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 pthc*al 4ddres8
Jin Grwon
2S Iknw5¥Je Road
St Aba
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Camrvn La
Kel
AndrEW Robns
lan PTrdrrfton Woods
Kath
AndrBw Lkunm)nd
Juli81te Wanpn
R8nu Bansal
Treagjmi
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Lead VobJnlfr6r
ned 14 Se t8mber 2024
ned 31 L*certJer 2024
2024
Type of g0￿mIng down*nl
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 Assoc*aiw and Th• Po*. OwJani5alty)n and Rulfrs ol Th&
Fb)w the thatyls LX)n*ttut¢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 'Chai*y Tw*e88' oflhg S￿Ut (>oup. an edutat*Jn
¢haMy. As I￿arffy TNstets. th•y aw fvsponBbl8 for comp￿.￿ *lth
glslalknn appknb* L*Jths. Thb iithde5 the ￿gi￿8th)n. kgeplng
proper amnts rebmw to tr* Ch•ity as
appmwtste.
txjty Its J*•r. Ihe Grtwp TN*ee Boa￿ has ￿n￿ls18d ofthe
C*ar. TTrasurer ano &6 Trustees (mdudkng one Exi)Irth Twthel and
ofthe TDJst•È Boarf cotste a Scoul8 TNslee' leamh)g
lh6 f*5t 6 n¥)nths Of￿1)¥￿ thè Boafil.
The Gw T￿$￿e Boa￿ exits to make wre the tharty $ *O￿nan￿ed,
are ass8s*d and r*led. bubjings and equ￿Tr￿n1 orn in good
onl•r. and fokns *gal WukB￿￿nts and tho
oryanBat*Jn's pok*s and w*s. Thetrsupp(¥t h•*5 Other￿￿nte¥￿
h*J￿Ua￿Y aTrJ 8•fg wt)grnrtuws Ihat >￿￿ng Poop￿ sklL% for Ke.
Ri•k lrt•mal C•rtrol
Th8 Group Tw*ee 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 $8•k
to fac*ai8 teryioTrry use of WDperty and aqu9￿nt from
ne¥jhbouiw￿ cryanisotm$ such as ¢huth&& (y)nrnnty ￿nts8 and other
SuyJt Gmups and lorojubj I￿ld sed*)n rr¢otvyJs 4t ouldoor bcaivn$. The
Gmup has wff**nt bj￿11￿5 ano contents knswènce kn pkice S) n¥tuate
agakn# ponrer￿t k)$8.
y kn l••d•rn, h*1￿￿. •Trd m•mb•rn. Th• Gnup thfough
th8 (apltatkn fo•s rjjnt￿￿l￿s lo thp S[￿1 As8ori?IK¥ns Tra1￿81 acc*Jtnl
insurance pw. RskAsses8Thnts #rn undertaken bgfor¢ all a(#￿$.

Sectioli 8
R•thK•d In¢•M. Th• Gmup 15 prn¥rly upon inr•mg from
subwpt*)ns and hal h*e. The group do•$ lo ensur& the
continuty of athillBs shouhj there be a rni)r ￿duLthn ift The
TNslee Boa￿ o)ubJ Ihe of subsu*lK)ns to th• iico
to the Group on an oNJo•ig basi5. ehher tenpjrnrty or penronenty aThJ l or
or Iom L*lo•dorn. Th8 Gffjup b totsty r•lknt ¥o￿nte8
to wn adrnkn151erlhe 8¢M*$ of al 58d*)n5. Ifthern was a redu¢tk*n
the nurtJerol*8Llws to an unac¢eptabtÈ le¥tl kn 8 partbxkr sect￿lfi orlhe
Gmup as a Th*b*. 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 rf*n*etshp 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•b*knpn*nt. •￿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)
tog*th•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 actfrA*s

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
L*a*nges. arn1 lun Th• Gmup 15 pmud of the oJnynrtn*nt
by au our So)vts (63K *adern111 and wufarsupportèts (81.
Tx) Gohj 5coul A*on15 oamod ihi5 ￿ar- a top ￿TroU1 rgfiefAlng
de0k*l￿n and st4￿*1￿9 S￿ the GTrdbach Cany In thg
Peak (Feb 20251 wa$ a Iwe hyh*ht. w*h 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. ¥h*rlwali49. Wterf*r4tknn 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 gaff*s kepl Ihe lY•gii•ltyn and adTrn81ine lkn*kng. from
Pa￿ to forn*d areas wourk1 SO￿1. A eyde tip to Haffielj and
b*¢ maknt•n8rt• s•ss•Jns ensuTrd Iln0$6 oThJ prnctkal kno%*dg8
fx*vfrf811.
AdMl*$ 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 C**f
s¢(￿￿5 Othe￿ enpyod ihe Cub Watersports Day and
The c￿￿$ ho*•e enpyed. anb)ng5t many otheFthkngs. a ch￿OI81e
*Drtshop. a fwr*wK chaleNJ*, *omed abwt al things
and *￿nderful aboul lh• hun¥n body. mndfrthes4 p8Odb bowdkng and
snow ttJb*i9. 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 tonwhaw**s.
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. 14*Th niming. Cub
Ot8r sport5 day. Cub Funday aThJ a TA••kend 354 badges hav8
beon awaN1￿ 4 S*•prthW5txyJt Akn8
VIO•￿ ha¥e h*os. fiB ￿h{￿j anL1 cookknj on open
& affthery. thle SI￿1￿￿. entertaining ms¥Jents al a Ca￿ horn. Stter
p**kng. 4ts*h)g Ihe Bajrfordbury lknpotory. Rombn ni8eurrt and the thal
rTr slat￿. intomatr*nal •vèn•w horr¢ skts. ports per¥onal
safety nigh( sraence expeth*nt4 U)IknLl0￿ nh3ht as as fjndoor
and outsiltrl

(her lh• of *•• ￿r. Ihe lknday B08¥er h88 l￿d arDund 20
nTrn*JeTr and has durThJ te￿ tvrn. The proqrnn￿ has
ded a *•Je range ofthen*s #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
Sc*n(* tskkng Part hi *lJe g•Ths in 8 Trea￿y part leaming about
t￿￿10 bvdget rnney. n*elry 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 ltr*nwy a *Je ¥wèty olsoti•l and We s
frnm f￿1 a*J. ?n¥knnwntal C¥)nSe￿Ih￿, haalhy Ik4kng. and Ibe safety to
le#rrMThk. fr*ndthy. o)nyrwnratsn. and 1o•JeTrh*. In lotal. 143 ￿d￿&S
b*onJ8d fNe Scwt¥ B￿nze Awards.
The alw b)ok part in th• fokn*knJ 0¥onls: St G80(98'8 Day Parada
(Awl 2024X BeaverSknepo¥wat ￿rhu1 (Atsy 2024K Di51rt1 Bea7•*r Fun
Lkny at ToWr*FS {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 ¥K*yJ•d a TA*1¢ rnngg oflh•ms awwj arAp4Nbs
suth as *JhtvvJ. phologrnphy. expknuig gk)t)al rAie$, tean1￿￿.
b&ade￿￿ dH*nge4 8xpefvi*nts. (¥èatN8 uafts. 9an*s. and
cuttural c•fgbralt¥n$. We **knrr*d new Beavets and volunteern, rnn
investi1u￿& aThJ li oppL￿nI*S * devobp (￿&r￿A¥￿Ips aTrJ
te•nvAork.
In totsl 346 b•dg•s lo Ihe ThutyJBy oNwrlh6 J*8r.
inthdww 4 Chi&f So)ut Bfonze Awath. and
olourswThJ peo[*.
The G*ny 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(*4hen*d 88abw S*epoN*i at ourhut (l•lafch 20251 Th8
badges and hKl•pondence aThJ a sale and supporti
Vh conknuo &) lo￿ on pio*JkvJ 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 (￿81*Y Corrnts*n￿ pubk beneft uit81ia undar both
7dwdne4rnnrot8ducaw*n •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 resourt*s to contknue the
char*8bf8 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￿ thvestn*nts 5uth 8$ 4ocas and *we$. The G￿lP has the￿I0[e
adopted a ￿ n&k stsategy to th• of ts fvn¢J& Al funds arn h&kl
cash Usi￿ onty n¥instream banks t￿ wt*s.
Plans forlutum p•h)ds
The Gmup intends lo coAlknJ• to off•ra ful of arth11￿$. carrps.
rwfrliy and throu9houl Ihe n•xt ffflancial year.
Tho tn￿te&S dad8￿ Ihat tlwy appro*d Iru8lees' W abobt
Sb3ned on behaw oftm th#iiVs tw*ees
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Unquallfied report for a non*ompany charlty preparfng recelpts and payments
accounts wlth a Iro88 Income of £250.1MYJ or less in the relevant financlal
I rew to th•tru*e8s on my ￿the stA￿0￿ Scwt Gr(￿p the year 31 March
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I rewjrt in re4?￿E of rny exgnrrination of the 4th St Abans Seoul Group &AXOUrts caffl&l tyjt uryjer s￿￿On 145 01 th8 2011
and In cWry1￿ OLrt my examinaibn I have lolk>w&l al the 94i*¢aL40 DIr￿￿S glven by th8 C• Commlsswjn urKlar
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1. wiun*¥J reo)rdB Tm Thx W rn ra¥￿ 4th St Gw as $￿tron 130 ¢)1 tha Aci,.
2. th8 not a(xord with tt￿8• rffords
¢*awn in thls rw in ￿ lo ￿8t￿O a 5YOP81 (* tho ￿e0￿rrtS to t)0 r￿1￿.
Sign￿.
Name: Andrg DeRoy id"E . Ll
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Income and Expendlturo for the Year Endlng 318t March 2025
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Cashbook 2024-202Sulsx, Surnmary
Prepared by.. Kelly Drew
Group Tre4surer