CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent ExainineT s Report Roport to the tru8to•• On accounts forthe year IuL£ Charfty no Ilf any) 3oSfiL S•t out on p•g I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the atove charity (Ihe Twsf) forthe year erKled As Ihe charitys trugtee$. you e responsible forthe Kwaration of the accounts in acc¢ydance with the requirements the Chaiitles Act 2011 {Ih8 Act.). I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Ad and in cwying out my examination. I have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charlty Commission under section 145(5Xb) of the Act. Independent trhe chariVs gross inclyne ex¢eeded £250.000 and l arn qualified to •xamlnefs 8tstement undertake the examination by belng a qualified member of rmsert name of applicable listed body]]. Delete [ J rfnot 8pplicable. I have ¢p1a(8d my 8x•ninatlon. I confim that no material matters have come to my attenllon in connection with th8 examlnation (other than that disclosed tlow") which gives me cause to believe ttt in, any material respect: the accounting records were not keFrt in accordatKe with seclion 130 of lh8 Charities Act., or the accounts dsd not acr ytti the acctyJntff)g records., or the accounts did not cc*npty with the applicable raquirements con¢eming the f¢)nn and content of accounts set out in the Charities {Accounts and Reports) RegulatIor 2008 othw than any requirement that the accounts give a Ifue and falf VIff wh¢ch is a matter considered as part of an independent 8MInatIon. I have no COnmS have corne acmss no other matters In connection vAth the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper urKler5tanding of the accounts to be rad. * P108se delete the words in the brackets rfthay th) not apply. Responslbllit••s and b•fjls of r•port Slgn•d: I Narn•: LE141 R•levant profa8•lonal | Lhh - quallllc•tlon(s) or body IER Oct 2018
{If any): Address: 7 Lc4lb Section B Disclosure Only complete rf the examiner needs to highlight material matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts.. directions and guidance for examiners). Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose. ItA IER Oct 2018
1st CRYSTAL PALACE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2025- Summary Juni r Hall, Rama Lan•. C stal Polac• LONDON SE19 - BROMLEY r&t&rnd Ghari Number: First Re istered with Scout ABsoclation-. i$ter6d SGout A850¢1otson Number.. Scout Disthct: Grou Lèad Volunteer: Grou Treo8urer- 303576 28th Febru8 1908 0S853 Brom1• ANITA LANE ANDY SCHOLES ststemenl of Assets Opening Balances All funds- unrtrICtd Balance at Bank as at 1st J8nua 2025 Totsl All Unrestrlctsd FundB 18tJonya 1ST JANUARY 2025 2025 £21 281.86 É21 281.B8 2025 Income Receipts Genera Income 2024 É23,¢65.1 2024 £4384A 2024 £510.0 £28,559.59 2025 £25,O¢QA9 2025 T,731. 2025 £1.441.91 £341B3 subtotsi tion8 Subtotal In¥05 Sub totsl Total Gros8 Incomè Un-Réstrlctsd Funds Receipts All Flind$ 2024 ntln 2025 2024 Total Gross Income - ALL FUNDS £34.183.56 £28,SS9.6 Expenditure Paymeiits Unrestricted Fuiids rn8n - Unrostrlctsd funds Total Gros5 Pa monts- Unr88trfcted Fuftds Payments Rostricted FuTids 2025 £36,477.t9 2024 119.10 2025 2024 Totsi Grr% Exp•nOTe- Ro8trl¢t•d Fundi Payments All Funds £0.00 £4.00 2025 2024 Total Gross Expendltur9 - All Fund8 2024 £36A77.19 £48,119.10 Staternent of Monetary Asset5 at Year End 31ST DECEMBER 2025 2025 £18,9B8.23 2D24 £19,838.43 £372.28 £20,210.71 Totsl of Unrestrtcted Fund h•ld atye&r trnd Total of Rq$trict4d Funds H•kl alr end Total of all Cash furtd& at arentl £1B,988.23 2025 2024 £l00.Q Accwnt• ygtpald ol ¢roydDn A¢¢OUrt Oon Clwnlno outstandlng r¢•MraCCrn Scout memr•bip Subucrfpd4n• noty•tp•ld IdI Sub totjl Non Monctary assÈts at year end e7S. 4.W). £4 000.00 £4 175.00 2025 É180.00 2024 £150. É310.265.64 t7,Q40.42 £317 436.Q6 Land and bulkllDgB ILutY•4r+] Scouung 4qulpm•nl fumRure•tc 20% Dtpr•Gl•iion addMh)ro1 Sub total £325,718.è3 .832.3 £331 691.26
1st CRYSTAL PALACE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2025 Juni r Hall, 118ma Lqn•. C tal Palaco LONDON SE19 Rè i8tOT•d Charl Number. First Ro 18t8r•d wtth scoutAo¢tIOn.' istsred S¢outA$8OCkqtitin Numb•r: Scout Dlstrict.. Grou Lead Volunt•or Grou TrUrer.. TrÈasurer5 ContaGt Datalts.. BROMLEY 303576 28th Febru4 1908 05853 Broml fHstd¢t ANITA LANE ANDY SCHOLES Statemoiii of Asseis All funds- Unrèstri Balan¢9 at Bank ¥ ai 1st Jwnua 2025 Total All Lbnrnth¢tfjd 1#iJanu 1ST JANUAR Y 2025 202$ £21.281.86 £21 211. 2025 Receipts Unrestrict¢d Funds 2025 2025 Ee,941.2 É1,34& EO,¥74.8 101.1 2024 £%o.t68.1 tt,)13.93 £13,357.61 £S,017.19 £6.307.64 £414.44 NRNC v511•b E2,E61. vnwom SubtQlAI £25,01Q.S1 2025 2024 E4.Ot4 U,084A9 Subtotsi £7,731. 2D25 24 EO. JS1Oln9soclrty)tiSt tf•l.91 £IA41 81 £34,113. £51 tothi Total Gr* Income - Un-RwtriGt£d Fund• £4B,813. Receipts Rg Rostrictod fuDd$ 2025 2025 2024 e¢.00 £0.00 Total GrovJ IncomB . R8Stri¢tsd Funds £0.00 Receipts All Funds 2025 2025 24 Total Gr Incom - ALL FUNDS £49 863.2 1st CRYSTAL PALACE SCOUT GROUP ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2025 Pa ments Account 2025 Payments nts- Unrestricted Funds dfun 202S £4,9d1.00 2024 £3.888.
B•dgH, N9, Unllorffl &Thl&S Wat•r, SswaD•, Elo¢blty & Rsty8 InÉurnnc Admln Trn1nlrtoar Intsm•t R•palrs. Dvn manICe &C1¥ing R•tsndK, T¢4Th¥r•ra& Don¥tlDTrS Sgclon IC4rnp .1 £2,368.38 £1.193.32 t1,W5.2 £3,811.2 £13.72e 82 1,421. Totsi Grnss P m•nl•- Unrèbtri¢t•d Fund £36 477.19 È41119.10 Payillonts Restrictod Funds 2025 2024 T¢t41Gros¥E dJr•-R•1tct+d Fun 202S £J8A77.19 2024 U8.119.1 Tof&G¥Ob• E% ndr?-Jl FundB 3024 staleiHcnl of Monotary Assots at Year Eiid 31ST DECEMBER 2025 2025 £18.9BB.23 2024 £19,838.43 £372.28 É20 210.71 Tot•1 orunMtd¢¢gd Fund hd Atyvr•nd Total of Resld¢t•d Funts• Hèld 4ty••r•n& Totsl of all Cash funds at Moneta 2025 £18.W6 £0. £1u.988.oo 2024 E21.2Bi. •ar•nd e21.281.Dd 2025 2024 ACCOUrt•T Id . HvAtyofCroydonAG¢Okytt £7 E4,iIDV. Sub totAI Non Moiietary ?5SoiS ai year end 202S É180. 2024 £1tsth0 tJ26,77 £IJNIS. L4nd4ndbunoirffjs IL451 ygryr+l%l 04UlpnLfwtyth 2D*•n Sub tot81 £342.W6. É10,732. £352 97#.6 ThoAbDve Teceipts and PAymonts •G¢ount and •tatwn•fftt olas•ots ¥nd lbIlItIe8v opproved Executfv• ¢ommth•and tsignéd on tholr h•ll ty Thre$ IQJJJ 121y
Scouts "_ 1st Crystal PaLace SCOUT COUNCIL Annual GeneraL Meeting May 31. 2026 Gipsy Hill Garden AGENDA Introduction and welcome Apologies for absen Joshua and CarL Governance topics a. Approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting heLd on 1310712026 b. Adopt the model constitution from Policy. Organisation and RuLes IPORI Note the Group's financial year 2025 Review ot the previous year The Group Lead Volunteer's review of Scouts during the past 12 months in the I" Crystal PaLace The District Trustee remarks- b. Receive and considerthe Annual Report of the Group Trustee Board. including the annual Statement of the Accounts Closing remarks
1st CrystsL Palace SCOUT COUNCIL Annual GeneraL Meeting Minutes for the 2026 AGM Chair makes Health & Safety and domestic announcements. i. Intro rtion welco Chair makes opening refnark Thanks to the Friends of Gipsy HilLfor the use of the garden forthe AGM. A welcome for members of the Group Scout Council and to the Bromley District representative Les Dobbs. The sign is sheet was passed round with 19 members of the Scout Council present sfor sence Chair. We received apoLogies from 2 persons fortheir absence today. Carl Bradbury-Proudlove and Josh Dumbrill vernan ic Chair. We'LI use this part of the meeting to make sure the charity's foundations are in good order 3a. Approve the minutes of the Annual General Meeting held on 1310712025 Chair. The Group Twstee Board have reviewed the minutes of last year's AGM via group chat held on 01102025.1 propose that these minutes are taken as read and askthe Group Scout CounciL to agree that they're a true record of that meeting. Hands were raised to approve the minutes of last years AGM with no objections and no absentions. 3b.A th odel nstituti n from Poli ion Rules POR Chair. The adapted constitution has remained unchanged since the last AGM. No changes were proposed. rou nancial ear Chair- The Group Scout CounciL members were infomed that our charity's financiaLyear is 31¥ December 2025. The Chairs proposal was put to the Group Scout Council to change this to run from April 2026 to 5" April 2027 in Line with the tax financial year. This was approved with no objections and no abstentions. The Treasurer will inform the Independent Scrutineer of the changes in accounting dates to run to 5th April 27. Page 2 of 6 pages
vea inted nd commun Chair notes the Group Scout Council can admit other people to membership. Chair advises that No Names are being putforward for appointments to be ratified. embe the rou out ncil ree the maxim m number members that m oi dtotheTr stee Boa 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. With the retirement of Catherine Bradler and Rachel Church the Trustee board continues with 8 Trustee Members. The Group Scout Council must agree the maximum number of people to be appointed to the Trustee Board (this number represents the total of ex-officio, appointed and co-opted members}. The outgoing Trustee Board recommends that in totsL 8 peopLe are appointed. I propose the Group Scout Council approves that recommendation. The Group Scout Council confirmed the proposal with no objections and no ab5entions ree the uoru for urem in fthe rou cout nci xcludin thi AGM Chair.. The Group Scout CounciL must agree its quorum-the minimum number of Group Scout Council members that must be present at Group Scout Council meetings. The outgoing Trustee Board recommends the quorum should be set at 6 people for fLrture meetings of the Group Scout Council Ithe quorum for this AGM was agreed at last year's AGMI. THERE WERE NO CHANGES PROPOSED 4. Review of he rev us Chair: Invitsd the GLV to report out the activities of the previous year. 4a. The Grou Lead V lunt r'sr wofs utsinthel" sta PaLac Group Lead Volunteer gave her review. GLV report AGM 31st May 2026. FirstLy, thank you to alLthe volunteers for running great programmes and events for their relevant sections. Where are we now compared to where we were last year and where do we want to be? Beavers- Rachael has moved up to cubs to become part of the Leadership team with them. Our colony is thriving with a waiting listfor many new beavers eager to join. Page 3 of 6 page$
Cubs-Thankyou to the newteam members that have joined the cub leadership team overthe past year. However, with Chris Leaving atthe end of the summer term, we are in desperate need of volunteers to become cub team leaders to Lead cubs onwards after September. Our cub pack is currently larger than it has ever been before due to a Large volume of beavers moving up over the past 2 terms and has an extensive waiting list Scouts- Tiger troop has lost a coupLe of leaders over the past year due to personaL reasons. and, again, we need more volunteers to join the team. Scouts also has more members than it has had in the past and aLso has a waiting list ExpLorers- The Explorer Leader (Andyl is looking for volunteers to help with the Explorers. Current numbers= Beavers 15. Cubs 24. Scouts 31, Explorers 15 Awards This year has seen us award: 3 Chief scout Bronze, 7 Chief scout Silver, 3 Chief 5COUt Gold Well done to all the recipients of these awards for aLI their hard work and to the leaders for running a successful programme so thatthese awards can be achieved. District Again. this year BromLey have arranged a fuLL calendar of events for each sertion. So far. scouts and expLorers attended the scouts of steel evenL and as a group we attended the St Georges Day event. which was a fantastic day for aLI sections to enjoy a variety of activities and renew our promises. There are more activities scheduled for the rest of the year. incLuding a whole distrirt camp. Group activities Last summer we had a great group camp at Downe, however the weather could have been better Ifingers crossed for better weather this yearll and the explorers ventured into Wales to do gorge waLking and the Longest zip line over a quarry-fantastic experiences- thank you to Andy for organising them. In February, we took a group of explorers to The Gambia, where we cleaned and repainted extemal walLs in a Local preschool, initiated the first beach cLean up (which is now being done quarterLyl amongst many other amazing experiences. We have a lasting Legacy of sponsoring 5 Gambian students (known as the panther kidsl. We are Looking to return in 2029 to foLlow up on these initiatives and. hopefuLLy, Leave more lasting legacies in the future. In March the beavers and cubs had a joint camp at WiLberforce campsite. with a weekend of activities including archery. fire Lighting. pioneering, craft grass sledging and much morel We channelLed our inner Andys for the campfire songs! We have kayaking activities booked and a summer camp to Look forward to. Looking to the future. we are hoping to organise a trip to Ypres to see the war graves and Essex Jamboree in 2028 and The Gambia in 2029. Where do we want to be? Page 4 of 6 pages
We have a thriving community of young peopLe and are aLways getting recommendations for young people to join the relevant sectioris, however due to Lack of volunteers, we are unable to take any more young peopLe and offer them these opportunities. As previously mentioned, each section has waiting Lists. For our sections to be able to continue offering these fantastic experiences to our young people, we need to have more aduLts engaged with the sections. not just as parent helpers weekly when the leaders request IL but by joining the volunteer teams. The more volunteers each section has. the more the workload can be spread out beeen you alL. Please think about what skiLLs you would like to learn. and more importantly what skills you have that you can share with our young peopLe. The dream. of my predecessor and our Trustee Board is still tr) have the 2-storey hut with plenty of Space to offer more activitiesl Thank you again to all our volunteers. Chair thanks Group Lead VoLunteer for their review. . The Distrirt L ad VOL er's marks from Les Dobbs Brom Trus Chair asked the DistrictTrustee for any remarks. District Trustee: advised that the Distrirt may be able to offer interest free loans should the group require finance. The distrirt is there to support groups and is providing free first aid training to the district leaders. He advised us to ask District should we need supporL Chair thanks District Lead Volunteer 4c. Receiv and consider the Grou ststem nt of Accounts es, alR rt incl din the ann Chair notes 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 Lewis TayLor Ilndependent Examinerl.There was no concern raised. Chair asked the Group Treasurer to give an overview of the Statement of Accounts. Treasurer describes key points from the Statement of Accounts as noted below. CPESU £ 36.378 £ 34,591 £ 10,074 + £1,787 Income £34,183 Expenditure £38,477 Bank acc. 31112125 £18,988 Difference -£2,294 Accounts affected by Gambia trip transfers btheen 1* CP and CP ESU- £28,000 Capitation -£5000 New LED lighting & new infra red healing 44,000 a. Audited and signed and copies are availabLe Page 5 of 6 pages
b. Auditor is Lewis Taylor 27 Colby Road London SE19 IHA Accredttation - see Independent Examiners Report FORMAL APPROVAL OF ACCOUNTS & AUDITORS REQUESTED Proposed .. Andy Scholes Seconded . Bea Mather Accounts were approved with no objections or abstentions Chair thanks the Treasurer for completing the Ststement of Accounts and for aLI their work during the year. 5. Makin Chair. We note that Catherine Bradler and RacheL Church have stood down from the Trustse Board. We thank both of them for their help and support. With there being 8 members of the Trustse Board there are no further appointments proposed. Chair notes that the Group Lead Volunteer is an ex-officio member of the Board. Chair thanks the Trustees, and the Trustee Board Administrators. for their work during the year. oin Sd. IL rou Presid an iceP ide Chair asks the Group Scout CounciLto re-appoint Nick Beere the Group President Chair advises that Nick Beere is proposed as President. The Group Scout Council approves the appointment with no objertions and no abstention. int the Inde en ent E miner ditor Lewis TayLor Treasurer proposes Lewis Taylor to continue Chair confimis that Lewis TayLor wilL continue in the roLe of Independent Examiner We note the requirements for appointing an Independent Examiner POR 5a.1.7. 6. Closin remar Chair closes the AGM, thanking everyone for attending. Page 6 of 6 pages