## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025** **Charity name: 1[st] Tarporley Scout Group** **Charity registration number: 520259** ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|Scouting in the UK is organised through
The Scout Association.
**The Purpose of Scouting**
The Scout Association has a clear purpose:
‘Scouting exists to actively engage and
support young people in their personal
development, empowering them to make a
positive contribution to society.’
The Scout Association’s method of meeting
the purpose of Scouting is through a
balanced programme.
**The Values of Scouting**
As Scouts we are guided by these values:
**Integrity**- We act with integrity; we are
honest, trustworthy and loyal.
**Respect**- We have self-respect and
respect for others.
**Care**- We support others and take care of
the world in which we live.
**Belief**- We explore our faiths, beliefs and
attitudes.
**Co-operation**- We make a positive
difference; we co-operate with others and
make friends
1stTarporley Scout Group is an
autonomous organisation holding its
property and equipment and admitting
young people to membership of 1st
Tarporley Scout Group subject to the policy
and rules of The Scout Association.
The aim of 1stTarporley Scout Group is to
providing Scouting to boys and girls aged 4
to 14 years in the proximity of Tarporley.
1stTarporley Scout Group also actively
supports Maverick Explorers in providing| |||Scouting to their young members aged 14
to 18 years.| |---|---|---| |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|Scouting takes place when young people,
in partnership with adults, work together
based on the values of Scouting and:
• enjoy what they are doing and have fun
• take part in activities indoors and
outdoors
• learn by doing
• share in spiritual reflection
• take responsibility and make choices
• undertake new and challenging activities
• make and live by their Promise| |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 considered the
guidance in the Charities SORP (FRS 102,
2nd Edition, October 2019), and the Public
Benefit Requirements (PB1, September
2013). Public benefit entity is defined in
FRS 102 as: ‘an entity whose primary
objective is to provide goods or services for
the general public, community or social
benefit and where any equity is provided
with a view to supporting the entity’s
primary objectives rather than with a view
to providing a financial return to equity
providers, shareholders or members’.
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.
The aim and activities of 1stTarporley
Scout Group are for public benefit. There
are currently approximately 115 young
people benefitting from the activities of 1st
Tarporley Scout Group on a regular basis.
As well as benefitting members of the scout
group directly, the group also benefits the
wider community by activities such as
volunteering for local food bank, litter
picking and organising community events
such as fireworks night.| 2 ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|N/A| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|N/A| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|The Group Trustees Board is a team of
volunteers who work together, as charity
Trustees, to make sure the Scout Group is
run safely and legally. At the heart of their
role is a focus on strategy, performance
and assurance.
Effective Trustee support helps other
volunteers run the Scout programme that
gives young people skills for life.
Members of the Group Trustees Board
must act collectively as charity trustees of
their charity, and in the best interests of the
charity’s members.
In addition to the Trustees, all activity of 1st
Tarporley Scout Group is delivered through
volunteers including the Group Scout
Leader, Section Leaders, Assistant Section
Leaders, Section Assistants, and Group
Advisors.| |Other||| 3 ## **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 broad range of Scouting activities
undertaken for the benefit of the young
people are reported to the Group Scout
Council at the Annual General Meeting by
the Group Scout Leader and Section
Leaders. The sections all meet weekly
during school term times, and additionally
undertake some weekend and holiday time
activities such as camps, parades and
inter-group competitions.
The Trustees do not want subs to be a
barrier to any Beaver, Cub, Scout, or
Explorer being a member, and Subs are
waived (confidentially) in such cases.
A full report of the achievements over the
year is available in the minutes of the AGM.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Achievements against Para 1.41 objectives set Performance of fundraising Para 1.41 activities against objectives set Investment performance Para 1.41 against objectives Other 4 ## **Financial Review** |**Financial Review**||| |---|---|---| |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The charity was in a strong financial
position at the end of the financial year,
with monetary assets of £38,245 , a
decrease of £17,466 over the year.| |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|The current account is used for normal
running expenses and typical holds
£10,000 - £15,000.
A minimum of £20,000 is normally held in
an Investment account to cover emergency
expenses, however the investment account
was closed in June 2023 and the funds
were held in the current account over the
current year.)| |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|Monetary assets as of 31/3/2025:
Current account £38,235
Investment account – nil (account closed)
Subs account £10
Total monetary assets £38,245| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|N/A| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|N/A| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|N/A| |**Additional information (optional)**
You may choose to include further statements|**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|The principal sources of funding over the
year have been:
•
Subscriptions (“subs”) paid termly
by Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and
Explorers
•
Sale of bedding plants
•
Bonfire and fireworks night| |Investment policy and
objectives including any
social investment policy
adopted|Para 1.46|To preserve and maintain the financial
stability of the Group for the benefit of
current and future membership and the
wider local community.
The Group has a low appetite for financial
risk and loss in capital through exposure to
high risk investments or financial products.| 5 |||**Emergency fund**
The Group will keep £20,000 (circa 12
months’ operating expenses) in a high-yield
savings account for immediate access and
capital preservation. This figure will be
reviewed and adjusted accordingly on an
annual basis on the production of each
year’s accounts.
**Investment account**
Any funds available for longer term
investment can be investment in low or
low/medium risk savings accounts. These
accounts may be fixed term or notice
accounts to achieve a greater return / rate
of interest. First preference is that these
accounts are with UK retail banks and any
deposits are covered under the FSCS
scheme
The ultimate aim is that any capital
expenditure can be funded from the
investment account to preserve the
emergency fund| |---|---|---| |A description of the principal
risks facing the charity|Para 1.46|The primary long term risk for any group
which is reliant on volunteers for delivery of
its activities, is a shortage of volunteers in
leadership and delivery positions. 1st
Tarporley Scout Group continues to work to
develop its existing volunteers with training,
and to seek to recruit new volunteers.| |Other||| 6 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |Type of governing document|Para 1.25|**Constitution**
The Constitution, following the Scouts
Association guidance, was re-adopted at
the AGM in September 2024.| |How is the charity
constituted?|Para 1.25|Unincorporated association| |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 constitution sets out the election
process| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: Policies and procedures Para 1.51 adopted for the induction and training of trustees The charity’s organisational Para 1.51 structure and any wider network with which the charity works Relationship with any related Para 1.51 parties Other ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|1stTarporley Scout Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|-| |Registered charity number|520259| |Charity’s principal address|c/o Kate Riley
The Cottage
High Street
Clotton
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**whole year**|**Name of person (or**
**body) entitled to**
**appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Nick Oates|Group Lead
Volunteer||Group Scout
Council| ||John Egan|Chair||Group Scout
Council| ||Kate Riley|Treasurer||Group Scout
Council| ||Lynda Briody|Secretary||Group Scout
Council| ||Kevin Strek|Communications||Group Scout
Council| ||Penny Watson|Deputy Group
Lead Volunteer||Group Scout
Council| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **– Corporate trustees names of the director at the date the report was approved** **Director name** **N/A** ## **Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity** **Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year N/A** 8 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** |Description of the assets
held in this capacity|N/A| |---|---| |Name and objects of the
charity on whose behalf the
assets are held and how this
falls within the custodian
charity’s objects|N/A| |Details of arrangements for
safe custody and
segregation of such assets
from the charity’s own
assets|N/A| **Additional information (optional) Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information) Type of Name Address adviser N/A** **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** 9 ## **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)**|John Egan| |**Position (e.g.**|Chair of Trustees| |**Secretary, Chair, etc)**|| |**Date**|23/11/2025| 10 ## **First Tarporley Scout Group (Charity no. 520259) Receipts and payments account** |||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**01/04/2024**|**To**|**31/03/2025**| |||||| |**Receipts and payments**||||| |**Receipts**||**2024/25**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**||**2023/24**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**||||| |Membershipsubscriptions|Note 1|**18,248**||**18,133**| |Donations|Note 2|**290**||**715**| |Legacies||**-**||**-**| |Gift Aid||**3,652**||**3,936**| |Other similar income||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**22,190**||**22,784**| |**Grants**||||| |Maintenancegrant||**-**||**-**| |Othergrants|Note 3|**530**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**530**||**-**| |**Fundraising events(gross)**||||| |Plant sale|Note 4|**1,254**||**2,307**| |Fireworks|Note 5|**12,400**||**18,040**| |Other fundraisingactivities||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**13,654**||**20,347**| |**Scout hut income**||||| |Hire of building||**3,861**||**789**| |Hire of equipment||**120**||**1,580**| |Use of equipment - Explorers||**-**||**-**| |Other Scout hut income||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||**3,981**||**2,369**| |**Investment income**||||| |Bank interest||**-**||**-**| |BuildingSocietyinterest||**-**||**-**| |The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service||**-**||**192**| |Other investment income||**-**||**-**| |~~**Sub total**~~||**-**||**192**| |**Other**||||| |Uniform and badges||**-**||**-**| |Sundryincome||**-**||**-**| |~~**Sub total**~~||**-**||**-**| |**_Total Gross Income_**
**Asset and investment sales, etc.**
**_Total receipts_**||||| |||||**45,692**| |||||| |||||**500**| |||||| |||**40,515**||**46,192**| LT700002 (July 2021) 1 of 4 ## **First Tarporley Scout Group (Charity no. 520259) Receipts and payments account** |||Year start date|Year start date|Year end date| |---|---|---|---|---| ||**For the year**
**from**|**01/04/2024**|**To**|**31/03/2025**| |||||| |**Receipts and payments**||||| |**Payments**||**2024/25**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**||**2023/24**
**Unrestricted funds**
**£**| |**Charitable Payments**||||| |Membership subscriptions paid on (National/County/Area/Di Note 6||**8,040**||**7,245**| |Youthprogramme and activities||**-**||**-**| |Adult support and training
Note 7||**160**||**-**| |Rent||**-**||**-**| |Water and Sewerage||**513**||**382**| |Electricityand Gas||**2,314**||**1,619**| |Internet||**414**||**411**| |Insurance||**2,715**||**2,577**| |Repairs and Renewals
Note 8||**7,231**||**1,301**| |Materials and equipment
Note 9||**995**||**690**| |Printingandphotocopying||**-**||**-**| |Contribution to campcosts||**180**||**50**| |Uniforms||**227**||**309**| |AGM and trustee expenses||**-**||**-**| |Cleaningandgardening||**1,243**||**926**| |Minibus costs
Note 10||**2,044**||**333**| |Vehicle costs(excludingminibus costs)||**-**||**-**| |Website cost||**-**||**-**
| |Expenditure by packs
Note 11||**5,796**||~~**4,138**~~| |**Sub total**||**31,872**||**19,981**| |**Fundraising expenses**||||| |Plant sale
Note 4||**820**||**1,553**| |Fireworks
Note 5||**5,350**||**5,241**| |Detail 3||**-**||**-**| |Other fundraisingcosts||**-**||**-**| |**Sub total**||~~**6,170**~~||~~**6,794**~~| |**Other expenses**||||| |Sundryexpenses
Note 12||**301**||**87**| |Charitable donations
Note 13||**100**||**150**| |**Sub total**||~~**401**~~||~~**237**~~| |**_Total Gross Expenditure_**
**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
Note 14
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**
**Cash funds last year end**
**_Cash funds this year end_**||||| |||||**27,012**| |||||| |||||**1,040**| |||||| |||||**28,052**| |||||| |||**- 17,465**||**18,140**| |||**55,710**||**37,570**| |||**38,245**||**55,710**| LT700002 (July 2021) 2 of 4 ## **First Tarporley Scout Group (Charity no. 520259) Receipts and payments account** ||Year start date||Year end date| |---|---|---|---| |**For the year**
**from**|**01/04/2024**|**To**|**31/03/2025**| |**Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year**|**Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year**||| ||**31/03/2025**||**31/03/2024**| ||**Unrestricted funds**||**Unrestricted funds**| ||**£**||**£**| |**Cash funds**
Bank current account
**38,235**
**49,814**
Bank deposit account
**-**
**-**
Buildingsocietyaccount
**-**
**-**
Subs account
**10**
**5,897**
The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service
**-**
**-**
Cash/Floats
**-**
**-**
**Total cash funds**
**38,245**
**55,711**
(agree balances with receipts andpayments account)
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agreement error
**Other monetary assets**
Tax claim
**-**
**-**
Debts due from the County/Area/District/Group
**-**
**-**
Insurance claim
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**-**
**Investment assets**
Investmentproperty- detail
**-**
Quoted investments
**-**
**-**
Other investments - detail
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**-**
**Non monetary assets for charity's ownuse**
Badge stock
**-**
**-**
Shopstock
**-**
**-**
Other stock
**-**
**-**
Land and buildings
**350,865**
**350,865**
Motor vehicles
Note 15
**18,750**
**-**
Scoutingequipment,furniture etc
**39,121**
**39,121**
Other
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**408,736**
**389,986**
**Liabilities**
Accounts notyetpaid
**-**
**-**
Expenses incurred but not invoiced
**-**
**-**
Subscriptions notyetpaid
**-**
**-**
Loan - detail
**-**
**-**
Other liabilities
**-**
**-**
**Sub total**
**-**
**-**
~~2~~|||| |**Total net assets**|**446,981**||**445,697**| |**The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees**|||| |**on 17th September 2025 (the date of the Executive Committee meeting that approved the accounts) and signed**|||| |**on their behalf by**|||| |Signature||Print Name|| |---|---|---|---| |||John Egan|Chair| |||Kate Riley|Treasurer| LT700002 (July 2021) 3 of 4 ## **First Tarporley Scout Group (Charity no. 520259) Receipts and payments account** |**Group (Charity no. 520259)**
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**from**|**01/04/2024**|**To**|**31/03/2025**| ## **Accounting Notes** 1. Subs: Beavers, Cubs, Scouts - Subs are collected via OSM. Explorers - Explorers are part of Chester & Discounts Explorer group but are hosted in Tarporley as such they contribute to the upkeep of the hut and equipment. Tarporley group assist with the collection of the subs via OSM, as Explorers are a much valued part of our community and contribute to fundraising the group cover the cost of OSM. 2. The following donations were received: - £30 donation from Tarporley Rotary for use of tables in May 2024 - £35 donation from Enigma Ltd for hire of chairs in June 2024 - £225 donation from Tarporley Ladies Tuesday Club in August 2024, donation to the Scout Group on closure of the club. 3. The following grants were received: - £250 grant from Tarporley Parish Council in November 2024 - £280 grant from Arthur Meredith Turst in February 2025 4. Total income from plant sale £1,254, costs £820, profit £434 5. Total income from fireworks night £12,400, costs £5,350, profit £7,050 6. Capitation is the amount paid to Cheshire Scouts a proportion of which is paid to Scouts HQ. Capitation is paid in arrears, i.e. the payment made in March 2025 covered 2024/25 membership. 7. Training included young leader training and first aid training. 8. Repairs and renewals included the following costs: - Replacement combi boiler £3479 Fire extinguisher service/PAT testing £225 New rear door £2826 New blinds for hall £160, with cost of blinds paid for by Mini Magoos, misc fitting costs paid for by Group. 9. Materials and equipment included the following costs: 16 New wetsuits £250 New shelves for equipment storage £282 10. Minibus costs include insurance, wrapping and towbar fitting. 11. Funds distributed to sections based on the following: - Beavers, Cubs, Scouts - 1/3 of subs is passed to each group to spend on individual activities, limited to £500 held in petty cash Explorers - 75% of subs is passed to the group 12. Sundry expenses included: green bin subscription, OSM expense cards for sections. 13. The following donations were made: Poppy appeal £100 14. Assets purchased: Wheel clamp; microwave, 3 person tent, 6 gas stoves Minibus £18750 Tents and compasses £502 Floodlight £36 Speaker system £249 15. Minibus purchased 05/2024 LT700002 (July 2021) 4 of 4 Inde ndent Examiner's Re ort to the Trnstees of I" Tar orle Scout Grou I report on the accounts of the Group for the year ended 315t Marth 2025 showlng Monetary assets of £38,245. Respective responJibiliti¢s of trustee8 and eiwniner As the charities trustees you are responsible tor the preparatson ot the a¢counts; you consider that the audit requirement of Section 43(2) of the Charities Ath 1993 {the Act) does not apply It is my r￿ponSIbility to stste, on the basis of the procojures specified in the General Directions given by the Charity Commissioners under Sextion 43(7)(b) of the ACL whether partscular mattws have come to my attention. B￿1$ of Euminer's report My examination was carried out in accordance with the lieneral Directsons given by the Lharity Commissioner's. An examinaiion includes a revivw of the accounting records kept by the charity and a CA)mpaTison of the ac￿U￿ts presented with those r￿ordS. It also includes consideraiion of any unusual it¢rns of disclosures in the a¢county and Seeking explanations from you as tn￿1￿ concerning any such n￿tters. The pro¢alures undertaken do not Provide all the evidence that would be rffjuired in an audi( and nsequently I do not expr¢ss an audit opinion on the view given by the accounts. Independent Ex#mlfver'• gtalement In connection with my examinatio￿ no matter has come to my attmtion.. which giv04 me reasonable cause lo believe that in any material respect the r￿Uirements . to keep Accounting records in accordance with s￿tiOn 41 of the Act and . to prepare accounts whtch a￿A)rd with the aLYountin8 records and . to rximply with the ￿oUn￿n￿ requirements of the Act have not been met. or to which, in my opiniory attartion should be drawn in order to enable a propff undeTStandin8 of the accounts to be reacheA, Name '//19/Y I , )4 Qualificatton Addrass A i Date Iili/A g-