## 2nd Ewell (Rainsters) Scout Group
## Registered Charity No 305717
Income & expenditure for the year ending 31st March 2025
||yr end Mar 25||yr end Mar 25|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts:**|**£57,467.17**|**Payments:**|**£32,744.94**|
|Subscriptions|£10,598.50|Camps|£5,531.96|
|Hall hire|£37,599.50|Utilities|£4,691.18|
|Events/camps|£6,579.89|Capitation (sum payable to the
district and national scouts)|£4,400.00|
|Misc|£757.50|Hut repairs & insurance|£2,647.06|
|Gift Aid||Minibus|£12,211.68|
|Covid Grants||Scout shop|£1,500.00|
|Interest|£1,931.78|Miscellaneous|£1,763.06|
## **Key notes on Year Ending 31st March 2025**
**Operating income for the year is significantly improved year on year than previous years at £55,535.39. (receipts less interest earned on savings accounts)**
Reasons for this are:
Change in payment phasing from the Nursery spilling over accounting year periods although the nursery now operating 5 days per week.
Increase in revenue from hall hire for children’s parties, reflecting the hut and grounds being an asset for the broader community.
Additional local charity community groups (morris men and clogg dancers) mean the hut is utilised every night of the week for either scouting activities or external hirers for the majority of the year.
No gift aid claimed (4 years can be claimed retrospectively – this was last collected in 2022)
**Spend was higher in the financial year** although we continued to keep control of our general running costs, the group purchased an additional box van for transporting kit and an additional minibus which will incur higher running costs in 25/ 26 financial year for tax, insurance and maintenance purposes. Our original white minibus continues to surprise us and soldier on.
**Utilities** we fix our electricity costs through specialist brokers, our current 3 year fix comes to an end in June which we managed to fix prices just before the significant increases. We agreed new rates last October prior to recent increases, but this has still resulted in a significant increase in our electricity rates (which comprise the majority of our utility bills).
**Subs were held** at £50 per term - these have not been increased since 2019. Overall subs income has further improved by effective "reminding and chasing" of outstanding payments but in the light of increased running costs we will have to look at our subs rates whilst continuing to ensure we can be as cost effective as possible.
1
## **Future outlook and plan:**
Planning application to be submitted for new storage / office facility to free up space in the hut, installation of solar panels, improved insulation and upgraded heating / hot water solution which would be implemented in a phased programme.
Installation of gate to Gibraltar Rec
We will have a continued focus on collecting subscriptions and gift aid to facilitate the above plans.
Jonathan Harrison
(Group Treasurer)
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## 2nd Ewell (Rainsters) Scout Group
## Registered Charity No 305717
Income & expenditure for the year ending 31st March 2025
||yr end Mar 25||yr end Mar 25|
|---|---|---|---|
|**Receipts:**|**£57,467.17**|**Payments:**|**£32,744.94**|
|Subscriptions|£10,598.50|Camps|£5,531.96|
|Hall hire|£37,599.50|Utilities|£4,691.18|
|Events/camps|£6,579.89|Capitation (sum payable to the
district and national scouts)|£4,400.00|
|Misc|£757.50|Hut repairs & insurance|£2,647.06|
|Gift Aid||Minibus|£12,211.68|
|Covid Grants||Scout shop|£1,500.00|
|Interest|£1,931.78|Miscellaneous|£1,763.06|
## **Key notes on Year Ending 31st March 2025**
**Operating income for the year is significantly improved year on year than previous years at £55,535.39. (receipts less interest earned on savings accounts)**
Reasons for this are:
Change in payment phasing from the Nursery spilling over accounting year periods although the nursery now operating 5 days per week.
Increase in revenue from hall hire for children’s parties, reflecting the hut and grounds being an asset for the broader community.
Additional local charity community groups (morris men and clogg dancers) mean the hut is utilised every night of the week for either scouting activities or external hirers for the majority of the year.
No gift aid claimed (4 years can be claimed retrospectively – this was last collected in 2022)
**Spend was higher in the financial year** although we continued to keep control of our general running costs, the group purchased an additional box van for transporting kit and an additional minibus which will incur higher running costs in 25/ 26 financial year for tax, insurance and maintenance purposes. Our original white minibus continues to surprise us and soldier on.
**Utilities** we fix our electricity costs through specialist brokers, our current 3 year fix comes to an end in June which we managed to fix prices just before the significant increases. We agreed new rates last October prior to recent increases, but this has still resulted in a significant increase in our electricity rates (which comprise the majority of our utility bills).
**Subs were held** at £50 per term - these have not been increased since 2019. Overall subs income has further improved by effective "reminding and chasing" of outstanding payments but in the light of increased running costs we will have to look at our subs rates whilst continuing to ensure we can be as cost effective as possible.
1
## **Future outlook and plan:**
Planning application to be submitted for new storage / office facility to free up space in the hut, installation of solar panels, improved insulation and upgraded heating / hot water solution which would be implemented in a phased programme.
Installation of gate to Gibraltar Rec
We will have a continued focus on collecting subscriptions and gift aid to facilitate the above plans.
Jonathan Harrison
(Group Treasurer)
2
CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Indepandent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examlner's Report
Report to the trustees
nd
2 Ewell Rainsters Scout Group
On accounts for the year
ended
st
31 March 2025
Charlty no
(If any)
305717
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 chariws trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
accounts in accordance with the requirnents of the Charities Act 2011
{'the Act").
I report in spect of my examination of the Trust's accounts carried out
under section 145 of the 2011 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
ed £250,000 and l am
epp116. Delete [ ] ifnot applicable.
I have completed my examination. I confirm 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 accordance with section 130
of the Charities Act; or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements
conceming the form 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
considÉred as part of an independent examination.
I have no concems 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 understsnding of the accounts to be reached.
' Please delete the words in the brackets rf they do not apply.
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Date:
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Name:
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IER
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Section B
Disclosure
Only complete if 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
examlner wishes to
disclose.
IER
Oct 2018