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2021-03-31-accounts

63rd Bristol (St Andrew with St Bartholomew) Scout Group

Trustees’ Annual Report

01/04/2020 to 31/03/2021

Charity Name

63rd Bristol Scouts

Registered Charity Number

Registered Charity Number 302164 HQ Registration Number 1294

Address 9BJ

St Bartholomews Road, Ashley Down, Bristol BS7

63[rd] Bristol Scout Group Trustees Report August 2021

SECTION A - REFERENCE AND ADMINISTRATION DETAILS

Trustees
Trustee Name Office (if any) Dates acted if not
for whole year
David Druett Chair
Lyn Evans Treasurer Joint
Andrew Stephenson Treasurer Joint
Annette Billing
Mike Evans Group Scout Leader
Lucinda Griffiths Cub Scout Leader
Matt Lloyd Scout Leader
Matt Thames Scout Leader
Steve Phillips
Royston Smith
Julie Stephenson
Philip Hancock
Royston Smith
Jen Suggate

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SECTION B - STRUCTURE, GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT

Governing Document

The Group’s governing documents are those of The Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and The Policy, Organization and Rules of The Scout Association.

Constitution

The Group is a trust established under its rules which are common to all Scouts.

Trustee Selection

The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organization and Rules of The Scout Association.

Management and Policies

The Group is managed by the Group Executive Committee, the members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout Group which is an educational charity. As charity trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper accounts and making returns to the Charity Commission as appropriate.

The Committee consists of 3 independent representatives, Chair, Treasurer and Secretary, together with the Group Scout Leader, individual section leaders (if opted to take on this responsibility) and parent’s representation, it meets every two months (6 times a year).

Members of the Executive Committee complete ‘Essential Information for Executive Committee’ training within the first 5 months of joining the committee.

The Group Executive Committee exists to support the Group Scout Leader in meeting the responsibilities of the appointments and is responsible for:

Risk and Internal Control

The Group has in place systems of internal controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against material mismanagement or loss, these include 2 signatories for all payments and a comprehensive insurance policy to ensure that insurable risks are covered.

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SECTION C - OBJECTIVES AND ACTIVITIES

The Purpose of Scouting

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

The Values of Scouting

As Scouts we are guided by these values:

The Scout Method

Scouting takes place when young people, in partnership with adults, work together based on the values of Scouting and:

Summary of Activities

See attached Chair’s report and Section reports.

SECTION D - ACHIEVEMENTS AND PERFORMANCE

Summary of Achievements

This has been a year like no other. We have had to be flexible and able to react quickly to changes because of the Covid pandemic. We have a fantastic team of adult leaders and other volunteers. They have been resilient, creative and fully committed to supporting all our young people with a programme that has been a mixture of online and face to face activities when possible.

We began the year with just over 250 young people on the census return and those numbers have decreased slightly to around 230 (this was due to a reduced intake of Beavers). All the sections have enjoyed a full and active programme and gained many badges.

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We have three Scout troops two of which are fully staffed. We also have three cub Scout packs they all need extra leaders. We have two Beaver colonies with a growing waiting list. This is the section where we most need to increase our adult leaders. We have 29 adult leaders, most of them attend on a weekly basis, some however can only attend on a less frequent basis, but their contribution is valuable. Our priority is now to recruit more leaders throughout the group.

All the sections in the group are running a full and active programme with lots of activity. Much of this has been online with virtual camps with people making dens or putting up tents at home. We have seen a good number of Chief scout awards presented in all the sections. This is really pleasing as it requires a real commitment from the young people to achieve the top award in their section. Please read the sections reports for more details.

We are continuing to develop good links with several local schools, Sefton Park and Brunel Fields in particular. We continue to have good links with B and A Church.

My thanks to all the leaders and young leaders who have worked so hard this year, to provide a full and active programme. My thanks to all the parents and young people who have adapted and engaged with online Scouting. To all members of the Executive committee who keep the group moving behind the scenes. My thanks to Chris Gaverill and the Cabot Scout District team for their support this year. The 63[rd] Bristol Scout Group is alive and well. We look forward to a year full of camps and outdoor activity in person and the continued growth of the 63[rd] .

Mike Evans, Group Scout Leader

David Druett, Group Chair Person

SECTION E - FINANCIAL REVIEW

See attached financial statement.

Reserves Policy

The group has healthy bank balance and will be adopting a reserves policy and plan for the surplus as a priority during the coming year.

Investment Policy

The Group does not have sufficient funds to invest in longer term investments. The Group has therefore adopted a risk averse strategy to the investment of its funds. All funds are held in cash only mainstream banks.

SECTION F - OTHER OPTIONAL INFORMATION

Nothing to report.

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SECTION G - DECLARATION

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Trustee 1 Print Name and Position

Signature

David Druett Group Chair

Date

1 September 2021

Trustee 2 Print Name and Position

Signature

Mike Evans Groups Scout Leader

Date

1 September 2021

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SECTION REPORTS

Scout Unit Report - Matt Lloyd, Section Leader

Troop Membership

Membership within our three Scout Troops remain high and despite the continued lockdown periods during the course of this last year, attendance at face to face sessions is excellent and we had a strong and enthusiastic showing during our online meetings.

We had set out to expect a 10% reduction in numbers following Covid-19 but our troop has grown roughly by 7-8% since last year, with an increasing number of Scouts joining our waiting list for places.

Current Membership (Jul ’21) across our three troops is over 130 and split out as follows:

Wednesdays - 47 Scouts Thursdays - 45 Scouts Fridays - 38 Scouts

We continue to welcome Scouts from all backgrounds and from across our local community and we’ve been able to offer both online and face-to-face programmes which have been very well attended. Our online sessions on Zoom, whilst we were unable to meet face to face often had an attendance of 20-30 Scouts on each evening and it was well received. Attendance at face to face meetings is excellent, with only one or two Scouts not attending over 80% of meetings during the summer term.

This past year, we’ve had over 20 of our older scouts move on to Explorers, which is great to see and we are expecting more to move on in the course of the next year. In order to help the District Team support such a throughput from the 63rd, leaders and parents from the 63rd have helped to establish a new Explorer Unit - ‘Arizona ESU’ which is based at the B&A Church Hall and has a partnership agreement with the 63rd Bristol Scout Group.

Troop Leadership

The Wednesday team has grown and is now well established and we have a change of leadership team in the Thursday troop with Dave Chapman and Claire Coveney coming in to take over the running of the Thursday troop. Whilst we’ve been able to introduce new leaders, the leadership numbers remain static in what was a difficult time to recruit and bring in new volunteers.

We have had excellent support and help from parents however it is now critical that we bring in at least 4 - 6 new leaders to help support the Thursday and Friday troops remain viable. If we are not able to achieve this then we will need to reduce the number of Scouts we are able to support on each night.

We have had a number of leaders achieve wood badges across the troops this year and our wood badge achievement records remain strong.

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Troop Awards and Achievements

One of our main successes this year have been the number of Scouts achieving Gold Scout Awards. It has been brilliant to see over 20 awards handed out to Scouts across the Wednesday and Friday troops as our older Scouts move on up into Explorers. Our programmes are built and designed to support our Scouts in achieving all 9 of the Challenge Awards, the required number of additional activity badges and nights away that goes into a Gold Scout Award. It is a significant achievement for our young people and one we are very proud of here at the 63rd Bristol.

Troop Programme, Camps and Activities

This year like the last was significantly impacted by Lockdown and Covid-19 Restrictions. Given these restrictions the leadership team decided that we would run the same programme across all 3 troops, both online and where we could face to face.

Autumn - Christmas

We were initially able to meet face to face with restricted bubbles during the Autumn to Christmas period, but following local lockdowns and the worsening Covid situation we then had to move to an online programme for the majority of the term, meeting again briefly face to face just before Christmas. Our face to face meetings were focused on Orienteering and map finding, culminating in a zombie orienteering session at Blaise near the end of October. Our online programme focused on the ‘Race Around the World’ national Scout Association fundraising event, where many of our Scouts got involved and raised over £800 for the Association through walking and fundraising. Our online programme looked at some of the countries the Race went through and also we reached out via social media to get in touch with Scouts around the world and look at Scouting in other countries.

Christmas - Easter

During January through to March we ran an online programme across two evenings for all our troops, focused on an ‘Antarctic Expedition Theme’. We also took the opportunity to join in with Scouts all over the world to compete in the Kahoutek 2021 competition, which was being held online this year. We also created our own 63rd Minecraft Server which Scouts used to create our own 63rd Village in Minecraft and also held a number of 63rd Bristol ‘Among Us’ nights, which proved extremely popular. During our Antarctic Expedition evenings we took time to learn about the impact that Climate Change is having on our ice caps and also about the extreme conditions many of our polar explorers have to survive to reach the South Pole. Our teams placed well in the Kahoutek Competition, with 2 of our teams placing in the top 20 within nearly 200 teams from across the World taking part.

Our original plan to hold an online Antarctic Expedition was changed as restrictions were lifted in Easter, to be able to run our first face to face event for the 63rd during Easter. Over 60 Scouts took part in a Expedition Trek from Frampton Cotterill back to Scout Hut, where they then pitched tents, cooked expedition meals and recovered from a great day’s hiking. It was a very successful event and many of our Scouts walked over 15kms during the day and some even passed the 20k barrier!!

Easter - Summer

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Our second major event for the year was to be 63rdJAM, originally a 4 night camp at Huish Woods, it was reorganised into 4 concurrent activity days for the Cubs and Scouts. We had originally planned a day at Mendip Activity Centre, an Orienteering competition day at Blaise, a Trip to Legoland and a day of Scouting at Woodhouse. We launched the event, but following a number of local Covid-19 outbreaks in local schools we had to take the tough decision to cancel the event after day 1. Whilst it was disappointing for all involved it was the right decision, we still managed to get a brilliant activity day completed for our Scouts at Mendip and we’ve been able to reorganise the Legoland trip for later in the year.

During the summer term we were able to meet face to face and whilst restrictions were still in place we could meet outside and in larger groups which made the programme able to support more adventurous and also traditional Scouting activities outside. We decided as a team to make sure we were always outside during this period. Our Scouts enjoyed wide-games on Purdown, Chip Shop Hikes, A night of survival shelters building, Local history walks and fire prep and camp fire building. Highlights for many of our Scouts during the summer term was the opportunity to go Paddle-boarding on the river Avon and launching rockets in the grounds of hut (over the roof and into the trees). Whilst we had to end the term early due to Covid-19 infection rates we still managed to have a fantastic term of Scouting.

We were delighted to also be able to finally get our camping programme underway again with a very successful traditional Scouting camp at Penn Wood in Gloucestershire. Over 60 Scouts and a hardy team of leaders were marooned on a Treasure Island in the middle of the Cotswolds and have 6 nights of fun, adventure and laughter as we ran two back to back 3 night camps for our Scouts. For many it was their first Scout Camp but we also had some seasoned campaigners too. Everyone has lots of fun, and the Raft Racing, Patrol cooking, the wide games, the hike and the ‘outdoors cinema’ were highlights for many as well as the Penguin Song.

The Year Ahead

Our plans for the year ahead are reliant on increasing our leadership teams but we are hoping to continue our face to face Scouting into the Autumn term. Given the success of our ‘Outside’ programme we’ll continue to prioritise outside activities where it’s possible to do so and we will be looking to introduce as much adventure into our programme as possible. We’ll look to re-establish each Troop running it’s own programme, but still with linked evenings and shared evenings where we can. Major activities are likely to be organised as a group so that our Scouts can have the same opportunities as others.

Our first major event is the re-scheduled trip to Legoland, on the 25th September, which will see over 150 of our group members head off to Windsor for the day.

Going forward, for Wednesday and Thursday evenings we will be looking to potentially expand our Scouting numbers further and run evenings split site between the hut and the church hall, with the leadership teams rotating across the meetings and meeting up again at the end of the evening for wash up. This is something that we’ll look to develop in the coming months.

One important area we are looking to expand now we are able is to increase the level of nights away and camping opportunities we can provide our young people. Each troop will be looking to have both a winter and spring camp opportunity and we’ll also be looking at an All Troop summer weekend camp organised if we have the leaders to support. Our major camp in 2022 will be a summer camp at Great Tower in the Lake District, from 20th - 27th August 2022, where Scouts will be camping for a week, next to Lake Windermere in Cumbria and take part in a full range of activities both on the water (Paddle-boarding,

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Sailing, Kayaking) and in the fells (Climbing, Ghyll Scrambling, Hiking) as well as traditional camping for a large group of our Scouts.

Further ahead we are looking at exploring options on International Camping for our older Scouts and in partnership with our local Explorer Units, and we will also look at opportunities for exciting day trips as the country opens up once more.

This past year has again provided challenges for all our community and has been one where our leaders have had to once again step and provide a very different programme for our Scouts. As we emerge from lockdowns and restrictions we recognise that it is clear there has been a significant impact on our young members but we also see that it’s clear the benefits that Scouting and Scouting Values can have on our community and helping all members following this unique period. We remain incredibly proud of all our Scouts and the way that they have kept the movement alive and continued to demonstrate Scouting values throughout the year. We are also incredibly grateful for the support of our leadership community and the exec team and the time that has been put in to keep the 63rd moving forward and look forward to growing the Scout Leadership team in the year ahead.

Cub Scouts Unit Report - Lucinda Griffiths, Section Leader

We currently have 123 Cub Scouts across the three packs. These numbers will change slightly as we have some older Cubs preparing to move up to Scouts in September and some Beavers due to be integrated. In addition to this we are hoping to be able to introduce some Cub age children from the waiting list.

There have been a few changes to the Cub leadership teams resulting in a need to recruit new leaders if we are to be able to continue to offer all Cubs a quality programme every week.

Monday Pack

Wednesday

Thursday

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21 Chief Scout Silver Awards were presented between 1[st] April 2020 and 1st April 2021. This was a massive achievement considering the constraints of not being able to meet face to face for a large proportion of the period.

Programme

As we went into the first lockdown a virtual programme was laid on with the Wednesday and Thursday leadership teams both running weekly Zoom sessions. These were available to all Cubs across the three packs and were well attended. Lots of fun was had, with the Cubs taking part in scavenger hunts, quizzes, online Pictionary, as well as lots of cooking and craft. We also covered elements of the challenge badges. We took part in a Virtual Badge Day with lots of badges being awarded. Many the Cubs achieved their Cabot Virtual Challenge Badges too.

Many of the Cubs took part in the district craft competition achieving a first, second and third in the Mixed Media category; second place in the Natural Crafts and first place in the Paper Craft. We had our first online camping experience, a David Walliams themed Virtual Camp. This was attended by a large number of our Cubs and their families and involved camping, cooking, hiking, a quiz, craft and a lot of chatting in breakout rooms over Zoom.

We were really excited to be able to go back to face to face scouting in September and ran the same programme across the three packs using rotations and “bubbles”. The Cubs took part in wide games, did some fire lighting and cooking, went orienteering, celebrated the “Day of the Dead”, carved pumpkins and went on a spooky walk. We then transferred back onto Zoom when the November lockdown hit and finished off our programme of activities with Christmas cards, macramé and the Local Knowledge badge. After Christmas we continued online, starting with the Astronomy badge which was completed as part of our 63[RD] Virtual Space camp.

Space Camp was open to Beavers and Cubs and at points over the weekend we had 90 participants! It was great to see whole families out and about adding miles to our target of walking to the International Space Station – which we did!

We continued the virtual programme by learning about how the heart worked, made kindness rocks, which the Cubs hid around the local area using what3words. We celebrated the Chinese lantern festival by making fortune cookies, completed the Digital Citizen badge, made Mother’s Day cards, and then played Among Us! We also crafted dragons which the Cubs were encouraged to display in their windows as part of the District St George’s Virtual camp which many of our Cubs also took part in.

We are very proud of the Cubs for showing such resilience and enthusiasm over the past year and have really enjoyed being back meeting in person since Easter. We are looking forward to relative normality from September, including reintroducing camps and sleepovers. However, this is very much dependent on the uptake that we get from our request for new volunteers.

Beaver Scouts Report - Mike Evans, Group Scout Leader

We currently have 64 Beaver Scouts across two colonies meeting on a Monday and Thursday evening

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We welcome young people from all backgrounds and from across our local community and we’ve been able to offer both online and face-to-face programmes which have been very well attended. Our online sessions on Zoom, whilst we were unable to meet face to face were well supported. They were well received by parents and Beavers alike. The most impressive fact was the number of new Beavers who joined in January while we could only offer online Scouting. When we were able to return to face-to-face Scouting at the end of March there were 30 Beavers who were ready to be invested and complete their promise. Attendance during the summer term has been fantastic with almost full attendances every week.

Colony Leadership

The Monday colony now has three leaders Niall Brown, Kate Hamilton and we have just welcomed Lindsey Chamberlain.

The Thursday colony has just one leader now Michael Gossage. We have had excellent support and help from parents, on both nights and the support of other leaders in the group has made the meetings viable and exciting. The parent rota has been a vital part of this. However, it is now critical that we bring in at least 4 - 6 new leaders to help support the Two colonies if they are to remain. If we are not able to achieve this, then we will need to reduce the number of Beavers we are able to support on each night.

Colony Awards and Achievements

One of our main successes this year have been the number of Beavers achieving chief Scout Bronze Awards. We have awarded 38.

Our programmes are built and designed to support our Beaver Scouts in achieving all 6 of the Challenge Awards, the required number of additional activity badges and nights away that goes into a Chief Scouts Bronze Award. It is a significant achievement for our young people and one we are very proud of here at the 63rd Bristol.

Colony Programme, Camps and Activities

This year like the last was significantly impacted by Lockdown and Covid-19 Restrictions. Given these restrictions the leadership team decided that we would run the same programme across both colonies, both online and where we could face to face.

Autumn - Christmas

We were initially able to meet face to face with restricted bubbles during the Autumn to Christmas period, but following local lockdowns and the worsening Covid situation we then had to move to an online programme for most of the term, meeting again, briefly face to face just before Christmas. Our face-toface being outside doing walks, fires and cooking and crafts. We made use of two large mess tents that were erected in the grounds of the hut.

Christmas - Easter

During January through to March we ran an online programme for both colonies on the same evening. We focussed on suitable badges, so we did air activities, the space badge which led into a virtual space camp with a journey to the moon. The Beavers produced some brilliant models of planets and the solar system. We found out about the Chinese New Year. There was then a short break for a school holiday. During February and March, we began by thinking about being helpful and kind, before moving on to the

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Explore Badge we had a fantastic virtual trip to Lyme Regis and Legoland. We had to enlist the help of Dads at home to make a Mothering Sunday card. We were so impressed as we moved on to the builders’ badge some of the models were so good and imaginative. We must have some future engineers and architects. We finished the term of thinking about the Patron Saints of the United Kingdom and dragons. The final meeting before we broke for Easter was a mass investiture and promise evening at the hut. It was so good to welcome people back to face-to face activity.

After Easter we were able to continue to meet face-to face but outside and in small bubble groups. The leaders and parents rose to the challenge. We had a fantastic term of Den Building, outside tracking, cooking, and fires. The perhaps the highlight of the term a trip to Mojo active.

We then concentrated on science and did a couple of evenings on experiments. Not forgetting Father’s Day. The other highlight was an evening of crazy races and water fun, finishing with a mass water fight. My thanks to all those who have supported the Beaver section over this past year. We have had some great fun and learnt so much together

My final thought. Why don’t you think about joining us? The adults have as much fun as the Beavers.

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FINANCIAL REVIEW

63[rd] Bristol Scout Group Annual Accounts 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021

INCOME £ £
Sept 2020 Subscriptions / Membership 5810.00
Oct 2020 Subscriptions / Membership 4325.00
Nov 2020 Subscriptions / Membership 3510.00
Dec 2020 Subscriptions / Membership 3470.00
Jan 2021 Subscriptions / Membership 530.00
Feb 2021 Subscriptions / Membership 120.00
Mar 2021 Subscriptions / Membership 875.00
AJAM/BRUM JAM refunds Subscriptions /
Membership		 4515.00
23155.00 23155.00
CAMPS
BRUM JAM
7 May 2020 Refund following cancellation 7495.00
Apr/May/Jun 2020 Camper payments 760.00
AJAM 13 Apr 2020 Refund following cancellation 921.00
9176.00 9176.00
63rdJAM
Oct/Nov Camper deposits 300.00
Camper refund transfer from BRUM JAM 1340.00
Camper refund transfer from AJAM 745.00
Camper refund donation from BRUM JAM 200.00
Camper refund donation from AJAM 275.00
2860.00 2860.00
OTHER
Uniform donations 127.00
29 April 2020 1st Bishopston Gang show
proceeds		 287.37
6 Oct 2020 Refund cancelled Cub sailing event 120.00
8 Jan 2021 Refund Scout Ass. Cancellation of
camp booking		 192.00
726.37 726.37
GRANTS
3 Aug 2020 Donation St Werburghs Hall for Scout
Development		 4000.00
11 Dec 2020 Grant Bristol CC. COVID Lockdown 1334.00
25 Jan 2021 Grant Bristol CC. COVID lockdown 6001.00
22 Mar 2021 Grant Bristol CC. COVID lockdown 2096.00
13431.00 13431.00

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Total Income 49348.37

Investment Account

Investment Account
Opening Balance 1stApril 2020 4843.82
Closing Balance 31stMarch 2021 4843.82

63[rd] Bristol Scout Group Annual Accounts 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021

EXPENDITURE £
Annual Membership 14177.50 14177.50
CAMPS
BRUM JAM
Camper Refunds 3610.00
Camper Refunds transferred to Subs /
Membership		 3410.00
Camper Refunds transferred to 63rdJAM 1340.00
Camper Refunds donated to 63rdJAM 200.00
8560.00 8560.00
AJAM
Camper Refunds 445.00
Camper Refunds transferred to Subs /
Membership		 1105.00
Camper Refunds transferred to 63rdJAM 745.00
Camper Refunds donated to 63rdJAM 275.00
2570.00 2570.00
63rdJAM
18 Jun 2020 Camp fees deposit to Huish Woods 1416.10 1416.10
BADGES / UNIFORM
6 Jul 2020 62ndScout Group Cabot Home
Challenge Badge		 300.00
31 Jul 2020 Matt Thames Scout Badges 498.94
31 Jul 2020 Lucinda Griffiths Cub and Beaver
Scout Badges		 942.00
8 Jan 2021 Matt Lloyd Scout, Cub and Beaver
Badges		 842.00
28 Mar 21 Cabot Scout District for County and
District Badges		 90.00
29 Mar 21 Lucinda Griffiths Group Neckerchiefs /
Badges		 429.50

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3102.44 3102.44
SECTION ACTIVITIES
18 Dec2020 Kate Hamilton Beaver craft
materials		 28.59
4 Jan 2021 Lucinda Griffiths Cub Macrame
materials		 67.20
8 Jan 2021 Matt Lloyd Scout Troop Expenses 86.19
181.98 181.98
ADMIN & LEADER TRAINING
8 Apr 2020 GSL Boiler service 50.00
8 Apr 2020 Online Youth Management OSM
system renewal		 107.46
31 Jul 2020 Dave Chapman Zoom Account costs 57.56
7 Oct 2020 D Gregory First Aid Training for
Claire Humphreys		 20.00
5 Nov 2020 D Gregory First Aid Training for Matt
Lloyd		 20.00
5 Mar 2021 On Youth Management OSM system
renewal		 121.33
376.35 376.35
Total Expenditure 30384.37
Total Income 1/4/2020 to 31/3/2021 49348,37
Total Expenditure 1/4/2020 to 31/4/2021 30384.37
Closing Surplus balance for the year 18964.00
Opening balance at 1/4/2020 67592.89
Final total Balance as at 31/3/2021 86556.89
Bank Balances
Barclays account no 3397213 73141.78
Barclays account no 3368173 closed 0.00
Barclays account no 7334279 closed 0.00
HSBC account no 71251589 13345.64
Floats 69.47
Total 86556.89
The Scout Association Deposit account no
01628		 4843.82

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63[rd] Bristol Scout Grout Hut Accounts 1[st] April 2020 to 31[st] March 2021

INCOME
Hut Rental 410.00
Bristol City Council COVID grant 10000.00
Solar Panel 746.95
Water Utility refund 73.45
Broadband refund 22.74
Gas / Electric utility refund 58.70
Total Income 11311.84
Expenditure £
Cleaning 2085.00
Gas / Electric 438.17
Maintenance / Repairs 2638.00
COVID costs 193.92
Insurance 1067.56
Hut rental refund 60.00
Accountancy fees 280.50
Inspection / Service contracts 587.50
Broadband 56.40
Water 141.00
Total Expenditure 7548.05
£
Total Income 1stApril 2020 to 31stMarch 2021 11311.84
Total Expenditure 1stApril 2020 to 31stMarch
2021		 7548.05
Closing surplus balance for the year 3763.79
Opening balance 1stApril 2020 41444.08
Closing Balance 31stMarch 2021 45207.87
Bank Balances
Barclays account no 80800031 45207.87

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Bank Account Balances 31[st] March 2021 63[rd] Bristol Scouts Section Accounts Sort Code Account Number Balance 20-13-34 33972135 40-14-24 71251589 Cash held in floats £69.47 Total bank and cash balance £86556.89

Investment Account Held by Scout Association £4843.82 63[rd] Bristol Scout Hut Account 20-13-34 80800031 £45207.87

The 63[rd] Bristol Scout Group Accounts have been checked and examined by Joanna Tett ACA, 34 Cherrington Road, Bristol BS10 5BJ

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Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of 63rd Bristol Scout Group Scout Council

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the 63rd Bristol Scout Group for the year ended 31 March 2021.

Responsibilities and basis of report

As the charity trustees of the 63rd Bristol 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 63rd Bristol 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 63rd Bristol Scout Group as required by section 130 of the Act; or

  2. the accounts do not accord with those records.

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:

Name: Joanna Tett ACA

Relevant professional qualification or membership of professional bodies (if any): Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

Address: 34 Cherington Road, Bristol BS10 5BJ

Date: 19 August 2021

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