2025-08-31-accounts - 1st Garforth Scout Group

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Trustees’ Annual Report for the period

From 01/09/2024 Period start date To 31/08/2025 Period end date

Charity name: 1[st] Garforth Scout Group

Charity registration number: 508705

Objectives and Activities

	SORP reference
Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document	Para 1.17	The purpose of Scouting is to encourage the physical, intellectual, social, emotional and spiritual development of young people so that they take a constructive place in society as responsible citizens, and as members of their local, national and international communities.
Summary of the main activities in relation to those purposes for the public benefit, in particular, the activities, projects or services identified in the accounts.	Para 1.17 and 1.19	The main activities of the group are to: • provide challenging, accredited programs for the youth of Garforth that are recognised and valued by the community. • promote Scouting to the community on the basis of the high quality and relevance of its methodology and programs. • have an increasingly male and female membership which reflects our community’s social and cultural mix; • carefully select and train adult leaders on the basis of standards that are recognisable and measurable; • have the community recognise, support and value the role of Scouting and its activities; • be recognised by the community as responding to community youth issues; • have a high profile portraying a quality way of life; • acquire and maintain adequate human, physical and financial resources, used to the best advantage of Scouting and the community;

		• provide opportunities for its members to participate in international activities; and • support the development of World Scouting.
Statement confirming whether the trustees have had regard to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission on public benefit	Para 1.18	Yes, all Trustees have had Scout Training on the role of a Trustee and their Responsibilities. The Group meets the Charity Commission's public benefit criteria under both the advancement of education and the advancement of citizenship or community development headings.

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	SORP reference
Policy on grant making	Para 1.38	As a group we are not involved in Grant making
Policy on social investment including program related investment	Para 1.38	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.
Contribution made by volunteers	Para 1.38	Volunteer Leaders do not make financial contributions towards the groups income. The volunteers within the group make contributions in terms of activities and volunteer hours. This includes but is not limited to: • Weekly sectional meetings in line with a submitted programme of activities • Residential activities ranging from 1 night ‘sleep overs’ to 7 day international camping activities. • Planning and budgeting meetings.
Other		None

Achievements and Performance

	SORP reference
Summary of the main achievements of the charity, identifying the difference the charity’s work has made to the circumstances of its beneficiaries and any wider benefits to society as a whole.	Para 1.20	The group has maintained 5 sections throughout most of the year. • Beavers aged 6 to 8 (1 sections) • Cubs aged 8 to 10.5 (2 sections) • Scouts aged 10.5 to 15 (2 sections) • 1 cub section closed in September due to lack of Leaders We have provided weekly meetings at our HQ where our members have taken part in training in skills including leadership, IT and camping. We also provided many outdoor activities and camps though the year. The training and events help to improve, personal confidence, skills and knowledge. We have continued our full programme of camping activities, providing opportunities for all of our members to get involved in residential outings, including nights at the headquarters for our younger children and full week tented camos for the older scouts. The Group has provided Scouting for 100+ Young People in our local area, and has maintained a healthy waiting list of young people. The Group has actively supported the local community with events such as the Summer Fair, helping with logistics and the promotion of scouting. All Sections and their Leaders have contributed massively to our communities and have been involved in fundraising for local charities, taking part in activities such as bag-packing at their local supermarkets and actively engaging in the Christmas activities in association with our local Lions group.

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Additional information (optional)

Achievements against objectives set	Para 1.41	N/A
Performance of fundraising activities against objectives set	Para 1.41	N/A
Investment performance against objectives	Para 1.41	N/A
Other		N/A

Financial Review

Financial Review
Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period	Para 1.21	The total income for the period was £44,892.90 and expenditure sat at £42.920.20, The position at the end of the period was £23,583.55
Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held	Para 1.22	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 6 months running costs.
Amount of reserves held	Para 1.22	We normally hold in the region of £23k in the reserves for contingency
Reasons for holding zero reserves	Para 1.22	N/A
Details of fund materially in deficit	Para 1.24	No Funds are in deficit
Explanation of any uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern	Para 1.23	There are no concerns regarding the Group.

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The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising)	Para 1.47	Subscriptions 35%. Gift Aid 11% Fundraising 9%
Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted	Para 1.46	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.
A description of the principal risks facing the charity	Para 1.46	Decrease in youth membership and / or leadership. Mitigation of this risk is built into our constitution and development plans. We continue to recruit members and have a waiting list, Leadership continues to hold steady with small increase each year.
Other		N/A

Structure, Governance and Management

Description of charity’s trusts:
Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter)	Para 1.25	The Group's governing documents are those of the 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. The Group is a trust established under its rules which are common to all Scouts. The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association.
How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO)	Para 1.25	We are associated with the Scout Association but registered under our own name.
Trustee selection methods including details of any constitutional provisions e.g. election to post or name of any person or body entitled to appoint one or more trustees	Para 1.25	The Group is managed by the Group Executive Committee, the members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout Group which is an educational charity. As charity trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities and are elected from the membership.

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N/A Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees N/A The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works N/A Relationship with any Para 1.51 related parties N/A Other

Reference and Administrative details

Charity name 1st Garforth Scout Group Other name the charity uses None Registered charity number 508705 Charity’s principal address Scout HQ, Barely Fields Close, Garforth LS25 1DT

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20	Trustee name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not for whole year	Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (if any)
	PhilipHansborough	GroupScout Leader
	Michael Hansborough	Ass. GroupScout Leader
	Ian Vaughn	GroupChairman
	Stephen Lorrimer Wood	GroupTreasurer
	KirstyMooney	GroupSecretary

– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved

Director name

Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity

Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year

Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others

Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets

Additional information (optional)

Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)

Type of	Name	Address
adviser

Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)

Exemptions from disclosure

Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details

Other optional information

Declarations

The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.

Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees

Signature(s)	Signature(s)	Signature(s)
Full name(s)	Full name(s)	Full name(s)Philip Hansborough Michael Hansborough ~~a~~
Position (eg Secretary, Chair, etc)	Position (eg Secretary, Group Lead Volunteer Group Team Member ~~ee~~
Date07/01/26 ~~PO~~

Tex	t
Tex	t 1st Garforth Annual Accounts - 2024-2025	Term 3	31/08/2024
Tex	t Financial Year to Date - Term 3
Tex	t Group HQ Income	2024-2025	Budgets 2024-2025
Tex	t Category	Income	Income v Budget	Budget
01a 01b 01c 02a 02b 03a 03b 03c	01a HQ Subs Autumn Term	£5,337.00	£0.00	£5,337.00
	01b HQ Subs Spring Term	£5,175.90	£0.00	£5,175.90
	01c HQ Subs Summer Term	£5,050.00	£0.00	£5,050.00
	02a HQ Gift Aid Income	£3,831.73	£0.00	£3,831.73
	02b HQ Saving Account Interest	£68.49	£0.00	£68.49
	03a HQ Fundraising Race Night	£4,862.50	£0.00	£4,862.50
	03b HQ Other Fundraising Event	£333.12	£0.00	£333.12
	03c HQ Donations & Grants	£1,144.08	£0.00	£1,144.08
03d	03d HQ Refunds and Returns	£311.09	£0.00	£311.09
05a 05b	05a HQ Other Income	£115.50	£0.00	£115.50
	05b HQ Wrong Acc Income/Test	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
Tex	t Total HQ Income This Year.	£26,229.41	£0.00	£26,229.41
Tex	t Group HQ Expenditure		0 Budgets 2025-2026		0
Tex	t Category	2024-2025	Liabilities	Budget
20a 20b 20c 21a 22a 23a 24a 24b 25a 26a 26b 26c 27a	20a HQ All Leaders Uniform	£281.99	£0.00	£281.99
	20b HQ All Section Neckers	£0.00	£0.00	£0.00
	20c HQ All Section Badges	£665.66	£0.00	£665.66
	21a HQ Capitation	£6,076.00	£0.00	£6,076.00
	22a HQ Cleaner/Equipment	£1,340.05	£0.00	£1,340.05
	23a HQ Maintenance/Repair	£970.63	£0.00	£970.63
	24a HQ New Equipment	£1,259.52	£0.00	£1,259.52
	24b 1st Aid Equipment	£13.94	£0.00	£13.94
	25a HQ Stationary & Sundries	£282.38	£0.00	£282.38
	26a HQ Telephone & Broadband	£621.31	£0.00	£621.31
	26b HQ TV Licence	£174.50	£0.00	£174.50
	26c HQ Website Hosting & IT	£10.79	£0.00	£10.79
	27a HQ Rent LCC(To Guides)	£1,000.00	£0.00	£1,000.00
27b	27b HQ Rates LCC	£924.91	£0.00	£924.91
27c 28a 28b 28c 28d 28e 28f 29a 29b 30a 31a	27c HQ Insurance	£2,011.97	£0.00	£2,011.97
	28a HQ Electric Used BG	£906.54	£0.00	£906.54
	28b HQ Gas Used BG Service	£980.00	£0.00	£980.00
	28c HQ Gas Service BG Service	£844.29	£0.00	£844.29
	28d HQ Waste Collection BW	£752.99	£0.00	£752.99
	28e HQ Water Rates SW	£327.59	£0.00	£327.59
	28f HQ Fire Safety Service	£84.00	£0.00	£84.00
	29a HQ OSM Subs Income Costs	£214.83	£0.00	£214.83
	29b HQ All OSM Renewal Costs	£178.00	£0.00	£178.00
	30a HQ Fundraising Costs	£1,622.72	£0.00	£1,622.72
	31a HQ Wrong Acc Costs/Test	£50.00	£0.00	£50.00
Tex	tTotal HQ Spending This Year.	£21,594.61	£0.00	£21,594.61
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Tex	t
Calc	1st Garforth Annual Accounts - 2024-2025	Term 1	0
Calc	Financial Year to Date - Term 3		0
Tex	tAll Section & Camp Income
Tex	tCategory	2024-2025
40a 41a 42a 50a 51a 52a 60a 61a 62a 70a 71a 72a 80a 81a 90a 92a 93a 99a	40a Apache-All Event Income	£225.00
	41a Apache -Other Income	£102.93
	42a Apache-Fundraising Income	£618.20
	50a Eagles - All Event Income	£4,236.14
	51a Eagles -Other Income	£186.28
	52a Eagles-Fundraising Income	£0.00
	60a Ravens - All Event Income	£2,000.00
	61a Ravens- Other Income	£0.00
	62a Ravens-Fundraising Income	£0.00
	70a Burma - All Event Income	£2,110.00
	71a Burma - Other Income	£100.00
	72a Burma-Fundraising Income	£0.00
	80a Delta - General Income	£0.00
	81a Delta - Camps & Events	£1,701.94
	90a D&B Summer Camp - Income	£5,980.00
	92a D&B Autumn Camp - Income	£1,363.00
	93a HQ Group Camp - Income	£0.00
	99a D&B Wrong Account Income	£40.00
Tex	tTotal Section Income This Year.	£18,663.49
Tex	tAll Section & Camp Expenditure
Tex	tCategory	2024-2025
40b 41b 42b 45b 50b 51b 52b 55b 60b 61b 62b 65b 70b 71b 72b 75b 80b 81b 89b 95a 95b 96a 96b 97a 97b	40b Apache - All Event Costs	£853.07
	41b Apache - Other Costs	£101.93
	42b Apache - Meeting Costs	£561.36
	45b Apache - OSM Event Costs	£3.50
	50b Eagles - All Event Costs	£4,525.42
	51b Eagles - Other Costs	£259.79
	52b Eagles - Meeting Costs	£369.32
	55b Eagles - OSM Event Costs	£0.00
	60b Ravens - All Event Costs	£2,475.46
	61b Ravens - Other Costs	£50.00
	62b Ravens - Meeting Costs	£809.95
	65b Ravens - OSM Event Costs	£0.00
	70b Burma - All Event Costs	£2,299.55
	71b Burma - Other Costs	£100.00
	72b Burma - Meeting Costs	£277.61
	75b Burma - OSM Event Costs	£0.01
	80b Delta - General Costs	£145.76
	81b Delta - Camps & Events	£2,131.20
	89b Delta - OSM Event Costs	£82.31
	95a D&B - Summer Camp Costs	£4,870.26
	95b D&B-Summer Camp OSM Costs	£76.21
	96a D&B - Autumn Camp Costs	£1,305.00
	96b D&B-Autumn Camp OSM Costs	£27.88
	97a HQ Group Camp - Costs	£0.00
	97b HQ Group Camp - OSM Costs	£0.00
Tex	t Total Section Spending To Date.	£21,325.59
Tex	t

Calc	1st Garforth Annual Accounts - 2024-2025
Calc	Financial Year to Date - Term 3		0
Tex	t All Group & Section Account Balances	2024-2025
A1. A2. A3. A4. A5. A6. A7. A8. A9.	A1. Gr'p Main Account 90371300	£15,244.31	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
	A2. Gr'p Camp Account 33177319	£1.00
	A3. Gr'p Save Account 13992489	£5,100.00
	A4. Apache Account 13627705	£306.58
	A5. Eagles Account 83601358	£316.68
	A6. Burma Account 13343154	£945.37
	A7. Delta Account NW 67752578	£175.62
	A8. Ravens Account(Closed)	£0.36
	A9. D&B Camp Account 03750582	£1,493.63
Tex	tTotal Held in All Group Accounts	£23,583.55	0	0
Tex	tSummary
Acc	oAccount balance brought forward	£21,610.85	0 0 0	0 0 0
Tot	aTotal income	£44,892.90
Tot	aTotal expenditure	£42,920.20
Net	Net income	£1,972.70	0	0
Acc	oAccount balance carried forward	£23,583.55	0	0
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/	1ST Garforth Scout Group
members of

On accounts for the year	31/08/25	Charity no	508705
ended		(if any)

Set out on pages	1 & 2
	(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)		(remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets)
	I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above
	charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended31/08/2025.
Responsibilities and	As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
basis of report	accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011
	(“the Act”).
	I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out
	under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I	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		have followed all the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission
	under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent	I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have
examiner's statement	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 concerning 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 considered as part of an independent examination.

I have no concerns 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 understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

Signed:		Date:07/01/26 ~~a~~	Date:07/01/26 ~~a~~
Name:	Jack Grummett

Relevant professional	N/A
qualification(s) or body
(if any):

Oct 2018

IER

Address: 4 Dymoke Road, Methly, LS26 9FG

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 N/A any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Oct 2018

IER