## |Summary|ofthe|objects ofthe|objects ofthe|charity set|charity set|The purpose ofScouting||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |out in its|governing||document|||Scouting exists to actively engage and support||young|people||in their|| |||||||personal
development,||||||| |||||||empowering
them to make a positive contribution
to society.||||||| |||||||The Values ofScouting||||||| |||||||As Scouts we are guided
by these values:||||||| |||||||Integrity
-We act with integrity;
we are honest, trustworthy||||and loyal.||| |||||||Respect - We have self-respect
and respect for others.||||||| |||||||Care - We support
others and take care ofthe||world|in which||we live.|| |||||||Belief - We explore our faiths, beliefs and|attitudes.|||||| |||||||Co-operation
-We make a positive difference;||we co-operate|||with others|| |||||||and make friends.||||||| |||||||The Scout Method||||||| |||||||Scouting takes place when young people,|in partnership
with||||adults, work|| |||||||together based on the||||||| |||||||values of Scouting and:||||||| |||||||—enjoy what they are doing and have fun||||||| |||||||-take part in activities indoors and outdoors||||||| |||||||- learn by doing||||||| |||||||- share in spiritual
reflection||||||| |||||||- take responsibility
and make choices||||||| |||||||- undertake
new and challenging
activities||||||| |||||||- make and live by their Promise.||||||| |Summary|ofthe|main activities||in||||||||| |relation to|these|objects||||||||||| |||||||All sections take part in regular camping
activities,
with the exception of||||||| |||||||younger Beaver Scouts who sleep indoors|and|also undertake|||a number|of| |||||||outings and activities. There are various programmes|||offund||raising|| |||||||across the Group for both the Group itself|and|local, national||and Scouting||| |||||||charities. The sectional
Leader teams ensure that the|||termly|programmes||| |||||||are planned
to provide a suitable balance ofactivities.||||||| |Additional|details|ofthe objectives|||and activities (optional
information
but encouraged||as|best practice)||||| |You|may choose to include||||further|||||||| |statements,|||where relevant,||about:|||||||| |||~ policy on grantmaking;||||||||||| |~ contribution|||made by volunteers;|||||||||| |||~|policy on investments.|||||||||| |||||||The Group is not a grantmaking
organisation
and therefore has no such||||||| |||||||policy. The contribution
made by volunteers|cannot be overemphasised.|||||| |||||||The Grou
relies entirel
on volunteer
Leaders and hei ers.||||||| |Public benefit statement||||||The Group meets the Charity Commission's|public benefit criteria under|||||| |||||||both the advancement
ofeducation
and the advancement
of citizenship||||||or| |||||||community
development
headings.||||||| |Summary|Summary|of|the main achievements|the main achievements|of||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||the charity during the year||||||||| |||||||The total membership|of|the Group|as at 31stJanuary|2022 was 88 with|| |||||||31 names on the waiting||list. The Leaders and helpers||involved|continue to| |||||||provide a progressive|and challenging
programme
ofevents and activities.||||| |||||||Fund raising
including
Gift Aid has|||continued
to provide|the necessary|| |||||||finance for the Grou|'s activities.||||| |Brief statement|||ofthe charity's|policy on|||||||| |reserves||||||Reserves Policy|||||| |||||||The Group's
policy on reserves
is|||to hold sufficient
resources||to continue| |||||||the
charitable
activities||of the
group
should
income
and|||fundraising| |||||||activities
fall short.|The|Group
Executive
Committee||considers
that the|| |||||||group
should
hold a|sum|equivalent|to between 6 and|12 months
running|| |||||||costs, circa f15000.|||||| |||||||The Group
held reserves||of approximately
f'227,000||against|this at year| |||||||end. This is above the level required|||for operating
expenses.||| |Quantify|and|explain any designations|||||||||| |Details of any||funds materially||in deficit|||||||| |(circumstances|||plus steps to eliminate)||||||||| |You may choose to include additional|You may choose to include additional|You may choose to include additional|You may choose to include additional|You may choose to include additional|You may choose to include additional|||||||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||information,||where relevant,||about:|Investment|Policy|||||||||||||| |~the|charity's
principal|||sources|offunds|||||||||||||||| |||(including||any fundraising);||||||||||||||||| |||||||The
Group|does|not||have
sufficient||funds||to|invest||in|longer||term| |||||||investments.|The|Group||has|therefore adopted a risk|||||averse strategy||||to the| |||||||investment|of its|funds.||All|funds are held||in cash||using||only|mainstream||| |||||||banks or building||societies.||||||||||||| |~ how|expenditure||has supported||the key|||||||||||||||| |objectives||ofthe charity;||||The Group|Executive regularly
monitors|||||the|levels of|||bank|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 period||||||of notice before funds may be||||||||| |||||||withdrawn,|before|doing|so the Group Executive|||||considers|||the cash flow|||| |||||||requirements.||||||||||||||| |investment
policy|||and objectives|||||||||||||||||| |||||||~
~ ~|~ .|~|.|~||||||||||| |Plans|for future periods (details of any|||||The Group has been offered|||||a long term|lease of land||||at Ashford Sports||||| |significant||activities|planned
to achieve|||Club, we have been granted|||||permission|to build||and|our fundraising||||is|now| |them)||||||underway.||||||||||||||| |The trustees declare that||||they have approved
the trustees'
report above||||||||||||||||| |Signed|on|behalf ofthe charity's trustees||||||||||||||||||| ||||Signature(s)|||||||||||||||||| ||||Full name(s)||HE|L
AK||||LOUISE SEARS||||||||||| |Position||(eg Secretary,||Chair)|CHAIR|||||TREASURER||||||||||| |||||Date||||||||||||||||| ## |~|~
~|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||||||2021/22|||2020/21|| ||||unrestnctea
1||4|4|Total|funds|Total funds|| ||||5||5|E|5||E|| |Payments||||||||||| |Charitable|Payments|||||||||| |Youth programme
snd sctixdiea||||3,295||||||163| |Aduh support|snd training|||||||||| |New Build expenses||||2,704||||||| |Water snd Sewerage||||78||||||139| |Electricity and Gas||||||||||263| |Insurance||||||||||| |||||1,338||||||1,230| |Repairs and Renewals||||1,520||||||418| |Mslenals snd|equipment|||26||||||14| |ICT, Printing
and photocopying||||||||||| |Camp Gas||||||||||600| |unarrms||||||||||| |AGM and trustee expenses||||||||||136| |Badges and Trophies||||328||||||371| |DohStlohS||||||||||| |Tmhsport||||7,172||||||2,080| ||Sub total|||||||||| |Fundraising|expenses|||||||||| |General||||20||||||20| |Fireworks||||657||||||| |100Club||||||||||| |||||||||||866| |Other ruhdmisihg
costs||||||||||| |Sub total
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~saRRSai|| |Net ofreceiptsl(paymentsj||||||||||| |Transfers
between funds||||||||||| |Cash funds|last year end||208,327||||||102,083|| |Cash|funds this year end|||||||||| ## ## ## ##