## **DANE VALLEY SCOUT GROUP** ## **Trustees’ Annual Report** For the year ended 31 December 2025 ## **Reference and Administrative Details** |**Charity name**|Dane Valley Scout Group| |---|---| |**Charity number**|515681 (England and Wales)| |**Principal address**|Dane Valley Scout Headquarters, Rope Walk, Congleton,
Cheshire, CW12 1HN| |**Period covered**|1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025| ## **Trustees during the period:** |**Name**|**Role**|**Notes**| |---|---|---| |Geoff Smith|Chair|| |Benjamin Plant|Treasurer|| |Michelle Marie Borg-Heffernan|Trustee|| |Jennifer Louise Williams|Trustee|| |Andrew Brown|Trustee|| |Debra Marshall|Trustee|| |Paul Green|Trustee|_Appointed 08 May 2025_| |Garreth Davey|Trustee|_Appointed 08 May 2025_| |Mrs M Dutton|Trustee|_Resigned 9 January 2025_| |Mr J Mitcheson|Trustee|_Resigned 21 April 2025_| ## **Objectives and Activities** Dane Valley Scout Group exists to help young people achieve their full potential as individuals, citizens and members of their local, national and international communities. The Group is open to all young people aged 4 and above who are willing to make the Scout Law and Promise. The charity provides Scouting programmes across four sections: - Squirrels – ages 4–6 - Beavers – ages 6–8 - Cubs – ages 8–10.5 - Scouts – ages 10.5–14 Activities include weekly section meetings, outdoor pursuits, camps, and residential experiences. The Group also maintains its headquarters building at Rope Walk, Congleton, which supports the delivery of all activities. The trustees confirm they have had due regard to the Charity Commission’s guidance on public benefit in deciding what activities the charity undertakes and confirm compliance with their duty under section 4 of the Charities Act 2006. ## **Achievements and Performance** 2025 was a productive year for the Group. Membership remained strong across all four sections, and the Squirrels section for the youngest members continued to develop successfully. Cubs and Scouts both undertook residential camps and a range of outdoor activities during the year. All sections delivered varied, engaging programmes throughout 2025. Significant progress was made on improving the Group’s 40-year-old headquarters: the central heating system and associated pipework installation was completed, and further redecoration of key rooms was carried out. The Group is entirely dependent on the contribution of volunteers — adult leaders, section assistants, trustees and helpers who give their time freely. The trustees record their sincere thanks to all volunteers for their continued dedication. ## **Financial Review** Total receipts for the year were £52,689, including membership subscriptions, camp fees, donations, Gift Aid receipts and bank interest. Total payments were £55,413, resulting in a net deficit of £2,724 for the year. The Group’s principal sources of income were section subscriptions (£14,551), camp income (£12,778), Gift Aid and donations (£21,048), and bank interest (£1,848). The main areas of expenditure were building repairs and renewals (£20,866), Scout Association subscriptions (£5,620), camp expenditure (£14,577), and utilities and insurance (£6,977). Cash funds at 31 December 2025 were £131,628, held across multiple section and group bank accounts. The trustees' policy is to maintain reserves equivalent to one year's expenditure, to ensure the Group can continue its activities in the event of an unexpected shortfall in income. The trustees consider an appropriate level of reserves to be £55,413, equivalent to total expenditure in 2025. At 31 December 2025, the Group held cash funds of £131,628, which exceeds this target. The trustees will keep the level of reserves under review and consider how any surplus above the target level might be applied to further the Group's charitable purposes. No funds are held by any trustee in a custodian capacity on behalf of the charity. ## **Structure, Governance and Management** Dane Valley Scout Group is an unincorporated association operating under the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association, which forms its governing document. Trustees are appointed and approved at the annual meeting of the Group Scout Council. The trustee body includes elected, nominated and co-opted members and representatives from each section. Trustees meet quarterly. ## **Declaration** The trustees declare that they have approved this Trustees’ Annual Report. **Signature: Signature: Full name: Full name: Position: Position: Date: Date:** **Charity Name No (if any) Dane Valley Scout Group 515681 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2025 31/12/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**|**nresrce**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**esrce**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**nowmen**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Group- Donations andgifts|**355**||**-**||**-**||**355**||**2,555**| |Group- Gift aid|**9,792**||**-**||**-**||**9,792**||**-**| |Group- Grants|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**500**| |Group- Rental income|**10,901**||**-**||**-**||**10,901**||**14,273**| |Beavers - Membershipfees|**3,246**||**-**||**-**||**3,246**||**2,885**| |Beavers - Groupand section activities|**1,581**||**-**||**-**||**1,581**||**708**| |Beavers - Other income|**86**||**-**||**-**||**86**||**99**| |Cubs - Membershipfees|**5,297**||**-**||**-**||**5,297**||**4,487**| |Cubs - Groupand section activities|**280**||**-**||**-**||**280**||**194**| |Cubs - Campincome|**6,065**||**-**||**-**||**6,065**||**5,750**| |Scouts - Membershipfees|**4,594**||**-**||**-**||**4,594**||**5,270**| |Scouts - Groupand section activities|**517**||**-**||**-**||**517**||**956**| |Scouts - Campincome|**6,713**||**-**||**-**||**6,713**||**3,540**| |Scouts - Admissions|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**30**| |Squirrels - Membershipfees|**1,414**||**-**||**-**||**1,414**||**1,267**| |Interest receivable|**1,848**||**-**||**-**||**1,848**||**2,081**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**52,689**||**-**||**-**||**52,689**||**44,595**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|**52,689**||**-**||**-**||**52,689**||**44,595**| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Group - Subscriptions paid to HQ County
& District|**5,620**||**-**||**-**||**5,620**||**4,689**| |Group- Insurance|**2,093**||**-**||**-**||**2,093**||**2,129**| |Group- Light, heat and water|**4,049**||**-**||**-**||**4,049**||**4,594**| |Group- Telephone|**835**||**-**||**-**||**835**||**856**| |Group- Repairs and renewals|**20,866**||**-**||**-**||**20,866**||**7,221**| |Group- Vehicle and transport costs|**165**||**-**||**-**||**165**||**237**| |Group- Groupand section activities|**250**||**-**||**-**||**250**||**282**| |Group- Sundries|**227**||**-**||**-**||**227**||**3,453**| |Group- Campexpenditure|**6,148**||**-**||**-**||**6,148**||**2,085**| |Group- Independent Examiner fees|**900**||**-**||**-**||**900**||**588**| |Beavers - Groupand section activities|**2,241**||**-**||**-**||**2,241**||**1,059**| |Beavers - Feepayments|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**110**| |Beavers - Sundries|**44**||**-**||**-**||**44**||**104**| |Cubs - Groupand section activities|**729**||**-**||**-**||**729**||**995**| |Cubs - Campexpenditure|**3,619**||**-**||**-**||**3,619**||**5,056**| |Cubs - Equipment|**497**||**-**||**-**||**497**||**61**| |Cubs - Sundries|**228**||**-**||**-**||**228**||**398**| |Scouts - Groupand section activities|**1,449**||**-**||**-**||**1,449**||**1,940**| |Scouts - Campexpenditure|**4,810**||**-**||**-**||**4,810**||**2,849**| |Scouts - Equipment|**182**||**-**||**-**||**182**||**1,463**| |Scouts - Sundries|**79**||**-**||**-**||**79**||**-**| |Squirrels- Groupand section activities|**310**||**-**||**-**||**310**||**320**| |Squirrels- Sundries|**72**||**-**||**-**||**72**||**61**| |**_Sub total_ **|**55,413**||**-**||**-**||**55,413**||**40,550**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 1 |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**55,413**||**-**|||**-**||**55,413**||**40,550**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**(2,724)**||**-**|||**-**||**(2,724)**||**4,045**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**134,352**||**-**||**-**|||**134,352**||**130,307**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**131,628**||**-**|||**-**||**131,628**||**134,352**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 2 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|Beavers Cash
Cubs Bank
Cubs Camp
Cubs Cash
Scouts Bank
Scouts Camp
Scouts Cash
Squirrels Unity
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Beavers Bank
Group Nationwide
Group Trust Savings
**Details**
Group Trust Current
**Details**
Freehold Land and Buildings
Plant & equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor Vehicles|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**7,152**
**6**
**12,448**
**11,146**
**128**
**16,120**
**32**
**65**
**1,989**
**13,049**
**17,232**
**52,261**
**131,628**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
OK
**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**275,000**
**8,354**
**8,476**
**695**
**11,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||Freehold Land and Buildings|Unrestricted|**275,000**|**275,000**| ||Plant & equipment|Unrestricted|**8,354**|**4,373**| ||Fixtures and fittings|Unrestricted|**8,476**|**4,453**| ||Computers|Unrestricted|**695**|**42**| ||Motor Vehicles|Unrestricted|**11,500**|**1,536**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees **----- Start of picture text -----**
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 4 **Charity Name No (if any) Dane Valley Scout Group 515681 Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts** **Receipts and payments accountspts and payments accountsts and payments accountspayments accountsayments accountsyments accountsments accounts CC16a For the period** Period start date Period end date **To from** 01/01/2025 31/12/2025 ## **Section A Receipts and payments** **Unrestricted Restricted Endowment Total funds Last year funds funds funds to the nearest to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ to the nearest £ £** ## **A1 Receipts** |**A1 Receipts**|**nresrce**
**funds**
**to the nearest**
**£**||**esrce**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**nowmen**
**funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Total funds**
**to the nearest £**||**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Group- Donations andgifts|**355**||**-**||**-**||**355**||**2,555**| |Group- Gift aid|**9,792**||**-**||**-**||**9,792**||**-**| |Group- Grants|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**500**| |Group- Rental income|**10,901**||**-**||**-**||**10,901**||**14,273**| |Beavers - Membershipfees|**3,246**||**-**||**-**||**3,246**||**2,885**| |Beavers - Groupand section activities|**1,581**||**-**||**-**||**1,581**||**708**| |Beavers - Other income|**86**||**-**||**-**||**86**||**99**| |Cubs - Membershipfees|**5,297**||**-**||**-**||**5,297**||**4,487**| |Cubs - Groupand section activities|**280**||**-**||**-**||**280**||**194**| |Cubs - Campincome|**6,065**||**-**||**-**||**6,065**||**5,750**| |Scouts - Membershipfees|**4,594**||**-**||**-**||**4,594**||**5,270**| |Scouts - Groupand section activities|**517**||**-**||**-**||**517**||**956**| |Scouts - Campincome|**6,713**||**-**||**-**||**6,713**||**3,540**| |Scouts - Admissions|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**30**| |Squirrels - Membershipfees|**1,414**||**-**||**-**||**1,414**||**1,267**| |Interest receivable|**1,848**||**-**||**-**||**1,848**||**2,081**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**52,689**||**-**||**-**||**52,689**||**44,595**| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**(see table).**|||||||||| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**| ||||||||||| |**_Total receipts_ **|**52,689**||**-**||**-**||**52,689**||**44,595**| ## **A3 Payments** |**A3 Payments**|||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Group - Subscriptions paid to HQ County
& District|**5,620**||**-**||**-**||**5,620**||**4,689**| |Group- Insurance|**2,093**||**-**||**-**||**2,093**||**2,129**| |Group- Light, heat and water|**4,049**||**-**||**-**||**4,049**||**4,594**| |Group- Telephone|**835**||**-**||**-**||**835**||**856**| |Group- Repairs and renewals|**20,866**||**-**||**-**||**20,866**||**7,221**| |Group- Vehicle and transport costs|**165**||**-**||**-**||**165**||**237**| |Group- Groupand section activities|**250**||**-**||**-**||**250**||**282**| |Group- Sundries|**227**||**-**||**-**||**227**||**3,453**| |Group- Campexpenditure|**6,148**||**-**||**-**||**6,148**||**2,085**| |Group- Independent Examiner fees|**900**||**-**||**-**||**900**||**588**| |Beavers - Groupand section activities|**2,241**||**-**||**-**||**2,241**||**1,059**| |Beavers - Feepayments|**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**||**110**| |Beavers - Sundries|**44**||**-**||**-**||**44**||**104**| |Cubs - Groupand section activities|**729**||**-**||**-**||**729**||**995**| |Cubs - Campexpenditure|**3,619**||**-**||**-**||**3,619**||**5,056**| |Cubs - Equipment|**497**||**-**||**-**||**497**||**61**| |Cubs - Sundries|**228**||**-**||**-**||**228**||**398**| |Scouts - Groupand section activities|**1,449**||**-**||**-**||**1,449**||**1,940**| |Scouts - Campexpenditure|**4,810**||**-**||**-**||**4,810**||**2,849**| |Scouts - Equipment|**182**||**-**||**-**||**182**||**1,463**| |Scouts - Sundries|**79**||**-**||**-**||**79**||**-**| |Squirrels- Groupand section activities|**310**||**-**||**-**||**310**||**320**| |Squirrels- Sundries|**72**||**-**||**-**||**72**||**61**| |**_Sub total_ **|**55,413**||**-**||**-**||**55,413**||**40,550**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 1 |**A4 Asset and investment**||||||||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**purchases, (see table)**||||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| ||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**||**-**| |||||||||||| |**_Total payments_**|**55,413**||**-**|||**-**||**55,413**||**40,550**| |**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**(2,724)**||**-**|||**-**||**(2,724)**||**4,045**| |**A5 Transfers between funds**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**||**-**| |**A6 Cash funds last year end**|**134,352**||**-**||**-**|||**134,352**||**130,307**| |**_Cash funds this year end_**|**131,628**||**-**|||**-**||**131,628**||**134,352**| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 2 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
**B3 Investment assets**
**B2 Other monetary assets**
**B4 Assets retained for the**
**charity’s own use**
**B1 Cash funds**|Beavers Cash
Cubs Bank
Cubs Camp
Cubs Cash
Scouts Bank
Scouts Camp
Scouts Cash
Squirrels Unity
**Details**
**Details**
**_Total cash funds_**
(agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
Beavers Bank
Group Nationwide
Group Trust Savings
**Details**
Group Trust Current
**Details**
Freehold Land and Buildings
Plant & equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor Vehicles|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**7,152**
**6**
**12,448**
**11,146**
**128**
**16,120**
**32**
**65**
**1,989**
**13,049**
**17,232**
**52,261**
**131,628**
OK
**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
**Fund to which**
**asset belongs**
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted
Unrestricted|**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
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**Restricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**Cost (optional)**
**275,000**
**8,354**
**8,476**
**695**
**11,500**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**|**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||| |||||**-**| |||||OK| |||||**Endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**-**| |||||**Current value**
**(optional)**| ||Freehold Land and Buildings|Unrestricted|**275,000**|**275,000**| ||Plant & equipment|Unrestricted|**8,354**|**4,373**| ||Fixtures and fittings|Unrestricted|**8,476**|**4,453**| ||Computers|Unrestricted|**695**|**42**| ||Motor Vehicles|Unrestricted|**11,500**|**1,536**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| ||||**-**|**-**| CCXX R3 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 3 ## **B5 Liabilities** Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees **----- Start of picture text -----**
Fund to which Amount due When due
Details liability relates (optional) (optional)
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Date of
Signature Print Name
approval
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CCXX R4 accounts (SS) 07/05/2026 4