2024-03-31-accounts

4th St Albans Scout Group Registered Charity Number: 302569 Annual Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2024 Scouts 4th St Albans

4th St Albans Scout Group Trustees, Annual Report For the period: 1 April 2023 to 31 March 2024 Chaiity namo 4th St Abans Scfjut Gmup Registered thardy number rogi8trath)n nuntsr Charly's pthcal address Jvn Gmn Memrlal 25 F4)ad St Aban5 AL1 1RX Nam•s ofth• charlty Iru8t••s who maMg• th• chathy Offlc• Dal•s •clDd 11 notknr C4rr¢wJn Lavin Kel Drew Andrew Robins Ian H8mlton Woods Kath -Rh AndTrw LIuMT￿nd Jullattè Wdrren Char T￿aSUrE￿ Seaeta Type of gov•mhg documènt Th• Gmup'$ goNM¥￿ iJotsJnnts ar• Ihos• of Th• SrJ)ut Asg)oatbn. Th•y L￿nsiBl ola Roy81 Chartèr. i) tum gfv8s authotty to th• By8 La￿ of the Associ&t•Jn and The Poky. Cgany6at￿Tr and Rvb5 of The k)wth8 tharfty b eonslMvt8d Th• Gnup 15 a busl •stal)tshod und•r Is Nl•$ Vthkh arn ¢onwrnn to al Sc*)uts. TNStee 8eknct¥)n ￿￿thr￿lS The Tnjstees are ￿ppo￿ted n ￿ZQ￿lanC8 fAth the Pohy, (hg8nBath)n and of Th• S(y)ul Assooati)n.

Soclioi., 8 Addftk)rt41 gov•man¢ JgSU•S The Group 4 ftwn8ged by the Group Ttustee Board, the nmbers of are th$ Tharty Truees' of the Sojut Gwp, an e11ucatb￿a1 tharty. As Charfty TDJ5te85. they arp TrsponsiblB for conv￿ng aPp￿ab￿ to thari&s. This ndudas th• gistiattsn. ko•pYTrg pwi act￿￿￿ts and makiig Mlums tts th• Carty )Yssbn as appwrète. The Grwp Truee Board oJnsÈts of the lJ8tr. Trnasurerand 5 Trustees lkntding ono Exlxfrn Twste8) and fowmaty every 34 rrK)nlhs. of the Gmup Tw5t•• Boa￿1 (YInp￿te S ￿81￿￿9 rr¥)dukn the ftst 5 nxnth$ ol piiw Ihe 'E￿nI01 InfonNts)n'. 'Gener81 L18 Prot•rn R¢gutsth)ft8 {GfPRY. 'Saf¢ty.'Safeguardng' nd Twstso Intr￿U￿￿Tr.. The GTh>vp Twsteè Bo•nJ trxilts lo rnk• th• i managed. tsk$ assèwd and (￿a￿d. buldkngs and gqulpftnt aro in good ix•)g oftJ•r. and ev&r>)ne lo￿￿8189•1 rnquYfrm&nts and the ofyanigaltsn's pokys and wle The support he￿$ other knvlunteers run h¥hu81ty 8rKI $8fe pwrnrrfft8 thgt gp•S yourwj poopkn for Its. RS8k and Inl•rnBI Control The Grnup Truslee Bo&￿ has iJerrfd Ihe may)r rlsks to they bo￿1•￿ th8 Gmup b 8xpos•d. Th•s• h8¥4 bo•n and gystoms ha•m l)een •abWed to nty8t• a9ainSt thert Th• areas ol concem th81 habp been K$8nffd aTr: Dm•g• kn th• and •qulrffi•rt Th8 Group rJutd Seek to larlit8t& le￿18ry use of bU￿ings, prop8rty and gquiprrnnt from ne3hbourkng oryantDns sJth as thurthè& centrès and other Sojut Gmups and l or ho￿ sectijn Thetkng5 at outdoor aton$. The Grwp has wllknt Jnd ts)nt•nts pla( to Wale against pern¥nent k)ss. li11￿Y lo l••d•rs. h•lp•rn, •nd m•mbws. The Group Ihrough thg ￿Prtet￿)n fees ujnlrtjutes to thg Scout As9)dati)ns nattjnal a￿)￿t In6wanc• pw. lthk Ass•s¥ff•nts uThJfrrtaken bgfore all

Rl•k •nd hthm•l C(thl {GrAThMd) Il•thMd IrK¢yrv4. Thg Gry>up i8 Bf•nt urwi I￿rn subsc￿1￿5 and hal h•B. The grDUP doos ho￿ a r8ser¥e lo Ihe conmuty of aLlr¥itkns shr￿￿￿ theTr be 8 rr￿￿ rpductbjn in IneoTh. Thè TNst88 Boaft1 (x)uhJ tho Wa￿9 of gJbso)Ibns to )uoase the in4X)ry to th• G￿up on an on90kn9 ba. olher t•rrwabty or perrronenlty Jnd l ork)ok lor 81temat￿ o19rants orolher R•ducllon or lo•• ol l••d•r•. The Group fj5 totaty rellaTht upon Th166rs to run and adrrtnieT tho •c4Mtbs of all sec1br￿. If thgre was o teducb)n in the nurthr of leader5 to an unacceptable kvel part￿L9r 8oLknn orthe G￿uP as a tho1s. then Ihgrn have to be contiaLtsn. o)nsoknJatbn or L)wJm of 8 seLtwJn. In Ihe IIDf5t case se•nah). tha ol lh• Gnup. A•￿￿110Th or lo•• ￿ m•rnb•rs. The Group Pfovkl•s for al Jrjung peop aged 6 to 14. If Ihere VAS a redUct￿n n ffrt8r8hi) In 8 partvJl8r80rtK)n or tho G￿)uP a¥ Ihgn thore have lo be ntrad¥)n. consoJ￿￿￿ oi ck)surn of a Seav)n. In ¥•)rst os• sc•naitJ th• ol the Gmup. Sectioii C Surnmary of Ihe obiacts of Ihe thaiity 8el out in s govamkng dotsJm•nt Th• PurpM• al S¢thl SoyJt•ig exfjts to afAfftty engage and ￿pport JY)ung peopk wi the pewnal ¢Jè¥6bprr¢nl. Ihem to nwko a posfho u)ntrt•utkJn to soty. As Scout5 guJed by thèsè ¥￿88. InlDgrity-Vle act •)togty. ar• h¢)n8st. tru51w)rthy and bjyal. R•s￿￿-V￿o ha¥e sex-ffespecl and respeGI forother rAr• . We support olhw8 and lake ￿Te of th8 •. Bo11•l- Wle expk>Tr ourfath¥. bekfs and atblude$. Cowrallon. Vle m&k8 a pospK d￿e￿nce.. ￿￿0p8Ate tAh Olher and rnake frnds. Scouting tskes ptsce then peopb. kn partmtship aduls. together based on the ¥8￿98 of Sctyjtthg 8nd: - ¢n))y Ihgy are dokng and hava fvn . take port n adphkns ond outtloors - kam by dow¥J - sh810 in 5pwu81 . responsbllty and ￿kO d - undertake new and thaknngin9 at¥ls . and by thetr pr￿tr.

Sumrrory ol Iho rrokn tsLat)n trtr those obpdffts Tho G￿￿p contknuos kn strow tA•h o¥•r70 Scouts 8(¥oss th• t4KJ Twps. The Scwts hav• been on Thun￿U$ fary)s from GW Part to pa￿1. he￿ lrn(J poraswKlTrJ an(1 bserlag, honed Iheir foresty skll5 and ralB8d mney foroxfam waler prni&¢ts by ￿￿r￿j around Heath¥ood FoTrst. Sc￿jts ha¥8 laken part Conp8titknns. swlrrrfnkng ti)okiig. shootmg. th• •v•rpopuL4r"I'm a Scout. g•t m out of hern" and th• Lknrnk Tum•rnbJM h0 cthafAng•. R8gul#r•k nbht Aclpkn hA¥• knthd•d vJg garrns. rAlabralng Ch)$8 n•w >8rh hand-madè shadow pupp&t dpL4ys. cooking a$ •1 a5 g•ttiig and 8rty. Sks as knots, PDnèeriThg and 8ttem8le rrethods ofwb¥Nnalon such ès rTh)no t￿e. Ihe phonellc a¥Jhabet and seff•phoro have b8en leamod. 3 S￿)Irt$ thetr Scouts Gokj awrnryj beffft on to ExplorgB. Many Sg)uts ha¥0 ￿nt￿u•d their S￿UtIng ￿um¥Y by onto a rdn eofth8Ex r unts auDSS St Alban$. The Group ￿Thenty has Packs. tA•h appmaknate￿ 80 Cubs b*￿n them. The Packs en￿￿ a fhxlerand vard progran￿. A number of DEtth organts8d events suth as ￿ter￿ctP1rt8. bu8huaft. an adp11t￿s day al Gkn¥81 pa￿ , srrfthg galB.'lifar under thg skn.. rroW¢ rnw￿ and St Geo￿ D•y p8rnde attonded. Rogular pa( nbhts knthde¢J ac1m￿S such as18amthg s•ftphor•, otsnts•ty, arthery. rf• shoot•lg. lon¥h8tA Ihroth9, thetter bU￿ffj9 , tsush￿ft. poneemg. paddknboordng at Stanborough Lakes. 8 W lo 88yloThlbury Ob¥¢Natory, mg at th? Sngw C¢ntr¢. c>xJking. afts aTrJ w￿8 98m85. Cubs h&ve 104￿d al about th8 human body- kv)g lJn9% a hal and ¥e•t N and U}￿(A•d food forthe bcal lood bank. Both Packn Otton(l￿ lh¢ G￿P cany at Pacur So)ut AcW Contr¢. C￿[ 550 1)ailg•s w• •nd 19 ￿b$ haw •chl•%•d th•ir (>Tri•l Scours StsprA￿NJ. Our 2 c0knn￿ have a totsl 40 8eabpTr. The Beave￿ havg attended vaMus C45trhl events rro)mkng. St. Gg0ry0'$ Day Parnde and B Funday actpily day. En8umg a tAJe rnngg of sossbn8 to Mel thg knterest8 of al BeaveTr. gubr ff¢eings ha￿ in￿ded Lvft$. h1￿. C1w￿n9 on fre, den bubjing and bokng as as tips to the Redboumbury Wat8M￿l, hedgehog sanctuary a¥ as Goskng Sports Path to go rirMJo-8ling. In 8ddtt)n, Coknns hav• had vtsiiors to r￿all19S Inm varknu5 Peop￿ w¢h 5 E7riJ a8￿8 08E ICEO of ParntyTW G8 teaml The 8ea¥ers ha% attended Grrlup ¢aryi al Pa￿4r Swt ActNty Centre and Be8ver5 n Tenty them 10 eXpern￿ •¢tNit8 Ike (ambkn9. a￿￿ry. kThJts as sngng a￿uTrd the carrpfye. Bearn not only ￿￿191¥a a hlgh nurtierof l>aOg0$ duth9 seswns, but nny also uJwp￿led fvrther b8dges al hon. A numberof Beavers rs awarded the Chi?f Sa)ufs 8ronz¢ A¥mrd. lknst Be8v6rs reaching 8 olage habB up to Ojbs to cenknue Ihw S￿¥t￿g expeTrnc8.

Publk be￿ft sl81gffnl The G￿up rr¢gts the Ctharty CoThrM" n benefft under both the advan￿￿￿At ol educat)n 8nd the advan￿m￿nt of dtV18n8h or deveknprrnnt headiws. Sumnwry of the rna￿ arth￿￿TrentS durkn9 the year A% ran be sagn by Ih? S8clhinal thg GrDUP h8s to run and engage Is young people thmughout th¢ ypar undgr rgvbw ilh al seci￿ns runn¥￿ a •Je range ol aclwlws th￿￿hr￿￿t thew prc#3rarn￿8. The Grrmjp indebted to th8 efforts of al Se(l￿n Load9Tr as well as paTrnt4 sUp￿rters and 0th8rvobJnte8rn gr4e Iher tine. skill8 and 5UPPOrt to enable S8dTrJns to wn so sjctsssfuly aThJ the vari•d proyranYr of •vents to bo p￿¥￿j&d. Scctioii E 8tsf 5tatsrr¢nt of the poky on SèIVOS Ond thwstr(nts Il•MThM Pdlcy The GD)up's on reser¥es * to hobj wffkl&nt Msou￿S to conliftu• tho ¢athabl• of th• group Sh¢￿￿ iitom• from sUbscripl￿)ns. hal hn. lundr8tsmg actNls ant1 other sourcs lal short. Glvèn tho G￿up of th• Hoadquartots buJ¥wJ. suffitni res0￿$ I>)￿rOTh￿l)g rnffjlenan￿ and also rnqund. In¥••tsn•rt Pollcy The Group's an¢J Expendib)Te i wekgtNety and as a nwuenco. thg G￿up. 1008 nol ha￿ gJffnl lunsjs to knv06t nger4erm int18st￿￿nts such as slo(kn and shargs. The Group has thereforn adopted a k•w rwk sbategy to tho invgstrrnnt of fund8. Al fund5 arn h8hJ n ￿sh uthJ onty mainstrnam banks or bui￿￿9 srKi&￿S. Seclioii F Plans lorfulu￿ p8wh)ds Tha Gmvp intsnds to to offèra lul ofad41kns. Lxmps. n￿ti)g$ and •%•nt5 thffjugh¢)ut the next financHI year. SoriioTr G r)ecl3ralio The IDJst8•s d8dare that th•y have app￿¥•￿ thè ￿S1￿$, r•port atth Sh3ned on behaN ollhe IDJst8es SfvJnaturElsl Full namel81 Carroron Lav lan HamltoTr V4ood$ Poslt Chak Gn)up Leader

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