# We prepare young people with skills for life Stretford District AGM 2023 ## Annual Report 2022/23 We are the UK’s biggest mixed youth organisation. We change lives by offering 4- to 25-year-olds fun and challenging activities, unique experiences, everyday adventure, and the chance to help others so that we make a positive impact in communities. Scouts helps children and young adults reach their full potential. Our members gain valuable skills for life including teamwork, time management, leadership, initiative, planning, communication, self-motivation, cultural awareness, and commitment. We help young people to get jobs, save lives and even change the world. ## **District Lead Volunteer’s Report** With Covid-19 being declared to be no longer a global health emergency in May 2023, during 2022-2023 we saw some 2 resemblance of life returning to how things were pre-pandemic. Of course, there as some things that will have changed forever, but largely life now is as busy again as it ever was if not more. After a full year of un-interrupted face to face scouting we have been able to embrace new ways of doing things, grow in number and focus on delivering skills for life to our young people and adult volunteers. This was seen with our 12.6% growth in numbers from 627 in January 2022 to 706 in January 2023 across our youth and adult members, a growing Network of 18-25 year olds and a recently appointed new Youth Commissioner. Whilst we did grow, we also recognised that some sections we invested effort in trying to get off the ground in Jan 2020 were not going to despite our best efforts. We formally ceased the Libya Cub & Scout Sections and Trafford Park Scout Group projects that we were working on. However new opportunities are always around the corner and our newest Saturday Beaver and Cub Sections at Longford are going from strength to strength with a possible scout troop in early discussions, musings of Stretford’s first Squirrel Drey and a Sikh Scout Group there will always be opportunities to continue to grow. During 2022-2023 Group’s were able to get out camping, have encouraged new adult volunteers to join and started to think about how the structure of scouting will change over the coming year. We also were excited to have 4 young people and 3 adult volunteers from Stretford working towards attending the 25[th] World Scout Jamboree in South Korea and seeing their fundraising efforts was inspiring. The district attended Trafford’s Annual Service of Remembrance, the Beavers had a Christmas Event, we held our Swimming Gala in March and continued to offer & fund face to face first aid training to satisfy this mandatory training requirement for certain adult volunteer roles. But with the district team remaining extremely small with many positions still vacant, priorities will remain on delivering mandatory tasks and the annual service of remembrance until such a time where the district team grows. The new team based volunteering structure of Scouting will provide the opportunity for us to look at what we want to do and who will be best placed to deliver this. ## The Year Ahead With the change to Trustee Boards from Executive Committees well underway, a new digital experience for adult member records and training about to be rolled out and a new district structure to be in place early in the new year of 2024, there are many opportunities to change the way we do things, so they are simpler, more efficient without compromising safety or safe guarding. Our first task will be to implement the Trustee Board and new district constitution and then support Groups in doing the same for their 2024 AGM’s if not done so already. Talking to all adult volunteers will also be extremely important to see what their future aspirations are and whether they are looking to take on new challenges in the new organisational structure being implemented. This will take place after the summer with all district volunteers, new roles agreed and a new district structure in place early in 2024. We also will have had an amazing internal opportunity with the World Scout Jamboree over the summer of 2023 and we hope that those attending will bring back and share their experiences, re-igniting an enthusiasm for more district international events and drive to achieve the Scouts Top Awards. ## **Changing our structure over 2023/2024 is a great opportunity to refresh what we do, how we do it and who does it. With simplified training and a better digital** 3 **experience on the horizon we hope to attract more adult volunteers into organisation, section, support, and trustee roles so that all groups and sections in Stretford can be the best that they can.** ## **Matt Osborne** District Lead Volunteer, Stretford District Scout Council Group Lead Volunteer, 17[th] Stretford (1[st] Lostock) QUEST Scout Group International Service Team – 25WSJ Korea, UK Contingent ## **District Chair’s Report** Tonight, we embark on a new era of Scout management. From today we will cease to be a District Executive Committee where everything appertaining to the district is discussed at the one meeting. We will become the District Trustee Board voted in by the District Scout Council with a specific agenda relating to the management of the district. This will bring us in line with the Charities Commission guidelines. We will be responsible for looking after the district money, safeguarding, legal requirements etc. The District Trustee Board will also be able to set up sub committees to look at other aspects of Scouting in the district. This is a new way of managing Scouting so let us embrace it and make Scouting work for the future of our young people. ## **Dave Maltby** Lead Trustee and Chair of the District Trustee Board ## Financial Report 2022/2023 The following report provides additional explanation of funds flow and general state of finances for the District for the year ending 31st March 2023. Lonsdale Explorer Scouts, subscriptions and activities flowing through the District account represents most of the transactional activity within the District accounts, highest value transactions however are for annual capitation fees. Camps Archery and Swimming income of £3337 was all in respect of Lonsdale Explorers, expenditure was made up of £500 Cub Camp support and £74 for swimming gala trophy with the balance being Lonsdale Explorer. Bank/Gocardless fees of £248.47 are all in respect of Lonsdale Explorers subs. Printing Postage etc is in respect of OSM and Website hosting fees. Badges income and expenditure over the period remains broadly in line with the prior years value, reflecting the continued activity of Scouting in the District. Capitation fees paid out to County office totalled £24691 against income from groups totalling £27346. The accounts reflect a different income figure due to phasing of payments from groups and Lonsdale explorers payment effectively being within this District account. In real terms after these adjustments, the District levy for the year is £2655 towards funding District operations. As already noted, Lonsdale District Explorers finances all flow through the District current account. The Explorers income is £922 for charged activities and £3026 subs, against which expenditure is £1195 in respect of various Scouting activities and fees. 4 It should be noted that the current account balance of £11006.89 includes a balance of £1892.91 earmarked for Lonsdale Explorers. The total surplus for the current year of £1768.11 consists of £621.37 Lonsdale Explorers and £1147.74 District. The £10,000.00 balance held on deposit with headquarters is due to be returned next year, this will need to be held on a notice deposit account locally with a view to earning interest. The District Network account remains dormant. There have been no meetings or events held and no recorded funds have flowed in or out of accounts thus balances remain as stated. Brian Thorpe District Treasurer 5 Financial Statement 202212023 Stretford District Scout Council BALANCE SHEET 2022123 REG. CHARITY No. 521675 ASSETS AS AT 31103123 ASs￿s AS AT 011Ck1122 Cath Current ACCI￿1 Sc(wA Investment Acx¢yJnt Dratricl Net 8ath3e Ac£ount Cash SurF4u8 on Ye TOTAL Cash in H￿d Current ACc￿nt InvestyTEnt Distr￿t Bad98 A￿nt Cash Der￿t on Ye TOTAL 428.50 1C(OJ.CKI 657.09 171.87 1,768.11 £ 22,052.15 11OA.89 1C(O).00 657.09 361_59 £ 22.052.15 Bid90 Accowrt Cath at 01104122 Exwditure Dornate b) Main 171.87 1769.14 1958.86 Cash at 31103r23 361.59 Stock StLKk at 01104122 2.046.73 st(￿k at 31103123 1.934.97 N.B. Stock h•8 no n•1 ro•ll•abl• v•lu• •8 •n ¥$g•t tor r•portln In B•l•nc• Sh••t Strettord District Network Scouts BALANCE SHEET 2022123 REG. CFiARITY No. 521675 ASSETS AT 31K13r23 ASSETS AS AT 011￿1123 Cath ￿ HsTrJ CUrr8ntAcc￿M￿I 120.94 Cash in Hw 536.15 Current Aemjnt 13J.94 .15 Surtl8 on Yo¥ Defvt on Ye o_oo TOT £657.C6 TOT*L £657.09 Stretford District Scout Council INCOME AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT YEAR ENDING 3110312023 IPICOME 2021122 INCOME 2022123 EXPEND 2022123 EXPEND 2021122 NETT 2022123 1 tA"strKt Service & Par&Jes 2 Camps. Archery & SWimr￿Nd 3 Badge Receipts 4 BanklGocardless fees S Poslage. Printing elc 6 Annual General Meets'ng 7 Balge Secreta￿5 Exp8nses 8 ￿ageS 9 Commissioner & Officer Exp 10 Equipment 11 Caprtation 12 Insurance 13 Interest 14 Donation 15 Training 16 Actiw"ties 17 &'g Lottery Fund 18 FurKI RaL8ing Acbvty 19 DiStr￿t EXph)￿r$ 20 DiStr￿t Explorer Subs 21 DiStr￿t Net*tyrk 0.00 3.376.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3.128.18 0.00 0.00 19,Y)2.00 0.00 12.47 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 6SJ.00 3.972.00 0.00 1 Distn"ct Service & Parades 2 Camps, Archery & Swimming 3 88dge Receipts 4 B8nUGc¢8rdbess fees 5 Postage, Pn"nting elc 6 Annual General Meeti 7 B8d9è Seuela￿s Expenses 8 Badges 9 ComMiss￿r & Offic*r Exp 10 EquirMn8nt 11 Caprtat￿n 12 Insurance 13 Interest 14 DOnat￿)n 15 Training 16 Actsvities 17 Big Lottery Fund 18 Fund Raising Activty 19 Dislnct Explorers 20 District Explorer &Jbs 21 Disliict Network 18.$0 3.56220 0.00 -987.05 0.00 -248.47 .337.94 0.00 o_oo 106.29 0.00 o_oo 1.059_00 -310.07 42.12 o_oo 3.337.14 4,324.19 248.47 337.94 23724 24.00 0.00 o.rxj 3.482.35 0.00 o.rKJ 20.504.00 310.07 2.958.86 2,852.57 25.750.50 24.691.S) 310.07 42.12 1.OCQ.00 415.00 309.1)) 0.00 0.00 0.00 -272.TT 3,026.00 0.00 922.50 3.026. 1,195.27 1.010.90 Def￿1 fcrf Year TOTAL Surplus for Year TOTAL 1.768 11 76.39 36.037.12 £ 30.640.65 -1,766.11 36.037.12 £ 30.640.65 CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Independent examlnerf$ report on the accounts Independent examination of chanty ar￿u￿1&.. directions and gUidan￿fOr exatninersl. 5eciioii A Independent Examiner's Report Give here d•talls of any that th* •M8mlnorwl$ho8 to dixlose. 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