2025-03-31-accounts

4th St Albans Scout Group Registered Charty Number: 302569 Annual Report and Financial Statements Year Ended 31 March 2025 Scouts 4th St Albans

4th St Albans Scout Group Trustees, Annual Report For the period: 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025 SeciiO,I RelE'EnCf (￿arty narne th Sl Abans S(￿1 Group HQ registiBtb)n nurthr Charlvs pthcal 4ddres8 Jin Grwon 2S Iknw5¥Je Road St Aba AL1 1RX Tr￿ts• N•n OffK• Ilfary) Camrvn La Kel AndrEW Robns lan PTrdrrfton Woods Kath AndrBw Lkunm)nd Juli81te Wanpn R8nu Bansal Treagjmi Seue Lead VobJnlfr6r ned 14 Se t8mber 2024 ned 31 LcertJer 2024 2024 Type of g0￿mIng downnl Tho Gffjup's qo¥8mkng do1￿m￿nts ItK)8e of Tho 5(tht As80COtDn. They oJnsBI ofo RO￿ thartei. turn gp•YS authoity to Iho Byè Law5 of the Assocaiw and Th• Po. OwJani5alty)n and Rulfrs ol Th& Fb)w the thatyls LX)nttut¢d The Gnup è a ¢n•81 esl8bl¥￿d tsThJ•r 15 wlas to al Scout& Twstee sekn(abn nwlhoos e Twstee5 ar? appointed in atxx%ance th8 Pdry. OryanLsalM)n and Pjjkn ol Th• S￿ul A8WC￿n.

Addhbnal govemance IwJ85 The Gn)up KB by Ihe Tntsto• Btsa￿. the 01 rB the 'Chaiy Twe88' oflhg S￿Ut (>oup. an edutatJn ¢haMy. As I￿arffy TNstets. th•y aw fvsponBbl8 for comp￿.￿ lth glslalknn appknb LJths. Thb iithde5 the ￿gi￿8th)n. kgeplng proper amnts rebmw to tr Ch•ity as appmwtste. txjty Its J•r. Ihe Grtwp TNee Boa￿ has ￿n￿ls18d ofthe Car. TTrasurer ano &6 Trustees (mdudkng one Exi)Irth Twthel and ofthe TDJst•È Boarf cotste a Scoul8 TNslee' leamh)g lh6 f5t 6 n¥)nths Of￿1)¥￿ thè Boafil. The Gw T￿$￿e Boa￿ exits to make wre the tharty $ O￿nan￿ed, are ass8sd and rled. bubjings and equ￿Tr￿n1 orn in good onl•r. and fokns gal WukB￿￿nts and tho oryanBatJn's poks and ws. Thetrsupp(¥t h•5 Other￿￿nte¥￿ hJ￿Ua￿Y aTrJ 8•fg wt)grnrtuws Ihat >￿￿ng Poop￿ sklL% for Ke. Ri•k lrt•mal C•rtrol Th8 Group Twee 8oaDJ has hJÈnlfftd the mJTrJriisks lo they beleve the G￿uP ts oXPO$8d. These hwe bo•n and 5yBteffs h8¥e been 851abf&i8d lo agab)st thgnL The amas ol ¢nL¥m Ihot ho¥9 D•m•9• kn lh• t￿11￿1￿ and •qulFMbWrt The Gwoup w)uld $8•k to facai8 teryioTrry use of WDperty and aqu9￿nt from ne¥jhbouiw￿ cryanisotm$ such as ¢huth&& (y)nrnnty ￿nts8 and other SuyJt Gmups and lorojubj I￿ld sed)n rr¢otvyJs 4t ouldoor bcaivn$. The Gmup has wffnt bj￿11￿5 ano contents knswènce kn pkice S) n¥tuate agakn# ponrer￿t k)$8. y kn l••d•rn, h1￿￿. •Trd m•mb•rn. Th• Gnup thfough th8 (apltatkn fo•s rjjnt￿￿l￿s lo thp S[￿1 As8ori?IK¥ns Tra1￿81 accJtnl insurance pw. RskAsses8Thnts #rn undertaken bgfor¢ all a(#￿$.

Sectioli 8 R•thK•d In¢•M. Th• Gmup 15 prn¥rly upon inr•mg from subwpt)ns and hal he. The group do•$ lo ensur& the continuty of athillBs shouhj there be a rni)r ￿duLthn ift The TNslee Boa￿ o)ubJ Ihe of subsulK)ns to th• iico to the Group on an oNJo•ig basi5. ehher tenpjrnrty or penronenty aThJ l or or Iom Llo•dorn. Th8 Gffjup b totsty r•lknt ¥o￿nte8 to wn adrnkn151erlhe 8¢M$ of al 58d)n5. Ifthern was a redu¢tkn the nurtJerol8Llws to an unac¢eptabtÈ le¥tl kn 8 partbxkr sect￿lfi orlhe Gmup as a Thb. thgn ha¥e to be a ￿n(Met￿n. eonsorbjat￿n or of a sect￿n. In the ryEI ra80 ￿nath). lh• ci)nwiote of the Group. R•¢kKll¢m or lo•• d m•mb•rn. Th• GThp WDb•Jes all >￿U￿9 peopkn aged 6 to 14. 11 I￿ w•$ • ￿dudknrt kn rfnetshp in a P8rtkular se(ab)n (vth• Gmup as TAthokn. then theTr DuhJ h8ve to be a ￿n￿Bct)fi, Sunynary of the Ob￿￿$ olthe charty set out Ns govemln9 do￿n￿nt Sc￿11¥￿ eX￿ts to enqag? and gjpport ￿)Uttg peopl8 in Ihelr pewnal d•bknpnnt. •￿v￿rng thom to rMk& a p0￿p￿ ts)Atri)uth)n to As SuxJls gullled by Ihesg Intsgray-vts ad integty. arB ts)nest. bu￿￿￿hY9￿d k>yal. R•sP￿t-V￿ hayè sef14espoct 8rHI Trspera for oth8B. Car•.W8 support otheTr and takn (e ofthe Mmkl li￿. B•ll•f.Vle falhs. b•ts and gMknd•s. Scoutng tskes then >tyJng peopbJ. in partneF5h llh adult4 W) togth•rbas•d on the Y&￿8S of and: - enp)y whal they am doing aTrJ have lun - b&am by dwg .lak• wsponsblty arbj make ¢￿¥)$ - uAdertak• n•w and chaI￿n9￿g actfrAs

onl Sufflmary of the rnakn 8t1￿1￿ kn ￿1￿)￿ lo these Ob￿t￿e$ ThB has boan one ol en8ryy. a¢¥errwC and ad￿nt￿￿ l(Ythe Scout T￿0P5. p8th8d a bal8nc of skl d¢￿￿p￿nl ouidoor Langes. arn1 lun Th• Gmup 15 pmud of the oJnynrtnnt by au our So)vts (63K adern111 and wufarsupportèts (81. Tx) Gohj 5coul Aon15 oamod ihi5 ￿ar- a top ￿TroU1 rgfiefAlng de0kl￿n and st4￿1￿9 S￿ the GTrdbach Cany In thg Peak (Feb 20251 wa$ a Iwe hyhht. wh fve days of hkng. Bh8tter buthli)g ar#1 1•8m t￿nd¥¥j kn b8auffiul SUnDundkngs and several se5￿n8 )n1￿￿ted towartl lh• SuThi4al ￿ Badgo, •h hands￿ expetsnce In fTr b3htwry. ¥hrlwali49. Wterfr4tknn ar#1 n•bJMI navYJatx)n. StthJts la•d th•tr5￿[VI￿1 Bkls dumg sasthns kn sheAer buth1ing (NDvk fv8 Jhlkn91(X#k and wokwwJ fth on an open fbB (Febl Zomtle and themed •Jg gaffs kepl Ihe lY•gii•ltyn and adTrn81ine lknkng. from Pa￿ to fornd areas wourk1 SO￿1. A eyde tip to Haffielj and b¢ maknt•n8rt• s•ss•Jns ensuTrd Iln0$6 oThJ prnctkal kno%dg8 fxvfrf811. AdMl$ knthded frst ••1 for8XP8d#KJn4 urban and trna5uTr hunts. c•rrpo8s and nwp r6adtrffj. pl•r￿1￿J. and knoe sofgty. Swuts took on Chalengg 8adg•. al￿1 9gTrJer equakty and gbb81 titiztinshii. P￿ne8￿g. c3)okkng. aNI caw• pmpamth)n •vents hebod prndtal ronmerth. In January. knuls supported Hots Young leamkn9 about kx81 th•lengÈs and fund$. A IR)op lonjm everyone to he¥) shap• and rgafftsm ovr s(￿ut Cod• of ￿ndUc1. rninfor(ing ourvahjes of ￿Spect. Thi8 )ai ￿1(￿ [￿t ontythe adbpnturtyjs spyl of our Scouts I￿1 atso thelr th as trThing pwp rtady to lak8 on new(alènges. The Tuesday Pa( of 31 Cubs. 4 rn9ukn18•de￿ an￿ a Tru[￿er of fantssl¢ p•nl he￿5. FpoP ￿b$ have •am8d Iher Cf s¢(￿￿5 Othe￿ enpyod ihe Cub Watersports Day and The c￿￿$ ho•e enpyed. anb)ng5t many otheFthkngs. a ch￿OI81e Drtshop. a fwrwK chaleNJ, omed abwt al things and ￿nderful aboul lh• hun¥n body. mndfrthes4 p8Odb bowdkng and snow ttJbi9. We%E also P￿cl￿e{l tradl¥)N81 So)uti￿ sk Uke sholtei and fre Ightry and had a gTrat nyht am#)y to thrDW tonwhaws. OJbs hav8 enpJp(I conwkng 8 vamty of bad9•s at horn. ￿t￿l¥￿ Th8f and l)tsaWy and the Pac ha enpyed o)n¥)IBtN¥J adi¥kn$ Sythotr WaturakV.'AthlatMx'. 'p￿neer afitl ThJtsl Maw badg•& olhgrs. ¢rnntt18d io provhjhg a frJn. ba￿n(mI. progrnnb￿d. httrpng the Cubs Io gakn skn15 forlrfe. The Vkdnesday Cub PaL tt)n5Bts of 36 ￿ts$. 6 kna¢J•r$ and nunprous paTrnt helpeo The Pa( altond•d a Bush￿aft Day. 14Th niming. Cub Ot8r sport5 day. Cub Funday aThJ a TA••kend 354 badges hav8 beon awaN1￿ 4 S•prthW5txyJt Akn8 VIO•￿ ha¥e hos. fiB ￿h{￿j anL1 cookknj on open & affthery. thle SI￿1￿￿. entertaining ms¥Jents al a Ca￿ horn. Stter pkng. 4tsh)g Ihe Bajrfordbury lknpotory. Rombn ni8eurrt and the thal rTr slat￿. intomatrnal •vèn•w horr¢ skts. ports per¥onal safety nigh( sraence expethnt4 U)IknLl0￿ nh3ht as as fjndoor and outsiltrl

(her lh• of •• ￿r. Ihe lknday B08¥er h88 l￿d arDund 20 nTrnJeTr and has durThJ te￿ tvrn. The proqrnn￿ has ded a •Je range ofthens #nd hyhh3hts ol indud•.' a ourh)c81 SyTragoguo. ab(MJl the hi510ry behind Velentne Day. a ￿ Imm Es59x and Art•ulanc, Lxlgbrating 8ums Nyhl. lakng part V4thJlrfe Day. c•ndudkn9 •xp8Omnts dumg 8thh Scn( tskkng Part hi lJe g•Ths in 8 Trea￿y part leaming about t￿￿10 bvdget rnney. nelry Ihe Sh8th7of Sl Alban& hikes OLYOSS Sl Abans. a lo the S8nLtuary. skngkng carols to. and shaikng rrirth 5>5 h. Rs•Jents ofa hxal rarv homtr and amkng about and c?￿b￿l￿g Nèw Year. The Bea￿ havè entrd ltrnwy a Je ¥wèty olsoti•l and We s frnm f￿1 aJ. ?n¥knnwntal C¥)nSe￿Ih￿, haalhy Ik4kng. and Ibe safety to le#rrMThk. frndthy. o)nyrwnratsn. and 1o•JeTrh. In lotal. 143 ￿d￿&S bonJ8d fNe Scwt¥ B￿nze Awards. The alw b)ok part in th• foknknJ 0¥onls: St G80(98'8 Day Parada (Awl 2024X BeaverSknepo¥wat ￿rhu1 (Atsy 2024K Di51rt1 Bea7•r Fun Lkny at ToWrFS {Jun8 202418e8rn kn Tènts ca￿￿ lJunÈ 2024 Ovorlhe of the year. the Thuff>Jay Bea￿TC0kJnY has had affjund 20 Beawts and has mt lenntiry. The t￿￿)nY has •￿￿YO￿ a tr￿$y anLI OXLkng yaar packed Val￿ wtdooradv8nturns. and pery)nal deVebpft￿t app￿I￿nI￿$. The has ¥KyJ•d a TA1¢ rnngg oflh•ms awwj arAp4Nbs suth as JhtvvJ. phologrnphy. expknuig gk)t)al rAie$, tean1￿￿. b&ade￿￿ dHnge4 8xpefvints. (¥èatN8 uafts. 9an*s. and cuttural c•fgbralt¥n$. We knrrd new Beavets and volunteern, rnn investi1u￿& aThJ li oppL￿nIS * devobp (￿&r￿A¥￿Ips aTrJ te•nvAork. In totsl 346 b•dg•s lo Ihe ThutyJBy oNwrlh6 J8r. inthdww 4 Chi&f So)ut Bfonze Awath. and olourswThJ peo[. The Gny a&) t￿)# part sp8¢16wnts, St Gethp•'$ Day Pa￿de (Awl 20241 Bea¥er Sknepo￿f at our hut (Ntsy 20241 t)kntt Bea¥ti Fun Day at T0kne￿ I￿ne 20241 Beave￿ in Tent5 camp (Jun¥ 2024X Sp8(4hend 88abw SepoNi at ourhut (l•lafch 20251 Th8 badges and hKl•pondence aThJ a sale and supporti Vh conknuo &) lo￿ on pioJkvJ 8 balanrAd. anil gwagkng Ihat h•fps •a( y(wng pèTr)n ha¥e fvn. Thke frf¢nd& an¢J 98ln for h. supporfed by 0uitsj￿th leam ol ￿unte￿I5.

Pubk benefrt Staten￿￿t The G￿p the (￿81Y Corrntsn￿ pubk beneft uit81ia undar both 7dwdne4rnnrot8ducawn •Thll the advancemnt ofdlzgn¥hlp or conmJnly d•wbJprnnt headwy. SÈci.ty1l D Summryof the math dwing thg year As Can be soen bythe Se￿￿￿81 the G￿vp has Cajnlthuèd to Nn arHI 8ThJage Ns wung peopl& thmu9￿1 ￿&r under rovknw wlth 81 Socknn$ Ange of actbkns Ihwhout the￿P￿graMm% The Gmup kndebled k) th• •ffDrt5 ofal S8dh)n L•adwB as as . >JPF￿ arKI other¥￿nte¢rn Jo thevlim. skllls and gjppwl to enablè Sedbn5 to wn ￿ W0￿$1vIl and tha vaii8d pro9rnff¥r ol e¥ents k) b• w¥wJod. Btsl stalenwnt of tho chaiws po on ros￿$ and kn%sbnents The Gwp pow on is b) hokl resourts to contknue the char8bf8 actwtrs ol the wup slMyJhJ fwisubsLylplbns. hal h￿. adhtr$ and olher kncon souTrs fal short. G￿frn the G￿up ol the Headquartern bu&J•)9. wJffThnt Tr5grves to CO¥8f on- go&NI rrninleMnr rnporoR akno reovipd. Inv•skn•nt Pdky The GrtMJp Inc•JTh and E>pendlure 05 mlatr￿[W smil and •B a )nsequonc•. th• Gftyjp. doe& nol ho￿ 9JIf￿￿t fund$ to n¥est tr) longer- le￿ thvestnnts 5uth 8$ 4ocas and we$. The G￿lP has the￿I0[e adopted a ￿ n&k stsategy to th• of ts fvn¢J& Al funds arn h&kl cash Usi￿ onty n¥instream banks t￿ wts. Plans forlutum p•h)ds The Gmup intends lo coAlknJ• to off•ra ful of arth11￿$. carrps. rwfrliy and throu9houl Ihe n•xt ffflancial year. Tho tn￿te&S dad8￿ Ihat tlwy approd Iru8lees' W abobt Sb3ned on behaw oftm th#iiVs twees ShjnA￿ts(8) Canron Lav lan Hanon WLK*Js Posthn Char L•ad vo￿nIeer

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4th StAlban• Scout Group Income and Expendlturo for the Year Endlng 318t March 2025 4TP4 lllX 43¥1al ITW•J .i IIW13 4b)S> _08 -2,gZS Llats Prlnted: 05M12025 Cashbook 2024-202Sulsx, Surnmary Prepared by.. Kelly Drew Group Tre4surer