CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examiner's Report Report to the trustees On accounts for the year ended Charity no (if any) II" D. L.. IOL Solslb Set out on pages I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity ('the Trust.) for the year ended Responsibilities and basis of report As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordan￿ with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (Ihe Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carying 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 statsment I have completed my examination. I Confi￿ that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below ") which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect: the accounting records were not kept in accordan￿ wrth section 130 of the Chanties Act" or the accounts did not accord wlth the accounting records; or the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements con￿mIng the fonn 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 Gonsidered as part of an independent examination. I have no con￿M$ and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply. Signed: Date: Name: Relevant professional qualificatlon(s) or body MAA rw PARrr.'s.R 8iL+ 14ff LTA blA h(mS 10 7ihRS PROF IERV, IER Oct 2018 (if any): Address: Lofv)D c4J Section B Disclosure Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidan￿ for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. hllA IER Oct 2018 310oc•mb•r 2024. 18tCrystal P•1*￿ Scouts Group.Ex*rnlor rnvS•w 5h••t Conflrmod Rovtfvt not8* Dlrectbon 1 ChKk whathor the Gh•rlty Is dlgi48 to h•v• an Indow￿•￿•m1na1jOTh Ir￿me of 450k. requires sc**tny cl Kc4)unts uThJer gwdwce 1.1 Audit not r4uir8d as il Inc￿ 18ssthan £lrn and ill income b988 th￿ E250k aNJ a$8ds undor £3.25m AS confirmed a parenty charity ￿th ont or more sU￿darl¢S thch bre￿ £lm rev¢nutthra8hc*J AS (x)nfirmed no tKan¢hes wkich req￿re revenue a*xation bass of ￿e￿ntS preperation fine as kn than £250k revenue I qualfy under aPP￿diX 5 defin￿0￿. M&A tax p8rtw &g4 ATh. CTA 8A HOTh5 20 y•0rs Wa$sK￿l seTrice w)¢ri*xa NIA no Infornation indic8te5 threslK*Is LYOS8ed 0￿￿Mena￿on steps NIA no infomation ￿lch indic*e5 thrtshc*Js cfossed NIA (trustee has n(rt required to • for IndeFeTh￿ examinabw rather than *Jthtl NIA ltsusteè has nrA reqwred to aFWy inder￿d￿￿ examination rthr than NIA ItNstee has not req￿reA lo ath f¢N indeF¢ndMt exarrllnation rknr than wthtl NIA (trustee ha$ not required lo apply for i￿jePen￿ exaryMn*on rahar than ￿11> App*rs to be met ApFear5 to be m8t 1.2-1.4 1.10 1.12 1.13 1.14 1.15 1.16 1.17 2 Check for •ny confllct of int•r•st that prvenls th• •xamlner from ¢•rykng 0￿t NIA not accn1￿ ba￿$ Inforniation dear 11.2 11.4 11.8 No Unsu￿ items 11.9 No further steps ¢¢)n￿dered necassary ) further step5 ojnsdered netessary 12 C¢yh7paro trustees annual report wllh accounts 12.1 Annual resx)rt requirem￿18 oJmF4eted 12.2 No pu￿¢ benefits 12.3 Annual report requirements Gom*t*l 12.4 Annual report r8quiremenls completed 12.5 Annu￿ report rtquirements o)mF4et 13 Wrfl• 4nd slgn th• Inpendont oxamlnatlon rnptyt Understc*>J Understotrj Understood Understcoj Understotrj Underst¢)trJ Underst¢x)d Undetstoyj Understotrj Understood Understood Understoc#J Understood UnderSt1￿d Underst¢x Under8t¢od Understood Under5t¢xd Underst¢))d Understeod under5tt7￿1 Und8rst¢xd Underst¢>>J Understwd 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 13.9 13.10 13.11 13.12 13.13 13.14 13.15 13.16 13.17 13.18 13.19 13.20 13.21 13.22 13.23 13.24 1325 1st CRYSTAL PALACE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024- Summary tGfO Juni er Hall. Rama Lane. C slal Palace. LONDON SE19 - BROMLEY Re istered Chari Nurnber: First Re istered with Scout Asgociation: Re istered Scout Assoctation Nurnber. Scout District: Grou Lead Voluntser: Grou Trnasurer: 303576 28th Februa 1908 05853 Bromle ANITA LANE ANDY SCHOLES ststement ofAssets All fvnds - Unrestricted Balancè at Bank as at 1st Janua 2024 Total All Unrestricted Funds 1st Janua Opening Balances 1ST JANUARY 2024 2024 £20,537.27 £20.537.27 2024 Income Receipts Genefal Income Income 2024 2023 £31,783.92 2023 £697.6 2023 Sub totsl t>onati0118 & Grants 2024 Sub total Investm nt Income 2024 Sub totsl Total Gross Income Un-Restri¢ted Funds Receipts All Funds 2024 £510.00 £49,863.2 ,321.5 2024 2023 Total Gross Income - ALL FUNDS £49,863.29 £33,321.57 Expenditure Payments Unrestricted Funds Pa monts - Unrestri¢tsd lunds Totsl Gross Pa ments . unrestrict￿ Funds Payments Restricted Funds 2024 £49,119.10 2023 £38.877.37 2024 2023 Total Gros$ Expendtture. Restrlcted Fvndy Payments - All Funds £0.00 £0.00 2024 2023 Total Gross Expenditure - All Funds 2024 Statement of Monetary Assets at Year End 31ST DECEMBER 2024 £49,119.10 £38.877.37 2024 £21,281.86 2023 £19,838.43 £372.28 £20,210.71 Total of Unrestricted Fund$ held at year en Totsl of Restricted Funds Held at year Total ol all Cash lunds at rend £21.281.86 Liab41ities and future obligations 2024 2023 £1LK).00 Accounts noty•t pald . Howltt• of¢roydon Account D•Tr Claanlng outstsndlng Decèmbe¥ account Scout MeM￿NhiP subsc￿pttons rtot yot pald lestfimatqd) Sub totsl Non Monetary assets at year end Nl £75.00 £4,OW.OD £4.000.00 £4,000.00 £4,175.00 2024 £180.00 £325,7T6.93 £13.415. £339.374.81 2023 e150.0 £310.265. £7,010.42 £317,456.06 Badge $tock l&stimat8dl Lartd and bulldlng5 (Last yoar + 5%) Scouting equbFNnOnL •te 20% Wre¢l4tlon ￿u$ addtlsob)sl Sub total 6<￿$t31￿• 1st CRYSTAL PALACE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024 tGfO Juni r Hall, Rama Lane, C tal Palace. LONDON SE19 - BROMLEY Rg istered Cha Number: First Rè istered with Scout Association: Re istsred Scout Association Numbgr: Scout District: Grou Lead Voluntegr: Grou Treasurer: Treasurers Contsct Details: 303576 28th Februa 1908 05853 Cro don District ANITA LANE ANDY SCHOLES Is al lacescouts. Statement of Assets All fund5 - Unre$trict&d Balance at Bank as at 1st Janua 2024 Total All Unr•strlct8d Funds 1st Janua Opening Balances 1ST JANUARY 2024 2024 £20,537.27 £20 537.27 2024 Receipts General In Unrestricted Funds 2024 om 2024 £10,458.1 2023 £10.691.45 £18,455.73 £2,614.59 Membgrnhip subxrlpiions IAltgr rntunds) Gambla R￿Ipts Roceiv8d In 2022 for 2Q23 Expodillon Actlvlty R6¢elpts- vv4 GoCardk88 HRMC £8,Jf3. É13.357.51 £5,017.1 £6207. Activittes RofuDd* & Trnrwfern UnllokTh Surplus S￿d Equlpment Subtotal £22.15 £4268. £31,783.9 Donations & Grant¥ 2024 £4.084.49 £1,000.00 £0.00 2023 £197.6 Donations Grarkts Other Don￿￿0￿1 unroStri¢tsd £500.00 Sub totsl £697.6 Investment I Bank (Dthrest 8ulldlng Socloty Interest Th* ScoutA8S￿1atffjo￿ Tmm In¥o8lmentSor¥k• Property Rent in¢omo Sub total Total Gross Incomè 2023 £0. £o.o £0. £0.00 £0. £0.00 £510.0 £840.00 £S10.0 £840.00 £33.321.57 Un41estrictgd Funds £49.863.29 Receipts Restricted funds 2024 Recei ts . Restricted Funds Jarnbofee Income for 2024 Totsl Gross Income - Restrictgd Funds 2024 2023 £0.00 £0.00 £0.00 Receipts All Funds 2024 2024 £49 863.29 2G23 £33.321.57 Totsl Gross Income - ALL FUNDS 1st CRYSTAL PALACE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2024 Payments Account 2024 Payments Unrestricted Funds Pa ments . un￿$trt¢I8d funds Scout Assoclation Membtrshlp sul)xrlpOcrfM ICawtatlon} Badges, Ne¢kers. Llnlform & Trophl•s Watèr, st￿rage, Eiectrl¢lty & Rates Insuran¢¢ Admin Tralnln9 and Intem6t Rèpairs, Den Malntenoce & Cltaning Relund5. Transfers & Donatlon8 Sectlon Expen885 Actlvttlgs I Camp Gambla Expenses Camp ktivtlles Food & Trans Cost Just Givlng Costs Total Gross Pa monts - Unrgstrlclod Fund# 2024 2023 £3.955.00 É1.353. £9,132.7 £1.581.00 £90.00 £2.421. £3,640.81 £1,115.51 £10290. £2.152. £24.6T8. É3,803. £204.73 .054.51 £7.184.67 £5.313.10 £2O2.OD £49119.1 £38 877.37 Payments Restricted Fiinds 2024 2023 Total Gross Ex Ilure. Re¥tr5thd Funds Éo.00 £0.00 Paymenis All Fuiids 2024 £49,119.1 2023 £38.877.37 Total Gr055 Exp•ndlttwe. All Fund8 2024 Statement of Monetary Assets at Year End 31ST DECEMBER 2024 3024 £21.281.86 2023 £19,838A3 £372.28 £20 210.71 Total of Unrnstrlcted Funds held at year end Total of Restricted Funds Held at yezr end Total of all Cash fvnds at oar •nd Moneta funds ro Bank currant account resented as follows 2024 £21,281.86 £0.00 2023 £0.00 £0.00 CashlFloats Total cash funds at ear•nd £21,281.86 £0.00 Liabilities and future obligations 2024 2023 £100.0 Accounts not yot paid . Hewltt8 of Croydon Account Den ClgaTring outstarKling c*cèmboraccount Scout Member•hlp Subscriptions rbot yot paid lttttm8tsdl £75.00 £4,(KM).00 £4,000.00 £4 175.00 Sub total Noii MoiTretary assets atyear end 2024 £180. 2023 £150.00 £310.265. B8dg0 stock le8￿mated) L8nd and bulldlngs (Lut y•ar+ 5%1 outing oqulpmenL fumitu¥e otc 20% Dopre¢let6on ￿1b$ •dd61k)n51 Sub total £325.778. É13.415. £339.37&81 £3t7 4S6.06 Thè abovo rocelpts and payments account and slatomont of assets and liabllili•s w•r• approved by the Exocutlvo C¢mmltt•o and slgr¥Dd on thelT bohall natures Date +g CLLI 1010212025 Scouts 1st Crystal Palace Group SCOUT COUNCIL AnnuaL GeneraL Meeting Minutes forthe 13thJuly 2025 AGM l. Introduction and welcome Introduction and weL¢ome from Tanisha Anderson Ichairperson - online). Anits Lane (GVL - in person). Andy Scholes (Treasurer - in person) Tanisha weLcomed members of the Group Scout Council and guests - Sheila Howard DLV Bromley ies for absence Chair We've received apologies from 5 persons for their absence today, and they are. CarL Bradbury-proudlove. Catherine BradLer. Rachel Church and Josh DumbriLI 3. Governance to ics 3a. Approval of the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 2614124 Chair: The Group Trustee Board have reviewed the minutes of last year's AGM at the meeting heLd on 2614124. She proposed that these minutes are taken as read and asked the Group Scout CounciL to agree that they're a true record of that meeting. ALL AThENDEES APPROVED. NO OBJEcfioNS and NO ABSTETrtnoNS 3b. Ado t the model constitution from Poli anisation and Rules POR Chair. In Line with the recommendation from The Scout Association. the Group Trustee Board proposes we keep the constitution that was approved last year, for a Scout Group from Chapter sc of Policy. Organisation and Rules. This has been amended. A copy of this was available for review and inspettion prior to this meeting. and copies are also avaiLable at this meeting. NO VOTE TAKEN AND THE CONSTITUTION WAS APPROVED AT THE AGM IN 2024 Document created in February 2024 Version 4 - Edited in April 2025 3L Note the Grou 's financial ear Chair: Confirmed to the Group Scout Council members that our charity's financial year is l Jan to 31 December 3d.A rove a ointed and commun. mbers of the Grou Scout Council Chair notes the Group Scout Council can admit other peopLe to membership. Chair advised that there is no one else to be nominated. 3e. A ree the number of members that ma ointed to the Trustee Board Chair. FoLlowing good practice recommendations from the Charity Governance Code, POR states Trustee Boards should have a minimum of 5, and no more than 12. Trustees in total. This incLudes ex officio and co-opted Trustees. THIS IS IN LINE WITH THE RESOUTION AT THE 2024AGM THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LEAVE THE srruATION UNCHANGED. ALL APPROVED. NO OBJECTIONS. NO ABSTENTIONS 3f.A ree the uorum for future meetin s of the Grou Sco ouncil excludin this AGM Chair: The Group Scout Council agreed its quorum- the minimum number of Group Scout CounciL members that must be present at Group Scout Council meetings. The Trustee Board recommended the quorum should be set at 6 people for future meetings of the Group Scout CounciL (the quorum for this AGM was agreed at last year's AGM). THE RECOMMENDATION WAS TO LEAVE THE srruATION UNCHANGED. ALL APPROVED. NO OBJECTIONS, NO ABsfENTIONS 4. Review of the revious ear - From Anita. Andy and Tanisha 4a. The Grou Lead VoLunteer's review of Scouts in the 1st C stsl Palace Scout Grou Attached for inforniation. 4b. The District Lead Vol nteer's Remarks Sheila Howard addressed the Group Scout Counal with a review of BromLeVs year so far. 4c. Receive and consider the Grou Statement of Accounts Trustees. Annual Re ort includin annual Chair noted the Group Trustee Board has prepared the Trustees. Annual Report and Statement of Accounts. and has received and considered the report on the accounts from the Independent Examiner. Page 2 of 3 pages Chair asked the Group Treasurer to give an overview of the Ststement of Accounts which he did and he described key points from the Ststement of Accounts. He noted the size of the utiLity bills and the HMRC Gift Aid which was claimed and used for the trailer. See attached accounts for further infonnation Chair thanked the Treasurer for completing the Statement of Accounts and for aLL his hard work during the year. 5. Makin ointments Sd. oint Grou President an or Wice Presidents Chair requested the Group Scout CounciL appoints a Group President Chair advises that Nick Beere is proposed as President who has been involved with the Group since 1968. Seconded by the GLV and the Treasurer. ALL APPROVED. NO OBJECTIONS, NO ABsfENTIONS Se. Inde endent Examiner Treasurer proposes Lewis Taylor Chair confirms that Lewis has been proposed by the Treasurer. seconded by the Chair and is qualified for the role and willing to undertake it ALL APPROVED. NO OBJEcfioNS. NO ABSTENTIONS 6. Closin remarks Chair cLosed the AGM. thanking everyone for attending and wished everyone a great summer and Happy Scouting for the new term. She encouraged everyone to get involved and echoed the GLV'S comments of needing more peopLe to step up and to volunteer for 1st Crystal PaLace Next Years AGM WILI be held in June 2026 Page 3 of 3 pages GLV report AGM 13" July 2025. Firstly, thank you to all the volunteers for running great programmes and events for their relevant sections. Where are we now compared to where we were lastyear and where do we want to be? Beavers- Lastyearwe had a beaver colonywith 2 leaders-we now have a thriving colony with a waiting list and 4 leaders. welcoming back Beth from maternity leave and Rachael. a newvolunteer. Cubs-we had a thriving pack with a blueprint of what a volunteer team could look like. Unfortunately, due to personal reasons. and cubs moving up to scouts we have lost many of the volunteer team and need new volunteers from Septemberto ensure that cubs can continue. Thankyou to Sallywho has alreadyjoined the team. however we need still more volunteers. Scouts- lastyearwe had 2 scouttroops, but again. due to lack of volunteers we had to merge the 2 troops. This has worked well, however we have lost volunteers throughout the year, again for the same reasons as cubs, and need more volunteers to join the team. Thankyou to Fritha and Isabetforjoiningthe team too. We also awarded a Chiefscout Gold award to Martin on his last evening as a scout. Current numbers: Beavers 19 Cubs 18 Scouts 27 District In September, we officially transferred from Croydon district to Bromley district and have been made very welcome. Bromley district have a full calendar of events for the different sections and we have so far attended the St Georges Day event in April. which was a fantastic day for all sections to enjoy a variety of activities and renew our promises. The beavers had a space themed sleepover in May, where they slept in hammocks in a large marquee (all 65 of them from all over the district)! Big shout out to the beavers that attended who got to get their breakfast f irst as when theywoke up, they lay in their hammocks quietly reading until the other beavers woke up-well done again! The scouts and explorers had a moon walk in June, which allthat attended enjoyed immensely. Group activities Last summer we took a group of scouts and explorers to the Essex International Jamboree. This was a fantastic experience for them all (and us as leaders) to have fundraised monies to be able to attend, to engage in new experiences and meet scouts, explorers. guides, and rangers from all over the world. Our new trailer served us well for this! Hopefully, we can do it again in 20281 Some ofthe scouts and explorers are goingto The Gambia in February 2026 and have actively been fundraising for this. We have had a successful movie day/night, jigsaw club in the holidays for those that like a quieter activity, parents quiz night. ran games at the South Norwood Community Festival lastweekend and more to come! Thankyou to the volunteers with the kayaking permits for arranging 2 dates this year for kayaking. the feedback from those that have never done it before has been greatl The scouts were able to set up a temporarytomahawk range in Gipsy Hill Garden, which worked well. Lookingforward to a successfuigroup camp next weekend in Downe and then heading to Wales for the explorers for a further couple of days. Where do we wantto be? We have a thriving community ofyoung people and are always getting recommendations for young people to join the relevant sections, however due to lack ofvolunteers, we are unable to take any moreyoung people and offerthem these opportunities. We would love to be able to reopen the sections that we have had to close down but can only do thatwith more parental engagement. Please think about what skills you would like to learn, and more importantly what skills you have thatyou can share with ouryoung people. The dream, of my predecessor and ourTrustee Board is still to have the 2- storey hut with plenty of space to offer more activities! Thank you again to all our volunteers.