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**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document||**Provide Scout Association training to**
**youngsters of all sexes, ethnicities and**
**faiths, or no faith **|||| |Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|~~Para 1.17 and~~
~~1.19~~|**Beaver, cub, and scout section meetings**
**each week in term time, plus weekend**
**and week camps. Leading to completion**
**of up to 50 activity badges per section,**
**DoE and/or Chief Scout Award long term**
**project badges**|||| |Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**Yes, the Trustees have had such regard**|||| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|||||| ||SORP reference|||**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No grants are made by the Group.**
**We part funded a defibrillator installed in**
**adjoining council offices (£250)**|||| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|**The Group’s expenditure is exclusively to**
**meet section expenses, equipment**
**renewal and hut running costs to**
**facilitate section meetings and camps for**
**all age groups from 5-13 years**|||| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|**Running section meetings and camps.**
**Maintenance of the hut and equipment.**|||| |Other||**One volunteer handles hut external**
**letting earning circa £5-6k per annum**|||| ||||||| |||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |**Achievements and Performance**||||| ||SORP reference||**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**The Group has grown from 18 boys and**
**girls in 2014 when the Group restarted**
**after a major hut refurbishment following**
**temporary closure in 2012, to 70-80**
**young people meeting during 2022.**
**Section meetings take place in the hut, a**
**nearby 40-acre County Scouts woodland**
**site, and at off site canoeing, skiing, and**
**other outdoor pursuit centres, plus 5**
**camps in Hertfordshire, Brownsea Island**
**near Poole, and the Peak District**
**The hut is also used by Guide Rainbow**
**and Brownie packs plus 6 local**
**community groups ranging from yoga,**
**artist workshops, to baby and toddler**
**groups**||| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||||| |Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41|**Each section has weekly activities that**
**earn youngsters’ individual badges, and**
**Beaver (Bronze), cubs (Silver), and**
**scouts (Gold) Chief Scout Awards**|**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41|**The hut lettings bring in around £5-6k,**
**and the annual Duck Race around £2.5k**
**per annum, which meet hut and**
**equipment repairs, and add to our**
**reserves to meet future major**
**refurbishments. The 2013/4 refit cost**
**circa £140k, probably not required again**
**for 20-25 years Equipment renewals will**
**total £20k or so over a 10-year period**||| |Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41|**£43k Reserves are held in Charity Aid**
**Fund Bank accounts, but we will be**
**looking to investing in longer term**
**investment accounts with major banks**
**now interest rates have risen**||| |Other||||| |||||| |**Financial Review**||||| |---|---|---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The financial position is sound. The day**
**to day running costs of the Group is met**
**each year by subs and gift aid reclaims.**
**The tenant income and fund raising is**
**used for maintenance and to build up**
**reserves (currently £43k) to meet future**
**major repairs and renewals during the**
**remaining 128 years on our lease**|**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**As above to meet future major repairs**
**and renewals. The hut is in excellent**
**condition at present, but will require**
**major refits on more than one occasion**
**over 128 years, so funds are being**
**accumulated inadvance of such a need**||| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£43k **||| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|||| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|||| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**No such concerns, our sections are full**
**and we have a substantial waiting list. We**
**are a Foundation Group, existing since**
**scouting started in 1908, and have a**
**lease for another 128 years on our hut**||| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements||||| |The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including
any fundraising)|Para 1.47|**Subs, gift aid, tenant income and**
**fundraising via an annual duck race and**
**various ad hoc events e.g., Christmas**
**Market, Race Nights, etc**|**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|**Now interest rates are material we will**
**invest some of our reserves in 1-, 2- or 3-**
**year fixed interest accounts with**
**substantial banks, but keeping at least**
**£10k in cash to meet any unexpected**
**expenses or equipment loss not covered**
**by our insurance. Both hut and**
**equipment are insured through the**
**national Scout insurance company Unity,**
**so any such costs should be less than**
**that reserve figure**||| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|**A lack of adult leaders, particularly**
**ladies. At present we have a dozen well**
**qualified adult leaders, but not all can**
**attend every meeting. We have 20 or**
**more security cleared parent helpers for**
**meetings and camps, but the section**
**programmes and camps are ambitious,**
**and getting adult recruits is an ongoing**
**challenge**||| |Other||||| |||||| ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:|||**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |---|---|---|---|---| |Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**National Scout Policy and Rules, and**
**Constitution **||| |How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g., unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**Unincorporated charity**||| |Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25|**Trustees are recruited principally by the**
**existing Chair of the Board from scout**
**parents, retired scouters, local school**
**governors, and people on local fund**
**raising or similar community bodies.**
**Trustees are elected or re elected at the**
**Annual General Meeting called the Group**
**Council of all parents, leaders, and**
**trustee board members**||| |**Additional information (optional)**
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adopted for the induction and
training of trustees|Para 1.51|**Trustees are required to complete 5 on**
**line national scout training modules. One**
**of which covers trustee responsibilities,**
**others cover safeguarding, GDPR, scout**
**organisation and safety. They are given**
**an induction meeting with the Chaiman**
**and/or Group Scout Leader to ensure**
**theirsuitability to support the Group**|**Formatted Table**|**Formatted Table**| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Follows national scout guidelines.**
**Presently there are 10 members of the**
**Trustee Board, of which three are parents**
**of youngsters in the three sections, a**
**qualified treasurer, secretary Group**
**Scout Leader and Chairman, plus one**
**that deals with hut maintenance and**
**lastly a person managing the tenants.**
**Leaders choose not to attend as the**
**Group Scout Leader meets separately**
**with them but are invited to the meetings**
**as required. Above the Group is a District**
**Trustee Board, and County, Regional and**
**National mirror image bodies**||| |Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51|**Leader meetings which pre date the**
**Trustee Meetings, so the operational**
**needs of the sections are advised for the**
**Board to discuss and resource.**
**Safeguarding and health and safety**
**issues are jointly dealt with between the**
**Board and Leaders meetings**||| |Other||||| ## **Reference and Administrative details** Charity name 1[st] Welwyn Scout Group **Formatted Table** Other name the charity uses None Registered charity number 302603 Charity’s principal address Scout Hut, Lockley’s Drive car park, Lockleys Drive, Welwyn, Hertfordshire, AL6 9NT |**me**
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GroupScout Leader
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GroupScout Leader
District Commissioner
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Group Scout Council
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GroupScout Council
**Formatted Table**|**s of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Trustee name**
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Andrew Trotter
Chairman
GroupScout Leader
TonyWorsley
GroupScout Leader
District Commissioner
Michael Gray
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Master/former leader
Group Scout Council
Julie Long
Former leader
GroupScout Council
**Formatted Table**|**s of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
**Trustee name**
**Office (if any)**
**Dates acted if not for whole**
**year**
**Name of person (or body) entitled**
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Andrew Trotter
Chairman
GroupScout Leader
TonyWorsley
GroupScout Leader
District Commissioner
Michael Gray
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Group Scout Council
Julie Long
Former leader
GroupScout Council
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Andrew Trotter
Chairman
GroupScout Leader
TonyWorsley
GroupScout Leader
District Commissioner
Michael Gray
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Group Scout Council
Julie Long
Former leader
GroupScout Council
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