## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From: 01/04/2024 Period start date**
## **To: 31/03/2025 Period end date**
## **Charity name: 1[st] Cheadle Hulme Scout Group**
**Charity registration number: 520181**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
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|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**The objectives of the Group are as a**
**Unit of the Scout Association.**|
|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 aim of the Scout Association is to**
**promote the development of young**
**people in achieving their full physical,**
**intellectual, social and spiritual**
**potentials, as individuals, as**
**responsible citizens and as members of**
**their local, national and international**
**communities. The method of achieving**
**the aim of the Association is by**
**providing an enjoyable and attractive**
**scheme of progressive training, based**
**on the Scout Promise and Law and**
**guided by adult leadership.**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The Trustees have been asked to**
**complete Module TRST – Trustee**
**Introduction, an on-line training module**
**regarding their roles and**
**responsibilities and which is a Scout**
**Association requirement for Trustee**
**Board Members.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference|
|---|---|
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on grant making||
||Para 1.38|
|Policy on social investment||
|including program related||
|investment||
Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
## **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|**1st Cheadle Hulme Scout Group has**
**continued to provide the opportunity for**
**young people between the ages of 6 to**
**18 to participate in exciting and**
**practical activities within the framework**
**of the Scout Association. The Group is**
**entirely self-financing through**
**membership subscriptions and fund**
**raising activities. Leaders and helpers**
**give up their free time for the joy of**
**seeing small children grow into young**
**adults who are able to contribute to**
**society. The Group itself is over 100**
**years old. It currently has a youth**
**membership of around 95, with a**
**number on a waiting list to join.**
**All sections this year have seen**
**membership numbers at a high level.**
**All sections have been involved in a**
**number of activities, including,**
**attending District Events, many camps /**
**expeditions, to name just a few.**
**The Group currently have a large**
**number of Scouts working towards their**
**Chief Scout Awards. There are also a**
**number working towards their DofE**
**Bronze and Silver Awards. These will**
**lead to Platinum and Diamond Awards**
**being achieved.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|---|---|---|
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
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|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The Groups financial position offers no**
**area for concern at this year end.**
**Year end reserves are above the level**
**required for operating expenses. This is**
**due to deposits being paid by Explorers**
**for an International trip to Switzerland in**
**2025.**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**The Groups policy on reserves is to**
**hold sufficient resources to continue the**
**activities of the Group should income**
**and fund raising activities fall short. The**
**Trustee Board considers that the Group**
**should hold a minimum sum equivalent**
**to 6 months running costs, around**
**£8000.**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**The Group held reserves of around**
**£26,299.87 at this year end. This is**
**above the level required for operating**
**expenses, as explained in Para 1.21.**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22||
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24||
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23||
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
The charity’s principal sources of funds (including Para 1.47 any fundraising) Investment policy and objectives including any Para 1.46 social investment policy adopted A description of the principal Para 1.46 risks facing the charity Other
## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25|**The Groups governing documents are**
**those of the Scout Association. They**
**consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn**
**gives authority to the By Laws of the**
**Association and The Policy,**
**Organisation and Rules of The Scout**
**Association.**|
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25|**The Group is a trust, established under**
**the Scout Association’s rules which are**
**common to all Scouts.**|
|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 Trustees are appointed in**
**accordance with the Policy,**
**Organisation and Rules of The Scout**
**Association.**|
## **Additional information (optional)**
## You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
Policies and procedures adopted for the induction Para 1.51 and training of trustees The charity’s organisational structure and any wider Para 1.51 network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other
## **Reference and Administrative details**
|Charity name|1stCheadle Hulme Scout Group|
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|Other name the charity uses||
|Registered charity number|520181|
|Charity’s principal address|The Cabin, Dundonald Road, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire SK8
6LL||
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**year**|**Name of person (or body) entitled**
**to appoint trustee (ifany)**|
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||Daniel Hadfield|Chairperson|||
||Mark Partakis|Treasurer|||
||Neil Kidd|Group Lead
Volunteer|||
||John King|Scout + Explorer
Leader|||
||David Taylor|Cub Leader|||
||Michael Wilson|Assistant Cub
Leader|||
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## – 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**||
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|Steven John Brown|||
|Derek Shardlow|||
|Douglas Edward Bussey|||
|Keith Ronald Frank Elliott|||
|Duncan James Garrick|||
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## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects
Details of arrangements for 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)**
**Full name(s)** Daniel Hadfield ~~ee~~ **Position (eg Secretary,** Chairperson **Chair, etc)** ~~ee~~ **Date** 10[th] January 2026 ~~|~~
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Independent examiner's report on the
accounts
Section A
Independent Examiner's Report
Report to the trustees
1. Cheadle Hulme Scout Group
On accounts for the
year ended
31 March 2025
Charlty no
(if any)
520181
Set out on pages
I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity
("the Trust") for the year ended 3110312025.
Responsibilities and
basls of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the
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 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 confim that no material matters have
oxaminer'8 come to my attention in connection with the examination which gives me cause
statement to believe that in. any material respect:
the accounting records were not kept in accordan with section 130 of
the Charities Act. or
the accounts did not accord with the accounting records., or
the accounts did not comply wrth the applicable requirements
concerning the fom and content of accounts set out in the Charlties
(Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement
that the accounts give a 'true and fairf 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 port in
order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Slgned:
Data:
16 December 2025
Name:
Rachel Jane Chadwick
Relevant profe8slonal
qualification(s) or
body (if any):
ICAEW
{Membership number 8409444)
Address:
42 Old Wool Lane
Cheadle Hulme
SK8 5JA
IER
Oct 2018