# _**1[st] Bradford on Avon Scout Group**_ ## **ANNUAL ACCOUNTS** **for the year ending** _**31st March 2024**_ **Charity Number = 308236 Charity Reference Number = XN62767** _**1[st] Bradford on Avon Scout Group**_ **Trustees’ Annual Report for the year to 31 March** _**2024**_ ## **Section A Objectives and activities** |**Summary of the objects of the**
**charity as set out in its**
**governing document**|The objectives of the group is as a unit of the Scout
Association.
**The purpose of scouting**
Scouting exists to actively engage and support young
people in their personal development, empowering them
to make a positive contribution to society.| |---|---| |**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**|The Group main function is to support the sections in
achieving the aims of the Scout Association.
The Provision of Scouting within the Group is totally
dependent on the contribution made by volunteers.| |**Public Benefit**|The Trustees have paid due regard to the Charity
Commission guidance on Public Benefit on deciding what
activities the charity should undertake.
Membership subscriptions are charged to cover the
immediate running costs of the Group and these do not
unduly restrict membership. The Group follows the
principle that no one should be excluded because of their
inability to pay membership subscriptions
Two key principles demonstrate scouting’s aims are for
the public benefit are that through the scout method
young people develop towards their full potential and
there is a clear link between the benefits for young people
and the purpose of scouting. The safety of young people
is taken very seriously and the benefits scouting activities
provide far outweigh the risks. Any private benefits from
scouting are incidental, other than to those as beneficiary.| ## **Section B Achievements and performance** |**Summary of the main**
**achievements of the charity**
**during the year**|The Group has delivered a fun, varied and challenging
programme over the course of the year for Beavers,
Cubs, Scouts and Explorer Scouts.
Each section holds regular weekly meetings taking care
to react to any instances of covid 19 within each age
group. The Group held a very successful Group camp
near Bath and both the Cubs and Scouts held very
successful camps. The Group Executive (now Group
Trustee) meetings have continued to be held regularly
both in person and online.
We are continuing to develop a strategy for the future
regarding the Scout HQ. We are looking at several
options including the redevelopment of the site.| |---|---| ## **Section C Financial review** |**Policy on Reserves**|The Group 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 12 months running costs,
approximately £10k
The Group held free reserves of approximately**£90k**
against this at year-end| |---|---| |**Further financial review details**|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.| ## **Section D Structure, governance and management** |**Type of governing document**|The Group governing documents are those 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 of The Scout
Association| |---|---| |**How the charity is constituted**|The Group is a trust established under its rules which are
common to all Scouts| |**Trustee selection methods**|The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy
Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association| |**Additional governance issues**|The Group is managed by the Group Executive
Committee (now Group Trustee Committee), the
members of which are the “Charity Trustees” of the Scout
Group that is an educational charity. As charity trustees
they are responsible for complying with legislation
applicable to charities. This includes the registration,
keeping proper accounts and making returns to the
Charity Commission as applicable| ||The committee consist of 11 Independent members who
meet at least 6 times a year
**Ex – officio**
Chairperson, Treasurer, Secretary, 2 Joint Group Scout
Leaders
**Nominated****_3 (Section leaders)_**
**Elected Members 3****_NB nominated members cannot_**
**_be a greater number than elected members_**| ||This Group Executive Committee exists to support the
Group Leaders in meeting the responsibilities of their
appointments and is responsible for:
The maintenance of Group property;
The raising of funds and the administration of Group
finance;
The insurance of persons, property and equipment
Group public occasions;
Assisting in the recruitment of leaders and other adult
support;
Appointing any sub committees that may be required;
Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than
those who are elected.| The Group has in place systems of internal controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against material mismanagement or loss, these include 2 signatories for all payments and comprehensive insurance policies to ensure that insurable risks are covered ## **Section E Reference and administration details** **Charity Name** 1[st] Bradford on Avon Scout Group **Charity Number** XN62767 **Charity’s principal address** 35 Leigh Park Road, Bradford on Avon ## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** ||**_Trustee Name_**|**Office**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Ex Officio**||| |1|Jarrod Hill|Chairperson|| |2|Nicholas McGrogan|
Secretary|| |3|
Graham Cheshire|
Treasurer|| |4|Christopher Pugh|JGSL|| |5|
Alistair Purches|JGSL|| |6|||| ||**Nominated**||| ||Pauline Hurley|Leader (Beavers)|| ||
Frazer Buxton|
Leader (Cubs)|| ||Tim Doran|
Leader (Scouts)|| ||||| ||**Elected**||| ||Tim Yeomans|Premises|From 01/02/2023| ||Alison Masero|Parent Rep|| ||Florence Battle|
Community Member|| ||||| ## **Name and address of advisor** |**Name and address of advisor**|||| |---|---|---|---| |**Type of advisor**|**Name**|**Address**|| |
Independent Scrutineer|Lydia Elliot|hello@lydiathebookkeeper.co.uk|| ## **Section G Declaration** ## **The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above** **Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees** |**Signature**|**_Graham Cheshire_**| |---|---| ||| |**Full name**|**Graham Cheshire**| ||| |**Position held**|**Group Treasurer**| ||| |**Date**|**_23rd September 2024_**| **Scrutineer's report to the trustees** ## **Scrutineer's Report to the Trustees of the 1[st] Bradford on Avon Scout Council** I report on the accounts of the Group for the year ended 31[st] March 2024 ## **Respective responsibilities of Trustees and Scrutineer** As the Group's trustees you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts; you consider that neither the audit nor independent examination requirements of the Charities Act 2011 apply. It is my responsibility without carrying out an audit or independent examination to scrutinise the accounts and to report to you. ## **Basis of Scrutineer's Statement** In accordance with the directions given in the Group's/District's constitution, I have scrutinised the records and the accounts set out on pages ……1…… to .....21....... ## **Scrutineer's Statement** In my opinion the accounts are in accordance with the records produced to me and comply with the constitution. Name: ....................Lydia Elliott........................................................................ Address: ...............42 Shaw Hill .............................................................. .................................Shaw.................................................................................... .................................Wiltshire................................................................................. ..................................SN12 8EY............................................................................ Date: ......................14 May 2024................................................................................ ## **1st Bradford on Avon Scout Group Receipts and Payments Account** Year start date Year end date |**For the year from**||**01/04/2023**|**To**|**31/03/2024**| |---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts and payments**
**Receipts**||||| |||**2023/24**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**||**2022/23**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**||||| |Membership subscriptions||**12627.92**||**9552.46**| |Less:Membership subscriptions paid on
(National/County/Area/District)||**-4975.50**||**-4138.50**| |Net membership subscriptions retained||**7652.42**||**5413.96**| |Donations||**6030.00**||**2570.00**| |Legacies||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Gift Aid||**1662.83**||**1149.40**| |Closure of Section Building society/Bank account Balance
xfer to Group||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Camps: Scouts Cycling Camp, Scout Snowdrift (Dartmoor)
activity, Group Camp, Scout Camp||**15639.49**||**15917.47**| |Other similar income||**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Sub total**||**30984.74**||**25050.83**| |**Grants**||||| |Maintenenacegrant||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Other grants - Explorer start up grant||**500.00**||**0.00**| |**Sub total**||**500.00**||**0.00**| |**Fundraising (gross)**||||| |Scout Post||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Fireworks||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Scout sleep out||**4170.02**||**0.00**| |Uniform including badges||**83.40**||**605.36**| |Other fundraising activities||**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Sub total**||**4253.42**||**605.36**| |**Investment income**||||| |Bank interest||**450.37**||**80.34**| |Building Society interest||**667.47**||**356.49**| |The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Property Rent income||**0.00**||**0.00**| |Other investment income||**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Sub total**||**1117.84**||**436.83**| |**_Total Gross Income_**
**Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_**||||| |||**36856.00**||**26093.02**| |||||| |||**0.00**||**0.00**| |||||| |||**36856.00**||**26093.02**| ## **Receipts and Payments Account** ||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---| |**For the year from**|**01/04/2023**|**To**|**31/03/2024**| |**Receipts and payments**
**Payments**|||| ||||| ||**2023/24**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**
**2421.00**
**0.00**
**172.62**
**590.47**
**1222.94**
**2578.77**
**920.31**
**114.39**
**17184.27**
**178.65**
**515.87**
**1254.09**
**2579.12**
**1116.61 **
**30849.11**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**0.00**
**30849.11**
**0.00**
**30849.11**
**6006.89**
**84212.67**
**90219.56**||**2022/23**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Charitable Payments**|||| |Youth programme and activities (Subs to sections)|**2421.00**||**2424.00**| |Group Development|**0.00**||**5040.00**| |Rent|**172.62**||**159.98**| |Water and Sewerage|**590.47**||**457.69**| |Electricity and Gas|**1222.94**||**1692.94**| |Insurance|**2578.77**||**1691.87**| |Repairs and Renewals|**920.31**||**398.27**| |Materials and equipment|**114.39**||**385.06**| |Camp costs: Scouts Activities, Group Camp 2022 & 2023,
Scout Camp 2022, Cub Camp 2023|**17184.27**||**14393.47**| |Uniforms|**178.65**||**315.54**| |Internet|**515.87**||**343.34**| |Premises - Cleaning|**1254.09**||**969.35**| |Community|**2579.12**||**30.00**| |Section Expenses (Group Responsibility)|**1116.61 **||**652.69**| |**Sub total**|**30849.11**||**28954.20**| |**Fundraising expenses**|||| |Fireworks|**0.00**||**0.00**| |Scout Post|**0.00**||**0.00**| |Detail 3|**0.00**||**0.00**| |Other fundraising costs|**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Sub total**|**0.00**||**0.00**| |**_Total Gross Expenditure_**
**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**|||| ||||**28954.20**| ||||| ||||**0.00**| ||||| ||||**28954.20**| ||||| ||**6006.89**||**-2861.18**| ||**84212.67**||**87073.85**| ||**90219.56**||**84212.67**| Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year 31•1 M•r¢h 2024 31•t March 2023 Unr••trlcl•d lund• Unr••trlct•d lund• Cash fund• Bank cjjrrenl •ctsyJnl 14291.28 9410.21 B•nk savinpi Aovo r•celpts and payment• a¢¢ount and •tatsment of agsets and Ilabllltles wor• approved by th• Tru•t•es on dats of the Ex•cutlv• Commltt•• mo•tlng that approv•d th• accounts) and •lgn•d on thelr behalf by Sl natu Print Nam• Jarrod Hlll Chalm Grnham Ch08hiro Tro8surer