Scouts Second Durrington Sea Scout Group Trustees, Annual Report For the period from 1st April 2023 to 31st March 2024 Reference and administration details 2nd Durrir¥Jbn Sea Scout Group 305912 ,Section A Charity name: Registered charlty number: Charity's principal address: Scout Headquarters, Po￿1 Lane, Worthing, West Sussex BN13 2RH Name5 of the charity trustees who manage the charity: Trustee name Office or capacty Chair Deputy Chair Group Scout Leader {GSL) Section Leader Treasurer Assistant Group Scout Leader IAGSL} Secretsry Sharon Gorf Ted Thorpe Matt Edwards Emma Norton Andrew Carter Andrew Swayne Neil Tyler Tom Worfolk- Gemma Cooper Rosemary Pond Karen Brasby Names and addresses of advisers: nla Descrlpfjon of the charltys trusts TyFe of governing document The Group's governing d(xuments are Ihose of The Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and The Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) of The Scout Association including the current constitLrtion Groups in POR. How the charity is constituted The Group is a tnjst establis1￿d under ts rules which are common to all Scouts. Trustee Se]￿tIOn methods The Trustees are appM)inted in accordance with the Policy, Organisation arNJ Rules of The Scout Association. Additional governance issues The Group is managed by the Board of Trustees of the &out Group thich is an educational charity. As charity trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities, which includes the registration, k￿pIng proper accounts, and making retums to the Charity Commission as appropriate. The Board of Trustees comprises three indeFendent representatives - Chair, Treasurer, and Secretary- together with the Group Scout Leaders, individual section leaders, parent representation, and cmpted members wth specific responsibilities, It normalty meets every two months face to face but in exceptional circumstances by Zoom videoconferencing. It also discusses matters & makes interim decisions by email. Trus*¥Annual Repjrt 2023.2024 PwJe1 of3 Scouts This &?a￿ of Tntstees extsts to suppNt ts Grw Scout Leadw in m8etiNJ the r8sp)r6&Nlitie8 of the apFK¥ntments, and is reS￿sIb￿? for The mantsnance ofGrcwp prop8ty The raisiro offunds the admlnistratK)n of Gr￿p financ* The insurance of pe￿on8, prokwty and eqiHpment Gr(MJp putllc occasions Assistwig in the recruknnent of leaders and other adult supwt Appointing any sutHX)mmittees that ￿0Y te rewired ApE￿Int￿1g (knp Plfflirustrators 8￿j PAfvisc(s other those who are el￿d Risk Intwnal c￿1 The Bowd ofTn&88s has maioTrisks to it believes thg Gr￿p is exp08&J. Th88e have b*n revievrnd. and systerr have bepJ7 e*blished to rrityate them. The m8n ￿eaS of Cor￿ that tBve wjentiftd a Damw to the b￿￿lIng, proporty, and •qulpnwL Group would rffju8St th8 of buildings. prom, a￿1 eWIpTr￿t from neighbwring organisaions such as the chwch, rnnty centre and other Scout GrouF6. Similar recipr(Kal arra￿jem8nts eX￿t ¥4ith these organisations. The Group has sufficient bjildings ¥KI contents ir6urance in pkce to mty lftlury &) h•lpry SUPWTkn, aThl Tlb Gr￿p, throLth the Capitati￿ fe8s. contrilxrtes to the Scoul A880Ci8tion's nati(mal accKlent insurance pdry. Risk assessft￿ are ￿dertaken before all actsvthes. Rothc•d Incom• from fvnd rntslng. The Group is wimarity reliant ￿ inclxne frcffl subscrlptlons fvnctraisiw. Tr group tK)th a reseNe to ￿SUre ccmtj'nuity crfactivities shc￿￿d tlwe be a maNN reduction Mi incorna. The Boanl ¢(wld rai8eth8 value substafptiorts to incr&8se the to the on an onping basis, 8ittrw t8mwarly or peMian￿tly. RothKUOnorlo￿ of l•ad•r•. Thè Group istotslly Tr￿ant on Vol￿te￿5t0 and &lministeractThiities. Ifthe ftumberolleaYw8 was reduced to an unaccepta￿8 kn1 in a partlular seCt￿n, or the group as a w￿)￿e, trtsn there W￿[d have to be a cixthcliffl, cc#￿￿idat￿)￿ or dosure of a sedlon, or, In the wtyst (2se, of trt Grow). R￿U¢￿On or lom ¢f m•mbors. The Group provldes a￿l¥ll&S for all Y￿￿j ag8d 6 to 18. If tlwe was a redudion in n%mbership in a partlcular sethon, or th& gThp as then there wwld have to be a contracllon, (xmsolNJ*Kin or dc6ur8 of a secbon, IX. in the worst case, ofthe Gr￿p. soctlon C Objathes and actlvttle8 SUMff￿0f ttr￿ Obj.￿lVeS ofth8 The obpctives of the group are as a unit d the Scout AssociatN, th8 alm crf whKh is to chty Set ￿ in ts ￿ern￿1g prOrr￿ th8 developmerrt of young peop￿ 80 that t1￿Y may achieve their fvll physul, docuff￿nt intsri&tual, s￿la1. spiritual potentials, as indmduals. as responsibL8 citizens, and as membeFS of local, nati[N￿ arKI internats)nal ojmmunilies. Ethod ol ach￿vIng the aim of the A￿Trati)n is ty pr￿id1￿ am 8nioyable and attrnCti￿ schemeof prrJJresswe training based on the S(xArt Promise aThl Law. guid￿￿ by adLdt18adership. Summary Lrf the main &tivilies The Gr￿p h&8 two Beaver cok)nies, iwo Cub ￿kS a Scout Trwp, *KI an aSsTr￿ted in relation to these Explorer UTht Royal Navy Recognition is r*n8d amuauy. a￿1 RN-sp)nsored events Je support&l. All secti(￿S run w(>Jramm8s based on Scout A$sc￿latiC￿ aHns, using the exiErtise of its Jeaders to d81iier goiyj qualty scoutiNJ. Thete is a plan in place to start a squIffe￿ s&tion Wit￿ gr￿p in 2￿4. The Group ha5 a welkstablithed and Stro￿ Exrfutive Committe8, whK* ensures that F*)sltive dI￿tiOn and S￿)port are maintained. Soclion D AGhlevementg porforniance Trth¥AmualRwt>J2&xt4 Pffjg2rf3 Scouts Summary (rf ts main Tl* g￿p has bro&Jty mairtal￿d nuntsrs and th had scThe charw in saaion leaders achievements of t￿ charty whlch ts nomial. All s&￿.￿$ have opwtuiitses to undth nlghts aww 8xperierKes wrth thming the year a rarye of opp￿￿nItI￿s b&ng offer&J. We have crrtln￿d to Wo￿l￿th our pathar Exknr unitwhKh has gcod numters and ￿8 maintained one trcop, tsvo cub packs WKI two teaver cobntes. Seclion E Financial rnvithv Reserves Olcy Brief statern8rt of th8 charitrfs The Grwp's policy on re88p￿ ts to hdd sufftl￿t re8OtKces to CC￿tinUe the ctsritable pc4icy ¢M r8seNes actIv￿￿8 of the G￿p SI)￿bJ wirJ)m8 and fvndrakgir¥J actMb&s fll and othenvlse ensur88 furttas will be avalable for unfmn mai)r repalr worts. Th8 Board of Tr cortsk18rs ttmtthe Executive AttotthtsIK)￿d, as a minimum, hold a sum eqilva1￿t1OtWel¥8 mnth8 esserti81 opwating costs - apwoximatsly £9,5CKJ. Cuffently, signrficant addili(nal flmds are beiig held fornecessary major repairs to, or replaCen￿nt of, the HQ building roof. Funds materialty In d8fi¢il None Inve8tsnent policy The charitys main SOLffC8S Group's main in¢cffie is from members, sub9ilpt1th￿, fU￿1￿4s1ng. ￿ cthbtrtKIIK% income, and ts investment from third parties for use ol pranises. The Group d￿S not have suftient furK15 to invest in IoNJ8r tenn investrn8nts and has refore adooed a risk-averse strategy to the In￿ment of ts funds. Funds are ￿ld in current savings &C￿nts Y￿th Uoyds Bank. Secllon F Other infomiallon Plans Icf futW8 wiods, and 0￿ of the gr￿p$ main obiectives is to buhd an annex to the shd8 clthe exkting hulto 811ow detaHs of . any signthcant better faa'litfes for disa1￿1 advantaged mentsrs. Greater tsn nomial reserves aclivities plarThd to &hieve are being held to fur￿ thls wq8Ct. We are al80 lo)king to U88 OSM more thrwhtxrt them grcw so aid lnforffoti￿ is r￿rd￿ more easily and COMM￿￿atron to parents ' im5yoved. sectlon G DKlaratlon The trustees dedare that they have aFPTh8d the reFQrt aLKJVe. Sign&J on t￿h￿f of the charit5ls In￿888 ty: Signatwe: Name; Sharon Gorf Matt Edwards Positi￿.. Chair Group &C￿t Le&ler Tn￿￿￿￿tRI￿IYt202%(Q4 P¥3113 Scouts 2nd DURRINGTON SEA SCOW GROUP Roceipts and Payments A￿￿Tr( A88•ts and Liabiliues for the ymr from 01 Apr 23 to 31 Mar 24 Re￿[pts and payments 2022ra3 Unrtstrl¢tsd Unmtrictsd￿nd0 R•￿IPts subserf￿1Om, don￿1￿*, ¥imTl*r Ineom• Mertérstrip Le85 mwnbernhlp8ub8crfOlons pthj 88 c•pltakn 19,474 1118Z21 19 115,497) 4,463 4,815 tlonthL GtftAd Sub tola &652 9,278 rnt8esgmts bFrt8ThJ 13248 6,130 19,378 totsl Fundr￿Ing {groM) Ftnjrai￿Thj 8G*¥4be8 2,526 1526 4.017 4M17 Inve8t* Incom• Bar* intern5t Subtotsl 7.426 9,053 15W5 11.814 Use of f8dllles Badgtrs unrf(¥m Suth rthFts 774 17,252 Sub I￿al Z1247 Totsl gro•9 In¢om 40,835 Paym•nt• ult 8UFVOrt and tr 125 5,026 12.538 970 1447 9.131 8919 3.442 AthYNr*, ￿, atslw, etc Pjjb 27. Fundral8lng •XP•II8 Subtot81 othor paym•nts. Yrth adfvlb aNJ¢ 14,466 18.759 Barkk d p￿ments SLbtotsl 15,131 19.363 Totsl grw •xp•ndttur• N•trfrecolptsfjpaym8nts} F￿)d￿l&l ywerKJ Fund• th1• y•ar •nd 38,026 6,028 39.556 Statsment of a886ts Ilabllllle8 *the end of the year 314t Ilarch 2023 31st March 2024 UnT*Ith fvndl unrw1rfc￿￿￿d1 Calh thnd• Bank ojrrerrt account Btrt de￿it aujjunl 19,984 23.372 rJ.079 Subtotsl ¢Xh•rmon•tary ￿•ts ftald lestimatedl Dd)ts duo Irom the C￿ty1DL81li¢t Taxthm 3,9)0 Sub totsl Non rnon•lary lo￿9 for ¢harWs ug• 88dg8 gto(* Olh¥gtOL* tr#Jildirwp Sojullng aWWn￿l, fumitur& Ots 120 120 80.000 16￿0 16.500 96,620 Total a••ots 139.676 143,975 LIa1￿mIl￿¥ Th)t yet Fdd C(rfrvwal 8XF4n888 incurred invok lTraibld￿l exkwnses inoJnBd but not pres8nted I88tmafe) Loan. delal Totsl Il*blltl•• N•t 4•••tl liabillu 135.676 13W5 The th fec*lOs ar¥S paymèrt8 ac¢ountand 8ts1ament c4 a869ts and li*)ililles apprDV8d by the Truste88 on th8 08 Od 2024 and 8ig￿d on thelrbehelf by Print ￿rne Sharon Gorf Andrew Cart Tr&98 Cu Troo Exec. SutrrG Grou Start date Endd* 01-Apr-23 31-Alar.24 B￿*￿r￿J8 al Start Cash fund8 atstart 1,412 2,616 49,383 Receipts bs¢rlpUons, donallom, 31mllarln￿rno membe￿Ip sub8￿p￿0n8 Less rombershts subsulptlorn Fe*J ￿￿Phalk tm8mb8rnhl> 8ub8c¥lplon8 rn1th8d )naUon8 Legac4es 4.166 2,593 1.573 3.952 4,734 1,815 2.919 7.108 19,¥YO 15,497 4883 4.815 (5811 4,117 &Jb total 1,573 552 3.617 9278 Grants PFen7kwgtants Equ*m8ntand othergrants Sub tdBI FNndrni•lng Igr08•) Fwtha191ng admueg 4.017 4,017 4,017 4,017 Sub kntsi Ne8bnont In¢omg 8ank Inteffe8t (Vther In¢xme 293 293 Sthtot 293 Other racelpts 5,97T 7,5L 15,385 11,814 Uee olfadllle8 Bèages unFfc sU￿ry 11,814 Sub t(*al 5.977 11￿62 Tcéal gross income 3,481 11,117 Payments Operatlng expen8 support and tralnlr¥J 491 625 491 Watèr, rèfitsè (xll8diL)n, ratss 3A47 9,086 8,782 3,442 3,441 9,131 8,919 3.442 Premi8e8 Maknt8nanrAldèankn￿￿s Equbmènt purthaselmaintenan - prem18e￿v￿onl Athlr¢. 4Ng, 8tsUonery, ètc G3n1￿)UItOn to (¥mp cx)8ts AGII and trustse exp8nses thjnations to 0th8F L*aiittes 120 17 Sub total 165 17 27,318 27WO Fundral•lng •xpon•e4 Fundrawlng exp8n888 8ub totst Dlher payn*n Youlh 6fi91 9,693 1,031 18,759 Badp8 and unrfo Bankdlatges Sur#lry paynwnts 273 138 177 17 Sub totsl 1,716 6,729 9.870 19,363 Total gros8 expenditurn Net of receiptsllpayments) Bank funds lagtyearend Fund8 this year end 1,881 1,600 6,745 9170 28,366 216 2.616 2AOO 1247 6,320 7,567 39,035 30,376 49,383 43,355 ' 3,012 Bank funds atend C¥8h lund& al end T(lal 3,012 2AOO 7ffi7 30J76 43.355 3,012 2,4[￿) 7,567 30.376 43,355 TAn8f8rn betknwn Accounts TMn$fer8 In- Capikl Transfern In- (Xh8r Transfers Out- Capltalbn Trnn8fern Out- Other 7,108 7,108 (2.593) I14￿} {1,8151 (7.689) {15.49n Scouts Independent examinerfs report on the accounts Section A Independent Examinerfs Report 2nd DURRINGTON SEA SCOUT GROUP Report to trustsesl members of On accounts for the year ended Charlty no. 305912 Set out on pages Respective Tho charitys trustees are responsible for the preparation of the a(￿lnts in responslbilities of a￿ordan￿ with the requirements of the Chaiities Act 2011 (Ihe Acr). trustees and examiner The charitys trustaas consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144 of the Act and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to: examine the accounts under sectlon 145 of the Charities Ac( to follow the applicable Directtons given by the Charity Commission (under secllon 145{5)(b) of the Act, and to state wh8th8r particuEar matters have coma to my attentlon My ex2mination was carrled out In accordance with general DirectI(￿S given by the Charfty Commission. An examinallon Includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes ￿ls1de￿dtfj0n of any unusual items or disclosures In the accounts and seeking explanalions from the trustees conceming any such matters. The procedures undertaken do rK)t provlde all the evidence that would be required in an audit, and consequenly no opinion Is given as to whether the accounts present a Yrue and fairf view and the report is Ilmtted to those matters set out in the statsment below. Basls of Independent éxaminefs statement Independent examiners statement In connecllon with my 6x8mination. no materlal matters have come to my attention (other than that disdosed below ') which glves me cause to believe that in, any material respecL" accounting records ware not kept In accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act or the accounts do not accx)rd with the acc