21st Hendon (3rd Mill Hill) Group Boy Scouts Trustees Annual Report and Financial Statements st for Period l July 2022 to 30th June 2023 Reference and Administration Details Charity Details st rd Name: 21 Hendon (3 Mill Hill) Group Boy Scouts st Working Name: 21 Hendon Scout Group Charity Number: 303491 Address: The Quest Centre, Scout Wayg London NW7 3JW All correspondence: c/0 26 Lyndhurst Ave London NW7 2AB Trustees who manage the Charity William Taylor Group Scout Leader Edward Davis Julia Findon Treasurer: Simone Stoll Advisors Bank: Natwest Bank Independent Examiner M J Crane FCA Structure, Governance and Management The 21st Hendon (3rd Mill Hill) Group of Boy Scouts by Trust Deed dated 9th November 1954 has been established according to the rules of and recognised by The Boy Scouts Association (hereinafter referred to as The Scout Association or TSA) an Association incorporated by Royal Charter. Summary of Activities - July 2022 to June 2023 As Covid lockdown ended we began to have a slow start back to our various sections meeting at the Quest Centre but the UK population
was still reluctant to meet and greet. It has been a difficult time for the Group and we have struggled to keep up numbers. The Beaver leader who was funded by a grant from the local Scout County and District to support Scout Groups after Covid, realised that the Grant might not be renewed and left to take up a pern]anent role with TSA. We could not find a replacement so took most of the older Beavers into Cubs. The Cub section leaders managed to keep their section thriving and provide good Scouting. It was clear that the afterniath of covid was having a detrimental effect on parents, their children and our leadership team who began to struggle in the Scout section. Most of the young people in that section had not come from a scouting background and had joined to ty something different after the Covid disruption. A camp in the Spring was organised and took place but there were behavioural issues with the Scouts which were ongoing the next tern] so the leaders decided to temporarily close the Troop. The intention is to reopen the Scout section in September, the new scouting year. Financial Review The Nursery School using our premises during the day had been , struggling with fewer numbers of children attending but their numbers were gradually rising. The improvement to the main hall with new cupboards which could be used by the Nursery and Scouting without disruption to the others, display worked well. We funded no capital expenses this year, parents generously kept paying their subscriptions and we managed to keep our reserves high. We anticipate that we will need to contribute to some major capital expenses next year as work to the Quest Centre roof and boundary wall works are expected. Declarations The Trustees declare a) That the charity has given no guarantee where potential liability is outstanding at the date of the statement of assets and liabilities. b) that the charity has no outstanding debts which are secured by an express charge on any of the assets of the charity at the date of the statement of assets and liabilities
c) that they have approved the above report and authorised it to be si]ed on their behalf. W J C Taylor, Group Scout Leader, 6th July 2024
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Independent Examiner's Report I report to the Trustees on my examination of the accounts of the 2 1st Hendon (3, Mill Hill) Boy Scouts (the Trust) for the year to 30th June 2023 set out on the following pages. Responsibilities and Basis of the report As the charity Trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (the Act). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 201 l Act and in carrying out my examination I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act. Independent Examiner's Statement I have completed my examination. I confinn that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with examination giving me cause to believe that in any material respect. l. Accounting records were not kept in respect of the Trust as required by section 130 of the Act; or 2. The accounts do not accord with those records. 3. The accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the forni and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a 'true and fair, view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination. I have no concerns and have come across no other matter in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understandin of the accounts to be reached. sied. Date [8 vJa2021• Name M J Crane FCA Address: 33 Lee Road, London NW7 ILJ