## Treasurers Report 2023 

For the Financial year of 1[st] of April 2022 to 31[st] March 2023 

We have continued to use our established funds to make improvements to the centre and the remaining funds will be used for the benefit of the groups  which  use  the  centre  and  to  help  maintain  the  structure  and facilities  it provides.  0ur running costs were currently  more  than we receive from subscription fees, we therefore took the difficult decision to raise our subscription fees. 

The funds our bank on 31[st] March was £20026 which was divided between our  main  account  £3823  and  our  two  other  deposit  accounts,  the international fund has been replenished to £2500, with refunds from euro jam for the scouts who couldn’t go to Euro Jam, and our other account which is for funds for future developments £13678. We have spent some of the future proofing monies on soundproofing and artwork within the main  building,  which  is  a  great  improvement.   However,  we  need  to proceed with caution and utilise the current surplus to future proof the building for the benefit of the group. 

The Scout Centre is also used regularly by external user groups such as First Aid Training and Pilates, fencings and private parties during the day. We hope that Centre Users continue to use our centre in the future. The Scout  Centre  is  also  available  for  anyone  to  hire,  please  contact  the Chairman for availability (brianmorrow16@gmail.com). 

We have started to increase the number of fund raising events during the year, such as the bedding plant sales, bingo  etc, and your continued support for these events will help the group to stabilise and improve our centre for all users. 

Another way we raise money is through our Bonus Ball Scheme which runs at £4 per month,  with the  winning  number attracting a prize  of £20. Details of this can be found with any Leader or Group Executive Member to join the bonus ball all it needs is to set up a standing order for £4 per month. 

I will continue to maintain the finances and look forward to serving the group through the next financial year. 

## Paul Speake 

## Group Treasurer 



## Accounts for 2022 to 2023 

|||2022||2023||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|Money in Bank|currentAcc||2652||3823|
|Int Fund||2000||2525||
|Future|Proof|17418||13678||
||Total|22070||17753||
|Money into Group||19900||27282||
|Expenditure||||||
|Total||33654||28814||
|Expenditure breakdown||||||
|Scout Membership||3453||3535||
|Insurance||2205||2030||
|Gas||||1094||
|Electricity||||1254||
|Water||||260||
|||1871||2608||
|Phoneline||957||971||