing io share their knowled8L and e.Kperience ￿'ith others. THRfffwooD C'.H.A.P.S. TeArn ThL C.H.A.P.S. TL&m i$ a small gr()up of lolunt￿r$ i%ho l(N)k after thL maintenan¢¢ of the Couniy IIQ and .1 rainin¥ C'LnirL' ai'l'hrifti%ix)d CampsitL', Brcnikn(KNJ. Currcnily therc arc thirtcL'n pcmianLnt mLn)IK'rs Il￿ by %L%'LrJl %mall j()bs, partiLularl!' urgeni onL%. M'LYC undcrtakLm thN)ughout ihc kcar. iliih the main w()rk ¥i)mpl¢¢¥d during April anJ Ik'¢Ln1￿,r th¢ l¢am tsM)k i)iir ihi i¥hol¢ Lx?mplL¥ l()r iiii) i¥Lrk% ¥a¢h iimc. In li)ial, thL tL'Jm undLYt(M)k 1.173 hours ofserviee aThJ LiimplLtLd iiVLr 178 PiLLS ()I'woTk. M'hiLh 1.% J fJnu%llC aLhiLfv dig iiul a trLnLh alvng Ihl ivnLrLtL paih ai thc balk ()l-IhL muin hall and lai, a l.'rnnLh t)rnin Istx piiiurcl. 'I'his hilp¢d J gr¥at d¢al in ¥a5ing Ihl iimouni ofslum" endin8 up i)n ihe pathiiav. "I'hL TrustLL5 would like lo ¢hank ihc C.1 l.A.P.S icam for iheir dcdicalion and w'ork undcrtakcn in SUp￿)rI1￿8 the Louniy ('c)mplL%. Ileritage Ctntre Tearn The small Heritage Team i)r8 memberK led M Bill Mthhall. 18 %till sl(iii IN mi)i'ing ahead in iL% rei iething and eathlo8uin8 01.iiems held. Neil i(ems are re8ularli being offered ￿ the Team. M'ith mosi athypied. Agre¢ment has b¢¢n made w"i¢h the Nalional Ileadquarters IleTilage I'eaJn thal ii"e ii.ill accept anN iterns offered t(} them Ihai the￿ dc? rt4)t thai F.￿￿ pt(TrienanL*. 14"hiLh irtLlude% ani" 1￿M prii)r tc) 19()7 ihai LÉ)me trom the old Essex SLOUI Distrias now. in Greater London Nonh Easi SLOUL CollnLs. Grants Board The Tol¢ of the County GrJnts Tearn is to di5tribuie small grants iii Indii"idua15, GtDups Districts 5¢eking Page11

"financial SUp￿n. Grants are used for a iaritt%" of pUr[K￿5. I1"ith the tn051 Corntnon being for nw" 5eciion siart- UPS, %UPtx)rt r()r building iithrk IiihiLh inLlude% tnajor repairs knnd neil" builds). ￿ ii.ell replacemeni ()f kil u%ed tor adi'cnturous aLlI￿l(lL￿. ThLYL Is al￿ a small amount ot'monL) 10 siiprM)rt Additional Nccds. The CountTr also has a SupEK)rt l-.und io ¢[￿ble the C-ounti" to proi.ide financial assisL9nce 10 those l)ibtrict5'1GT0up￿￿jnIio Indii'idua15 M'htr¢ 5UPtx)rt 15 required. as a Ttsuli of the increasing cosl of lii'ing pressurcs. ThL Coun￿, Inclusii'iTh' Fund proi'ides finanLial &ssisthnce tsTr partieipants attLmding CounTh' lei'cl oerseas ei'ents. All grants have one key objective. ii'hich is to enhanct the benefits thai Scouting brings to young ￿p]e in Monie5 available to ihe Orants Tedm fordimribution are held in The Nonnan (iaron Trusi INGTI. the County Iluilding F'und IC'liI.'I, the Addiliunal Needs l.und IANFI. the Couni!. SuptK)n l.und ICSI. l and IncluSlWIT>' l-und The C BF is tundLd trom Counrn, Mcmbership fees and ihL ANF tn)m donations rLYeii'ed. ThL C SF is funded ntirLly frorn C'()unty re51)UTL¢S and 11.. is funded from surpluses arising frum ￿)uni% led internalii)nal trips, Igether with maiLh-funLling i)b¢ain¢d fn)m the E4ex Ci)tnmunil!' F(iutwlaii(In. Ov¢r th¢ past v¢ar ihcr¢ hav¢ 4 siart-up 8ronts toialing £800 pJid OUL for neiv Squirrel S¢oui Dr¢y$. one for a ScouL'froop and one lor an LYpk)rer Scoul Unii. ]4uilding Jnd 14uipmirt¢ grants iolaling £22k hJiL paid oui for. a n¢'i¥ S¢oui IILad4uartirs, rLm¢dial building work. 5￿uri¢}. and N'lurbithm¢nis 10 lill S¢oui H￿dqUart￿y￿ i¥ill as hilping onl ol'thc Lampsiics, plus Ii)ur granis made Cir()ups lor LquipmLni p￿rLh￿. L21111 hus k'Ln BrunlLd fr()m ihL' Additional NLL¥Js Fund. È2.2211 hls hLen paid oui fri)m lh¢ Couniv SuprA)rt l.und. lTh¢ Tru￿￿ ar¢ k¢¢n th ¢nsur¢ thai all m¢m￿.r5 ul. 1'.SlL'¥ %L'i)Ul% drL' l)r IhL' L'¥¢sIL'nLL lif (his fund Jnd IhL' aiJilahiliiN i)fmLinL'y ts) help SLX)ULing 11()uri%h vithin IhL L'iiunly. Miih m4)nLY ni)1 lyd￿lL'r iv ￿lCipal￿On. Alti)¥L¢hLr. thi lirJni%'l LJM ha4 Piiid i)ill i)f £35.825 ii1)nh i)fgrants ￿ l-.ssL'x s￿)Uts this iLar. wi¢h 1urthLr LiimmitmLnL lil Pd%' nLarl> L l.3.7811. N() grant rnquLsL% ha￿C rcLciicd for thc Inclu5ivilv Furwj. Activity Centre Skrttns Pxrk Attlvlty Centre Thc sitc continucs to Telurn an operaling surplus and remains &erv w>pular with Scouts. Guides. Duke ol- Edinburgh grL)ups. schools and LOryX)ro(e Lusiomers. Thc siatTtcam. ovcrsccn M, Pai Ball￿, Iormtions Manager). has bLM mainlaincd at 10. ￿1th thcm M'orking lir¢1¢5slI' lo fulfil knoking5. '1'h¢ tram ¢Ynsl51¢nili' pull oul all the 51op5 ¢0 d¢liier a ma55ii"¢ Tange of activities, e5peciallv during busl. perii)ds. as urll a5 spending lime i¥orking hard acros5 the site to keep on top ot'esseniial maintenance. repairs and helpin8 10 improve the si. Thc sitc has run Archerv and NRSA instruaor coursts. First Aid training and Tomahaii"k COUTSCS during thc ear: with all bein< ietTr i%ell supw)rted. These are an addiliortal ￿￿rLe ofrevenlle to help fund fu]ther del'elopment I4"Lthout placing a strain on Count)" financial rEsources. Page 12

The site has seen a number ot projeas undenaken during Ihe jear M. the Skreens Park Nqaintenance and ALiiNiry TLYM ISN(ARTI whosL Sup￿lI IS greatli appreciaicd. Thc projccts undenakcn inLlude= remoTr'al of trees fmm ihe car park to make more space Isee picture - our thanks ￿ Tree Fella tor the loan ofequipmeni and personnel assisl H'ith this projecil. as ii.ell a5 clearing the site readv for construLiion ofthe ne%¥ Workshop and Storage Barn. Work has cotnmenced to reliKate the carnpfire circle to an aTea ii'ithin the Millenium W￿)d. Before Ih'er I2￿ trces haN'e plantrd a( Skreensoi'erthe last4 years (though som¢ Jr¢ r¢pla¢¢m¢nts of ¢arli¢r tailur¢sl. Th¢ ￿NIal Lar track. locaied adjaeeni ￿ Ihe Ropes Cou￿'S has Lwi c()mplded l%ee PjLiuTel. Th¢ sit¥s LL TV sYs￿M hos been ¢oMpla¢1￿ oi'erhaul¢d. %'ith e4uipment ins￿11¢d dLross the siie. Thi5 pN)ject %'a% lundL.d h%, a 8fdni of £]0.5￿.￿ from Ihe Rural l.ngland PrL¥%pLriii l.und. A VoluniLlY t￿M Iri)m I laifiild l.()ri￿1 l)isiri¢i hdlL upgrddLYJ thL (YJTdLn IL PILiurLI and L'hJrKI. ii'iih an annuJl mdiniLmanLL hud8Lii d8fLL￿. yi)in8 IThL 4krLL￿.￿ Park WLb%ilc h()4tin¥ bLxn mdk'L li m(IrL ￿KUrL Jnd LJ%ILr i(? maiiiuin. An upgradi i() 3-ph&%i lias r¢qUIr￿ Ihi sit¥% iliiifi¢iL %uppli'. l() supwrt ihc nLi4 building pmjLLLs. wilh ihi Ll)mpIL￿1 M. IIK POWLY NL)I￿(Frk￿ durin8 ihL' )'LJr. Thi% ¥hang¥ i%"ill also 5uprrt?rt the ins¢allation of solar ￿nelson the 51, 14"hi¢h is bein8 und¢Nakcn simul￿n￿Li￿s1Y iiith IhL building projcLts. ThL Sk'rccns Park. Managcrncnt C-ommilicc. M"orking M iih the Countv Truste￿ and SlalT. hal'c conlinucd pn)grL% i%'i)rk i)n rLplaLLmLmi i)fThL Wdrren huildin8 IwhLLh is no lon8er IIL for usel dnd the pr(}￿lsIl)n i)I'a n¢i%' purpo￿-bull1 sloragL and mainty'nanLY building. Thc Warren rcplaeLmLni is similar in dcsi8n ￿ The Leaman building Isee proposed C1￿,allonsl. The .1 rusl¢e 14oard appTOi'ed a l￿d8¢t for the projcci. lolloi%-ing eomplction of a ¢vmpreh¢nsiv¢ l¢nd¢r pr(115k M"iLh construction I4"ork cotnrn¢ncing in Noi¢rnb¢r 2024. Funding lor ihL projeci has come from a verv generi)us le¥aLV reL*ll￿ fT()m the e$￿e of the late Malcom TrGwher MBE. a lon8Standin8 mLmbcr ol-EssL.¥ Scouts. As a result, il is illtnd¢d Iv lliim¢ th¢ Imildin 'Treacher . '.ii'.= During the vear. planning approi'al wa5 also ob¢ained for a Storage and Mainlenance Barn Isee Page13

prO￿sed elei'ationsl, Mhich Mill be used ￿ siore the site5 machineTr' and equipmeni. Llpon completion, this ivill also cnablL improvcmcnts madc Lo the i4.et IlLMthcrlactii'ity barn and for li th rci'ert to its iniend￿ ￿5¢, rnth¢r than il being used to store plant and machinery. The tacilit ii.ill aly) ciintain a I'olunieer.Imeeting room, for use h) thtsse ￿h() supsx)rt the site. as well as ihe staff for medings. Conslruclion of this huilding LL)mtnenLed in Mai. 2V25. Il'ith completion duc in carlv 2026. After the i'oar Lnd a contrath o1-£620.133.34 Il'as signed LBM ConstnJeLion S¢rviL¢s 1.imii¢d f(Ir the L(InstruLli(In orth¢ Bam. WL Loniinue ￿ dLI'elop the sii¢s eLO er¢deniial& i%ith i%ilding strips cstsblished again tor the 2025 season, resulting in u5 Cliniinuing i(1 5tt e¥ciling 14-ildlife on sile. including Salamanders, thad5. fn)gs and s1(Iiv W(ITms as well as ihcre being a huge inercase in ihc nUm￿r and %'aricTh' of fli'in8 inscas Th0￿ sw>ited around Ihe siie. su¥h ￿ bu¢ierlliis' moihs cw.. In Jddilitsn. furthLY (T¢'CS ar¢ pl#nt¢Q as part orth¢ proposL'd building 'É)rk. ￿1th the Wurren repluL¢meni buildin¥ Jls() hai'in¥ an Al￿￿)￿TLe Ilui Pump in%ialleil. i(igeihcr M'ith Soltir l)anLls to hlai th¥ %iai¢r. W¢ ibill al￿ ￿ han-¢￿[ln8 thL rainiiai¢r. I4'hi¢h i4ill be used tc) Ilush th¢ t()ilctS'. krix'ns l)ark is m￿￿8¢{1 M. th¢ %krcL'ns PJrk Man08¢mi￿1 Commiiiiy. ¢hair¢J hv Paul Walk¥r. supp()rt¥d h NLil 141LdklLI' ihL I'()lunlLx'r %kriLn% NIJijiiL￿JTr￿L I￿￿ ALlii ill l Larn I%KIAR'I'I. 'I'hL I ru.4lLK% u hu¥L thank Nliu lil thLni all. i()8L•ihL'r i%"iih our paid ￿￿m. for their c4)niinucd d￿le2(lon Jnd suprrtirt in hLlpin8 its mukL sk￿ln$ l>Jrk Ailivil) LLnir¢ the SULX¢S5 il is. THANK I'OU During ¢he vear, we implemcnicd ihe final ch￿8¢$ required as of ihl Swui A&KKialivn s Tran51vmiuiiiin l)ri)BrarnmL. l%¢th thL Ci)unty coniinuin8 lo PrO￿.1d¢ sUp[￿rt to DistriLts as ihcv complctsd ihcir .1 ranblormation jvurn¢>'5. ALri)&% IhL c1)unt￿ ML LC)ntinuL II) SLX a.%hi)na8L ol'Jduli i'oluniLxYs li) li.0￿ ii'ith i)ur %i)ung PLiipIL and arL using thc (irvwth and Ik&'cl(?pm¢n¢ c)Jliccr to hclp l)islricts and Lifoup5 rtcrur¢ nci¥ volunkcr5 to groii and dLN'Llop nLM proTri5ion. and strengihLn cxisling Cftroups irb idcniilicd eommuniiieOarcas Orncl￿ aLTI)S5 1..55C¥. There are peciple c)ui ihere W￿). if &sked. would ￿ M'illin8 ￿ help. noi make use of i)ne ofthe Cnunlv volun¢err r¢cruitmeni tool kits and rK>P th¢ qu¢5tion to 4n!vn¢ 14.ho 5hoM"5 in¢¢r¢5l . Fss¢x LX)ntinues io b¢ ()n¢ (ifthe Idrye%t SLM)ui Ci)unii¢s in th¢ Clmjnti!.. thdnks 10 th¢ hard ￿Ork and dLdivation of our ioluntcer5. Wc havc Scen c¥cCllL￿I and innoi"aiive £xamplcs of Mhal OUT voluniecr5 do to Continue providin8 SLOUtin8 io our %oun8 t￿p]e ai a lime i4hen lh￿. MOA needed Li. You Lx>llLinue th be our gr¢al¢sl I￿5¢1. Thc Trustecs thank all of the brilliant SUPWrtii'e i'olunicers iiho 14.ork iirclcssli, to cnsurc so man%. of thc young people of all age5 can coniinue lo e¥peri¢nce the amazing Scouting adi"enlure knih here in the LIK and 0￿erSeaS. 'ELL DONE APID THANK YOU ALL- KEEP IIP THE GOOD WORK: Paul J 8t¢nnett County Chairman August 2025 Page 14

Report of the Counti. Treasurer It gives me great pleasure to preseni Ihe accounts of the LS5￿ Counts. Scout Council for 2024125. During the vear there w.as a surplus on nomial actii iiies on the General Fund ot-L£17k. The CounTh' s annual subscription f(Ir 202i12026 wa5 maint4in¢d a¢ li.ith fw a secvvd lear. ii.ith il ci)ntiTruing ro be h¢ai ily 5ubsi(li5¢d b). the Q'ountN'5 resernes, ii'ith a delicit budgei of c£42k sd for the l'ear. The budget for the %'ear reflects the nem. C()untv Teams stTuLlure iihi¢h crtrdied as part i)f the TrdnsfomiaLii)n wi)t¢ss. The deficit budgel relleLIS the I ru5tees (le51T¢ lo keep 5Q)uting ii"ithin F.s5e¥ an atT(ITdablt 0￿10￿ for all familie5. This commitThent 15 reflected in the ongoing Sup[￿ 8ii.en ￿ ￿1h the LounTh' SUp￿rn Fund and the Inelusivitj. Fund Isee Note 181. 'I'he censu5 for JanuaTh' 2025 show￿ an decrease of 0.4•/0 of voung pcople over the prn'ious vear. dccr&gsing Irom 14.699 10 14,634. The 2025 Counti, C"Lnsus is included M'iih ihc main accounts for information. Th¢ bul<inL¢ lin th¢ CJ¢n¢rul Ful￿ sland5' al L£176k, ii"hiLh 1% m()r¢ sU￿lL1¢￿L i() Lx)¥'tr (Ine veur's expendiiure and anN' contingencies aTisin8 during a l'ear. 'I"he Counil 'l'rusiee Board continues to monitor the r¢seThcs on an on-going basis. as ouilin¢d in th¢ ReseTh'¢s Polio, b¢loM'. Skreens Park Aciivii%' Centre continues ts) 8roM' and has made a surplus of c£5.5k. ￿hleh is a great achieN'ement in a tough iwrtomii invironmLni anJ a rillLxiion of th¢ ¢JTorts mad¢ bl Pai Bail¢!.. OpLTaiions ManagLr. Paul Walk¢r and Neil FIILuk.lev. Chairman ()fihc $krL￿5 Park M4Lnagemeni C'ommiit¢< wgether ￿'1th the rtsl ()f the (Lam, tx)th thL PLrmJnLni stall'and volunteers. l)urin¥i thL' l'ear ihL'I'hrifti¥(M)d C'ouni!. IIQ &. "I raining C'enuc coniinued ￿ bL' ii'cII supported, with it Inakin8 urplub ol'1123k i%hiLh is th¥ rt¥uli ol-thL h￿{j ivork and dLxJiiation ol'all ol'thL liam. I'hL ciihLr l)L%ignaiLd l.'unds arL' USLd i(1 mJkL lunding a%'ailahle fur thL. bcnL.fii o(1..ssLx Su?uiin8 8cllLrally. l)urin¥ thL vLur, granis pthid iothlLxl L£4Y.6k. l)Liails of all thttL' grants. liiund on p￿l 45. 'I'hL C'i)urt¢y %upp()rt I,und %aw 8rani% ioulin8 £2.220 approi¥xl during lh¥ Niar. iyith LMin%id¢raii<)n k.ing gii'¥n tÉi h()w lil hL'tILr ddi'Lrti%L ihL Lll.%ILnLL ()f ihc aLr(Iss thL c.i)Unl￿. 'IThL InLlusii'itN l.und Ll)ntiiiuL% l() ¥r()w dnd will k. uKd li) %uprA)rt ￿t￿n8 PLX)pIL Jnd ILJdLY% i%iih ihLir fundrai%in8 Lfl(ITL% ui partiLipalL in lulurL Thc loan lo 1° Loningham Scout tiroup r¢main5 iiithin thc dcbtors on th¢ balanc¢ 5hcct. In 2022. thc County "I'N%lLt Bc)ard &18rLl￿ li) ILnd £5U.(K)O i(Tr lt Ci)rrin8ham SL'L)ui fift)up [() LnahlL thcm ￿) LM)mplLLL' thL fLhuildin8 i?l-Ihcumenl. Post Nearnd, it Ha5 neCt￿￿r%. foT Megan Iloblin Io step as CountN Treasurer. for personal reason5 and li'e w'ould likc to thank Mc8an tor ihc support shc proi idcd durin8 hcre ienure. Wc thank Dan SkIp￿n for stepping in a5 int¢Tlm C-ounli Trea5ur¢r. s￿lficall!. to SUPPK)ri us through thi5 l.ear s audiL iwhilst the search for a pcmiancni rcplaecmtht w'as undern'a!.. AL 20 Jul!, 2025. He appTrinied Tahir Sayani Lo thc rolc &s County. Tr¢asurer. On bchalt of thc County Trusiec Board, M"e w.ould like ￿ thank ￿"e￿One Mho has suprmirted the County. in the p(￿1 v¢4r. In FMrtiLular. li"¢ ii.ould lik¢ Iv thank ¢i"¢Th"on¢ iniiTrli'¢d in F.5b¢¥ kiiuting fi?r th¢ (l¢diuLii)n th¢it th¢v giNe and the"Frusiee Board for SUp￿rtIng the C-ounti" Finance Team. special thanks rnust go to Wendv B}e: County Financial Admini%trnior artd Katen Bathjan. Assis(thni Coun1%" Trthsurer. lor a]1 Iheir help.. dediLaiii)n Page15

and patience,. ii.ithoui Iheir 5UPkKbrt ihe Courht% Treasurer s job ii.ould noi haie be¢n p)ssible. Reserves Poliey R¢s¢rv¢s ￿Pr¢Sent thai P bc iarri¢d c)ut. RL%LYVLS will always hL.Id a5 liquid ITh aLLM)unL% TL'8UIJ￿￿l bv hankin8 insLiLuii()n% and gukLmLxi x5 Piifi vl-thl ini'o%tm¢ni ￿11¢¥. 'I'hc'frustLiS monitor thc I￿¢1 ofrcscr¥'ts a rc8ular basi5. Rlsk As5e5sment Poliey -I'hc'l'rustces and C'.ountv L¢ad Volunt¢¢r ar¢ ¢ommiUcd to rondu¢tin8 its undcrtaking in a manncr that pff)tttts the hLalth and ￿IllY ol-its LrnplL)￿c¢5. mernbcr5. ContraL￿rS and ihl public. In addiiion io LX)mpl!inB sITiLII %%ith the health and wfet). mea%ures required by legislaiion. it is ihe CcTrunLII-s ￿liLY lo) pr()mc)ie and lake all a5(In4hl) prarticablc St￿5 ts) 5af¢guard th¢ h¢alth, saf¢l¥' and M¢lfar¢ ofits ¢mplov¢¢s memkrs and oth¢ Ishi) maN bL alllxiL￿ bj i(s aLlions. To mict the riNuifLTMints ol-thi5 rolii%' thc TrusIc￿ and ((￿nI% Lcad I'olunlccr i¥ill ￿..ork M"iih all cmployces, olunieer leadLrs and other relei'ani parties io strii'e for Loniinui)us improi'emen( in Healih and SaletN ExeLuliNe p¢rfiim)4n¢¢. Th¢s' 11 ill op¢ia an int¢grJL¢d. stn]iiui¢d and ￿￿'um￿L¢d (If manag¢m¢nt Li)ntrnil wer all its operation5. This 5y5tem of control commits the C-ounts. Tru5t¢e Board kn= Undertaking appropriale m'iems and as5ts5ments of 115 ￿ratIOnS and undertskings to measure progre55, mana8C risk. and cnsurc compliance ii'ith this tM)licy and thai of ihc Scoui Aswciaiion. Setling up Jrtd mainLLining ￿[e and hethlthl" sTrsms of pr()tt't all ci)uniy ¢mpli))'LS. members and other5, including ihe public. Making all reasonable cndeaN'ours to ensuring thai its county. emplovecs and N'oluntcer leaders arc full), L(irnp¢t¢nt tt? p¢rfurtn lh¢ tssk5 all[￿41t¢d tt? th¢tn M Lar¢ful iffruilm¢rtL oTrg(iing Iraining and dei"elopment. and bl. proi"i5ion of the necessar%" resources. Maintsinino the health and ￿re1¥ aitarene%% ofall u)uni%" thiplo%'ees and volunteer l￿derS hv the Page 16

establishmeni of sound healih and 58fep" praciicts and operaiions through competent managetnent and good communiLaiion& ILYdin? io coniinuous improiemcni in hcalih and ￿retv PLYtom)ancc. ErtSUTill¥ thai th¢ Lx)ntTaL-Ii)rs 11¢ dir¢¢di ¢n¥ts¥¢ ar¢ [X?[n￿L¥￿t ￿r(C)rni th¢ I4c)rk u)ntra¢ied and tncouraging good safets. praciice ii.i(hin such cotntyanies in compliance ii.ith this polici.. Eftectile resrrf)nse 10 inves(igaiion of accidents and incidents and, to esLgblish iihere appropriate roo( aus¢b t¥ke T¢ax)nabl¢ artson5 lo pmeni their reiKrurrence. To a¢hieie this, the Counij TrnsTr¢ Board will M'otk ivithin th¢ w)li¢ies pro¢¢dur¢s as laid doK4'n by the Scoui Association and ¢ncournge and sUPtKJrt all I)i￿riC￿ in doing. The Counti. l.ead Volunieer il'ill provide information to. and ensure appropriatr Cl￿sU1￿(lon with. county emplo)'tts and volunteer leaders on matters releTr<int li) Ihi% ptslic). Prime rLSP)nsibiliiy lor Ihcsc maiters lies ibith ihc Trusices and the Coun1% Lead N'olunicer and his Team.. all i)th¢r empl(ii'e¢s . hai'¢ a duty to ensure thai health and 5aleii' issues are ali4a)'s gii'en Ihe fullesi considerdtion. and lor proi'iding a safe and healthv H'orking ¢nvirot)m¢nt forth¢ir cmp10iei￿ and mcmtth. In addition. all employees and l'olunieer leaders ha%'e a resp)nsibiliiv ￿ ihemselves and others for the safet> and pK'ILniion ol. ill h¢alih ai W¢ must all work iog¢thLY in the spirit ofpani¢ipaiion aod ¢tropcraiion to ensu￿ the SULK<SS (?I'thi5 PvliLy. C'ounty TreAsurer Augus¢ 2025 Page 17

Essex Counh. Scout Council llldependellt Auditor's Report to the Members of Essex Countv Scout Council Opinion We hai¢ audile(I the financial 5taiement5 ()f F.55e¥ C'(iunn" Scout C (iunLil Iihe 'chariii'l f()r the Near en(led 31 Marlh 202), i%"hiLh Ll)rnpri%e the Stal¢m¢nt i)f FinJnLi)l _A¢lii iiies, B)lJn¢e Sh¢¢L. C'&8h Fltsi¥ Sui¢rn¢nt, and Noies io th¢ Financial Siaiem¢nts. inLludin8 Slgrtiliwii a¥YOUthting w)liLies. The lirtan¢ial reporting IramLi¥i)rk Ihat has bL'Ln appliLd in thLir prL'paraiion is applieablL laii. and Uniied Kingdom AcLouniing Standards. IIILluding l.'inancial RLwbrting Sthndard 102 The l.'inancial Rewrting Sthndard applicable in ihe LIK and RepubliL ol. Ireland ILlniied Kingdom AcceNd Acc(MJniing Practice). In iiur iipini()n the linanLial %Ml Ac¢ep¢thl A¢L4)uniing PraLIjCC,' and hav¢ Pr¢Par¢￿ in a¢¢ordancc iyith th¢ rwuiremcnts of ihi Lhariii¢s Aa 2011. Ba$1$ for oplnlon WL Li)nduLILd iiur audit in acc(Irdance ivith Intemalinnal %￿ndards on Audiling IIIKI 114A% IIIKI) and JppliiJblL law. ()ur rL.￿￿)n%1￿llIt1lts undl'r lh().￿.￿￿￿daT￿5 iifL furthlr dL*Lrikxi in thL' uuJiliiT rL'%ty)n%ihilitiL4 liir lh¢ Judit c)I' lh¢ linaniial slJ¢¥minis s¢xiii)n ofciur r4x)n. Wi Jrt, 1ndL￿nd¢n1 iifthl ¢harii% in Ji¥i)rdJn¢¥ ¥Niih IhL LlthiLdl rLyuirL'menis Ihai dre rL.1￿.￿Tri ts) our Judii i)I'thc fLnanLial %thicmcnts in Ihc I IK. inLludinby iliL I.'RC' s IhiLal Siandard. and hJ%L lullillLQ i)ur oihL'f LihLLal rL%rx?n%ihiliiiL% in aLL()rdanLL Ii'ith ihL'4L rL'4uifLrnLnL%. WL ￿￿'1iLV¢ Ihai Ihl dudil Ll'idLnLL 14'L huvL ()blainL￿ is %uJliLjLnl and uppnipri4LIL Iii pr(IiidL a hu%1% li)r ()ur Conclusions relating to going concer In iiuditing IhL linunLiul slu¢LmLnt& IVL hal'c ￿)rtL1￿￿cd ihai ihL Irusic¢s use orth¢ goin8 ¢(?nLcm basis of a¥¥()uniing in ¢hi prkparaiic?n i?f ihi finan¢ial sthi¢m¢nLs 13 Jppn)priai¢. (¥n th¥ w(irk 11¢ ha%'i rKrfI)mi¢xl. ￿. hail i&.niifi¢d any maicrial un¢¢'tuinii¥s r¢lJting Lt) ¥K'¢nt% ()r i)ndiiic)n% IhJi. indiiiduall). or LolleLli%'el)'. mai. Lasi si8nifiLani th)ulM 4)n (he Lhariii's ahilli￿ Ic) Ll)niinuL' as a c)iny Ll)niLm lor a pLricxl ol'al IL&SI IWLII'L. monihs Ir(mi ii'hLm IhL' i)ri8indl linJnciJl stalLmcnLs auihi)ri%Ld ri)r ISSUL. l)ur rL5PKinsibilitics and Ihc rls￿￿S1bll1lIls of thc tru51ee5 Ivith rLspKri Io 8O1rt8 conccm arc dc5CTibcd in the r¢I¢￿'an1 5ertions of thi5 T¢PQrt. Other information ThL tru%tLLS arL fL%frt)n%ible for ihe oiher inforn)aiion. The oiher infomiaiion compTise% ihe informaiii)n inLluded in thc annual rcport. othcr than the financial stalernents and our audi¢or 5 repKkrt ihcTeon. Our opinion on the linancial statements doe5 not cO￿¢r iht other infortnalion ¢icq>i ￿ the ektent otheTWi5e eAplicitly Stated in Iiur r¢piirt. d(1 niil ¢1p￿sS ani fiTrmi of &55uranL¢ LiTrnrlu5iiTrn th¢rwn. In connection with our audit of th¢ financial 5tskm¢nts. OUT r¢s￿)nSIbilIti. 15 to ￿ad the otheT infotJnation an(L in di)in8 50. Lc)n%idcr i¥hLihcr the other inforn)aiion is maicriall& inconsisLent ii'ith ihc financial sthtemLmL% or our k"noiNledge obtained in Ihe audii or oihcni"i5c appears io be maleriall! misstated. It'iie idcnlifv" such maicrial incon5lsicnci￿ or apparent matcrial mi551atemLmts. iir are required to dderniine whdhcr thcre i5 a maicrial m155tal¢Thent in the linancial stalernents or a rnat¢rial tni551atetnent of the other infortnation. If, based on the i)rk" h&￿'e perf(Imied. i%"e L(TrnLlude thai there is a material miK%taLemen( c)f this oiher infc)miaiitsn. are required th re￿)ll thai faci. Wc hai'L nothin8 to report in this regard. Page 18

Essex Counh. Scout Council llldependellt Auditor's Report to the Members of Essex Countv Scout Council {continued) latters on which we art required to report by exteplion In ihL light ofr'our knoi%lLMI8L and undLrsthnding ol"IhL Lharii! at)d its envin)Thment obtained in the course ot'ihe audit. i¥e haNe noi ideniitied ma￿rIal miSSLqtrments in the TrU￿ttS, Re￿rt. We have nothin8 to rewrt in respea of the folloiiin8 mauers i%there the Charities (Accounts and Reportl R¢8ulaiions 2008 require5 us io rerK>rt io )'ou if. in our opinion.. Ihe informatiLin gii'en in the Iru5ttt5' re￿rt 15 inconsistenl in anj material re5pecl the finanLial Slut¢rnents- (Ir -%ul'liLi¢nt aLiounlin¥ r¢Lor(ls ha￿< n()i kepL or IhL linartLial %tatL'tnLmi% arL ntsi in agret'meni 14.ith the a¢u)Uniing rcu)rd%: or ¢ h)w¢ ni)1 rLxx'i%¢d all thL ir)lomutior) and explaoa¢ions lit rLquirc lorour audit. Rcspon5ibilities of trustees As L%plainLd mor¢ lull) in ¢h¥ si￿¢M¢n¢ of TrusiLYs' R¢swnsibilitiL¥ lsei on page 5 and 61. IhL tWSlLLs arc r¥%tx)n%ihl¢ li)r th¢ pr¢paraiion ol. the financial sthi¢mLmis and for ixing saii%fi¢d ihai ihe>' gil'¢ a tru¢ and lair I'ILW. and li)r such iniLrnal Lonirol as th¢ [ruStLL￿ dthLYmine is nLYcs%ar% io endble ihe prcpdraiii)n or rinanLiJI 51atLmLnts' Ihai arL freL fr(Trm matLrial missthtLmLnL ivhahcr duL ￿) frnud or cmTrr. In prLpJring thL finunLiuI sthlLmLntk ihL Ifu%iLX'S 41fL fLsrrf)nsiblL flir JSSL'%sin8 thL' Lhuril! 5 uhilii> Lx)nlinuL ¥iiin¥ L()nLLrn. Lli.%¥li).4ing. uppliLublL. matlLr relJ¢LYl ts) ¥(Trin¥ conLcrn and u4in¥ thL g(iiii¥ Li)ncLrn i)f a¥¥i)uniing unlLw% thl tru%i¢CS ¢1¢her inicnJ 10 liqvidaic the ¢harii!' or to L¢&sc 0￿ratIOns. or hale ni) rL'ali%iiL Audilor Re$pon$ibililie$ for ihe •udit of ihe f•n•tsci•l 5¢iiiemeth¢s ()Iir i)bjLltikLs arL tl) Libiain rLas()nablL a55urnnLi aiK)ul IihL￿Lr thL flnaniial 5talLThLn15 as a whi)IL urL IrL Ir(im miilLriul miss¢aicmLnL iYhLth¢r duc to linud or ¢m)r. and io issuL an uudiliir s rcrrtirl thut inLludLs ()ur (Ipiniiin. Fiia%iinablL 45suran¢¢ is a high li&1 of a&sutan¢¢. twi is noi a guJrani¢¢ thal an Dudil ¢i)nduLityJ in dLL(IrdJnLL lylth I%A.% 11 Ikl w-ill ali%-a) % dL4eLI a maiLriJl mis%iaiLment iithen li LXiSl%. Mi%%idiLmLllL% Lan ari%e Inim IraLid c)r L'mir and arL L(TrnsidL'fLMI mJiL'ridl if. indii-iduJll% c)r in ihL ag¥rL'g4LIL'. LhL! L()uld rL,￿￿)n￿￿ll. he L¥PLLILd ii) inlluLnLL thL CLX)nomii dLxi8ions ofuSCTS ihc basis oI'thcSL linanLial sLalLrynLni%. .1 hL Lxtint to ilhiih our proLLdurLS L4tYablc ot'ddcding irrL8ularitics, inLluding IrJud is dLiailLd klow.. Page 19

Essex Counh. Scout Council llldependellt Auditor's Report to the Members of Essex Countv Scout Council {continued) Our approach tli identifving and aSs￿l￿g the risk'5 of rnaieTial rnissialement in re5p&I of ITregula￿lIeS, inLluding fraud Jn(l Di)n-L()tnplianL¢ ii.ith r¢¥ul(Ilj()n5. a5 r(Ill(ii%' ThL LngagLllLnt P(lrtnLT ensured thai the en8agLmlLnt ii¥)m collLMiiel!' had th¢ appropriate ¢0m￿ten¢¢. Lapabili(ILS and skills to identilv or recognise nomompliance ii.ith applieablc laii"s and rcgulaiions. 'e ideniilied the laN%'5 and regulaiions applicable ￿ ihe charit}. Ihrough disCU55ions I￿1th I'ru51ees and other mun(Ig¢tn¢nl. and ITI)m ()ur kn()iile(Ige c.¥￿rIenle Iifthe Lharii!. secu)r. We li)Lused i)n srKLitlL laivs and ￿gUlatIOnS iithiLh i%e ¢on%ideJtil MJ) hai'e a dI￿L Ma￿JaI elYe¢i on ihe linanLial siaiLmLnts or ihL orLraiions tor the charii).. + WL aSSLssL￿d the e.Kieni of compliance ii'ith ihe lais and regul￿10n5 idenLitied atrA)ve through making enquiries ol'managenient. Wc J%%L%%Lxl ihL SilSiLPiibili¢y ()f ihc chariiy's financial sthtements io m￿erial mis$¢#iemeni. iocluding i)btoining an undL'r%t2ndinbi ol. hoi% Iraud might (XLur bv: Mak'inb) cnquiriLS Ot. mana8emeThi as 10 14.here the). considered there suscepiibility, to fraud. Iheir kni)%vlLd¥JL ol-aLiual. Su5￿cted and allL8ed frnud. C i?n4idering th¢ int¢n￿l L(Inlr()l% in plaLe io Mill¥a￿ the risks ()f fraud and n()n￿)Mpli￿nc¢ ￿1th laiv% and r¥gula(ions. .1 c) addrL%S IhL' rilk c)f fraud Ihri)u8h mana8LmL'ni bias and cTri'LrridL' ofe4)nir()l¥ HL.. • l)Lrl(IrmLd unul)'iiLul pr(KLdurLs 1(Tr idLntili' any unusual OT TL'luii<)nships .1 L.%lLd j()urnal LniriL t() idLniili unu¥ual ITUn%ULiion In&L%lig&ilLxi thL ratiunalL k,hin4J si8nifJLJnt vr unusual ¢rnn&lL'tions lIL￿aulL. ()I' thL' inhL'rL'ni limitations oran audii. IhL'rc is o risk ihai ivc ii'ill noi ddccl all irrL8ularilie. inLludin8 IhiiiL ILadin¥ lil a rnatLrial misiatLmLni in thL finanLiJl Sial￿LnL% l)r ni)ni)mpliJnLL Mith rL¥ulali()n. 'I'hi4 ri%k inLrLasL% thi morL Ihui ii)rnplianLL ii'ith a lam" or rryulalion IF rcmovLYI from ￿1C LVLmL% and irun%aLIi<)n rLIILLILd in th¥ linuniial slii¢iminis. as ivill bc Il￿ lik-Ll)' lo IxxomL aM'iirL (If insiunLL5 ()I' niin-iiimpliuni¥. 'I'hL risk 1% dl.%) bifL'dlL'r rL,bardin￿ irrn'gulariiiL I)LLurrin& dui i() fraud rJLh¢r than ¥rri)r. as frJud invi)INLs intL'nlii)nJl LX)nLLalmLnl. fi)r8LTh. Ll)Ilu%ion. c)mi%sion i)r mi%rL'prcsenLaiii)n A% part lif an dudii in aLLX)rdanLL' i%"ith I%A.% IIJKI. IIL LXLrLI￿, pr()fcs%ional judgL'mcnt mainiain prolLs%ional .8LLPtiLism Ihroughoui ihc audit. We also.. Idlniif) and a55c.%s lh¢ risk5 of maiLYial mis518lcrneni of Ihc financial s¢alcmcnL%. ￿"heIhcr duc lo Iraud or rror. dLsign and ￿rI0￿ audit pr(Kcdurcs rc5pK)nsivc kn ihosc ri5k& and obtsin audit Li'idcncL that is sul'liLiLn¢ Trnd appr(Iprialc ttTr proi-idc a bJ5i5 foT our (?pinion. -l-h¢ risk of ni?1 dLt¢¢ling a InalLrial mi%%tdiement re%uliing fnim fraud 1.% hi8her lh￿ f()r i)ne rtsuliing fr()m err()r. &* fraud may ini"i)Iw¢ ¢()IIu4iiin. ti)r8Lr>. iniLntiiinal omissions. misrLI)rgsL Thiaiionk or the oi'LrrLde ol'inlernal contft)l. Obtain an understandin8 01- internal Lonirol Telei"anl 10 ihc audii in order to dcs18n audii proccdurcs that arc appropriatc in thc circurn51ancts. bu( not for thc PuT￿se Ofcxpr￿s1ng an opinion on thc clTcciii'cness ol'ihc charitTr s inlcrnal control. Lvaluat¢ thr 3pproprial¢n¢55 Of arcounling FK)lici¢s u￿d and the rea￿￿3b1¢Th￿S of arcounting e5timate5 and related di%LI()sllre% mdite M th¢ trusiets. ConLlude L)n Ihe appri)priaiene.$8 ()f the in1￿eeS use ofthe going u)ncern b&sis of aeei)uniing and. based nn IhL audit cN'idenLL obiaincd. ii.h￿hLry a maicrial unecrtainTh' elisis rclaied Lo cNenLs or Londilions thal may cast significant ¢Joub( on ihc charil)'5 abilit!" ￿ coniinue as a going conccrn. It-￿¢ concludc thal a malcrial unc¢rtaintTr exists. we ar¢ required to drai4" attention in our auditor s re￿rt to the related di%105ure5 in the findllfldl slal¢rn¢nts or. if such di5¢105ures are inadequale. Io Trx)difj" OUT opinion. Our conclu510ll5 are b45ed on ihe audit ei'idence obiained up LO the daLe olour alldiior s re￿)rt. Homei'er. luiure evenLs or condilions mal. cause the chariiv to ccase to conlinuc as a going concern. Page 20

Essex Counh. Scout Council llldependellt Auditor's Report to the Members of Essex Countv Scout Council {continued) F.Naluate the L)N'erall PTesentaiiori. stwclure and content of the financial 5raiements. including the di5c105ure5, un(1 wheih¢T the fin(￿lia1 stht¢m¢nts' rwrts¢Trt th¢ un&rl)'ing transaLtivns events in a t[)I￿ner thut aLhieiLs lair prl￿Lntll[its￿. We communieate ivith those char8cd ivith 80I'emance regardin& an￿)ng oihLY mallers. the planned scopc and liming of the audii and signilicani audii lindin8& including an), si8nificani deticiencies in intemal control that Il'e ideniif). durin8 our audit. Use Of our report 'I'hi4 rLtK)rl is rna￿, 81)lelv its the Lhariiv iru8iees. *% a Ix)dv. aLc()rdan¢e ivith i%'ith Part 4 ()r the Charili¢s IALLounts and RLPOrtsl RLgulaiions ?(N)8. ()ur audii iiork. has undLMak'en so Ihai i¥e mighi sthtL 10 ihc Iru51e¢s those mailers lie are required io st￿e 10 trus￿S in an audiiors, rewrt and lor no oiher pur￿5¢. .1 o ihe lullL%t L¥lLni tK'miitlLxi bi. lai%'. i4L d() noi JcLxpi or a55ume Te5￿)￿51b1lI1%. l(1 anN()nL ()thLr ihan ihc LharitN and IL8 tru41LL8 a4 a bod),, IOT our audit I4OTk. for thi.% Te￿)T￿ or for the opinion% lit hai'e f(Im)ed. I'.dniund Lurr l.l.I' 146 NLM. l.i)nd(Trn Road C'hL.Im%liird LM2 IIAW Datc... '.dmund C-arr l.l.P is cli8iblL for ap￿IniMent auditor ol'thc charili. i'lriuc ofits cli8ibilit% for appoinlmcnl auditor ol'u Lx)mpiin) undL'f 5CCtion 1212 ofthc CompaThic5 ALa 21MK>. Page21

Essex Counh. Scout Council Statemellt of Financial Actii'ities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Unrtstrieied Rtsirltted funds Total 2025 Total 2024 Income and Endowments from: Donations and ILsaLiL Y51.803 2,092.IOi 36.938 43,957 2.185 IU.5()0 301.451 ,343.219 32.314 27.957 2,09? 105 36.938 43,957 2.185 l)thir tra(ling aLiiNilies IniL8imeni In￿Me Othcr iniY>m¢ Total in¢om¢ 3.1 ?6.988 10.iOO 3.137.488 1.704.941 Expenditure on: 12.487.549) 12.??01 {?.489.7691 'I'iiial eIr￿nd1[￿re 12.487.549> 12.??01 1?.4119.7fyYI NLI in¢om¢ Ciri)%s IrunslLrs funds 631).434) 111.5(K) ¥.280 647.71Y IY3.U5¥ mov¢m¢ni in funds 649.439 12.?201 fA7.719 19).1158 Recontilixtion of fundj '] i¥ial I'un&i br()u8hi for%i#r '] ciial I'uniL% lorriixl IcFn%•rd 3.IHI).558 4X.162 3.1197.7211 18 -1.64)1).497 45.442 3.745.4.Ig 2.773.2511 All ()rthL Lhariiv's aLl1￿111e8 deri￿e fmm u)niinuin8 ormiions durin8 the aknve ii%i) periods. 'I'h¥ lunds hriak.di)i%m f(Ir 21124 is shNI-n in nol¢ 18. Th¢ no¢¢b pagrs 26 to 39 f(TrTtll iin int¢gral wt of th¢K fin8nrial 5tat¢tnents. Pa2e ?2

Essex Counh. Scout Council Balance Sheet as at 31 March 2025 2025 21124 Note Fixcd 455et5 Tangible asseis 12 1.898.825 1,574.363 Currertt 5sets %IoLk5 ALLru¢d IDLY)m¢ PrLpaymLmi Loan reLeii'able Y(iuih programme debior Pension Loniributions (￿h ai bank Jnd in hand 13 14 14286 809.32Y 15.219 11.822 14.636 2¥3.26Y 40.OOU 14 14 14 14 29222 18 1.271.945 18 ? 683.046 15 2.177.Ul() 113.7791 110.84¥1 -3.U32.7()1 {4Q.5161 110.114111 l.5().47.f I 11.7?fi.11571 Sundry LrL'dil(IT5 16 16 16 16 ALLruJl l)LlirrLd inL(Imc 1217.h5¥1 Creilitors: Amounts falling due wlthin one year 16 N¢t ¢urr¢nt s$¢¢$ 1.1911.8l)5 Net Assets 1.745.411) ?.773.?511 Funds ofthe chxrlty: 'inxnted by CiLniral lunLI% l)LsignJlLd I'unds RL'%ifiLIL,d Fund 175.547 .625.125 45.94? 158.73fi 991.997 48.Ih2 Total usxble re¥erves 1.846.614 C'dpital linanLin¥ rL'SL'r%e 1.8911.82.5 .574.3h3 Total funds 18 -1.745.43Y 2.773.25¥ "I"h¢ linancial slaternents on page5 22 10 3Y iirre approved by the trusteek and auth0ri5ed for issue on I I SiptL'mbLr ?02) and bigned on thcir b¢hairh": Th¢ no¢¢b pagrs 26 to 39 f(TrTtll iin int¢gral wt of th¢K fin8nrial 5tat¢tnents. Pa2e ?3

Essex Counh. Scout Council Balance Sheet as at 31 March 202$ {continued) PaMI I) J SILnncti Trusiec Sob Syg RAB}'L TrusiL¢ Th¢ no¢¢b pagrs 26 to 39 f(TrTtll iin int¢gral wt of th¢K fin8nrial 5tat¢tnents. Pa2e ?4

Essex Counh. Scout Council Cash Flow Statement for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 2025 21124 Note Cash tIow5 frorn operaling 8etivitit5 Nei Mo￿£m¢Al irt rw￿ for the re]x)rting lear 647.719 193.0511 Adjustmenls to cash 110￿S from Dow#sh itcjtys Ini'esiment income 143.9571 127.9571 603.762 Workln% egplt*l gdjusttthents InirLa%L in st()ik'% IlnLrLa%Ly(JeLrL'ase ir) debtors In¢rKasL in ¥r¢diiors 11)eLrea%cllinLrLa.w in deterred income 13 14 (2.4641 1550.8651 11.8341 141.395 16 c￿h Ilthi%'s from operdlin8 aciiviijes 1,297.181 Cfish flows from Invtstln2 gttlvities IntL'rL%l rLLLiiJhlL and.4iniilar inix)mL 27.1157 Nl￿ IdLLfLii%LllinLrea5c in Lwh and L&5h c4uivalen15 1,325.138 c.￿￿h und LU5h Lqui%'alLnLs ut l April C'&%h and Lash LyuivalLnL% at 31 March .273.l)45 All tsf¢h¢ Lash t10￿'S #re ijerii'ed from Coniinuing operations during the atKbi'e periods. Th¢ no¢¢b pagrs 26 to 39 f(TrTtll iin int¢gral wt of th¢K fin8nrial 5tat¢tnents.

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Fillancial Statemellts for the Year Ellded 31 March 2025 l Accounting policies lil Stgtement of tompliAnet ThLSL aLLounis arL pfLyarLMI undLY the historic LOSI coni'eniion and. other than dtsclosed beloii,. in aLcordanLe I￿lih IhL Financial RLFM)nin8 %iandard applicable in ihc Llnite41 Kingdom and Republic ol- Ircland IFR$10?l and Ihe StatL'meni of Rec(Immended Prdciice 'AcLx)uniing aThd Repx)rting bN C'harities, applicable to charities preparing ¢hcir aLu)unL% in aLL()rdaniY ii.ith the F R%1()2 i4%ued (Jn 141 j￿Uary. ?Ql9. lill Basis of prepartion 'I'hL dLLounis rLIJiL io the aLljI'ittes ol. the Essex Count!. Scoui Counctl and do noi tncltJd¢ the aceounts of any ol. It% indilidual %Lout liroups or l)isiricis iiiihin (he Lounii.. eaeh of ii,hich arc sct up as stsnd alonc chariiic%. 'I'he Charity con51iluies a public knelit enlil). as defincd bi. l.'RS 1112. 11111 Goln2 tolloer 'I'h¥ irustix's Lon$id¥'r iha¢ ihLrL' aw no maiLYial unLcnainii¢s atx)ui the charit>'s abiliii io Loniinue as a going ii)n¢¢rn. Iwl Income aad endowments All inLI)ming inLludinB g()i'crnmcni granL%. arc iniludcd in ihL s01.-A I%uicmLnl (If i.'inanLial ALl1￿111l¥l i%'hLn IhL Lhuril) 1% ILgalli LnliilLd ¢() thL' inLX)mc. TLLIIPI 1% LM)nS1dLrL￿ pr()bahlL. und thL amiiunl Lan ' rlliiibly m¥asurLd. Annual subsLriPliÉ)n% NLii"cd in ofthe folloi¥ing and in¢()mL lor ¥¥Lnts in a lulurL PLrii)d 1% irediLxl dLILrrLd ineomL IrecLiPlS in Jdi'aneLI. lvl leKorle5 l)iinaiii>n% dnJ IL¥aLiLS arL rcco8ni5cd on a reccil'ablc b&sis li'hcn reccip is probablc and thc amounl can bc rLliabl)' mLasurcd. Ivll Delerredlni'ume l)elerred inLI)me repre%enL% dmc)unis reLi"eil for e%"enis in fuLUTe rthi)ds and is r¢l4%ed L() incominy re%i)urLes in thL' PLrii)d fc)r whiLh li ￿en receii'ed. Ivlll EAptndlture All C¥pcndi¢U￿ is rrrogni5cd onrr there 15 a l¢gal or con5trurtii"c oblig3tion io thal cxpcnditurc. il is PTobahle ttlimlnt ib r¢quir¢d %Lnd thr amvunL ran b¢ mrJ5ur¢d r¢liiibl). All ros15 arc lill￿0(¢￿ tv the uppliLubl¢ expenditure headin8 ihai aggre8aie similar costs thai Laiegi)o. viiil Charilfible octivitie5 Churitablc expenditure ￿MprIs￿ those costs incurred bi" the charits" in ihe deliver) of its aciivitlC5 and scn.iccs tor its ben¢ticiari¢5. It iDclude5 iK)th r05ts Ihat can be all(Ka*d dirryll￿ 10 such artii"itie5 and those cost5 of an indireLI ndiure neLe￿82r%. ts? %uprA)rt them. lixl Support Costs Support Costs inllude cenwdl funclions and have been allocated to actii'its. c051 categories on a basi5 con515tent iiih the u5¢ of re50UTf¢S. foT exarnpl¢. all£K￿l￿g propert)" Costs b)" fl(Kbr aTeas. or capit& staff c05t5 by the tirn¢ S￿nI uth¢r b) th¢ir usag¢. Page 26

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) xl Covern#n¢e ¢o$is The5¢ inLlude the c(Isis attTibutsble i(} the charip" s ciiThplianLr ii.ith c(In5tituli()nal and statutory requiTernent5. inLluding Judil, 41raiegiL tnanag¢tneni tTU1￿ tn¢¢iiTrg% and ￿l[l]hUr4e<l ¢x￿n4¢%. Ixil Taxation Lssc.x Couni%' Scoui Council is a re8iStered chaTiry' and is noi subjeei ￿ corp)ration tax on its charitable aciii'ities. Ixiil T9ngible fixed Assets .1 tingiblL' J%%L%ls JrL' dii idL'd irtlo NO ￿allgOrieS.. I,reL.hold and Ivasehold land and buildin8S l..quipmLni The Losi$ ol- Lquipment arL' MY11￿n olT and e¥pcnsed in th¢ )"car ol. a¢quisiiion and noi hLld as assL4S in Ihe balanL¢ shL•I. All iithLr ti.x¢￿ assL•I athljijcins. i%'hilM irLatLd as an L'¥PLns¢ in thL %Lr c)I' dLqUl%ILlI)n. arn. ¢arriLxI in thL halJnLL %hLXI ai his￿rIL CUSL and thL bcncfii rLCUTdcd in thL C'apithl l-inanLin8 RLSLThL. ()ii Lhis basis nu dLprLLiuti(In i¥ pr<)%'idLd. The Trus¢L'cs Lonsidcr this Lwnsen'a¢ii'¢ ircaiment to appropriate lor thc chariiy as li is in linc M'ith ihc Ir¢'aim¥nt (Il')4¥¢iL% in th¥ publii $￿￿)r.'1'hl.I.rUs￿wS hai'¢ ¢ondy¢i¢d an impairni¢ni r¢i'imi and o)n$idir ihai ihc iurrL'nt ialuL lif IhL. huildin6t% is in LXLL% C)fLX)SI. Ixllll Sto¢k luiks hcld al %krecns Park arc i'alucd at cosi. Ixlvl Trmde debtors 'I'radL, dL'btc>rs drL' amounL% du¢ from ¥usts)mLrs r()r m¢￿h4ndisC x)Id i)r K'rwi¥es PLrfi)m¢d in lh¢ IlTJinJry i)ur8L iil'hii%inL&%. 'I'rade d¢bior% arc re¢ogni$cd iniiiallv at th¢ transaction pric¢.'ll)L' ar¢ sub5cqucn¢l>' mcasurcd al amortiE¢d ¢05¢ %ing IhL' LIILLtIl'L' iniiYL%i m¢thixl. li&$ pr()i-ision for impaimi¢nL. A pn)i'isiiin for ihi impainnL'ni ()i- Ifdd¢ dehti)r% 1% e%tshli%hed ilhen there is IibjeLiiie e%'idenL th￿ the ¢hariL> M'ill n()1 be thle (4) ciTrlleei Jll ami)unts du¢ aLLorJin8 lii IhL i)ri8inal ILYMS ol'the rcLLii ables. xvl c.ssh tX5h tquivxltnts C'.a5h LVtnpris¢b ¢dbh hLld in b￿￿k rurrtni and de￿511 acrounts. Ixvil Trade creditors Crcdilors arc TCCO8niscd at ihe sciilLYnLml amount duc. Ixviil Fund 5tru¢tur¢ "I he (ieneral C'ounty. l.und is an unre51ricted fund. ii.hith is ai"ailable for at the di%retion of the'l TUStee5 in lh¢ furth¢T¥inL¢ vl-the g¢n¢ral vbj¢Lliie5 (Trfthe chaTiI)". Deiails 1)I' Ihe nature and purp)se ol-the De%ignated Fwids are set oui in ft4)￿ 18. Page 27

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) Resiricied Funds are subjcci ￿ restrithions IM their exrthditure imrK>sed bN' the 11onor. Dctsils of the nature and pU￿Se of the Restricted Fund5 are sei out in notr l¥. 2 Income from donalions and legA¢its LTnrtstritted funds Desi£naied General Restri¢ted fullds Totfil funds l)(Inulions legacie5: ¥W.(K>O ¥(K>.000 Donations lJ18 65.861 1(1.500 Norman Oaron'l'rust SpL'Lial NL'ÉJ% 84.li9 150 150.1100 Total for 2024 8¥4.424 67.379 IU.500 962.1113 Total for 2024 243.6119 57.842 301.451 I'hL ("i)unt)' I'TU%ILc% hai'e l)eL'n ath'i4.d ihai ihL' (-(iuni%' is the main lnLfi¢iary' ofthe e8tsiL of thL laiL MalLolm a¥¢ru¥d in¢()m¥ in ihL 1$¢¢. nllli 141. W¢ grJi¢lull% a¥kni)%¥lixlg¥ r￿￿'1p1 i)r thi •lK)i'¢ th)ng1ions and thank th¢ th)nor3 1(Trr ¢h¥ir Sup￿)rt i)r i..¥8i¥ Li)ulin8. 3 Income from th8rit*ble ittivities Llnrestrieted funds Dtsi%n8led Gener81 Total 202.4 Total 2024 HQ %ubsLription5 l.ess I IV Subs¢ription$ paid 5.829 591.793 1546.5?5 597.622 540.5?5 552.591 C'ountN %ub%rip¢ion5 MJjiir l..ieni% Jnd International Couniy aclil'iiies Ls5¢x lrt¢ernalional JamLx)r¢r QthLr inL(Ime 5.¥29 4.S.?{)8 371.i53 51.782 371.353 507.963 1.161 ?72 420 1132.67 402.760 456.181 1.161.272 42 4.722 .617.453 423.555 2.041.008 1.3(Xl.160 Total Charitable Actii'ilies .62.1.2R2 40%.R23 Page 28

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) 4 Income from other trading activitie5 Ilnresiritted funds Dtsignatcd Restritted funds Total fund$ TTading inLome; hop sales 36.918 36.938 Toial for 2025 i().9.)8 if).938 Toi#l for 2024 32.i14 -12.314 Page 29

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) 5 Investment income ITknreslritted funds Designaled Geney81 Restrlcted funds TotAI funds Int¢rLst r¢LYiiable and similar irtLome,' Other Intert￿L r¢iwji'obl¢ on bank dekK)Sits 8.477 35.480 43.957 TotAI for 2025 8.477 3).480 43.957 Tot81 for 2024 2.373 2i.i84 27.9)7 6 Other Incomt Llnrcsiri¢itd funds General TotAI krLl￿.* Insuraniy Llaim 2.1115 'J'hL in5urnnLL Lluim rL.latLS l(Tr thLft ora trnilLr MhilA li Wds parkLYI ai %krcL'lls 1>4Lrk ALlivii> L'Lnirc. 7 Expendlture on charltAblt actlvltle5 Llnreslrieted funds Dtsignaled Cener81 Restricted fund5 Tolxl runds Noie Couni>' ac¢ii'iiies ..%SL'.x IntL'rndlll)nal Jamhorcc Major l..Trcnls and Int<maiional 4tJfl'ii?sLY SUp￿rt Cost% Cioi'cmancc c05¢5 598.282 26.825 2.220 h27.327 1.130.613 1,130.613 460.198 460.198 215.538 12.616 43.477 215.538 12.616 43.477 TotAI for 2025 1.944.4.13 543.116 ?.489.769 TotAI for 2024 j?3.946 980.299 1.fy38 1.511.883 Page 30

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) ITnrt5tricicd funds Dr5ignatrd C¢ll¢rnl Rtstricttd funds Total 21124 Nolt CounTh' ac(l￿111eS 307.876 10.967 12,563 1,638 322,077 16,907 Properts Maintenance Maj(Ir l..venls and IntLmaiional Stalycosts Support L05t5 CruvemanLC LX)St 901.977 901.977 196.455 25.780 4R.()27 196.455 2).778 4S.981 i23.946 986.?99 1.638 1.511.883 8 Analysls of governY4nre and 511llPOrt Costs GovernAnee oosts I'nrrstrkltd funds Deslgn¥i¢d G¢n¢r41 I'othl fuThd$ Audii fL Audil i)I'thL finanLial 5talLincn )¢h¥r goi'crnaDL¢ ¢o.%is 2X.4?1 28.4?1 Total for 2025 43.477 43.477 Toil for 2024 •.(Tr46 45.981 48.(?77 The gi)N'erndnce tl)SL% hdl'e h¢en allocai¢d based on gmx% ¢%￿dil￿re of ihe &xivili￿. Th¢ ￿121 fees Pdfvahle Iii Ihe dudiii)r ami)llni ti) Ll i.O(M) in re%peLI (if audit %en"ILY% I?023124- £7.5(J(11. £I.(KM) lif ihe%e fee% were rLLhar8￿￿ 10 the Essex Iniernaiional jarn￿ree. w'ith the balance relaiin8 Lo the ￿>s1 ot- audiiin8 the Couniv accounis onl}.. 9 Tru5tet5 r¢muneration and e%prn5es ["'iv¢ t)I' Ihl I".sb¢i C(Ivni> Sroui Coun¢il Tn￿1￿5 iv¢re r¢imbursd tM'¢l ￿r￿n$t5 101O11ing £1.710 IIi¥K) tru5t¢rs rcccilcd £1.296 in 20231?0241. Page31

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) 10 Staff eosts '] he aggregate payroll costs were follows= 2024 StAff Costs during the yeAr wtre: WugL4 und %JluriLs ScKial security cos¢s Pension Losts 193.084 184.313 14.260 3.195 215.5.38 196.455 The mi)nthli' averngc number of lincluding .￿lor managLynent / leud¢rship ioiml empl()ycd b) Ihe ¢h)rii}' during th¢ Jear expressed as full ¢im¢ ¢quiial¢nis lias as lolloii's.. 2024 Avcruge No empli)i'¢¢ ￿¢1Ved ¢molum¢nis ofnM)r¢ than £60.0￿ durin8 ￿ v¢ar I Tsx8¢lon 'I'hc Lharit) 1% 4L re8l%tLred Lharil)" and is thLryL,r()rc eXLmM fmm L￿all￿Tr. 12 TgnEible fixed a55ets %t Lukcs Q'ump %iic. Skrccn5 Park. Rvxi4"ell is a fr¢ehiild pro￿￿￿. 152 acTfS and 3 a¢rc lak¢l a¢quirLd in 1971. 'I'hr his¢i?rii valu¢ (?f ¢h¢ 3i¢L and buildinBS is £I.X7Y.655. '1'hriftM(Mid I'ouni} h¢adquartCrn and 'lroining C'iimplLX 1% d IL'&%Lhi)Id pr()pert%" IrrtpperL(Im renii i)fh JLTe% buili in 11)6h ai J th)%1111" £19.17(J 199- ILJr IL'JSLI. 'I"hL buildin8s ai thL tlio siles arL LurrLnili insured for £4.176.205."lthe Lurrcnl valuL ol'L4uipmenl. i'LhiLILS and stock5 lor insurancc PUWSL5 15 £6.15.542. An anali"515 01-Ihc fixcd a55L*5. sIK)wm al c05t. IS 5cI out bL"lo1￿. A surve%. (if th¢ prop¢rti¢s iarri¢d ()ui bv T)a%'id J)eJman FRICS ()n 15ih Ni)%'¢mher 2021 2nd ix)nfimied Ihat the insured i'alues ofthe properties is in line iiith curreni rLknbuild costs. Skreen5 Park ActiTr'ity Centre Skr¢en5 Park- %il¢ 2024 Skr¢en5 Park- L¢aman House 286.081 286.081 Skr¢¢n5 Park-Tinl¢s' Hou 249.353 249.353 Sk"reen% PJrK- Cdmp Sh(Ip ￿kr¢￿5 PJrk- N¢w Tvil¢l & Shoii"rr IllIKk 27.Q8i 27.085 306.065 300.n65 Skreen% Park- Wei Weather BIoLk 16,896 46.76) Ih.896 kr¢¥ns Pdrk- Climbirtg Wall 46.765 Page 32

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) Skrettts PIAL Artlvlt). Ctrttrt SkrLLns Park- CrL'¥i' QuartLrs Skreens Park- Bun8alow SkreLns Park- High Ropes Course Skreens Park- Land for acce5S Toad 21125 21124 184.186 184.186 5236 5.236 301.91 301.911 120.000 120.000 Sk'reens Park-. M'arrcn Project Skreen5 Park- S￿rage Barn 304.568 19.8Y4 lJ79,655 1,555,193 Thrlftwood Thriftwaod- Training Cet)trL' 19.170 19.170 19.1711 19.170 Toial l J98.82S ,174J63 13 Stock 2024 51()Lk.￿ Sk.rL'Ln.% l>ark. 4h(>p 14.286 I1.11?2 14 Debtors 2024 Youth programmc dcbior l>r¥paym¢nis ALLfuL,d inLc>me I>Ln%ii)n dLbt()r l.oan5 receii'able 29.222 15.219 609..129 i¥ 283.269 14.636 888.788 337.923 Page 33

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) .1 he Louns KeL¢ivuble ligure on Ihe balance shed 15 Ihe current outstanding balance of L.15.000 of a loan rnad¢ li) l%¢ C.c)rringhJtn SLc)ut Ciri)up in 2022 t() ¢nabl¢ th¢rn ¢(? L(Impl¢te the re-huild c)ftheir H¢adquarteT%. Th¢ li)￿, Originall￿ o1.£50.0(X) is rLwayablL iiithin 10 ! LWS i4.ith intercsL sei at IO/ts p.a. There is a minimum repa>'ment of £5.000 per year. The Caunty TTusiees haie l*en advised thai Ctswiiv is the main benefi¢iJry of the ofthe laie Mal¥()Im TrLaLhLr MBI-_ ii'iih an amouni o1.£81X).(MMI ￿ b¢ rtteii'¢d in ih¢ n¢xi tinan¢ial ￿'hICh has been showm as a¢¢rllcd in¢omc in lh¢ ￿￿U￿15. 15 C'ash And cash equivalents 2024 Operatbonal xccounts Iliir¢lai%- C'urrlnt ALii>uni 1lar¢ldi￿ l)¢p()sii A¢¢()uni C'Al.'C'as￿ C'LirrLmi ALLX)uni C'A1.'C'a)￿ (iiild l)Lp).%il ALI(>unt C'AF'C'a5l￿ %krLcny ( UrrL￿1 ALLI)uni C'AI,'('a%￿ 4kr¢¢￿$ (il)Id l)¢p(i%ii A¥¢(wni IlniiLxi'I'ru%t- C'haritj 3 Mi)nth Ili)nd 32.944 111.774 78.732 445.3hX 27.447 17.435 33.414 4Y6.654 54.(?41 148..173 4?8.91(1 4no..i¥? 1.145.1144 Essex InternAtiong1 JAmboree C'AI.'c'4%l￿ I.'lJ C'urrlnt A¢¥i?uni CAFCa%h l.'IJ CK)Id t)erA)%ii ALLX)unl 6.437 61.(?2h 73.452 .424.55$ 68.063 1,498.007 arclai'5- No 2- Intemaiionals Account 35.869 39.195 Ti)Idl i&%h 1.273.Y45 2,083.1140 Page 34

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) 16 Creditors: amounts falling dut witbiD one year 2025 2024 Sundr). crediloT5 13.779 40,516 10.848 56.47) .726.11.f7 10.84¥ 88.120 •17.6.$8 Accruals l)elerred income 3iO.4115 1,833.89h D¢f¢rrtd Ineott)e 2024 Skrccns der￿Sit5 I IQ Suhs'Lription. Y(iuih l*i)8rnmme Crirlguiding r.ssex l..ssL.x In¢¥rnaii()nal JAmbL)r¢¥' 51.74)3 50.451 55.524 78.823 26.173 31.518 82.696 l.Sfrf>.737 217.(I511 'I'he %kK'ens derK)si¢s amount relates io monies r¢¢¢i%"¢d in advan¢¢ for fuiure ￿K)kIngS ai Skreen5 1)ark A¢lll'lly (.Inir¢. ThL I IQ subsLriptions dLfLrrcd inLx>me rela￿'S to subscriptions TLYei&ed in thL 2024125 ycar thal rLlalL io 2025126. 'I'h¥ Yc)uth Pr(igramm¢ anK)uni relJLts to mtini¢s rtt¢i%"¢d in advanir r()r rulu￿ Ini¢maiii)nal l..Xkxditiiins. Ciirl8uidin8 Essex is an aLrumulation of proliis and losse5 Irom the Esse.¥ Inlemalional JamFK>ree IEIJI. Ihe baluncc 15 trcatcd as incomc in adi'ancc used to finance thc next EIJ. 'rhe F.5sex Intemdiivnal JamlxTrre¢ trK)k pl4Y in ALL8USI 2(Tr24 and th¢r¢Cor¢ th¢r¢ was n(? inciime in advanL¢ flir 2025. Page 3)

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) 17 CommltmeDtS CApit91 commitments The total amouni contracted tor but rM)t woi'ided in the financial sthtem¢nts relatin8 to the Warren redevelopment ￿aS £423,327 12024- £Nili. 18 Fund5 C'apilal FIDanciDg/ Trattsftrs Balanre at 31 M4reh 2025 Balanct •¢ Aprll 2024 Resourets resour¢es Unre$trlei¢d funds General IiLnLral lund5 IS8.736 573.870 1543.1201 113.9391 175.547 DeslRniiierf Iluilding l.und Liiunii l)L¥¢li)pmcni l.'und N()rman (iJr()n I,und PLLial nLLds MLrnI?rial lund '.s%Lx Int<rnuli()nal Jam￿)r¢￿' SkrL'L'n* l)drk 14.953 626.903 32.55? 8.511 176.144 5.¥? 864.118 20.IIIKI 150 1324.4621 .l(<).57 52.552 8.461 173.57Y 12(K)I 12.5651 120.803 115.5911 63.271 4.568 -170.037 450.030 42.934 11.131.655 1454.9711 l?U.1117 13.939 10.5 31.5111 91.157 86.IIY8 4.11011 Inclu5ivi¢y Fund Wl.W7 ? 55.3.11 11.944.419 14.439 1.fi?5.1?5 Tolal unreslrirttd fund5 .150.733 3.126.988 12.487.549) lo.5￿) 1.8(K).672 R¢stricttd County Support Fund 48.162 10.S(M) 122201 110.swi 45.Y42 Other fund5 CapiLLI finJnLing reserve I,i74.303 324.462 1.89R.82i Total fund$ 2.773.2511 3.137.4¥8 12.4¥Y.7691 324.462 3.74fi.439 Page 36

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) Balxnte at 31 March 2024 Incoming resourtes Resources expended April 2023 TrADsfer5 Unrestrltted fllnds Gemeral (i¢neral lund5' 182.990 9?4.935 1949.4791 290 158.736 De5ignaled Buildin¥ l-.urtd Counii l)LI'L'IL)pm¢ni Fund N(Irmun Garon Fund 31.554 456.-148 43.081 8.361 17¥.7rfX) 9,008 5.741 222.894) 20.0(M) 150 1?2.342 152..y44 13(1.529 14.Y53 626.90.1 32.552 MLmi)rial lunds Actii'il). teams '.S%LX IntL'rnlliional JamlKirL krLL￿s Park 12.6461 19,8121 176.144 494 129(Tr1 15.4461 17.645 32,371 1.610 466.504 58.475 116.9671 139X.5511 127.5751 120.81131 63.271 4.146 InLIu5iVity l.'und 773.(H7 7XII.IMlf> 15611.7h61 12Y(11 yyl.¥l)7 Total unrestricted fund5 Y56.037 1.704.941 11.51U.245 .150.733 Restricted C i)unii Supp()rt l.und 49.81X) 1.6381 48.162 Other fund5 C'apitJl IIDJncing reserve 1.574.363 1.574..1fi3 Total funds 2.5¥11.21MI 1.7(H.Y41 ?.773.25 Page 37

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) Desl ted Funds 11 l Building Fund- 15 financed h. a 40p per head loTr' on the membeT5hip fee. 'lThe Grants Board considers JppliLaiii)n% fr(Itn %Lx)ui GTVUPS and Dis¢riLts fL)r finanLial I￿l￿nCe u)iiaT(Js building pr(ij¢Lts'. 12) Caplial Dewelopmtttt used. principall).. ts) finance Th￿￿. de%'elopmenLS at skr￿ns Park ActiK'ii% C'enire. l)uring 7024i?U25. Ihe I rusiees progressed plans for redoelopineni of 'l'he Warren building al Skreens I>Hrk. iiiih Pl￿1nnIng pLrtni5siI)n hlll'ing PTei'i()usl!' ken obtaincd fr(Im Chelmsf(Ird C'il). C'()uncil ￿1n ArLhil¢Lt und %iruLtural F.ngin¢¢r in.%twLl¢d ii) doel(Ip £ktsilLd plans. Fiill(Iii'ing L(ItnplL'tiiin ()f a TLndLr proLess, ) Ci)nirJitc)r lias apwintL'LI. ii'ith ￿nsIT￿lLion ¢omm¢niing in No¥LmbL'r 2024. In Jddili()n. rei'isld plans i%ere produced for dei'elopmeni of a Theii. Nlainienance and Storage Barn ai Sk'reens Park.. ￿ enable ihe 51tLS machinL'r¥' und equipmeni to be 510red in one place. as iirll as proi'idin8 a rest facili1% for our i'i)lunlccr IL￿. I)lunning appriii'al rLxLii'L'd June 21124, fiill(1I4'ing ivhiLh IJLluilLYJ pliin% hu¥'e bcLn dra￿￿ up. ahLuLI lif a 'l-LndLr pri)ILs% ￿'ing undLY(ak"In. wilh IhL C()ntracii)r undertak.ing thl ￿'arT￿n RLdL¥'LI(IpniLnl aprK)iniLJ. Losis ￿lalin¥ 10 thi Warr¥n pr(>jLxi haic Ixx'rj Irom J ¥LnLxous l¢¥aL) r¢cLii Ld tr<)m thL L8tal¢ (Trl. Ihc lutL MalLolm 'l'r¥'aLh¥r M131.' 11.iih th¢ n¢%i' Mainienan¢¢ and %iLiragL 13arn h.ing lundLd Ir()m thL CapiLal LVLI(Ipmcnt l.'und. Jl Norrnan Cjaron Cranti Fund-'I'hi Ltiuni% (irants Iloard admir)ist¢rs funLls madL a¥ailahlL annuulli ihL Ni)rman liJfL)n 'l'ru&l. 'I'h¢ C'i)uni! (ifaiiis Bi)ard ¥Y)n%id¢rs gppliutions Irom %u)ui Cyri)ups and l)isiri¥LS li)r 11nanLial a%%i%thnLe toii?rds nLlI' buildings. rLpairs. equipmLni and a ne%i' group or %LLli()n %tan ups. 41 Speclxl Need5 Fund- linanccd by bc4uesL$ and donations. Thc C"(TrunlV (yranL4 B()ard a)n4idLr appliLuiii)n4 li)r ani purpi)K' ¢hJ¢ ilill cnhanic the s¢ouiin8 ¢xwicn¢¢ for ihose ivith $rrt¢ial ne¢ds. The M¢morl41 Fun& lindnLcd b). IK'4UL'%lS fLKeii'¢Yl. with th¢ Mon1￿ us¢d ts) suwx)rt %u)ULing dLLiviiiLs i¥iihin thL Li)untJ. a% appr(>i'cd by the Trusice 114)ard. 61 The E55ei Inlernational Jmborte Fund- Ihis is ¢0 finan¢¢' thL Jiimix?rL. hlld jiiinil%' ii'ith thl ihrle (iuidi ('i)un11l.% i)I' I'.K%ix. iiir>" Ic>ur }"i-ars. 'I'h¥ (und r¢prn¢nts thL L$￿.￿ L(?uni>" S¥out Li>un¥il shJrn' ol. Ihc hdldnLL' LdrriL,d l(INard liill()i%'in& ihL 21124 JumErt)rL'. 71 Skreens Pgrk- a SU￿0mMI11cC ol- the Count). Tru5kc Board manages Skreens Park Ac¢ivily QentTC. A 3¥para¢¥ l)L$i¥natcd l.und is miiintsinixl lor 115 tinancial arlii-ili¢s. oih¢r ihan mojor copilal cl￿ndit￿￿. knhich is f1nanLL'd fnim IhL' ('.Jpiial l)LLI(TrpmLml Fund. Ilpgrdd¢ ii) thi Sili and aLLII-jIjL% hail uiniinuLd i(? k. IdrriLxI (7uI IhL pLrmancnl %talYand volunieers. 181 Thriftwoo& A 5cparatc Dcsignatcd Fund is main¢aincd for thc financial ac¢ii'itics of thc Counti. I leadquarters and"I'Taining Complex at ThriftwtKNJ. 91 Intluslvlt). Fund- ori8inalli' esLablished to proiide financial assisiance io %oun8 ￿l)Ple and leaders altLnding Oi'Lrsca5 JaiMknTCCS. using lunds from ii"ithin cxisiing proi"i510n5 and th>nalion5. Thc TrustCC5 haNe sub5cqucntli agrccd to cxpand 5UPtKbrt to an)one attending a Counl) organiscd Tnlcmaiional Expcdilion. Restricttd Trunds- County Support Fund- The Counti. Tru51tt Board beli•e5 Finances Should not be a ba￿ler for a voung ry)n OT adult i'olunteer to taK"¢ part in Scouling. .45 a re5uIL the Restricied l.und Mas established. usiiig J&¢iilabl¢ lundb. l(1 5UPP(irt me￿￿￿5 vf F.¥￿1 ￿-OUting through th¢ pr(ii isivn i)f firtan¢ial &55istsn¢¢ lu ihose Di%triL1￿C[rt1up￿IJniL￿ Indii idudl% ii'here fin￿Lia1 %uprA?ri ie4uire(L result (If the inLre&sirt¥ Liisi tsf living pres5ure5 and enable them to continue their Scouling journev. Other FuDds: Page 38

Essex Counh. Scout Council Notes to the Finallcial Statements for the Year Ended 31 Marth 202$ (continued) Capltgl Finirttlttg Rtstrve- see noic 12 to the fi￿nCIal for further explan￿lOn of this fund. .1 he transfer ol. £10.5(M) beiii.ttn res1r1e￿I lurbd5 and de5ignaied funds 1175 for the 8(P/o element of ihe e¥penditur¢ ol'tht C'C. I V in which Kural I..$5ex had granied the fL)r in the year. I'he transter Irom unresiriLied 10 designaicd funds ivas ￿ rellea an increase in the Essex Tnlernational Jamboree tund. The rn(Jvernenl ilithin Lapital finanLial i)r£324.462 compl¢t¢d th inLf&S¢ the Capithl FinapLL' RL%¢rve 10 r¢neLI IhL I￿Lrl￿. in lixLd a%￿.1$ a% ni)ie 12. 19 Analy515 of net assets between fuTrd5 Toi#l funds 1¢ 31 MJ)r¢h Ilnr¢slrlei¢d futtds Genernl Dtsignaied R¢sirl¢itd funds Other funds '] angibll Ii¥L'sJ C'urrL'ni &%%LI C'urr¢'ni liabiliiies l.Xl)8.825 1.11gX.1125 137.01? .7IM.1145 45.942 175,547 .625.1 ?5 45.942 1,8YII.825 .3.744 4.311 Toial fund at 31 M#r¢h 2024 Ilnrtstrleted funds Central Dtslgnated Restrlcitd funds Other funds "I'ungible lixcd a5scts CurrL'ni C'urrt'ni liabiliii 1,574.363 1,574.3fi3 .1.1132.792 I l.X33.11971 ?411.719 IXl.983 2.743.911 48.162 151¢.716 991.997 4¥.162 1.574.363 ?.771.2511 20 Related party transattlons Thc TruslLYs havc donated £1.070 12023124 £1.2381 Lo the Charitv ￿"ithOUt conditions. "I'wo of the-I"ru3t¢r5 ar¢ a150 TTU5te¢5 of the Nomian (iaron Trust Ir¢Bi5r¢d rharity. 11206561 i¥hich donal¢d £150.0(X) 10 Es%e.K Countv 8LOUI Couneil during the i'￿12023/24 £300.(KK)I Wcnd) B￿C is th¢ Counti Bookkcepcr iihich is a paid. self emploi'cd part-lime role. During thc ycar hcr companN' ￿a5 paid £l1.282 12023124 £10.2(￿1. W¢nth" is the iiifc of Bob Ble. the Counti" Lead Volunteer. 21 Tr:vents 8ft¢r the reporting d¢e Ei'enis alicr Ihe rerrf)rting pLriod arc dctsilcd in the Trusice Annual rcrM)rton Pa8cs 13 and 14. Page 39

Essex Counh. Scout Council Statement of Financial Aetii'ities by fund for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Total Totxl Unrestricted Unrestricted Funds Funds 2024 In¢orne and F.ndowments from: l)onaiions and ILgaLie5 951.803 2.092.105 36.438 301.451 .343.219 32.314 27 l)57 OthLr Irading aLIiI'iIiL Ini'esiment income ()ther inLx)m¢ 2.185 T(Ilul invome 3.126.Y¥8 .7(H ()41 Expenditure on: 12.487.$491 11.510.24.$1 .1 (Ilul cxritndilure NLt inLI)mL (rr()%s Irun%lirs b￿￿'¢¢n funds 639.439 10.5110 IY4.696 644).939 IY4.696 Recon¢lll*tlotb of funds '] c)Idl I'unil% bri)ughi li)rwyrd 'r()lal funils LarriL.d f(Trr¥%?rd -1.1149.5511 This page does no¢ fortn pJtl of th¢ 5tJlulot> finanrial tsi¢rn¢nts. Pa2e 40

Essex Counh. Scout Council Statement of Financial Aetii'ities by fund for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 {continued) Total Restricted Funds 2025 Total Restrirted 2024 Income and Endowmettts from: Di)naiic)rts and ILgJiie% Toial in¢om¢ 10.500 E￿penditure on: 12,?201 11.6381 Toial Lxwndiiure i? ??01 I l.h381 NL* illLilrnLIILx￿n￿IIUreI Gri)%s iranslL'rs bL￿tI￿cen funds 8.11111 11.63111 NLI moiem¢ni in funds 12.22111 Recon¢illAtlon offund$ 'I'oial I'uniLq broughi forward 4X.16? T(¥ial I'uniL% Lurriixl l(Irwird 45.V42 48.162 This page does no¢ fortn pJtl of th¢ 5tJlulot> finanrial tsi¢rn¢nts. Pa2e41

Essex Counh. Scout Council Detailed Statement of Financial Aetii-ities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 Tot#] 2025 Ttstxl 2024 Income and Endowments from: Donations and ILgaLiL￿ lanali SLd below) Chariiable aetil'ities lanall'sed ￿1011. l)thir tra(ling aLliNlties lanali'5¢d below) IniL8imeni In￿Me lanal) %Ld beloii'l Othcr iniY>mi lanalysed bclow'l 962.303 2.092.In5 36.938 43.957 2.185 301.451 ,343.219 32.314 27.957 Total in¢om¢ 3.137.488 1.704.941 Expenditure on: LhariiJbl¢ dltll Ili¥S lana1%$￿ bcloiil 1?.489.7691 'I'iiial eIr￿nd1[￿re 12.4XY.7691 NLI in¢om¢ 647.719 IYl.0511 NL4 mi>i finanrial tsi¢rn¢nts. Pa2e 42

Essex Counh. Scout Council Detailed Statement of Financial Aetii-ities for the Year Ended 31 March 2025 {continued) Total 21125 Total 2024 Donations andlegacies DoDuii()n8 and legaLie% 962.3(li 301.4il 962.303 301.451 Chariiuble acliviries IQ Subsvriptions ltijor ..I'Lnis and Iniernaiional C'ounty .4Liivities JumhL)rL Oth¢r IDLomc 51.097 371.353 507.9(13 .161.272 4?0 43.059 832.678 4(12.760 4.722 2.1W? 1115 Oiher Iradlng ucllvllles %krLLn%- %hÉ)P.4¢ilL% 36.938 3?.314 16.1)3¥ Ini'L4imLnl inLomi 4k'rLcn%- IlJnk in¢¥reqi l.'lJ hank iniL'rL%i 35.48() X51) 7.621 25.5x4 1.57.3 4.1.g57 27.Y57 Oiher In%LifdnLI Llaim 2.1115 2.1115 Charliuble aclii'liles ALtii iti¢i iindirtdkin diM11 AlliiLalLxI %uptM)ri L(7.%ts 5talTL05t5 Auditor5. reniunera¢ion OthLr ¥i)%'LYnanLe LC).%ts 12.218.138) 125.78111 119(1.4551 112.C)921 1_15.9.35 1215.53RI 115.0561 1?8.4211 17 489.7691 This page does no¢ fortn pJtl of th¢ 5tJlulot> finanrial tsi¢rn¢nts. Pa2e 43

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Grants Anal sis Cases Paid 1 sl Wickford 7th Grays Harlow District 1 sl Brainlree 1 sl CtrEsterford 4tw6th LeIgNOr￿sea Rifft￿rnS campsite Saffron Walden District Tendring Distn'cl 1 sl S￿nfield 1 sl 8roomfiekl 21x1 Chelmsford 1 sl Stsnford-￿H0Pe Mountain Team 1 sl Stanford-k-Hope 17th Cokhester StrLKtural wo New ekctncs Hammocks New fercir#J New buikj Kayaks Toitel Lpgrade Walec acbvities equipment New roof Hike tents Car pa Safety improbements Games equipment Helmets New ctncs Miribu% traini £3,000 £3,000 £100 £4,980 £10,000 £1,000 £1,500 £1,000 £3,000 £400 £500 £2,000 £239 £431 £1.280 £250 £32,680 Start•U rants ald 1 sl Black Noley Squirrel Drey 1 sl eoreham Squirrel Scout Drey Basildon Novd ESU 1 sl C￿$(erford Scout Troop Braintree Seax Ewbrer Scout Urlt £200 £200 £200 £200 £200 £1,000 Su ort Fund 1 sl Yekjham 5th Claclon 4th Can￿Y 1 sl GrayE £1,250 £245 £200 £250 £1,945 Additional Noeds 5th Claclon rants aid £200 Cases a rged awaitin SoutheThl Estuary ES County Stores Team Watthams 1 sl W¢)odham Ferrers 1 sl Braintree 1 sl Claclon Other ment MiThb £2,000 New traI￿r £3,000 Purchase of Free￿Ik1 (part paid) £2.589 New kitcfn £1,000 New fer¢irg Ipart paid) £20 Reb￿k1 extension £5,000 £170 £13.779 Totsl$ £49.604 This page does not form part of the statLrtory financial slalements. Page 45

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