## 1 Hartford Scout Group Charity Number 520202 

Registered Address: 19 Armstrong Close, Hartford, CW8 1GN 

## Registered Trustees: 

Jonathan Flatman - Chair 

Caroline Weeks - Treasurer 

Rory Innes - Membership 

Kate Harford - Secretary 

Danny Clarke - Group Scout Leader 

## Highlights for the year 

During the year, membership continued to be strong, with the leaders and volunteers delivering a full and engaging programme. This included giving our young people lots of camp adventures, outdoor skills challenges, personal growth and learning, and leadership development opportunities, as well as helping our community and the environment. A group of our Scouts section are set to go on an International Scout Camp in Switzerland in Summer 2025, so began their fundraising activities to make this happen. The Group has plans to extend and modernise its building, so incurred costs in the year in respect of technical drawings and planning application. To help fund this, the Group has also been busy fundraising, with another successful Bedding Plant sale, matched funding anda log sale. 

## Financials 

|Opening current bank balance on 1st April 2023|£41,783|
|---|---|
|Opening high interest account balance on 1st April 2023|£48,629|
|Total cash on 1st April 2023|£90,412|
|Total Income in the year|£58,586|
|Total Expenses in the year|£59,785|
|Closing current bank balance on 31st March 2024|£40,584|
|Closing high interest account balance on 31st March 2024|£49,696|
|Totalcashon31stMarch2024|£90,280|



## Accounts verification 

The accounts for 1° 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 01/04/23 to 31/03/24. 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 and / or authorisation documents. 



## Special notes 

in previous years accounts, the high interest bank account (‘Gold Account’) had been omitted in error. This balance has been included in these accounts. The Group also has land and buildings, together with assets such as trailers and equipment which have now been recorded in the statement of assets and liabilities for completeness. 

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: Jon Flatman 

Position: Chair Date: Zbe OMOo/ L£> 



CHARITY COMMISSION
FOR ENGLAND AND WALES
Receipts and payments accounts
CC16a
For the period
from
To
Section A Receipts and payments
Unrestricled
funds
to the nearest
Restriclad
tunds
Endowmenl
funds
Total funds
La$t y8Jr
to the neai•st £
io the nearest £
to th• nè8r••i t
to Iho n•ar••t £
A1 Re¢elpts
Total incom8
59.653
Sub lot81 (Gross income for
AR)
A2 Ag9Ot and Investment 88183,
(see table).
59,653
59,6S3
37,575
Sub total
Total recelpts
59,653
59,653
37.575
A3 Pa mentg
Tolal expenses
59,785
59,78S
Sub total
59,785
59,785
47,439
A4 Asset and Investment
urchases,
seè table
Sub total
Total payments
59,785
59.785
47,439
Net ol recelpts/(payments)
A5 Transfers between funds
A6 Cash funds last year end
Cash funds this year end
132
132
864
90,412
90,280
90,412
90,280
51,647
41,783
CCXX R1 accounts ISSI
0210412025

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period
Unrestdcted
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fund*
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to near8•t E
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funds
to n&ar88t £
Bl Cash fundg
Main A¢￿U￿t
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49,696
Total cash funds
90,280
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to nearg•t £
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369,775
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Land & BLHldiws
Equikywit and otreraseets
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102,463
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b•h•M of •11 th• tru•t•••
Date of
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Signaturè
Prlnt Name
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CCXK R2 accounts ISS)
2410312025

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lounds&co
Chartered Accountants
367 Chester Road,
Little Sutton, Cheshire, CH66 3RQ.
T: 0151339 9454
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1st Hartford Scout Group Flnancial Accounts for the Year to 31 March 2024
Independent verlficatlon
Testing was carried out on a sample of 50 transactions from the Income and Expenditure Accounts.
The transactions were either agreed back to the source documents or from the source document
back to the Income and Expenditure Accounts.
Testin8 wa5 also carried out to identify whether each month's 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.
Flndin8S
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 business, bank account as there are no sales
invoices generated for each and every transaction.
Recommendatlons
No recommendations made.
Sign off
I can confirm that the information contained in the monthly summaries for the year to 31 March
2024 are in line with the underlying transactions and that they fairly represent the data that IS
available to review.
Signature.,
Date:
Name..
Paul Lounds, FCA
Paul Lounds FCA, Dire¢to¥
Reg office & Trading Address.. 367 Chester Road, Little Sutton. Ellesmere Port CH66 3RQ
Lounds & Associates Limited 108345573 Registered in England & Wales) trading as Lounds & Co
, ICAEW
CHARTERED
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