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 pthc*al 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'$ goN*M¥￿ iJotsJn*nts 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. C*gany6at￿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 n*mbers of are th$ Tharty Tru*ees' of the Sojut Gwp, an e11ucatb￿a1 tharty. As Charfty TDJ5te85. they arp TrsponsiblB for conv￿ng aPp￿ab￿ to thar*i&s. This ndudas th• gistiattsn. ko•pYTrg pwi act￿￿￿ts and makiig Mlums tts th• C*arty *)Yssbn as appwrète. The Grwp Tru*ee Board oJnsÈts of the lJ8tr. Trnasurerand 5 Trustees lknt*ding 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 nx*nth$ ol piiw Ihe 'E￿nI01 InfonNts)n'. 'Gener81 L*18 Prot•r*n 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 gqulpft*nt 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¥h*u81ty 8rKI $8fe pwrnrrfft8 thgt gp•*S yourwj poopkn for Its. RS8k and Inl•rnBI Control The Grnup Truslee Bo&￿ has iJerrf*d 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$8nff*d aTr: D*m•g• kn th• and •qulrffi•rt Th8 Group *rJutd Seek to larlit8t& le￿18ry use of bU￿ings, prop8rty and gquiprrnnt from ne*3hbourkng oryan*tDns sJth as thurthè& centrès and other Sojut Gmups and l or ho￿ sectijn Thetkng5 at outdoor aton$. The Grwp has wllk*nt 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 adrrtn*ieT 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 ff*rt*8r8hi) In 8 partvJl8r80rtK)n or tho G￿)uP a¥ Ihgn thore have lo be ntrad¥)n. conso*J￿￿￿ 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¢th*l 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 so*ty. As Scout5 gu*Jed 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$. Cowrallon. Vle m&k8 a pos*pK d￿e￿nce.. ￿￿0p8Ate tAh Olher and rnake fr*nds. Scouting tskes ptsce *then peopb. kn partmtship aduls. together based on the ¥8￿98 of Sctyjtthg 8nd: - ¢n))y Ihgy are dokng and hava fvn . take port n adphkns ond outtloors - kam by dow¥J - sh810 in 5pw*u81 . responsbllty and ￿kO d - undertake new and thaknngin9 at*¥l*s . and by thetr pr￿tr. Sumrrory ol Iho rrokn tsLat*)n trtr those obpdffts Tho G￿￿p contknuos kn strow tA•h o¥•r70 Scouts 8(¥oss th• t4KJ Twps. The Scwts hav• been on Thun*￿U$ 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 h*0 cthafAng•. R8gul#r*•k nbht Aclpkn hA¥• knthd•d *vJg garrns. rAlabralng Ch*)*$8 n•w >*8r**h hand-madè shadow pupp&t d*pL4ys. cooking a$ *•1 a5 g•ttiig and 8rty. Sk*s as knots, PDnèeriThg and 8ttem8le rrethods ofwb¥Nn*alon 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$. The Group ￿Thenty has Packs. tA•h appmaknate￿ 80 Cubs b*￿**n them. The Packs en￿￿ a fhxlerand var*d progran￿. A number of DEtth* organts8d events suth as ￿ter￿ctP1rt*8. bu8huaft. an adp11t￿s day al Gkn¥81 pa￿ , s**rrfthg galB.'lifar under thg skn.. rroW¢ rnw￿ and St Geo￿* D•y p8rnde attonded. Rogular pa(* nbhts knthde¢J ac1m￿S such as18amthg s•ft*phor•, otsnts•ty, arthery. rf• shoot•lg. lon¥h8tA* Ihro*th9, thetter bU￿ffj9 , tsush￿ft. poneemg. paddknboordng at Stanborough Lakes. 8 W lo 88yloThlbury Ob¥¢Natory, mg at th? Sngw C¢ntr¢. c>xJking. afts aTrJ w￿8 98m85. Cubs h&ve 104￿d al about th8 human body- kv)g lJn9% a hal and *¥e•t N and U}￿(A•d food forthe bcal lood bank. Both Packn Otton(l￿ lh¢ G￿P cany at Pacur So)ut Ac*W Contr¢. C￿[ 550 1)ailg•s *w• •nd 19 ￿b$ 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 tA*Je rnngg of sossbn8 to Mel thg knterest8 of al BeaveTr. gubr ff¢eings ha￿ in￿ded Lvft$. h*1￿. C1w￿n9 on fre, den bubjing and bo*kng as as tips to the Redboumbury Wat8M￿l, hedgehog sanctuary a¥ as Goskng Sports Path to go rirMJo-8*ling. In 8ddtt*)n, Coknn*s hav• had vtsiiors to r￿all19S Inm varknu5 Peop￿ w¢h 5 E*7riJ a8￿8 08E ICEO of ParntyTW G8 teaml The 8ea¥ers ha%* attended Grrlup ¢aryi al Pa￿4r Swt ActNty Centre and Be8ver5 n Tenty them 10 eXper*n￿ •¢tNit*8 Ike (ambkn9. a￿*￿ry. kThJts as sngng a￿uTrd the carrpfye. Bearn not only ￿￿191¥a a hlgh nurtierof l>aOg0$ duth9 seswns, but n*ny 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 sl81gff*nl The G￿up rr¢gts the Ctharty CoThr*M" 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 actNl*s ant1 other sourc*s lal short. Glvèn tho G￿up of th• Hoadquartots bu*J¥wJ. suffit*ni 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￿ gJff**nl 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 ofad*41kns. 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 LT1(rfW-k*￿dtht E¥•mlnorf• Roport kn th• TYu*l•ulJuly 2019) England & Wales Unquallfied report ft>r a r￿n￿companY charlty prepfirfng recelpts and paymen18 accounts wfth a 88 Income of £250 000 or less in the relevant financlal year Independert examiner's rewt to the Iru*ee8 of 4th St Albw$ Scixrt Group Scout C¢>undl I reF4Nt to the tw*e8s on my exanmnknn of th8 of 4th St ¢>oup tor the year WKl&l 31 March 2024. 14•spon$lbilllles and basis of rep￿1 AS the ch*ity tw*ees otthe 41h St Alb￿ Sc