2025-03-31-accounts

124[th] Derby Mickleover Scout Group (Charity Number: 520635)

Report for Supporters – July 2025 Financial Year 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Financial summary

	Receipts	Receipts Payments	Payments Net Receipts	Net Receipts Closing balance on 31 March
Last FY 2023-24	£25,803	£25,803 £30,953	£30,953 -£5,150	-£5,150 £17,635
1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025	£29,036	£29,036 £32,521	£32,521 -£3,485	-£3,485 £14,149

Group Constitution

No amendment from the template Constitution in the Scout Association Policy, Organisation and Rules, Chapter 5.b Local governance of Groups, Districts, Counties. https://www.scouts.org.uk/por/5b-local-governance-of-groups-districts-and-counties

Trustee Board

• Trustee Board membership: minimum five, maximum seven members

• Ex-officio Trustee: Dot Asquith (Group Lead Volunteer)

• Appointed Trustees: Jackie Harding (Chair); Helen Hicks (Treasurer);

Peter Johnson; Sue Ashwell; Anna Sault; Richard Sault.

Address for administrative correspondence: 2 Cascade Grove, Derby, DE23 3WT. Address of scouting meetings: All Saints Church Hall, Mickleover, Derby.

Management and Finance Report 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

• See pages 3 and 4 for full Receipts and Payments, and Assets and Liabilities reports.

• For the second year running the report for the financial year shows a headline deficit, this year at £3,485. The main cause of this deficit is under-recovered income within the year:

• The Spring 2 membership payment date was 5 April 2025, so £1.6k of the FY income was received after 31 March 2025.

• The Gift Aid claim for the FY was not made before 31 March 2025; £1.4k in Gift Aid will be claimed later in 2025, and

• Due to administration errors approximately £1.3k fees were unpaid by members.

• Expenditure on equipment in recent years has been relatively low, but some equipment is wearing out and needs replacing. This year the Group acted on planned expenditure on patrol tents to replace tents that were purchased over a decade ago and were becoming beyond repair. We also purchased replacement mess tent benches; again as planned. Total expenditure £1.8k.

• Group running costs for activities, administration, and Scout Association fees are increasing and the budget is getting tighter. Subscription rates for members will need to be reviewed in the current financial year to make sure the SG can meet these price increases.

• The Scout section led fundraising to support flood impacted communities in Valencia, raising £1.17k. Fundraising for the Group achieved net £1.3k.

• At its AGM in July 2024 the Group Scout Council approved the annual report for financial year April 2023 to March 2024, and approved the new seven person structure of the Trustee Board, following changes to Scout Association rules for running local groups (POR Chapter 5).

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Charity Purpose

The Purpose of Scouting

• Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

The Values of Scouting (Integrity, Respect, Care, Belief, Co-operation) and The Scout Method are in Chapter 1: Our Fundamentals | Policy, Organisation and Rules | Scouts

Scouting activities

The 124[th] Derby (Mickleover) Scout Group (founded 1946) provides boys and girls aged between four and eighteen years opportunities to develop skills for life through Scouting and young leadership. We have four sections (Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts) which meet weekly during school terms on Monday and Tuesday nights at All Saints Church Hall, Mickleover.

Scouting Volunteers

Scouting Volunteers	Scouting Volunteers
_Group Lead Volunteer_Dot Asquith		Dot Asquith
	Squirrels	Beavers	Cubs	Scouts
Section Team Leaders	Caroline Hayward, Becky Swan	Annie Robinson	Steph Young, James Hayward	Mike McCree
Section Team Members	Stephen Templer, Tom Jones, Peter Johnson, Katy Sacre, William Coupland, Holly Gaskin-Webster, Bonnie Burrows, Jackie Harding.
Quartermaster	Andrew Templer, Joy Templer

Activity Highlights Report 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

Highlights this year include the Group Camp in October 2024 and our members’ charitable response to the devastating flooding in Valencia in Autumn 2024; including to Scout units which hosted our members in 2023.

When a young person achieves a Chief Scout Award it reflects great commitment and achievement across the full range of skills and activities on offer in each section. It also reflects the great balanced programme delivery by the hard-working Leaders. In this financial year our leaders awarded two Gold (Scout), five Silver (Cubs), three Bronze (Beaver) and five Acorn (Squirrel) Chief Scout Awards. These awards cannot be achieved without Nights Away and the Leaders continue to support those members impacted during and since the COVID lockdown by trying to vary the types of residential opportunities made available.

Key activities this year:

• April, Group St George’s Day

• April, Scouts Scuba diving

• April, Scouts Tubing & Tobogganing

• April, Squirrels Clip & Climb

• May, Scouts & Cubs Spring Bank Camp

• May & July, Scout Sailing tasters

• June, Scout Fundraising @Silverhill

• June, Scout Foxwell Skills Competition

• July, Scout & Cubs Water Assault Park

• September, Cubs, Gulliver’s Kingdom

• September, Scout Maize Maze

• October, Group Camp @ Walesby

• November, Cubs & Beaver Xmas Sleepover

• November, Group Remembrance Parade

• November, Cubs Derby North Skills Competition

• December, Scouts & Cubs Moorways Waterpark

• December, Scouts Skating & Xmas Market

• December, Group Campfire Carols

• January, Scouts Chilly Challenge

• March, Cubs, Derby North Quiz

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Financial report, 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025

||This Year
2024/25|Last Year
2023/24
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2024/25
~~|~~|Last Year
2023/24
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~~ee~~|~~|~~|~~|~~| |1 Donations, subscriptions, grants etc
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~~ee~~|1 Membership
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~~ee~~| |1 Donations
~~Pe~~|£240
~~Pe~~|~~Pe~~|~~Pe~~|1 Scout Association Capitation
~~Pe~~|-£4,680
~~Pe~~|-£4,277
~~Pe~~| |1 Gift Aid
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~~fe~~|~~Pe~~|2 Accommodation & management
~~Pe~~|~~Pe~~|~~Pe~~| |1 Grants
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~~ID~~|£316
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~~(Ot~~|2 AGM & trustee expenses
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~~(S(O~~|-£50
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~~(S(O~~|-£50
~~Be~~| |1 Membership payments
~~aD~~|£7,900
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~~aD~~
~~ID~~|£10,155
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~~(Ot~~|2 Bank charges
~~aD~~
~~(S(O~~|2 Bank charges
~~aD~~
~~(S(O~~|-£939
~~aD~~
~~(S(O~~|-£619
~~aD~~| |4 Investment income
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~~(RR~~|2 Insurance
~~(S(O~~
~~Pee~~
~~OR~~|-£212
~~(S(O~~
~~Pee~~|-£222
~~Pee~~| |4 Interest
~~I~~|£161
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~~ID~~|£166
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~~(Ot~~|2 Rent (storage & hall)
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~~(RD~~|2 Rent (storage & hall)
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~~(OO~~|-£3,616
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~~(OO~~|-£2,264
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~~(RD~~|2 Repairs & renewals
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~~(OO~~|-£2,144
~~I~~
~~ID~~
~~(OO~~|-£516
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~~ID~~| |2 Scouting activities
~~Pee~~|~~ID~~
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~~(RR~~|3 Scouting activities
~~(OO~~
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~~Pee~~|~~Pee~~| |2 Clothing
~~I~~|£24
~~I~~
~~I~~|£75
~~I~~
~~(UY~~|£75
~~I~~
~~(RR~~|3 Admin costs
~~I~~|-£10
~~I~~|-£28
~~I~~| |2 Youth programme & activities
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~~(OR~~|3 Adult support & training
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~~Pe~~|-£293
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~~(Rn~~|3 Uniform, badges & clothing
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~~fn~~|-£124
~~I~~|-£369
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~~(Rn~~|3 Youth programme & activities
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~~fn~~|-£2,556
~~nn~~|-£2,176
~~nn~~| |3 High cost activities
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~~Pe~~| |3 RX Non-residential activities
~~GR~~|£3,638
~~GR~~|£2,672
~~GR~~
~~(TY~~|£2,672
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~~(RR~~|4 EXP Non-residential activities
~~GR~~|-£4,103
~~GR~~|-£2,592
~~GR~~| |3 Residential activities
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~~eee~~|~~(RR~~
~~eee~~|4 Residential activities
~~eee~~|~~eee~~|~~eee~~| |3 RX Beaver Sleepover
~~Pe~~|~~Pe~~
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~~Pe~~
~~I~~|4 EXP Beaver Sleepover
~~Pe~~
~~ID~~|4 EXP Beaver Sleepover
~~Pe~~
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~~Pe~~| |3 RX Cub Camps
~~I~~|£3,457
~~IIT~~
~~DD~~
~~(RR~~|£2,201
~~IT~~
~~I~~
~~(OY~~|4 EXP Cub Camps
~~IT~~
~~ID~~
~~QR~~|4 EXP Cub Camps
~~IT~~
~~(~~
~~(OR~~|-£2,568
~~IT~~|-£1,874
~~IT~~| |3 RX Group Residentials|£6,319
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~~(RR~~|-
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~~(OY~~|4 EXP Group Residentials
~~ID~~
~~QR~~|4 EXP Group Residentials
~~(~~
~~(OR~~|-£6,554|| |3 RX International Camps
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~~ID I~~|£2,780
~~(OY~~
~~Re~~
~~I~~|4 EXP International Camps
~~QR ~~
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~~(RN~~|4 EXP International Camps
~~(OR~~
~~Re~~
~~(OO~~|~~Re~~
~~(OO~~|-£12,936
~~Re~~| |3 RX Scout Camps
~~nD~~|£4,844
~~nD~~
~~ID I~~|£2,075
~~nD~~
~~I~~|4 EXP Scout Camps
~~nD~~
~~(RN~~|4 EXP Scout Camps
~~nD~~
~~(OO~~|-£3,602
~~nD~~
~~(OO~~|-£1,101
~~nD~~| |5 Scout Group Fundraising
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~~eee~~|~~(RN~~
~~eee~~|5 Scout Group Fundraising
~~(OO~~
~~eee~~|~~(OO~~
~~eee~~|~~eee~~| |5 Fundraising RX Intl Camps
~~Pe~~|~~Pe~~
~~InnnITD~~|£4,571
~~Pe~~
~~IIT~~|5 Fundraising EXP Intl Camps
~~Pe~~
~~(RN~~|5 Fundraising EXP Intl Camps
~~Pe~~
~~(OO~~|~~Pe~~
~~(OO~~|-£1400
~~Pe~~| |5 Fundraising RX 124SG
~~ID~~|£1,264
~~ID~~
~~InnnITD~~|£793
~~ID~~
~~IIT~~|5 Fundraising COSTS 124SG
~~ID~~
~~(RN~~|5 Fundraising COSTS 124SG
~~ID~~
~~(OO~~|-£226
~~ID~~
~~(OO~~|-£189
~~ID~~| |6 Charitable fundraising
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~~(RD~~|6 Charitable donations
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~~(OO~~|~~ee~~| |6 Fundraising Charity projects (Valencia flood)
~~nD~~
~~ns~~|£1,188
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~~nD~~
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~~(RD~~|6 Donations Charity projects
~~nD~~
~~(OO~~|-£1,137
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~~fF~~|-£50
~~nD~~
~~fF~~| |Total Receipts
~~ns~~
~~rs~~|£29,036
~~nD~~
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|£25,803
~~(OO~~
~~PF~~|~~(RD~~|Total Payments
~~(OO~~|-£32,521
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~~fF~~|-£30,953
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|~~PF~~||Net Receipts/Payments|-£3,485
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~~|~~|-£5,150
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~~ts~~|||Cash Funds last year end|£17,635
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~~|~~|£22,785
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~~ts~~|||Cash funds this year end|£14,149
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~~|~~|£17,635
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Assets and Liabilities

Assets	Squirrels	Beavers	Cubs	Scouts	Group	On 31 March 2025	On 31 March 2025
Petty cash	-	£36	£1	-	-	CASH	£50
Petty cash 2	-	-	£96	-	-
Leader cash	-	-	-£28	-	-£76
Leader cash 2	-	-	-	-	£21	Leader CASH
GoCardless	£0	£0	£0	£677	£40	GOCARDLESS	£717
Bank	£64	£144	£1,269	£5,086	£675	BANK	£7,239
Investment		-	-	-	£6,144	INVESTMENT	£6,144
Totals	£64	£180	£1,338	£5,763	£6,804	TOTAL FUNDS	£14,149
Assets	Squirrels	Beavers	Cubs	Scouts	Group	On 31 March 2024
Petty cash	-	£36	£1	£0	£0	£0
Petty cash 2	-	-	£102	-	-	CASH	£139
Leader cash	£9	-	-£11	-	-£76
Leader cash 2	-	-	-	-	£21	Leader CASH	-£55
GoCardless	£0	£0	£0	£416	£21	GOCARDLESS	£437
Bank	£283	£306	£467	£5,300	£2,277	BANK	£8,633
Investment	-	-	-	-	£8,483	INVESTMENT	£8,483
Totals	£292	£342	£559	£5,716	£10,726	TOTAL FUNDS	£17,635

Note: Negative Leader Cash numbers are where Leaders have personally purchased goods or services for the scout group and reimbursement is pending. A target for future years is to significantly reduce personal spending and reimburse promptly where scout group accounts cannot be used.

Note: Investment is a cash based savings account holding the remainder of monies raised when the Group lost its Scout Hut in 2007.

Note: A Reserves Policy is available on request. This will need reviewing this year to bring it up to date and take account of higher costs and fees.

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