|Names and addressesofadvisers (|optional information but encouraged as best practice)|
|---|---|
|Typeofadvisor|Name<br>Address|
|SectionB|Structure,governanceandmanagement|
|Descriptionofthe charity's trusts||
|Typeofgoverning document|The Group's governing documents are thoseofThe Scout|
||Association. They consistofa Royal Charter, which in turn gives|
||authority to the Bye Lawsofthe Association and The Policy,|
||Organisation and RulesofThe Scout Association.|
|(e.g. trust deed, constitution)||
|How the charityisconstituted|The Groupisa trust established under its rules which**are**common|
||to all Scouts.|
|(e.g. trust, association, company)||
|Trustee selection methods|The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy,|
||Organisation and RulesofThe Scout Association.|
|(e.g. appointedby, elected by)||
|Additional governance issues (optional information but encouraged as best practice)||
|Youmaychoose to include||
|additional information, where|The Group is managed by the Group Executive Committee, the|
|relevant, about:|membersofwhich are the 'Charity Trustees'ofthe Scout Group|
||whichisaneducational charity.Ascharity trustees they are|
||responsible for complying with legislation applicabletocharities.|
||This includes the registration, keeping proper accounts and|
||making returns to the Charity Commission as appropriate.|
|Policies and procedures adopted for:||
|a) the induction and trainingoftrustees;<br>b) trustee' considerationofmajor risks<br>and the systems and procedures to|The Committee consistsofthree independent representatives,<br>Chair, Treasurer and Secretary together with the Group Scout<br>Leader, individual section leaders and parent's representation and|
|manage them|meets every 2 months.|
||This Group Executive Committee exists to support the Group|
||Scout Leader in meeting the responsibilitiesofthe appointments|
||and is responsible for:|
||The maintenanceofGroup property;|
||The raisingoffunds and the administrationofGroup finance;|
||The insuranceofpersons, property and equipment;|
||Group public occasions;|
||Assisting in the recruitmentofleaders and other adult support;|
||Appointing any sub committees that may be required;|
||Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than those|
||who are elected.|





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|Section C|Objectives and activities|
|---|---|
|Summaryoftheobjectsofthecharityset||
|outinitsgoverningdocument|Theobjectivesofthegroupareasa unit oftheScoutAssociation.|
||TheAimofTheScoutAssociationistopromotethedevelopment|
||ofyoungpeopleinachievingtheirfullphysical,intellectual,social|
||andspiritualpotentials,asindividuals,asresponsiblecitizensand|
||asmembersof theirlocalnationalandinternationalcommunities.|
||ThemethodofachievingtheAimoftheAssociationisbyproviding|
||anenjoyableandattractiveschemeofprogressivetraining,based|
||ontheScoutPromiseandLawandguidedbyadultleadership.|
|Summaryofthemainactivitiesin|-Wecontinuetohosta DistrictExplorerGroup|
|relationtotheseobjects||
||-WeholdweekendScoutandCubcamps,plusBeaver|
||sleepovers|
||-WeholdweeklongSummerCampsfortheScoutsandCubs|
||(sometimesa jointcamp)|
||-WecontinuetoholdGroupcampfirestocreatecohesion|
||betweenthesections.|
||-Eachsectionholdsvariousactivitiesoutsidetheregularhut|
||meetingstoaddinterest|
||-Whereverpossibleweattendeventsandcampsheldatboth|
||DistrictandCountylevel|
||-Leadersmaintainandexpandtheirskillsandknowledgeby|
||attendingvarioustrainingevents|



|You**maychoose**to include further||
|---|---|
|statements,whererelevant,about:||
|•policyongrantmaking;||
|• contributionmadebyvolunteers.||
|Publicbenefitstatement||
||TheGroupmeetstheCharityCommission'spublicbenefitcriteria|
||underboththeadvancementofeducationandtheadvancementof|
||citizenshiporcommunitydevelopmentheadings.|
|Section D|Achievements and performance|
|Summaryofthemainachievementsof<br>thecharityduringtheyear|ApartfromtheregularweeklySquirrels,Beavers,CubsandScouts<br>meetingsandtheusualScoutingactivitiesthattheyentail,the|
||mainachievementsarethoseasdetailedinSectionC,above|





||SectionE|FinancialReview|
|---|---|---|
|•|Briefstatementofthe charity's policy on|**Reserves Policy**|
|||TheGroup's policyonreserves is, ideally, to hold sufficient funds|
|||tocontinue the charitable activitiesofthe group during a period|
|||when income and fundraising activities unexpectedly fall shortof·|
|||thatrequired.TheGroup Executive Committee considers this|
|||amount to be equivalent to approximately 6 months running costs,|
|||c.£3,500.|
|||**The Group's reservesatyear end well exceededthat**|
|||**requirement, these funds are alsotobe used for on-goinghut**|
|||**replacement and renovations**|
||uuanmyana explainanyaes1gnauons||
||Detailsofany funds materially in deficit||
||(circumstances plus steps to eliminate)||
||Further financial review details (optional information)||
||You**may choose**toinclude additional||
||information, where relevant, about:|**Investment Policy (Specimen 1)**|
||• the charity's principal sourcesoffunds<br>(including any fundraising);|The Group's Income and Expenditure is very small and as a<br>consequence does not have sufficient fundstoinvest in longer-|
|||term investments such as stocks and shares.TheGroup has|
|||therefore adopted a low risk strategy to the investmentofits funds.|
|||All funds are held in cash using only mainstream banksorbuilding|
|||societiesorThe Scout Association's Short Term Investment|
|||Service.|
||•howexpenditurehassupported the key|TheGroup Executive regularly monitors the levelsofbank|
||objectivesofthe charity;|balances and the interest rates received to ensure the group|
|||obtains maximum value and income from its banking|
|||arrangements. Occasionally this_may_involve using an account that|
|||requires a periodofnotice before funds may be withdrawn, before|
|||doingsothe Group Executive considers the cash flow|
|||requirements.|
||• investment policy and objectives||
|||**Investment Policy (Specimen 2)**|
|||TheGroup does not have sufficient fundstoinvest in longer term|
|||investments. The Group has therefore adopted a risk averse|
|||strategytothe investmentofits funds. All funds are held in cash|
|||using only mainstream banksorbuilding societies.|





|Section F<br>Other OptionalInformation||
|---|---|
|Plansforfutllre periods (detailsofany||
|significant activities planned to achieve||
|them)||
|Section G<br>Declaration||
|The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees' report above||
|**s;gned**on**behaO**of::::::**busteL~e:~::~:~:~:~:~::~::~•::::.L~:~:r\~~=~=l\,::.i,**<br>**::~;..~-:::::::::=:**||
|Full name(s)<br>i.;.P..;;a;.;;u;;.I,;;C,;;ou;:;s;,;.in;.;,;s;________<br>,1,;R.;;o;;,..;;;.B;.;ro;.;.w;.;.n;....________||
|Position (eg Secretary, Chair)<br>!chairman<br>!secretary||
|Date<br>**I1 I 6 I O I 9 I 2 **I3I||





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||Year start date|Year start date|Year end|dale|dale||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|**Fortheyear**<br>**from**|**1April**|**2022**<br>**To**|<br>**31March**|**2023**|||
|Receipts and payments|||||||
||**2022/23**||**2021/22**||||
||**Unrestrictedfunds**||**Unrestricted funds**||||
||£||£||||
|**Receipts**|||||||
|**Donations,legaciesandsimilarincome**|||||||
|Membershipsubscriptions||**0.00**||||0.00|
|Less:Membership subscriptionspaidon(National/County!Area/District)||**-19,166.00**||||0.00|
|Netmembership subscriptionsretained||**-19,166.00**||||0.00|
|YouthProgramandActivities||**832.91**||||0.00|
|Camp||**4,050.00**|||725.00||
|Donations||**2,220.43**||4,123.60|||
|Legacies||**0.00**||||0.00|
|Gift Aid||**0.00**||1,960.66|||
|Other similarincome||**455.63**|||736.50||
|OtherincomeviaGoCardless||**35,459.55**||30,469.37|||
|**Subtotal**||**43,018.52**||38,015.13|||
|**Grants**|||||||
|Maintenancegrant||**500.00**|||2667.00||
|Othergrants||**0.00**||||0.00|
|**Subtotal**||**500.00**|||2667.00||
|**Fundraising(gross)**|||||||
|Detail 1 -Annual||**881.26**||||0.00|
|Detail2 -AdHoc||**1,309.00**||||0.00|
|Detail 3||**0.00**||||0.00|
|Otherfundraisingactivities(IncAssetSale)||**0.00**||||0.00|
|**Subtotal**||**2,190.26**||||0.00|
|**Investmentincome**|||||||
|Bankinterest|||||||
|||**162.43**||||5.44|
|Property Rent income||**420.00**|||175.00||
|Other investment income|||||||
|||**0.00**||||0.00|
|**Subtotal**||**582.43**|||180.44||
|_Total Gross Income_||27,125.211|I|40,862.571|||
|Asset and investment sales, etc. (Minibus)||o.ooi|I|||o.ool|
|_Total receipts_||27,125.211|I|40,862.571|||





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||**8th Gillingham (**<br>**Receipts and**|**Wigmore)**<br>**Payments**|**Scout Group**<br>**Account**|**Scout Group**<br>**Account**||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||<br>Yearstart date||Yeareno|02:~||
|||**Fortheyear**<br>**from**|**1April**|**2022**<br>**To**|<br>**31March**|**2023**||
|Receipts and payments|||**2022/23**||**2021/22**|||
||||**Unrestricted funds**||**Unrestrictedfunds**|||
||||£||£|||
|**Payments**||||||||
|**Charitable Payments**||||||||
|Youthprogramme andactivities||||**16,245.79**||13,954.TT||
|Adult support andtraining||||**0.00**|||0.00|
|Rent||||**0.00**|||0.00|
|Water and Sewerage||||**428.95**|||161.91|
|Electricity andGas||||**1,135.66**|||742.43|
|Insurance||||**1,098.74**|||366.08|
|RepairsandRenewals||||**3,627.30**|||412.21|
|Materials andequipment||||**704.57**||3,891.54||
|Printing and photocopying||||**268.28**|||311.35|
|Contributiontocampcosts||||**3,521.69**|||305.05|
|Uniforms||||**2,139.82**||3,537.28||
|AGM andtrustee expenses||||**78.79**|||0.00|
|Other costs detail 1 - Donations|to Charity|||**0.00**|||0.00|
|Other costs detail 2 - Security||||**182.82**|||174.07|
|Othercosts detail 3 - HutRebuild||||**11,720.00**||||
|Other costs detail**4**-Miscellaneous||||**3,187.03**|||1,112.76|
|**Subtotal**||||**44,339.44**||**24,969.45**||
|**Fundraising expenses**||||||||
|Detail 1 - Annual||||**692.96**|||21.00|
|Detail 2 - Ad Hoc||||**0.00**|||0.00|
|Detail 3 -Float||||**-155.00**|||0.00|
|Otherfundraising costs||||**0.00**|||0.00|
|**Subtotal**||||**537.96**|||21.00|
||_Total Gross Expenditure_|||44,8TT.401|I|24,990.451||
|Asset and investment purchases, etc.||||-I|<br>I||-I|
||_Total payments_|||**44,Bn.401**||24,990.451||
|_Netofreceiptsl(payments)_||||**-17,752.19**||15,872.12||
|Cashfundslastyear end||||**69,609.22**||53,737.10||
||_Cash fundsthisyear end_|||**51,857.03**||**69,609.22**||





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|Statementof|assetsandliabilitiesatth|eendofthe year|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|||**31March 2023**|**31March 2022**||
|||**Unrestricted funds**|**Unrestricted funds**||
|||£|£||
|**Cash funds**|||||
|Bank current account||**7,439.44**||**14,542.36**|
|Bank deposit account||**42,853.10**||**55,164.14**|
|Petty Cash||**1,169.83**||**166.72**|
||**Total cash funds**|**51,462.37**||**69,873.22**|
|**Othermonetary assets**|||||
|Taxclaim||**0.00**||0.00|
|Debtsduefrom the County/Area/DistricUGroup||**0.00**||0.00|
|Insurance claim||**0.00**||**0.00**|
||**Subtotal**|**0.00**||**0.00**|
|**Investment assets**|||||
|Investment property - detail||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Quoted investments||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Other investments - detail||**0.00**||0.00|
||**Sub total**|**0.00**||**0.00**|
|**Non monetary assetsforcharity's own use**|||||
|Badge stock||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Shop stock||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Other stock||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Land and buildings||**275,000.00**||**275,000.00**|
|Motor vehicles||**0.00**||0.00|
|Scouting equipment, furnitureetc||**25,000.00**||**25,000.00**|
|Other||**0.00**||**0.00**|
||**Subtotal**|**300,000.00**||**300,000.00**|
|**Liabilities**|||||
|Accountsnotyet paid||**0.00**||0.00|
|**Expenses**incurred but|not invoiced|**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Subscriptions not yet paid||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Loan - detail||**0.00**||**0.00**|
|Other liabilities||**0.00**||**0.00**|
||**Sub total**|**0.00**||**0.00**|



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