## **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:**
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**provide challenging, accredited**
**programs for the youth of**
**Garforth that are recognised and**
**valued by the community.**
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**promote Scouting to the**
**community on the basis of the**
**high quality and relevance of its**
**methodology and programs.**
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**have an increasingly male and**
**female membership which**
**reflects our community’s social**
**and cultural mix;**
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**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;**
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**have a high profile portraying a**
**quality way of life;**
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**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**
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**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.**| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||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:**
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**Weekly sectional meetings in line**
**with a submitted programme of**
**activities**
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**Residential activities ranging**
**from 1 night ‘sleep overs’ to 7**
**day international camping**
**activities.**
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**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.**| You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: |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.**| ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: **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
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**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)**|_Mike Hansborough_| |---|---|---|---| |**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~~||| |**Date**07/01/26
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**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|t**Total HQ Spending This Year.**|**£21,594.61**|**£0.00**|**£21,594.61**|| |Text|||||| |Tex|t||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Calc|**1st Garforth Annual Accounts - 2024-2025**|Term 1
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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|t**Total Section Income This Year.**|**£18,663.49**|||| |Tex|t**All Section & Camp Expenditure**||||| |Tex|t**Category**|**2024-2025**|||| |40b
41b
42b
45b
50b
51b
52b
55b
60b
61b
62b
65b
70b
71b
72b
75b
80b
81b
89b
95a
95b
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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.
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A9.|**A1. Gr'p Main Account 90371300**|**£15,244.31**|0
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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|t**Total Held in All Group Accounts**|**£23,583.55**|0|0| |Tex|t**Summary**|||| |Acc|o**Account balance brought forward**|**£21,610.85**|0
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0| |Tot|a**Total income**|**£44,892.90**||| |Tot|a**Total expenditure**|**£42,920.20**||| |Net|**Net income**|**£1,972.70**|0|0| |Acc|o**Account balance carried forward**|**£23,583.55**|0|0| |Text||||| ## **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 ended**31/08/2025.**||| |**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
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~~a~~| |---|---|---|---| |**Name:**|Jack Grummett||| ||||| |**Relevant professional**|N/A||| |**qualification(s) or body**|||| |**(if any):**|||| 1 **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** . 2 **Oct 2018** **IER**