2nd Ifield {St Margaret's) Scout Group Report for the year ending 31 December 2020 Trustees: officers and nominees Group Scout Leader Kerry Pearson President Brian Eastman Chairman David Cl ipperton Secretary Sarahyule Treasurer Sandon Ayres Sponsoring Authority Nominee Lisa Hull Trustees: Nominated or Elected Andrew Eastman (Leader) Mark Eastman Imanagerl Cra ig Edwa rds (Leaderl Shona Graves (Leaderl Karen Pitt (Leaderl Ja mes Wright (Leaderl M ichael Glasse (Leaderl Maja Jasko Scott Wheeler Chris Glenndi nning-smith Andrea Roberts Sarahsmith Gemma Humphry (to Sept 20201 Unless otherwise stated all trustees and officers were appointed for the whole of the period 1st January 2020 to 31st December 2020 Bankers Lloyds TSB Bank, Crawley Branch Independent Financial Inspector Darren Crouch 6 Honeysuckle Close Hailsham E Sussex BN27 3TP Group Registration Number with the Scout Association 32491 Charity Registration Number 305879 Contact name Sandon Ayres 24 Burwash Road Furnace Green Crawley West Sussex RHIO 6LG Major actlvltlegandathlevementsdurlngthe 12-morth perfod to3151 De￿mber 2020 The Group Executive Committee, the Leaders and the Supporters, and Fundraising Committee eath metfour times duringthe year. The Group rneetsthe CharityCornrni5sion'5 publicbenefitcriteria unikr both the advancernentof educationand the advancement of citizenship or community development headings. The Groupwas led by Kerry Pearsonas Group Scout Leader. The number of mernbers in the Group tsn 315tJanuary2021was (with 2019 numbers in bracket51 BeaverScout5 361451 Cub Scouts 561521, Scouts 421391, Active Support, 74 143 also hold another role, inc leaders.) TOTAL 208. In addition, there are 241311 membersand 6161 Leaders in the Drak& Explorerscout Unit, who are registered with Crawley District and linked bya Partnersh ip Agreementtothe Group.Youth Sections have a reasonable balance of girls and boys. Due to the Pandemic with Covid we found ourselvesvery limited in whatwe could undertakeas a group.There were some eve nts early in the year with Winter camps in January. However, we were un3tAe to meetface toface for mostof the year an d whe n we could we met via Zoom lonlinel. The Group held a number of @home events including St George's Day, VE Day, NHS 8irthdav, Harvest Festival. We also had two online servi￿$,. Remembrance Sundayand our Carol selv1￿ In the summer and upto November due tothe strictcontro15 requI￿dt0 meet, included reducednumber5.the Beavers. Cubsand Explorers man aged to have some socially distanced face to face meeting5.The group did manage 50rne hold a numberof Paddlesport 5es5ion5 ori Ti Igate Lzke znd trips on local rivers. Both Sycamore and Chestnut Beavercolonies metthroughoutthe year duringtermtime, either faceto face or virtually. Sycamore Beaver Leaders are Karen Pitt, Ruth Glasse, Diana Parisi and Alan Seymour (from November). Chestnut BeaverLead ers a re Shon Gr3ves, fv1arianne Corneyand Amy Muller. Both Colonies were assisted byyoung Leaders Alicewhelan (until July), Tot>y Russe I l- O'Reilly,Jasmine Richards, Millie Comeyand Robert Hull. Both Colonies held their wintersleepovers at Copthorne Scout Hut i n January. Sycamore Colony finished the year with 21 Beavers and attained 4 CSA Bronze awards and Chestnut finished with 15 Beaver5 and attained 3 CSA Bronze 3wards. The Cub Scouts meeton Mondays (Tiger Packl and Wednesdays ILiu) Pack) in term time.The leaderisCraiB Edwa rds assisted by Nicole Le Monnier. Steve Corney. Dean Ham5haw, and Richard Oram for Tiger Pack and Dominic Smith. Michael Gla55e, Tim Gu5terson, Nick Eatwell. Matt Dudley and Geoff Body for Lion Pack. Tiger Pack is a150 a5S15ted by young leader5 Tilly and Molly Mitchell. Due to Covid and the Lockdown there was noAnnual Cub Camp or Senior Camp but Tiger Cubs did gettheir firstchanTr of a Winter Camp in Feb at Bentley Copse. Both Packs have managed to run Virtual meetings and where permitted Face to Face meeting5throughoutthe year and also had weekly challerEes and Hike5. Two Lion Cubsearnttheir Silver award during Lockdown. with manyothersobtaining badges. A major eventin 2020was 75 Anniversaryof VE Day which sawsome street parties with social distancing. The ScoutTroop met everyTuesday in termtime. Due to Covid-19, from April thiswasvia interactive online'zoom. meeti ngs. The leadershipsteamconsist5 of James Wright,Sinead Scott, Tom Wood, Laura Flannigan and Tomcorney. Whilst main IV on l i ne, the 2020 programme still included agood tnix of activitytypes, including quizzes, gatne5hows. cotskitE, craftand comedy. We managed our annual 'Log Cabin Camp, at the start of the year, but the remainder of our trips (including the main summer camp) unfortunately had to be postponed pending lockdown. In addition,there are 24 members 3nd 6 Leaders in Drake Explcrer SccAJt Unit, who are registeredwith the Districtand lin ked by a Partnership Agreement to the Group. Explorer Scouts met every Thursday. The leader is Andrew Eastman, assisted by Luke Winstsnley, AdamJ3sko, Mark Haymes,Joe Fox, and Aniajasko. Explorer ScoLrtmembersgive Ser￿1¢et0the you nge r sections as Young Leaders. Members havegained 4 Dukeof Edinburgh Bronze. 2 Silver and 81ongwith Chief Scout9. Platinum and l Diamond Awards. Before the stsrtof the first lockdown in March we had two camps both at Broadstone Warren our annual wintercamp and The Great Escape. All other camps and activities had to be cancelled due to the pandemic this includes our summer camp to Germany. Cancelling onlyoneThur5d8ymeeting the unitstarted itsfirstvirtual/Zoomon the 26th March, continue virtual ly u nti I we could meetface toface overthe summer. Dueto the unique setof circurn5tsnce5 we ended the year havi rig rnore Thu rsday meetingsthan in a typical year. The Explorer Scwtfinancial accountsare not includedas partof 2nd Ifield Group accounts. The Scout Active Support Unit M8n8ger is Mark Eastman assisted by Di3na P3risi. There are 31 members plus 43 who also hold another role,totslling 74 SASU rnernbe￿. Priorto lockdown we heldtwo meetings, our annual reviewand programming meeting in and a visit to Worth Abbey. During the summer when the sections were able to meet, our members support these along with runninga number of paddle sport events.Aswe are adult only sectionwe could not meet aswe were restricted to 6. Me mbe rs joined in the group eventsthrough la5tyear includirEthe hikes, RemembrarKeSunday,VE d3y, etc. Atthe beginningof the year Imogen Mason, Caitlyn PittandTom Corney all became Qu*n'sScouts.At the time of f i nish i ng they were between Explorersand Network. The Supporters, and fundraising Committeeèrranged several events buthad to cancel due to the Pandemic. The HQ 15 owned bythe Group, on land in Fri5ton Walk, Ifield, leased fromcrawley Boroughcouncil. The Group is a trust estsblished under its rules thatare common to all ScoutGroups. Trustees are appointsd in accordancewith the Policy, OrgaNisation & Rules of the Scout Association. The accounts have been drawn up on a receipts and payments basis consistentwith previous yea￿. Approvedbythetmstees on 9th March 2021 andsignedon theirbehalf by Lknvidclipperton {ChaimanJ andKeny Peo￿On IGSLJ **----- Start of picture text -----**
2ND IFIELD (ST MARGARET'S)
RCN305879
SCOUT GROUP
Receipts and Payments Accounts
For the period
01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020
from
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## **Section A Receipts and Payments** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Unrestricted Restricted
Total funds Last year
funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
Receipts
Donations, legacies and grants 51 - 51 6,219
Gift Aid on donations - - - -
Fundraising events 995 - 995 7,662
Interest on deposit account - - - 13
-
Membership subscriptions 15,718 15,718 18,519
- - - -
Gift Aid on subscriptions
Section activities/events 433 - 433 1,062
Group activities/events 699 - 699 2,772
-
Camps 1,063 1,063 12,466
Hire of HQ 1,070 - 1,070 715
Leader Training - - - 325
- - - -
Hire of equipment
Miscellaneous 20 - 20 221
HQ Running Expenses 966 - 966 -
Equipment sales 147 - 147 392
-
Total Receipts 21,161 21,161 50,365
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## **Section A Receipts and Payments (continued)** |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**Payments**
Grants and donations paid
Fundraising events
**1,215**
Section activities/events
**3,027**
Group activities/events
**1,080**
Camps
**2,435**
Capitation
**8,160**
Electricity
**505**
Gas
**846**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**
**-**
**1,215**
**3,027**
**1,080**
**2,435**
**8,160**
**505**
**846**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**
300
4,630
4,421
3,978
11,155
6,435
743
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Unrestricted Restricted
Total funds Last year
funds funds
to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £
Lease 530 - 530 530
Water rates 248 - 248 261
HQ Running Expenses 1,802 - 1,802 991
Membership subscriptions - - - 75
Insurance 4,742 - 4,742 3,324
Equipment purchases 3,404 3,404 5,184
Bank charges - - - 8
HQ Hire - - - -
Miscellaneous - - - 207
Leadership expenditure 365 - 365 628
-
Total Payments 28,359 28,359 43,389
-
Net of receipts/(payments) (7,197) (7,197) 6,976
Transfers between funds
- -
Cash funds last year end
-
Cash funds this year end (7,197) (7,197) 6,976
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**Section B Statement of Assets and Liabilities at the end of the period** |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
Bank
**2,539**
Cash
**137**
**2,676**
Signature
Name
David Clipperton
Sandon Ayres
**_Total Cash Funds_**
**Cash Funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**
39,239
-
**39,239**
Date of
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