## **1[st] Hartford Scout Group Charity Number 520202** **Registered Address** : 4 St James Way, Hartford, Northwich, CW8 1GR ## **Registered Trustees** : John Bebbington – Treasurer Michelle Bebbington – Chair Sian Lewis Gareth Lewis Graham Wallace Su Smith ## **Highlights for the year** The financial situation of the group improved over the reporting year and is due to the 2 final Covid19 grants received from Chester West and Chester (CWAC) Borough Council and numerous grants and donations received from local businesses. Many of the donations followed news that the Scout hut had suffered its first ever break in, resulting in damage to the building interior and equipment. We also had another successful bedding plant sale. Following the end lockdown and a return to normal scouting activities, membership numbers and subsequent annual subscription payments have shown a steady increase. This is due to a positive response to a local campaign to attract new members across Beavers, Cubs and Scouts. ## **Financials** Opening bank balance on 1st April 2021 was £25,322 Incomings Total raised £55,382 Outgoings Total £29,057 Closing bank balance on 31st March 2022 £51,647 ## **Accounts verification** The accounts for 1[st] Hartford Scout Group have been verified by Paul Lounds of Lounds & Co. This included an analysis of bank transactions supplied reconciled to the bank balance for the period 01/04/21 to 31/03/22. All payments out of the bank account were checked against supporting documentation. He confirmed that the money spent through the bank account, is fully supported by invoices & / or authorisation documents. The administration improvements he recommended be put in place regarding administration procedures and policies from the previous year’s audit have now been reviewed and implemented. ## **Special notes** We received grants from local government of £11,417. We did not receive any donations from unknown sources or have any unusual activity. We did not receive any non-UK income. The trustees did not receive any payments other than reimbursement of expenses. The trustees for this period are listed above and no changes were made during the year. ## **Declaration** Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees Signature: Full name: John Bebbington Position: Treasurer Date: 14/3/23 **1st Hartford Scout Group 520202 Receipts and payments accounts For the period** 01/04/2021 31/03/2022 **To from** **CC16a** ## **Section A Receipts and payments** |**A1 Receipts**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
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**55,382**
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**55,382**
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**55,382**
**29,057**
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**29,057**
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**29,057**
**26,325**
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**25,322**
**51,647**|**Restricted**
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**to the nearest £**
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**55,382**
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**55,382**
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**29,057**
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**29,057**
**26,325**|**Total funds**
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**55,382**
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**55,382**
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**55,382**
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**29,057**
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**26,325**|**Last year**
**to the nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Total income|**55,382**|||||**31,222**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**_(Gross income for_
_AR)_|**55,382**|||||**31,222**| |||||||| |**A2 Asset and investment sales,**
**(see table).**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_**|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total receipts_**
**A3 Payments**||||||| |||||||**31,222**| |||||||| |Total expenses|**29,057**|||||**15,846**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| ||**-**|||||**-**| |**_Sub total_ **|**29,057**|||||**15,846**| |||||||| |**A4 Asset and investment**
**purchases, (see table)**||||||| ||**-**|||||| ||**-**|||||| |**_Sub total_ **|**-**|||||**-**| |**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**A5 Transfers between funds**
**A6 Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||||| |||||||**15,846**| |||||||| ||**26,325**|**-**|**-**|**26,325**||**15,376**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**||**-**| ||**25,322**|**-**|**-**|**25,322**||**9,946**| ||**51,647**|**-**|**-**|**51,647**||**25,322**| CCXX R1 accounts (SS) 14/03/2023 1 ## **Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period** |**Categories**
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behalf of all the trustees
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**B3 Investment assets**|Signature
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approval| |||John Bebbington|14/03/2023| ||||| CCXX R2 accounts (SS) 14/03/2023 2 l Hartford Scout Group Financial Accounts for the Year to 31 March 2022 Independent verlficatlon Testing was carried o¥Jt on a sample of 50 transactions from the Income and Expenditure Accounts. The transactions were either agreed back to the Sour documents or from the source document back to the Income and Expenditure Accounts. Testing was also carried out to identify whether each month'5 summary had been signed off by the Treasurer and Deputy Treasurer & that the opening and closing bank balances per the Accounts agreed back to the actual Bank Account Statements. Findings I can confirm that the testing identified no differences between the source documents and the Accounts & that each of the monthly summaries had been signed off by the appropriate parties. As always with these type of businesses. it is impossible to Confirm with 100% assurance that all of the income generated at events was paid into the busirbess. bank account as there are no sale5 invoices generated for each and every transaction. Recommendations l -Review5 & signatures by the Chairper50n on each of the monthly summaries in addition to the Treasurer are carried out in a timely manner leg within 15 days of the month endl so that any i55ues are identified at the time. 2 - The monthly summary indicates what the Treasurer & Deputy Treasurer and the Chairperson are actually 'signing off each month eg that the summary represents a true and fair view of the underlying transactions & bank account, and that it has been reviewed and accepted by the business as a whole. Sign off I can confirm that the information contained in the monthly summaries for the year to 31 March 2022 are in line with the underlying tran5action5 and that they fairly represent the data that is available to review. Signature.. Date= 14-Isli3 Name.. Paul Lounds. FCA