**1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603) Receipts and Payments for year ending 2023** |**YE**
**Receipts**
£14,944
£3,803
£18,361
£0
£3,085
£1,124
£0
£6,229
£186
£0
£43
£0
£47,775
Net receipts
**Funds Held**
CAF Cash
CAF Gold
Bank movement
Income adjustments
Costs adjustments
Bank and adjustments|**YE**
**Receipts**
£14,944
£3,803
£18,361
£0
£3,085
£1,124
£0
£6,229
£186
£0
£43
£0|**31.12.23**
**Payments**
£5,145
**Subscriptions**
£0
**GiftAid**
£15,976
**Camps/Activities**
£0
**Donations/Grants**
£736
**Fundraising**
£60
**Bank Int / Charges**
£740
**Utilities**
£0
**Hall Hire**
£4,009
**Maintenance**
£1,152
**Insurance**
£3,737
**Section Expenditure**
£910
**Equipment**
£32,465
**Totals**
£15,311
**YE 31.12.23**
£10,485
£61,458
£71,943
£10,468
-£4,713
£9,555
£15,311|**YE**
**Receipts**
£15,771
£3,648
£14,631
£220
£2,801
£178
£0
£6,212
£0
£0
£135
£0
£43,597
Net receipts
**Funds Held**
CAF Cash
CAF Gold|**YE**
**Receipts**
£15,771
£3,648
£14,631
£220
£2,801
£178
£0
£6,212
£0
£0
£135
£0|**31.12.22**
**Payments**
£5,148
£0
£14,571
£250
£160
£84
£981
£0
£5,732
£1,018
£2,051
£574| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||£30,569| ||||||£13,027| ||||||**YE 31.12.22**
£18,122
£43,352| ||||||£61,475| ||||||| ||||||£13,074| ||||||-£579
£531| |||£15,311|||£13,027| |**Income adjustments**
Gift Aid Nov-Dec22
Gift Aid Nov-Dec23
Hire income
Deposits for SC25
**Costs adjustments**
Kitchen door replacement
Electricity cost
Acivities|Income adjustments
-£434
**_A_**
Gift Aid Oct-Dec21
-£776
£521
**_B_**
Gift Aid Nov-Dec22
£434
-£543
**_C_**
Parich Council - sewer co
-£419
-£4,257
**_D_**
Hire income
£183
-£4,713
-£579
Costs adjustments
-£489
**_E_**
Wiring work
-£1,648
-£627
**_F_**
Kitchen door replacemen
£489
-£8,439
**_G_**
Electricity cost
£627
-£9,555
-£531|-£776
£434
o
-£419
£183| |---|---|---| |||-£579| |||-£531| 09/19/2024 ## **Commentary for year ending 31.12.23** |**Subscriptions**|Capitation payment for the year £4,680. Average number of subscription payments per month 67.| |---|---| |**GiftAid**|Gift Aid claimed on all subscriptions where Gift Aid Forms received.| |**Camps/Activities**|Expenditure on camps was covered by additional charges per camp.| |**Fundraising**|Total gross receipts from Village Day Duck Race £3,069| |**Bank Int / Charges**|CAF Reserve account interest for the year - £1,105| |**Utilities**|Water and electricity charges for the year.| |**Hall Hire**|Income from hiring the hall (managed by Ann Power) in line with previous year at £6,229| |**Maintenance**|Includes: cleaning costs of £1,152 and replacement toilet cost of £894| |**Insurance**|We renewed our insurance policies with Unity at a cost of £1,152| |**Section Expenditure**|Leaders costs for session activities, badges etc.| |**Equipment**|Equipment purchased for camps: tents, trollyes and an oven.| |**Income adjustments**|Includes deposit payments for the 2024 Scout Camp of £4.3k.| |**Costs adjustments**|Includes payments made for future camps of £8.4k.| 09/19/2024 |||**Inc**|**Pay**| |---|---|---|---| |1|**Subscriptions**|14,944.00|5,145.00| |2|||| |3|**GiftAid**|3,715.90|| |4|||| |5|**Camps/Activities**|22,618.10|24,414.72| |6|||| |7|**Donations/Grants**|0.00|0.00| |8|||| |9|**Fundraising**|3,085.28|735.87| |10|||| |11|**Interest**|1,124.07|60.00| |12|||| |13|**Utilities**|0.00|1,367.77| |14|||| |15|**Rent**|6,771.50|0.00| |16|||| |17|**Maintenance**|186.00|4,497.38| |18|||| |19|**Insurance**|0.00|1,151.94| |20|||| |21|**Hut Refurbishment**||| |22|||| |23|**Section Expenditure**|43.02|3,736.54| |24|||| |25|**Re-equipment**|0.00|910.27| |||52,487.87|42,019.49| |||47,775.37|32,464.61| |||4,712.50|9,554.88| ||Adjustments
2023||| ||Adjustments
2021|-5,233.00|488.78| ||Bank|1,124.07|| ||Variance|603.57|9,066.10| |**Row Lab**
**Exp**|**Row Lab**
**Exp**|**Inc**| |---|---|---| |Act|-24,414.72|22,618.10| |Bank|-17,060.00|18.89| |Don||0.00| |Equip|-910.27|0.00| |Exp|-3,736.54|43.02| |Fund|-735.87|3,085.28| |Gift Aid||3,715.90| |Hire||6,771.50| |Insure|-1,151.94|0.00| |Maint|-4,497.38|186.00| |Subs|-5,145.00|14,944.00| |Util|-1,367.77|0.00| |**Grand**|**T**
**###**|**###**| |Interest|**Reserve Account**
-7,636.80
17,000.00
9,363.20
161.06
3/27/2023
216.20
6/26/2023
347.24
9/26/2023
380.68 12/26/2023
1,105.18| |---|---| ## **Bank 26.1.24** ## **Grand Total** |**Grand Total**|**Bank 26.1.24**| |---|---| |-1,796.62
-17,041.11
0.00
-910.27
-3,693.52
2,349.41
3,715.90
6,771.50
-1,151.94
-4,311.38
9,799.00
-1,367.77
**###**|-24,414.72 22,618.10
-1,796.62
-17,060.00
18.89 -17,041.11
0.00
0.00
-910.27
0.00
-910.27
-3,736.54
43.02
-3,693.52
-735.87
3,085.28
2,349.41
3,715.90
3,715.90
6,771.50
6,771.50
-1,151.94
0.00
-1,151.94
-4,497.38
186.00
-4,311.38
-5,145.00 14,944.00
9,799.00
-1,367.77
0.00
-1,367.77| ||-59,019.49 51,382.69
-7,636.80| **----- Start of picture text -----**
Summarised Income / Costs 2023
£k £k
Income Subscriptions 9.8
GiftAid 3.0
12.8
Costs Utilities -0.7
Maintenance -3.8
Insurance -1.2
Section Expenditure -3.7
Equipment -0.9
-10.3
Net group income 2.5
Camps/Activities 2.4
Donations/Grants 0.0
Bank Int / Charges 1.1
Fundraising 3.1
Hall Hire 6.2
12.8
Total Income 15.3
**----- End of picture text -----**
09/19/2024 ## **Annual Capitation** |**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**2021**
Breakdown by section
Beavers
15
16
18
17
Cubs
17
20
32
34
Scouts
13
6
10
21
45
42
60
72
74
74
46.00 48.50 49.00 51.50 52.50 60.00
**_5.4%_**
**_1.0%_**
**_5.1%_**
**_1.9%_**
**_14.3%_**
2,070.00 2,037.00 2,940.00 3,708.00 3,885.00 4,440.00|**2016**
**2017**
**2018**
**2019**
**2020**
**2021**
Breakdown by section
Beavers
15
16
18
17
Cubs
17
20
32
34
Scouts
13
6
10
21
45
42
60
72
74
74
46.00 48.50 49.00 51.50 52.50 60.00
**_5.4%_**
**_1.0%_**
**_5.1%_**
**_1.9%_**
**_14.3%_**
2,070.00 2,037.00 2,940.00 3,708.00 3,885.00 4,440.00|**2016**
15
17
13|**2017**
16
20
6|**2018**
18
32
10|**2019**
17
34
21|**2020**|**2021**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||| |||45|42|60|72|74|74| ||46.00 48.50 49.00 51.50 52.50 60.00
**_5.4%_**
**_1.0%_**
**_5.1%_**
**_1.9%_**
**_14.3%_**||||||| ||2,070.00 2,037.00 2,940.00 3,708.00 3,885.00 4,440.00||||||| **2022** **2023** |88|78| |---|---| |58.50|60.00| |**_-2.5%_**|**_2.6%_**| |5,148.00|4,680.00| ## **Income adjustments** |**Income adjustments**|| |---|---| |Gift Aid Nov-Dec22
-£434
**_A_**
Monkey Music Nov/Dec22
Gift Aid Nov-Dec23
£521
**_B_**
Daisy Foundation Nov/Dec22
Hire income
-£543
**_C_**
Daisy Foundation Apr/May22
Deposits for SC24
-£4,257
**_D_**
Pilates Nov/Dec22
Messy Makeers Oct/Dec23
-£4,713
**Costs adjustments**
Kitchen door replacement
-£489
**_E_**
Norjam camp 2025
Electricity cost
-£627
**_F_**
Brenscombe camp 2024
Acivities
-£8,439
**_G_**
Scouts camp 2024 - flights
Scouts camp 2024 - Insurance
-£9,555
Scouts camp 2024 - camp costs
Tolmers 2023|-£120
**_C1_**
-£213
**_C2_**
-£270
**_C3_**
-£120
**_C4_**
£180
**_C5_**
-£543
**_C_**
-£550
**_G1_**
-£360
**_G2_**
-£5,400
**_G3_**
-£1,305
**_G4_**
-£876
**_G5_**
£53
**_G6_**
-£8,439
**_G_**| |
Kitchen door replacement
Electricity cost
Acivities|| 09/19/2024 **1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603) Receipts and Payments for year ending 2022** |**YE**
**Receipts**
£15,771
£3,648
£14,631
£220
£2,801
£178
£0
£6,212
£0
£0
£135
£0
£43,597
Net receipts
**Funds Held**
CAF Cash
CAF Gold
Virgin
Bank movement
Income adjustments
Costs adjustments
Bank and adjustments|**YE**
**Receipts**
£15,771
£3,648
£14,631
£220
£2,801
£178
£0
£6,212
£0
£0
£135
£0|**31.12.22**
**Payments**
£5,148
**Subscriptions**
£0
**GiftAid**
£14,571
**Camps/Activities**
£250
**Donations/Grants**
£160
**Fundraising**
£84
**Bank Int / Charges**
£981
**Utilities**
£0
**Hall Hire**
£5,732
**Maintenance**
£1,018
**Insurance**
£2,051
**Section Expenditure**
£574
**Equipment**
£30,569
**Totals**
£13,027
**YE 31.12.22**
£18,122
£43,352
£0
£61,475
£13,074
-£579
£531
£13,027|**YE 31/12/2021**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
£3,827
£0
£7,072
£7,815
£0
£0
£2,774
£1,130
£4
£96
£210
£541
£3,998
£305
£420
£5,282
£0
£981
£247
£3,090
£93
£2,109
£31,292
£25,789
Net receipts
£5,504
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2021**
CAF Cash
£5,210
CAF Gold
£43,187
Virgin
£3
£48,400
£7,908
£123
-£2,528
£5,504|**YE 31/12/2021**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
£3,827
£0
£7,072
£7,815
£0
£0
£2,774
£1,130
£4
£96
£210
£541
£3,998
£305
£420
£5,282
£0
£981
£247
£3,090
£93
£2,109|**YE 31/12/2021**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
£3,827
£0
£7,072
£7,815
£0
£0
£2,774
£1,130
£4
£96
£210
£541
£3,998
£305
£420
£5,282
£0
£981
£247
£3,090
£93
£2,109| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||£25,789| ||||||£5,504| ||||||**YE 31/12/2021**
£5,210
£43,187
£3| ||||||£48,400| ||||||| ||||||£7,908| ||||||£123
-£2,528| |||£13,027|||£5,504| |**Income adjustments**
Gift Aid Oct-Dec21
Gift Aid Nov-Dec22
Parich Council - sewer cost
Hire income
**Costs adjustments**
Wiring work
Kitchen door replacement
Electricity cost|-£776
**_A_**
£434
**_B_**
-£419
**_C_**
£183
**_D_**
-£579
-£1,648
**_E_**
£489
**_F_**
£627
**_G_**
-£531| |---|---| Gift Aid for 2021 received in 2022 Gift Aid for 2022 received in 2023 Contribution towards 2021 sewer costs Adjustment between years Costs committed in 2021, paid in 2022 Invoices received in 2022 2022 costs invoiced in 2023 09/19/2024 |**1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603)**
**Receipts and Payments for year ending 31.12.21**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**YE 31/12/2020**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
**Subscriptions**
£9,650
£3,981
£3,827
£0
**GiftAid**
£2,213
£0
£7,072
£7,815
**Camps/Activities**
£240
£589
£0
£0
**Donations/Grants**
£12,200
£0
£2,774
£1,130
**Fundraising**
£0
£12
£4
£96
**Bank Int / Charges**
£23
£60
£210
£541
**Utilities**
£0
£2,445
£3,998
£305
**Hall Hire**
£1,487
£0
£420
£5,282
**Maintenance**
£0
£2,794
£0
£981
**Insurance**
£0
£951
£247
£3,090
**Section Expenditure**
£377
£1,950
£93
£2,109
**Equipment**
£0
£510
£31,292
£25,789
**Totals**
£26,190
£13,292
Net receipts
£5,504
Net receipts
£12,898
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2020**
CAF Cash
£5,210
CAF Cash
£5,305
CAF Gold
£43,187
CAF Gold
£35,184
Virgin
£3
Virgin
£3
£48,400
£40,492
Bank movement
£7,908
£11,354
Income adjustments
£123
£664
Costs adjustments
-£2,528
£880
Bank and adjustments
£5,504
£12,898
Date
Group Scout Leader
Andy Trotter
Treasurer
Martin Hockaday
Examiner|**1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603)**
**Receipts and Payments for year ending 31.12.21**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**YE 31/12/2020**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
**Subscriptions**
£9,650
£3,981
£3,827
£0
**GiftAid**
£2,213
£0
£7,072
£7,815
**Camps/Activities**
£240
£589
£0
£0
**Donations/Grants**
£12,200
£0
£2,774
£1,130
**Fundraising**
£0
£12
£4
£96
**Bank Int / Charges**
£23
£60
£210
£541
**Utilities**
£0
£2,445
£3,998
£305
**Hall Hire**
£1,487
£0
£420
£5,282
**Maintenance**
£0
£2,794
£0
£981
**Insurance**
£0
£951
£247
£3,090
**Section Expenditure**
£377
£1,950
£93
£2,109
**Equipment**
£0
£510
£31,292
£25,789
**Totals**
£26,190
£13,292
Net receipts
£5,504
Net receipts
£12,898
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2020**
CAF Cash
£5,210
CAF Cash
£5,305
CAF Gold
£43,187
CAF Gold
£35,184
Virgin
£3
Virgin
£3
£48,400
£40,492
Bank movement
£7,908
£11,354
Income adjustments
£123
£664
Costs adjustments
-£2,528
£880
Bank and adjustments
£5,504
£12,898
Date
Group Scout Leader
Andy Trotter
Treasurer
Martin Hockaday
Examiner|**1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603)**
**Receipts and Payments for year ending 31.12.21**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**YE 31/12/2020**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
**Subscriptions**
£9,650
£3,981
£3,827
£0
**GiftAid**
£2,213
£0
£7,072
£7,815
**Camps/Activities**
£240
£589
£0
£0
**Donations/Grants**
£12,200
£0
£2,774
£1,130
**Fundraising**
£0
£12
£4
£96
**Bank Int / Charges**
£23
£60
£210
£541
**Utilities**
£0
£2,445
£3,998
£305
**Hall Hire**
£1,487
£0
£420
£5,282
**Maintenance**
£0
£2,794
£0
£981
**Insurance**
£0
£951
£247
£3,090
**Section Expenditure**
£377
£1,950
£93
£2,109
**Equipment**
£0
£510
£31,292
£25,789
**Totals**
£26,190
£13,292
Net receipts
£5,504
Net receipts
£12,898
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2020**
CAF Cash
£5,210
CAF Cash
£5,305
CAF Gold
£43,187
CAF Gold
£35,184
Virgin
£3
Virgin
£3
£48,400
£40,492
Bank movement
£7,908
£11,354
Income adjustments
£123
£664
Costs adjustments
-£2,528
£880
Bank and adjustments
£5,504
£12,898
Date
Group Scout Leader
Andy Trotter
Treasurer
Martin Hockaday
Examiner|**1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603)**
**Receipts and Payments for year ending 31.12.21**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**YE 31/12/2020**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
**Receipts**
**Payments**
£12,648
£4,440
**Subscriptions**
£9,650
£3,981
£3,827
£0
**GiftAid**
£2,213
£0
£7,072
£7,815
**Camps/Activities**
£240
£589
£0
£0
**Donations/Grants**
£12,200
£0
£2,774
£1,130
**Fundraising**
£0
£12
£4
£96
**Bank Int / Charges**
£23
£60
£210
£541
**Utilities**
£0
£2,445
£3,998
£305
**Hall Hire**
£1,487
£0
£420
£5,282
**Maintenance**
£0
£2,794
£0
£981
**Insurance**
£0
£951
£247
£3,090
**Section Expenditure**
£377
£1,950
£93
£2,109
**Equipment**
£0
£510
£31,292
£25,789
**Totals**
£26,190
£13,292
Net receipts
£5,504
Net receipts
£12,898
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2021**
**Funds Held**
**YE 31/12/2020**
CAF Cash
£5,210
CAF Cash
£5,305
CAF Gold
£43,187
CAF Gold
£35,184
Virgin
£3
Virgin
£3
£48,400
£40,492
Bank movement
£7,908
£11,354
Income adjustments
£123
£664
Costs adjustments
-£2,528
£880
Bank and adjustments
£5,504
£12,898
Date
Group Scout Leader
Andy Trotter
Treasurer
Martin Hockaday
Examiner| |---|---|---|---| ||||£13,292| ||||£12,898| ||||**YE 31/12/2020**
£5,305
£35,184
£3| ||||£40,492| ||||| ||||£11,354| ||||£664
£880| ||||£12,898| ||||Date| ||||| ||||| 09/19/2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603)
Receipts and Payments for year ending 31.12.20
YE 31/12/2020 YE 31/12/2019
Receipts Payments Receipts Payments
£9,650 £3,981 Subscriptions £12,136 £3,708
£2,213 £0 GiftAid £2,976 £0
£240 £589 Camps/Activities £5,811 £7,617
£12,200 £0 Donations/Grants £700 £250
£0 £12 Fundraising £1,751 £12
£23 £60 Bank Int / Charges £33 £60
£0 £2,445 Utilities £0 £696
£1,487 £0 Hall Hire £2,954 £0
£0 £2,794 Maintenance £0 £4,384
£0 £951 Insurance £0 £902
£377 £1,950 Section Expenditure £58 £3,719
£0 £510 Equipment £0 £816
£26,190 £13,292 Totals £26,419 £22,163
Net receipts £12,898 Net receipts £4,256
Funds Held YE 31/12/2020 Funds Held YE 31/12/2019
CAF Cash £5,305 CAF Cash £3,974
CAF Gold £35,184 CAF Gold £25,161
Virgin £3 Virgin £3
£40,492 £29,138
Bank movement £11,354 £2,224
Accrued Income £664 £563
Costs prepaid £880 £1,469
Bank and accruals £12,898 £4,256
Date
Group Scout Leader Andy Trotter
Treasurer Martin Hockaday
Examiner
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09/19/2024 **----- Start of picture text -----**
1st Welwyn Scout Group (Reg Charity 302603)
Receipts and Payments for year ending 31.12.19
YE 31/12/2019 YE 31/12/2018
Receipts Payments Receipts Payments
£12,136 £3,708 Subscriptions £10,858 £2,955
£2,976 £0 GiftAid £2,268 £0
£5,811 £7,617 Camps/Activities £5,336 £5,122
£700 £250 Donations/Grants £1,155 £0
£1,751 £12 Fundraising £1,110 £32
£33 £60 Bank Int / Charges £11 £60
£0 £696 Utilities £75 £1,259
£2,954 £0 Hall Hire £3,615 £94
£0 £4,384 Maintenance £0 £1,958
£0 £902 Insurance £0 £877
£58 £3,719 Section Expenditure £310 £4,066
£0 £816 Equipment £0 £3,040
£26,419 £22,163 Totals £24,738 £19,462
Net receipts £4,256 Net receipts £5,276
Funds Held YE 31/12/2019 Funds Held YE 31/12/2018
CAF Cash £3,974 CAF Cash £6,783
CAF Gold £25,161 CAF Gold £20,129
Virgin £3 Virgin £3
£29,138 £26,914
Bank movement £2,224 £6,995
Accrued Income £563 -£250
Costs accrued £1,469 -£1,469
Bank and accruals £4,256 £5,276
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09/19/2024 ## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1/1/23 Period start date To 31/12/23 Period end date** **Charity name:1st Welwyn Scout Group** ## **Charity registration number:302603** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference||| |---|---|---|---| |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 where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|**No grants are made by the Group.**| |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|| |---|---|---| |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,**
**to80-90 young people meeting during**
**2023.**
**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 6 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 where relevant about: |
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**| |---|---|---| |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|**£70k Reserves are held in Charity Aid**
**Fund Bank accounts, but we will be**
**looking to investing £50k in longer term**
**investment accounts with major banks**
**now interest rates have risen**| |Other||| ## **Financial Review** |**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 £70k) to meet future**
**major repairs and renewals during the**
**remaining 127 years on our lease**| |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 127 years, so funds are being**
**accumulated in advance of such a need**| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£70k**| |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 127 years on our hut,**
**with no rent reviews at £89 per annum**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |
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**| |---|---|---| |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 or2**
**year fixed interest accounts with**
**substantial banks, but keeping at least**
**£20k 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:||| |---|---|---| |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 Group Scout Leader and 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 Scout Council of all**
**parents, leaders, and trustee board**
**members**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |Policies and procedures
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 Group**
**Scout Leader to ensure their suitability**
**to support the Group**| |---|---|---| |The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51|**Follows national scout guidelines.**
**Presently there are 5 members of the**
**Trustee Board, the Group Scout Leader,**
**Chair of the Trustee Board, an NHS**
**mental health team leader who acts as**
**secretary, a qualified treasurer and the**
**Group’s quarter master. 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 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|1stWelwyn Scout Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|None| |Registered charity number|302603| |Charity’s principal address|Scout Hut, Lockley’s Drive car park, Lockleys Drive, Welwyn,
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**to appoint trustee (ifany)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Andrew Trotter|Chairman||GroupScout Leader| ||TonyWorsley|GroupScout Leader||District Commissioner| ||Michael Gray|Quarter
Master/former leader||Group Scout Council| ||Martin Hockaday|Treasurer||GroupScout Council| ||Isabel Worsley|Secretary||GroupScout Council| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| – Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved **Director name None** Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity |**Trustee name**|**Dates acted if not for whole year**|| |---|---|---| |**None**||| |||| |||| |||| |||| |||| ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets None held in this capacity Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** **Type of Name Address adviser None** ## **Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)** Anthony Worsley Group Scout Leader. Andrew Trotter Group Chairman ## **Exemptions from disclosure** Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details **None** ## **Other optional information** ## **Declarations** **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** **Signature(s)** Group Scout Leader **Full name(s)** Anthony Worsley **Position (eg Secretary,** Andrew Trotter Group Chairman **Chair, etc)** **Date**