Table of Contents
Agenda .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Administration Details .......................................................................................................................... 3 1[st] Nanpantan Scouts Executive Committee ......................................................................................... 3 Structure and Governance .................................................................................................................... 4 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Minutes from Previous Annual General Meeting ................................................................................. 5 Reports ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Chairperson....................................................................................................................................... 6 Group Scout Leader .......................................................................................................................... 6 Beavers – Wednesday ....................................................................................................................... 7 Beavers – Friday ................................................................................................................................ 7 Cubs – Monday (Nanpanthers Pack) ................................................................................................. 8 Cubs - Thursday ................................................................................................................................ 9 Scouts – Tuesday (Priory Troop) ....................................................................................................... 9 Scouts – Wednesday (Longcliffe Troop) .......................................................................................... 10 Subscription Secretary .................................................................................................................... 11 Fundraising Report 2020/21 ........................................................................................................... 11 Scout Building Report ..................................................................................................................... 12 Financial Report .................................................................................................................................. 13 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Receipts .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Payments ........................................................................................................................................ 15
1[st] Nanpantan Scout Group
Annual General Meeting Sunday 4[th] July 2021 – 18:00 Held online
Agenda
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Welcome from Chair and Group Scout Leader
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Apologies
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Approve minutes of previous Annual General Meeting
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Receive and adopt Annual Report
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Receive and adopt Financial Statements
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Elections
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a. Election of Chairperson
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b. Election of Group Treasurer
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c. Election of Group Secretary
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d. Election of Group Subscription Secretary
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e. Election of members to the Group Executive Committee
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i. Election of Group Fundraiser
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ii. Election of Quartermaster
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f. Approval of Leaders to the Group Executive Committee
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Presentation of awards
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District Representative Comments
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Fundraising Report
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Upcoming activities
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Questions from Attendees (online or by e-mail to adamcrawford@nanpantanscouts.org.uk by 12:00 Sun 4[th] )
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1[st] Nanpantan Scout Building
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Meeting Close
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Administration Details
Name of Charity: 1[st] Nanpantan Scout Group Charity Registration Number: 521761 Governing Document: Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association Address: 1st Nanpantan Scout Group 212 Nanpantan Road Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3YE Bankers: NATWEST Market Place Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3EA CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA
1[st] Nanpantan Scouts Executive Committee
Members of 1[st] Nanpantan Scouts Executive Committee are Charity Trustees for 1[st] Nanpantan Group Scout Council. For the year 2020-2021, these members were:
Group Chairperson Adam Crawford Group Scout Leader Carl Travis-Roberts Assistant Group Scout Leader Preeti Kitching Group Treasurer John O’Flynn Group Secretary Sean Jinks Group Fundraising Kerry Burgess Emma Miles Executive Committee Member David Foord Group Administrators Sophie Diaper Section Leaders Sophie Diaper (Beavers) Susan Smith (Beavers) Craig Lawton-Devine (Beavers) Malcolm Newton (Cubs) Joanne Emmett (Cubs) Preeti Kitching (Scouts) Joe Putt (Scouts)
The Group Scout Leader, appointed by Loughborough District Scouts, nominates the Group Chairperson annually.
The Section Leaders are ex-officio members of the Group Executive Committee and are appointed by the Group Scout Leader.
Other members of the Group Executive Committee are nominated and elected annually at the Group Scout Council Meeting.
Structure and Governance
1st Nanpantan Scout Council is part of the national organisation of The Scout Association and operates in accordance with the Association’s Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR). The POR document contains details of the organisational structure and governance procedures for the Group.
The Scout Group has an Executive Committee of elected, nominated and ex-officio members who must meet at least once a year at its Annual General Meeting and at other times by way of Extraordinary General Meetings if so called.
1st Nanpantan Scout Council is the electoral body, which supports and encourages the development of Scouting in Nanpantan, Loughborough. It is the body from which the Group Executive Committee is elected.
The Scout Association is aware of the rights of young people and has made concerted efforts to encourage Scout Councils to involve young people on all committees in a decision-making capacity. 1st Nanpantan Scout Council has endeavoured to implement this initiative.
The Group Executive Committee is accountable to the Scout Council and is responsible for the management of Scouting at Nanpantan.
Newly appointed Executive Committee members receive an induction document that outlines their responsibilities of membership as Trustees and explains the functions of the Executive Committee and its sub-committees.
Objectives
The aim of the 1st Nanpantan Scout Council is to promote the development of young people by enabling them to achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, responsible citizens and members of their local, national and international communities.
During 2020/21 the Scout Council has endeavoured to achieve this by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by Adult Leadership, whilst adhering to government guidance for the COVID pandemic.
All sections are open to young people of the appropriate age regardless of gender, race, religion or disability. The Scout Council has funds available to support financially disadvantaged individuals.
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Minutes from Previous Annual General Meeting
Saturday 23rd May 2020 – 10:30 am – Online
Attendees and Apologies
Crawford, Adam – Group Chairperson Diaper, Sophie – Section Leader Foord, Dave - Group Quarter Master Griffin, Tony - District Commissioner Jinks, Sean - Group Secretary
Kitching, Preeti – Assistant Group Scout Leader Miles, Emma – Fundraising Murray, David– Section Leader
Newton, Malcolm – Section Leader O’Flynn, John – Treasurer Putt, Joe – Section Leader Smith, Susan – Section Leader Travis-Roberts, Carl – Group Scout Leader
Families and children from the Group
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| 1 | Welcome from Chair and Group Scout Leader | |
| 2 | Apologies | |
| 3 | Previous AGM Minutes Reviewed and accepted |
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| 4 | Annual Report AGM report summarised and accepted |
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| 5 | Financial Statements Financialpositionpresented and accepted |
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| 6 | Elections Chair – Adam Crawford elected Secretary – Sean Jinks elected Treasurer – John O’Flynn re-elected Subs Secretary – Caroline Donoghue Emma Miles re-elected as Exec member Dave Foord elected as Exec member Section Leaders are also Exec members - this will continue |
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| 7 | Awards Presentation made to David Murray to say thank you for his long-standing support of 1stNanpantan Scouts, particularlythrough his role as cubs section leader. |
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| 8 | District Representative Report from District Commissioner TonyGriffin. |
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| 9 | Fundraising Update provided on a very successful year by Emma Miles, including thanks to: cubs,beavers,scouts andparents/guardians for their activeparticipation. |
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| 10 | 1st Nanpantan Scout Building Update on buildingandpotential fundingoptionspresented. |
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| 11 | Upcoming activities. Updates given in light of Covid restrictions and over-night event cancellations in line withgovernmentguidance. |
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| 12 | Questions from Attendees. None |
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| 13 | AOB Dave Foord will be stepping down as Group Quarter Master this year. Dave outlined the role and we asked for a volunteer to take on this role. |
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Reports
Chairperson
The last year has been difficult for young people, parents/guardians, scout groups and leaders, dealing with individual circumstances and a new way of operating during the pandemic. Many activities have by necessity, been postponed, cancelled or moved online in accordance with government and Scout Association guidelines in what has been an unprecedented year.
This year, more than any other, we need to thank the wonderful team of leaders, who despite the difficulties presented by COVID-19 have managed to continue to provide an amazing range of scouting opportunities both online and in person to engage and benefit our cubs, beavers and scouts.
We are fortunate to continue to have an excellent Executive Committee who bring their specialist skills to ensure 1[st] Nanpantan is a well-run group. One significant change this year is that Kerry Burgess has taken over as fundraiser and it is pleasing to note, that despite being in the midst of the pandemic, our fundraising income streams have been diversified with an impressive and steady income through a range of new activities through the year.
The Building Sub-Committee has continued to make good progress through the year. This is thanks in no small part to the significant input from parents and leaders including: Emma Miles, Martin Goodwin, Alison Lawton-Devine, Mitch Smith, Matt Frost, Carl Travis-Roberts (our GSL) plus Pete Chambers (Chair of District Scouts). We will report on this in detail at the AGM meeting.
I would particularly like to thank the group Quarter Master, Dave Foord, who has done a great job of looking after our stores and equipment over the last few years. Dave is currently handing over to our new Quarter Master, Tony Beirne, who we welcome to the role.
We look forward to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and to opening-up scouting opportunities and activities. The safety of everyone involved in Scouts, both young people and adults, will continue to be our number one priority and opening-up will be in line with Government and Scout Association guidance.
It is notable that whilst many groups have seen a decline in numbers during the pandemic, 1st Nanpantan now has increased interest to join following the lockdown and we continue to be one of the largest groups in Leicestershire.
Adam Crawford adamcrawford@nanpantanscouts.org.uk
Group Scout Leader
2020 has been a very different year...
We lost several members over the year but our numbers are now bouncing back as we see all our sections going back gradually to face 2 face. We currently have 111 members and are confident our numbers will be back up as they were prior to the pandemic.
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I have taken a step back from my Cub leader role on Thursdays to concentrate on the Group scout leader role as well as the building project. I’d like to welcome Jo Emmett who has taken over the role as Cub Leader on Thursdays and is doing a great job. I’ll still attend Thursdays to offer my support and ideas.
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Our Building project is moving on and with the help and support of Queniborough Scout Group (Charnwood District) we have found a solution in a steel framed building which they have recently finished. We now have an Architect to produce some new drawings and quotes in place for the work.
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Our previous design was to rebuild the back hall and renovate the front building but now we are looking at a full demolition and start from scratch, giving the group a building to last way into the future. We have a great Building committee supported by the Loughborough District Chair Pete Chambers, and would like to thank them all for their continued work for the group.
- Our group Quarter Master Dave Foord is stepping back from his role to support the Explorer section as well as his other hobbies. We’d like to thank Dave for his time in this role and wish him well in the future. We have appointed a new QM: Tony Beirne and wish him well in the new role.
At Nanpantan we try and create a full and varied programme with indoor and outdoor activities at the hut and out and about, to give the young people great fun & adventure in their scouting journey. This would not be possible without the ongoing support of our leaders and helpers, so a big thank you! We also appreciate the positive feedback and engagement from all the families of our Beavers, Cubs & Scouts!
Last year our zoom sessions included lots of games, badge work, laughter, art & crafts & even cooking! We want to acknowledge the impressive way that the leaders and kids (and their families in the background!) rose to the challenge of zoom meetings. It was great to stay in touch with everyone during lockdown.
We are always looking for new members and are needing extra support in the following sections: Monday Cubs / Wednesday Scouts / Fridays Beavers if you know of anyone or would like to join us please do get in touch with me; Scouting is very rewarding and fun!
Thanks again to everyone: kids, leaders, exec members and families. We feel that Nanpantan is a very special group, and the spirit of our members and the energy and ideas of our volunteers is what keeps it going.
Carl Travis-Roberts - 1st Nanpantan Group Scout Leader carltravis-roberts@nanpantanscouts.org.uk
Beavers – Wednesday
Wednesday night Beavers haven’t experienced their usual program of activities, but we have had fun nonetheless! We have met for most of the year on zoom and enjoyed a mix of games, chat and badge work. We have done everything from morse code to an escape room, from a talent night to learning Swahili, from making Christmas decorations to learning about water safety. We met a paramedic and a policeman. In between lockdowns, we have made the most of the grounds, particularly the fire circle. Marshmallows are always a must and this year we tried dough sticks- we would highly recommend them!
We finished the year with a long-awaited bike ride, chip hike and visit to the jungle trail at the Oaks Campsite.
Thank you to all our Beavers and parents for your continued support and enthusiasm.
Sophie Diaper and Susan Smith - Assistant Section Leaders
Beavers – Friday
Well, what a year! We thought that the departure of David Murray was going to be the biggest challenge in 2020, how wrong we were! Covid-19 had a huge impact on us all. The impact on Beavers was that we were not able to restart until September. Zoom meetings became the norm in the Autumn term, with two faceto-face meetings in October and December respectively. Two of the more memorable online meetings (for different reasons) involved making 'armpit fudge' and knot-tying. We also said farewell (virtually!) to David, Jo and then Hope.
The spring was a term of zoom meetings including a joint meeting with the Wednesday Beavers and PC Burton, and Beavers presenting their own games on zoom which we played together online.
Finally, the Summer term allowed us to return to face-to-face meetings at the hut, albeit in two 'bubbles'. It has been great to be able to meet again, not least to do some of those things that can't be done online. We made our own obstacle courses, decorated the trees with clay faces, sung songs around the campfire and most recently hiked up to the Outwoods.
All in all, we've had a fun and rewarding time and managed to work towards or complete the Safety, Cook, Builder, International, Explore, Air Activities 1, World Challenge, Skills Challenge, Personal Challenge and Outdoors Challenge badges. We also awarded one Chief Scout's Bronze.
None of this would have been possible without the willingness and determination of the Beavers, and the help and understanding of parents and other family members. I would like to thank you all for embracing the challenges that were thrown at you, despite everything that may have been going on in your own lives.
A special thanks also goes out to the parents who've helped out at our face-to-face meetings, to our young leaders Bethan, Emily, Luke and Josh, and last but not least to David, Jo and Hope for their years of contributions.
Lastly, Nick (who has been volunteering in Scouting for a long time) joins us an ASL and brings with him years of experience. Despite this, we could use some support with the behind-the-scenes planning and organisation that keeps the cogs turning. We have a great time with the Beavers, and we all find it a rewarding experience to volunteer, so please consider how you could help.
Craig, Clare and Nick - Assistant Scout Leaders
Cubs – Monday (Nanpanthers Pack)
Where to begin? Well what a year, talk about being prepared – an understatement!
However as a pack we have carried on through with the Nanpanther mantra ‘Fun through learning’.
During the Summer of 2020 we sent the Cubs challenges that they could do at home to earn badges and to keep them going even though we were unable to meet up. Activities like NESW litter games in the garden and cooking meals for their families. The Cubs embraced the challenges and ran with them.
Even though we couldn’t meet face-to-face that didn’t stop the Nanpanthers. We met weekly by Zoom, it was strange at first but we all worked together as a pack to make it work. We did joint meetings with the Thursday Cubs at first, then went on to be just our pack. I must apologise for some of the messes created by the activities we did, for example duvet’s on the stairs and Cubs running round their houses and paper/pens everywhere. Your children showed brilliant resilience in carrying on regardless.
Sadly some Cubs didn’t join in the Zoom meetings, however this platform has allowed us to deliver a weekly meeting packed with badgework and games. The Cubs have completed several Challenge badges towards their Silver Award. We even presented a Silver Award through the screen…honest (a little trickery involved!).
We would like to thank you and your children for helping us carry on through the ‘new normal’, your support has been amazing. We look forward to being able to meet up again in a safer environment for our weekly meetings.
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We did have a meeting run by our Young Leader Adam, he did a fantastic night that the Cubs enjoyed. We also had some of the older Cubs running online games that they had devised for one of the meetings, it was a relaxing week for the Leaders due to the impressive work done by the Cubs.
The Cubs made a lockdown friend (rubber egg) to isolate in a jar for a week that they had to look after.
On a really positive note we have noticed the Cubs gain confidence on being online and taking on all the challenges we have thrown at them.
Another apology…we still run late online, we sort of finish on time. So in all fairness it’s just like being at the Hut!
Also…if you feel you could be a helper to the Nanpanthers then please feel free to contact me. Thank you for listening.
Malcolm Newton and team. Nanpanther CSL.
Cubs - Thursday
WOW! What a year this has been! I (Jo) have taken over as leader and have enjoyed getting to know everyone involved. We have 19 cubs at present and will be looking to add a few more in the autumn term.
Zoom cubs restarted in autumn 2020 with scavenger hunts definitely the favourite with the cubs (if not the parents!). It was great to get back to a face to face camp fire with Smores and fire lightning just before Christmas. Zoom continued in 2021 and we also made some great origami models and a yummy (if large) microwave chocolate cake to finish things off before Easter.
Outdoor sessions have resumed and it has been great to see everyone again. The weather was against us a few times but everyone mucked in under the trusty gazebos. Highlights have included the much loved chippy hike, a Swedish night run by Wilma (a cub Mum) and den building, with a bike ride, camp fires and stretcher relays still to come this term.
We invested possibly the largest number of new cubs ever in May 2021 when 14 officially joined the pack (plus me!).
Three cubs will have hopefully achieved their Chief Scout Silver by the end of the summer term which is an especially impressive achievement through various periods of lockdown. We wish them all the best as they move onto Scouts.
Jo, Carl, Richard, Nick & Hari
Scouts – Tuesday (Priory Troop)
Priory Troop currently has 19 members. It has been a busy year on Zoom, the scouts and leaders have learnt many new skills including muting all participants. The Scouts have been busy working towards their Chief Scout Gold Award, which Joshua Murray and Euan Christie achieved. Well done both.
There have been a no camps throughout the year, but we did join in with the district camp at home and Mucky march events that county put on along with from Scogui night hike which went virtual, which we came in 2nd place.
We did manage to get in a few face to face activates, when restrictions aloud from a murder mystery walk through Loughborough, soap carving, geocaching to fire lighting at the hut. The festoon lighting sure came in handy during the dark nights in December!
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I would like to thank Rachel, Ed and Adam for all their hard work and support through the year.
Preeti Kitching
Scouts – Wednesday (Longcliffe Troop)
Over the past year, Wednesday Scouts have stayed strong at around 21 Scouts.
Sadly, the past year has been spent on zoom, but that hasn’t stopped the Scouts. The Scouts took part in the record-breaking camp at home and the Leicestershire scrap book challenge, during the first lock down and one Scout won his age category. Over the first few weeks the badges kept on being completed at home with one Scout doing 16 and another completing 10. By Christmas I had 110 badges to deliver across all the Scouts. We have had great fun running activities like ‘Taskmaster’ and ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ to science projects and soap carving.
We had a great evening with Tuesday scouts learning about space and the ISS with a talk from the National Space Centre.
Thanks to the other Leader for their support on running activities from different parts of the UK.
Hopefully we will get back to face to face soon.
Yours in Scouting
Joe Putt – Scout Leader
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Subscription Secretary
| Members | Subs amount | |
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| Summer 2020 | 137 | £10 voluntarycontribution |
| Autumn 2020 | 110 | £20 |
| Spring2021 | 103 | £20 |
With the move to online sessions as a result of COVID-19 the Subs amount was reduced from its normal level of £36.00 per term. There was voluntary £10 contribution for Summer 2020, and Subs were set at £20.00 for the Autumn and Spring Terms.
Total Subs income for the last 12 months was just under £4900. Over the year the majority of Subs payments have been made via OSM with the remainder as online payments directly into the Group Bank Account.
Many thanks to all those members who paid on time as following up missing payments can be very time consuming for both myself and Section Leaders.
Caroline Donoghue – Subscription Secretary
Fundraising Report 2020/21
We have worked hard this year to continue our fundraising efforts, supported by a small team of parents. The funding has been much needed to support continued activities during the lock-down periods, as well as continuing to build the funds needed for the new building.
Current funds are £24,433.
Since the last AGM, we have had the following fundraising activities
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Mothers Day Breakfast in bed hampers – 20 Mums, Grandmas and Nans were treated to a breakfast box on Mothers Day, helping to raise £129. Thank you to everyone who bought a box and for your kind donations. We trust that everyone enjoyed their treat!
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Bag2School clothing donation – During March we collected unwanted clothes and accessories to donate via the Bag2School scheme, that collects and re-cycles items to other charities. We collected a staggering 1.5 tonnes! Which resulted in a payment of £465.
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Easyfundraising – We have continued to be part of this scheme as shopping during the lock-down increasingly moved online. This scheme has over 5700 retailers who make a donation for every purchase made, to a good cause as nominated by the buyer. There is no cost to the customer and you just shop online as usual – they do the rest! We have 57 members who use this scheme, generating an average donations of £15 per month. Thank you.
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Charnwood community lottery – We continue to be part of the Charnwood Community Lottery and have had some winners! For each £1 ticket purchased, we receive 50p. Thank you to our regular supports, which generates an average of £30 / month for our funds.
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What next?
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Community Grant – We have been lucky to have been awarded a Community Grant of £450 from the local Nanpantan councillors. This money will be spent on some activities for your children to enjoy and involving them in our fund raising activities, starting with Change 4 Change moneyboxes that will be coming home with the children shortly.
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Charnwood Challenge, Sunday 26[th] September 2021 – We are delighted to confirm that the third Charnwood Challenge can go ahead this year. Covid guidelines will be in place, with places are limited to 200 and staggered start times. But we look forward to this being another successful challenge. More details will follow over the summer.
If you would like to be involved in fundraising in any way, or has any ideas for events or funding opportunities, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you. Contact us and keep up to date with our activities via our Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/NanpantanScouts
Kerry Burgess - Fundraising Coordinator
Scout Building Report
The building Sub-Committee has continued to work on plans for a new building despite the ongoing challenges of Covid. Following a detailed investigation and review of other Scout Groups similar projects, an alternative approach to the project has been proposed which has been agreed with the Group Executive Committee. This being to demolish all the existing building and replace with a steel framed, metal clad building broadly on the site of the existing building. This would contain a large hall (12m x 12m - the same size as now), kitchen, toilets, stores and provisions. This approach has more certainty from a cost perspective but also provides a long-standing solution than the original plan which left the front building (kitchen and meeting room) in place but refurbished.
However, we do need to reapply for planning permission and this is the current focus with architects working on the design now. We have a supplier in mind for the building itself and have visited a similar Scout Hut building locally and believe this design will provide the Group the building we need for the future.
Funding remains an issue but we are hopeful of securing a grant from Leicestershire Scouts and to be able to access other funding when we have revised planning. We are also looking at other options to fund the building in shorter timescales which may involve selling a portion of land. Whilst not a first choice, this would be minimised to ensure we have adequate outside space for activities.
Emma Miles - Building Sub Committee
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Financial Report
Overview
As a result of Covid we have significantly lower subscriptions in the 2020/21 year. However we have been lucky enough to receive Covid related grants from government backed schemes to address some of the shortfall.
Again despite the problems caused by Covid there has been some excellent fund raising over the year and we thank everyone who helped and contributed to this. We also have donations and grants such that the building fund is growing as detailed in Emma’s report.
We are due to receive nearly £5000 in gift aid for the financial year 2019/20 and 2020/21 claiming against a combination of subs, donations and fund raising. We really appreciate everyone who has completed gift aid forms as this really helps, if you haven’t completed one or are unsure and you pay tax please contact Caroline as it enables us to claim gift aid back and everything helps.
All groups are at capacity with waiting lists. If people can use the Online Scout Manager system it would be really appreciated, we have a good up take on it and it really helps our team in the administration.
Thank you to everyone for their support and contribution, we really appreciate everything you do and any additional support such as introductions to organisations that may be able to help with grants, donations, time etc is always appreciated.
John O’Flynn – Treasurer
For year ending 28 Feb 2021 TOTAL RECEIPTS £ 32,982.64 TOTAL PAYMENTS £ 16,678.62 Balance of income/expenditure £ 16,304.02 Carried forward from 28 Feb 2020 £ 30,548.43 Nett receipts for year ended 28 Feb 2021 £ 16,304.02 TOTAL FUNDS year ending 28 Feb 2021 £ 46,852.45 (excluding Bus Reserve) Nat west Current Account £ 34,979.60 CAF Account £ 23,776.56 Business Reserve Account £ 6,019.37 Total £ 64,775.53
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Receipts
| Receipts | |||
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| Receipts | For year end Feb 2021 | Subtotals 2021 | For year end Feb 2020 |
| Group funds | |||
| Membership subscriptions* | 4,987.70 £ |
14,577.06 £ |
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| Bank interest | |||
| 4,987.70 £ |
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| Fundraising - | |||
| CAF bank gift aid | 407.86 £ |
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| 407.86 £ |
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| Other funds | |||
| Easy fund raising | 216.55 £ |
50.57 £ |
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| HQ contributions (Explorers) and hire | 492.00 £ |
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| Covid grants | 16,239.00 £ |
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| University grant | 500.00 £ |
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| Donations | 155.00 £ |
269.28 £ |
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| Gift Aid 2017/18 and 2018/19 | 4,949.55 £ |
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| District Camp | 3,953.18 £ |
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| Wings | 4,118.52 £ |
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| Miscellaneous | 178.32 £ |
208.45 £ |
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| 25,852.57 £ |
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| Restricted funds | |||
| WSJ | |||
| 1,510.04 £ |
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| - £ |
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| Beavers | |||
| Weds Beavers sleepover | |||
| Outdoor Gruffalo day | 120.00 £ |
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| Weds Beavers sleepover (Oct) | 305.00 £ |
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| Weds beavers camp | 520.00 £ |
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| Friday beavers big space day out | 360.00 £ |
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| - £ |
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| Cubs | |||
| TCC Cubs May camp | 790.00 £ |
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| £ - | |||
| Scouts | |||
| £5 challenge | |||
| shooting | 21.50 £ |
29.15 £ |
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| Bonfire | 96.00 £ |
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| splash camp | 291.02 £ |
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| climbing | 8.00 £ |
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| Scogui | 107.36 £ |
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| expedition | 101.00 £ |
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| Laser quest | 250.44 £ |
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| Scout May camp | 420.00 £ |
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| £ 122.50 | |||
| Group | |||
| Charnwod 2019 | £ 5,765.00 | ||
| Outdoor Pursuits OPC | 1,220.00 £ |
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| County Camp/Charnwood/family | |||
| Film events/Trip | |||
| District Camp | 2,378.52 £ |
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| Jamboree on the trail | |||
| Cinema Trip | |||
| - £ |
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| Hut Fund Raising | |||
| Charnwood Challenge Run | 2,908.17 £ |
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| Donation | 2,470.16 £ |
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| Bag Pack | |||
| Cake Sale | 307.71 £ |
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| Hut Fund | 28.21 £ |
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| Charnwood lottery | 300.00 £ |
3.00 £ |
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| Xmas cakes/hampers | 50.00 £ |
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| Music magpie | 214.66 £ |
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| Car boot | 148.50 £ |
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| Wreaths | 534.50 £ |
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| Bucket collection | 48.04 £ |
183.32 £ |
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| Santa fun run | 150.00 £ |
734.00 £ |
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| Quiz* | 286.60 £ |
21.00 £ |
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| 1,612.01 £ |
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| Total receipts Restricted Funds adjusted for restricted funds |
32,982.64 £ 32,982.64 £ |
41,001.30 £ |
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| - £ 32,982.64 £ |
- £ |
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| 41,001.30 £ |
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Payments
| Payments | |||
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| Payments | For year end Feb 2021 | Subtotals 2021 | For year end Feb 2020 |
| Services / insurance | |||
| Water | 85.92 £ |
3,925.26 £ |
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| Gas (net refund) | 163.71 £ |
1,101.36 -£ |
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| Electricity | 454.00 £ |
679.78 £ |
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| Insurance-buildings (+xs £150 flood) | 1,464.76 £ |
1,397.41 £ |
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| Internet | 373.90 £ |
362.56 £ |
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| 2,542.29 £ |
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| Buildings / supplies | |||
| General repairs/build maintenance/cleaning | 1,219.89 £ |
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| Equipment repairs/stores | 121.59 £ |
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| Capital equipment (lawn mower) and supplies | 326.90 £ |
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| BuildIng maintenance/cleaning | 911.81 £ |
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| Building development (land acq) | 3,479.33 £ |
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| Fire and Gas Safety check | 280.72 £ |
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| 1,219.89 £ |
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| Group funds | |||
| Miscellaneous Membs repaymts agm | 20.00 £ |
301.61 £ |
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| Admin expenses (inc OSM and monthly acco | u 340.72 £ |
64.20 £ |
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| Badges / neckers/ prog. material | 139.70 £ |
2,013.64 £ |
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| Membership 2019/20 and 2020/21 | 5,550.00 £ |
11,630.40 £ |
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| Charnwood Challenge | 150.00 £ |
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| 6,050.42 £ |
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| Group funds sections | |||
| Beavers (combined) | 73.94 £ |
944.91 £ |
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| Explorers | 37.00 £ |
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| Cubs (combined) | 53.69 £ |
362.39 £ |
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| Scouts (combined) | 125.39 £ |
43.56 £ |
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| Training budget | |||
| 253.02 £ |
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| Restricted funds | |||
| Charnwood Int 2019 | |||
| WSJ | 50.00 £ |
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| Wings | 4,450.00 £ |
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| JEKA (Switzerland) | |||
| - £ |
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| Beavers | |||
| Fri Beaver Pow wow sleepover | |||
| Beavers May 2018 camp | |||
| Beavers Big Day Out | |||
| Weds Beavers sleep over | |||
| Beavers Camp | 112.50 £ |
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| Beavers District day | 120.00 £ |
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| £ - | |||
| Cubs | |||
| Cub Camp | 1,029.19 £ |
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| £ - | |||
| Scouts | |||
| Splash camp scouts | 115.00 £ |
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| Climbing wall | 228.78 £ |
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| space cetre | 35.00 £ |
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| October camp | |||
| Bonfire | 103.00 £ |
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| Laser quest | 193.00 £ |
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| Scogui night | 112.00 £ |
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| Bushscout | 105.00 £ |
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| may camp | 350.00 £ |
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| £ 150.00 | |||
| Scouts Explorers | |||
| Scouts Exp Challenge Weekend | 160.00 £ |
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| £ - | |||
| Group | |||
| District/ Camp | 4,843.00 £ |
1,200.00 £ |
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| Charnwood Camp 2019 | 2,460.22 £ |
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| Wreaths | 295.00 £ |
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| wings | 1,325.00 £ |
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| Outdoor Pursuits | 500.00 £ |
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| £ 6,463.00 | |||
| Total expenditure Adjustment of restricted funds |
16,678.62 £ 16,678.62 £ |
37,105.40 £ |
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| - £ 16,678.62 £ |
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| 37,105.40 £ |
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Table of Contents
Agenda .................................................................................................................................................. 2 Administration Details .......................................................................................................................... 3 1[st] Nanpantan Scouts Executive Committee ......................................................................................... 3 Structure and Governance .................................................................................................................... 4 Objectives ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Minutes from Previous Annual General Meeting ................................................................................. 5 Reports ................................................................................................................................................. 6 Chairperson....................................................................................................................................... 6 Group Scout Leader .......................................................................................................................... 6 Beavers – Wednesday ....................................................................................................................... 7 Beavers – Friday ................................................................................................................................ 7 Cubs – Monday (Nanpanthers Pack) ................................................................................................. 8 Cubs - Thursday ................................................................................................................................ 9 Scouts – Tuesday (Priory Troop) ....................................................................................................... 9 Scouts – Wednesday (Longcliffe Troop) .......................................................................................... 10 Subscription Secretary .................................................................................................................... 11 Fundraising Report 2020/21 ........................................................................................................... 11 Scout Building Report ..................................................................................................................... 12 Financial Report .................................................................................................................................. 13 Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 13 Receipts .......................................................................................................................................... 14 Payments ........................................................................................................................................ 15
1[st] Nanpantan Scout Group
Annual General Meeting Sunday 4[th] July 2021 – 18:00 Held online
Agenda
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Welcome from Chair and Group Scout Leader
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Apologies
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Approve minutes of previous Annual General Meeting
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Receive and adopt Annual Report
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Receive and adopt Financial Statements
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Elections
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a. Election of Chairperson
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b. Election of Group Treasurer
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c. Election of Group Secretary
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d. Election of Group Subscription Secretary
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e. Election of members to the Group Executive Committee
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i. Election of Group Fundraiser
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ii. Election of Quartermaster
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f. Approval of Leaders to the Group Executive Committee
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Presentation of awards
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District Representative Comments
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Fundraising Report
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Upcoming activities
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Questions from Attendees (online or by e-mail to adamcrawford@nanpantanscouts.org.uk by 12:00 Sun 4[th] )
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1[st] Nanpantan Scout Building
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Meeting Close
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Administration Details
Name of Charity: 1[st] Nanpantan Scout Group Charity Registration Number: 521761 Governing Document: Policy, Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association Address: 1st Nanpantan Scout Group 212 Nanpantan Road Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3YE Bankers: NATWEST Market Place Loughborough Leicestershire LE11 3EA CAF Bank 25 Kings Hill Avenue Kings Hill West Malling Kent ME19 4TA
1[st] Nanpantan Scouts Executive Committee
Members of 1[st] Nanpantan Scouts Executive Committee are Charity Trustees for 1[st] Nanpantan Group Scout Council. For the year 2020-2021, these members were:
Group Chairperson Adam Crawford Group Scout Leader Carl Travis-Roberts Assistant Group Scout Leader Preeti Kitching Group Treasurer John O’Flynn Group Secretary Sean Jinks Group Fundraising Kerry Burgess Emma Miles Executive Committee Member David Foord Group Administrators Sophie Diaper Section Leaders Sophie Diaper (Beavers) Susan Smith (Beavers) Craig Lawton-Devine (Beavers) Malcolm Newton (Cubs) Joanne Emmett (Cubs) Preeti Kitching (Scouts) Joe Putt (Scouts)
The Group Scout Leader, appointed by Loughborough District Scouts, nominates the Group Chairperson annually.
The Section Leaders are ex-officio members of the Group Executive Committee and are appointed by the Group Scout Leader.
Other members of the Group Executive Committee are nominated and elected annually at the Group Scout Council Meeting.
Structure and Governance
1st Nanpantan Scout Council is part of the national organisation of The Scout Association and operates in accordance with the Association’s Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR). The POR document contains details of the organisational structure and governance procedures for the Group.
The Scout Group has an Executive Committee of elected, nominated and ex-officio members who must meet at least once a year at its Annual General Meeting and at other times by way of Extraordinary General Meetings if so called.
1st Nanpantan Scout Council is the electoral body, which supports and encourages the development of Scouting in Nanpantan, Loughborough. It is the body from which the Group Executive Committee is elected.
The Scout Association is aware of the rights of young people and has made concerted efforts to encourage Scout Councils to involve young people on all committees in a decision-making capacity. 1st Nanpantan Scout Council has endeavoured to implement this initiative.
The Group Executive Committee is accountable to the Scout Council and is responsible for the management of Scouting at Nanpantan.
Newly appointed Executive Committee members receive an induction document that outlines their responsibilities of membership as Trustees and explains the functions of the Executive Committee and its sub-committees.
Objectives
The aim of the 1st Nanpantan Scout Council is to promote the development of young people by enabling them to achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, responsible citizens and members of their local, national and international communities.
During 2020/21 the Scout Council has endeavoured to achieve this by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by Adult Leadership, whilst adhering to government guidance for the COVID pandemic.
All sections are open to young people of the appropriate age regardless of gender, race, religion or disability. The Scout Council has funds available to support financially disadvantaged individuals.
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Minutes from Previous Annual General Meeting
Saturday 23rd May 2020 – 10:30 am – Online
Attendees and Apologies
Crawford, Adam – Group Chairperson Diaper, Sophie – Section Leader Foord, Dave - Group Quarter Master Griffin, Tony - District Commissioner Jinks, Sean - Group Secretary
Kitching, Preeti – Assistant Group Scout Leader Miles, Emma – Fundraising Murray, David– Section Leader
Newton, Malcolm – Section Leader O’Flynn, John – Treasurer Putt, Joe – Section Leader Smith, Susan – Section Leader Travis-Roberts, Carl – Group Scout Leader
Families and children from the Group
| Item | Actions | |
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| 1 | Welcome from Chair and Group Scout Leader | |
| 2 | Apologies | |
| 3 | Previous AGM Minutes Reviewed and accepted |
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| 4 | Annual Report AGM report summarised and accepted |
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| 5 | Financial Statements Financialpositionpresented and accepted |
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| 6 | Elections Chair – Adam Crawford elected Secretary – Sean Jinks elected Treasurer – John O’Flynn re-elected Subs Secretary – Caroline Donoghue Emma Miles re-elected as Exec member Dave Foord elected as Exec member Section Leaders are also Exec members - this will continue |
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| 7 | Awards Presentation made to David Murray to say thank you for his long-standing support of 1stNanpantan Scouts, particularlythrough his role as cubs section leader. |
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| 8 | District Representative Report from District Commissioner TonyGriffin. |
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| 9 | Fundraising Update provided on a very successful year by Emma Miles, including thanks to: cubs,beavers,scouts andparents/guardians for their activeparticipation. |
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| 10 | 1st Nanpantan Scout Building Update on buildingandpotential fundingoptionspresented. |
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| 11 | Upcoming activities. Updates given in light of Covid restrictions and over-night event cancellations in line withgovernmentguidance. |
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| 12 | Questions from Attendees. None |
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| 13 | AOB Dave Foord will be stepping down as Group Quarter Master this year. Dave outlined the role and we asked for a volunteer to take on this role. |
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Reports
Chairperson
The last year has been difficult for young people, parents/guardians, scout groups and leaders, dealing with individual circumstances and a new way of operating during the pandemic. Many activities have by necessity, been postponed, cancelled or moved online in accordance with government and Scout Association guidelines in what has been an unprecedented year.
This year, more than any other, we need to thank the wonderful team of leaders, who despite the difficulties presented by COVID-19 have managed to continue to provide an amazing range of scouting opportunities both online and in person to engage and benefit our cubs, beavers and scouts.
We are fortunate to continue to have an excellent Executive Committee who bring their specialist skills to ensure 1[st] Nanpantan is a well-run group. One significant change this year is that Kerry Burgess has taken over as fundraiser and it is pleasing to note, that despite being in the midst of the pandemic, our fundraising income streams have been diversified with an impressive and steady income through a range of new activities through the year.
The Building Sub-Committee has continued to make good progress through the year. This is thanks in no small part to the significant input from parents and leaders including: Emma Miles, Martin Goodwin, Alison Lawton-Devine, Mitch Smith, Matt Frost, Carl Travis-Roberts (our GSL) plus Pete Chambers (Chair of District Scouts). We will report on this in detail at the AGM meeting.
I would particularly like to thank the group Quarter Master, Dave Foord, who has done a great job of looking after our stores and equipment over the last few years. Dave is currently handing over to our new Quarter Master, Tony Beirne, who we welcome to the role.
We look forward to the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and to opening-up scouting opportunities and activities. The safety of everyone involved in Scouts, both young people and adults, will continue to be our number one priority and opening-up will be in line with Government and Scout Association guidance.
It is notable that whilst many groups have seen a decline in numbers during the pandemic, 1st Nanpantan now has increased interest to join following the lockdown and we continue to be one of the largest groups in Leicestershire.
Adam Crawford adamcrawford@nanpantanscouts.org.uk
Group Scout Leader
2020 has been a very different year...
We lost several members over the year but our numbers are now bouncing back as we see all our sections going back gradually to face 2 face. We currently have 111 members and are confident our numbers will be back up as they were prior to the pandemic.
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I have taken a step back from my Cub leader role on Thursdays to concentrate on the Group scout leader role as well as the building project. I’d like to welcome Jo Emmett who has taken over the role as Cub Leader on Thursdays and is doing a great job. I’ll still attend Thursdays to offer my support and ideas.
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Our Building project is moving on and with the help and support of Queniborough Scout Group (Charnwood District) we have found a solution in a steel framed building which they have recently finished. We now have an Architect to produce some new drawings and quotes in place for the work.
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Our previous design was to rebuild the back hall and renovate the front building but now we are looking at a full demolition and start from scratch, giving the group a building to last way into the future. We have a great Building committee supported by the Loughborough District Chair Pete Chambers, and would like to thank them all for their continued work for the group.
- Our group Quarter Master Dave Foord is stepping back from his role to support the Explorer section as well as his other hobbies. We’d like to thank Dave for his time in this role and wish him well in the future. We have appointed a new QM: Tony Beirne and wish him well in the new role.
At Nanpantan we try and create a full and varied programme with indoor and outdoor activities at the hut and out and about, to give the young people great fun & adventure in their scouting journey. This would not be possible without the ongoing support of our leaders and helpers, so a big thank you! We also appreciate the positive feedback and engagement from all the families of our Beavers, Cubs & Scouts!
Last year our zoom sessions included lots of games, badge work, laughter, art & crafts & even cooking! We want to acknowledge the impressive way that the leaders and kids (and their families in the background!) rose to the challenge of zoom meetings. It was great to stay in touch with everyone during lockdown.
We are always looking for new members and are needing extra support in the following sections: Monday Cubs / Wednesday Scouts / Fridays Beavers if you know of anyone or would like to join us please do get in touch with me; Scouting is very rewarding and fun!
Thanks again to everyone: kids, leaders, exec members and families. We feel that Nanpantan is a very special group, and the spirit of our members and the energy and ideas of our volunteers is what keeps it going.
Carl Travis-Roberts - 1st Nanpantan Group Scout Leader carltravis-roberts@nanpantanscouts.org.uk
Beavers – Wednesday
Wednesday night Beavers haven’t experienced their usual program of activities, but we have had fun nonetheless! We have met for most of the year on zoom and enjoyed a mix of games, chat and badge work. We have done everything from morse code to an escape room, from a talent night to learning Swahili, from making Christmas decorations to learning about water safety. We met a paramedic and a policeman. In between lockdowns, we have made the most of the grounds, particularly the fire circle. Marshmallows are always a must and this year we tried dough sticks- we would highly recommend them!
We finished the year with a long-awaited bike ride, chip hike and visit to the jungle trail at the Oaks Campsite.
Thank you to all our Beavers and parents for your continued support and enthusiasm.
Sophie Diaper and Susan Smith - Assistant Section Leaders
Beavers – Friday
Well, what a year! We thought that the departure of David Murray was going to be the biggest challenge in 2020, how wrong we were! Covid-19 had a huge impact on us all. The impact on Beavers was that we were not able to restart until September. Zoom meetings became the norm in the Autumn term, with two faceto-face meetings in October and December respectively. Two of the more memorable online meetings (for different reasons) involved making 'armpit fudge' and knot-tying. We also said farewell (virtually!) to David, Jo and then Hope.
The spring was a term of zoom meetings including a joint meeting with the Wednesday Beavers and PC Burton, and Beavers presenting their own games on zoom which we played together online.
Finally, the Summer term allowed us to return to face-to-face meetings at the hut, albeit in two 'bubbles'. It has been great to be able to meet again, not least to do some of those things that can't be done online. We made our own obstacle courses, decorated the trees with clay faces, sung songs around the campfire and most recently hiked up to the Outwoods.
All in all, we've had a fun and rewarding time and managed to work towards or complete the Safety, Cook, Builder, International, Explore, Air Activities 1, World Challenge, Skills Challenge, Personal Challenge and Outdoors Challenge badges. We also awarded one Chief Scout's Bronze.
None of this would have been possible without the willingness and determination of the Beavers, and the help and understanding of parents and other family members. I would like to thank you all for embracing the challenges that were thrown at you, despite everything that may have been going on in your own lives.
A special thanks also goes out to the parents who've helped out at our face-to-face meetings, to our young leaders Bethan, Emily, Luke and Josh, and last but not least to David, Jo and Hope for their years of contributions.
Lastly, Nick (who has been volunteering in Scouting for a long time) joins us an ASL and brings with him years of experience. Despite this, we could use some support with the behind-the-scenes planning and organisation that keeps the cogs turning. We have a great time with the Beavers, and we all find it a rewarding experience to volunteer, so please consider how you could help.
Craig, Clare and Nick - Assistant Scout Leaders
Cubs – Monday (Nanpanthers Pack)
Where to begin? Well what a year, talk about being prepared – an understatement!
However as a pack we have carried on through with the Nanpanther mantra ‘Fun through learning’.
During the Summer of 2020 we sent the Cubs challenges that they could do at home to earn badges and to keep them going even though we were unable to meet up. Activities like NESW litter games in the garden and cooking meals for their families. The Cubs embraced the challenges and ran with them.
Even though we couldn’t meet face-to-face that didn’t stop the Nanpanthers. We met weekly by Zoom, it was strange at first but we all worked together as a pack to make it work. We did joint meetings with the Thursday Cubs at first, then went on to be just our pack. I must apologise for some of the messes created by the activities we did, for example duvet’s on the stairs and Cubs running round their houses and paper/pens everywhere. Your children showed brilliant resilience in carrying on regardless.
Sadly some Cubs didn’t join in the Zoom meetings, however this platform has allowed us to deliver a weekly meeting packed with badgework and games. The Cubs have completed several Challenge badges towards their Silver Award. We even presented a Silver Award through the screen…honest (a little trickery involved!).
We would like to thank you and your children for helping us carry on through the ‘new normal’, your support has been amazing. We look forward to being able to meet up again in a safer environment for our weekly meetings.
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We did have a meeting run by our Young Leader Adam, he did a fantastic night that the Cubs enjoyed. We also had some of the older Cubs running online games that they had devised for one of the meetings, it was a relaxing week for the Leaders due to the impressive work done by the Cubs.
The Cubs made a lockdown friend (rubber egg) to isolate in a jar for a week that they had to look after.
On a really positive note we have noticed the Cubs gain confidence on being online and taking on all the challenges we have thrown at them.
Another apology…we still run late online, we sort of finish on time. So in all fairness it’s just like being at the Hut!
Also…if you feel you could be a helper to the Nanpanthers then please feel free to contact me. Thank you for listening.
Malcolm Newton and team. Nanpanther CSL.
Cubs - Thursday
WOW! What a year this has been! I (Jo) have taken over as leader and have enjoyed getting to know everyone involved. We have 19 cubs at present and will be looking to add a few more in the autumn term.
Zoom cubs restarted in autumn 2020 with scavenger hunts definitely the favourite with the cubs (if not the parents!). It was great to get back to a face to face camp fire with Smores and fire lightning just before Christmas. Zoom continued in 2021 and we also made some great origami models and a yummy (if large) microwave chocolate cake to finish things off before Easter.
Outdoor sessions have resumed and it has been great to see everyone again. The weather was against us a few times but everyone mucked in under the trusty gazebos. Highlights have included the much loved chippy hike, a Swedish night run by Wilma (a cub Mum) and den building, with a bike ride, camp fires and stretcher relays still to come this term.
We invested possibly the largest number of new cubs ever in May 2021 when 14 officially joined the pack (plus me!).
Three cubs will have hopefully achieved their Chief Scout Silver by the end of the summer term which is an especially impressive achievement through various periods of lockdown. We wish them all the best as they move onto Scouts.
Jo, Carl, Richard, Nick & Hari
Scouts – Tuesday (Priory Troop)
Priory Troop currently has 19 members. It has been a busy year on Zoom, the scouts and leaders have learnt many new skills including muting all participants. The Scouts have been busy working towards their Chief Scout Gold Award, which Joshua Murray and Euan Christie achieved. Well done both.
There have been a no camps throughout the year, but we did join in with the district camp at home and Mucky march events that county put on along with from Scogui night hike which went virtual, which we came in 2nd place.
We did manage to get in a few face to face activates, when restrictions aloud from a murder mystery walk through Loughborough, soap carving, geocaching to fire lighting at the hut. The festoon lighting sure came in handy during the dark nights in December!
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I would like to thank Rachel, Ed and Adam for all their hard work and support through the year.
Preeti Kitching
Scouts – Wednesday (Longcliffe Troop)
Over the past year, Wednesday Scouts have stayed strong at around 21 Scouts.
Sadly, the past year has been spent on zoom, but that hasn’t stopped the Scouts. The Scouts took part in the record-breaking camp at home and the Leicestershire scrap book challenge, during the first lock down and one Scout won his age category. Over the first few weeks the badges kept on being completed at home with one Scout doing 16 and another completing 10. By Christmas I had 110 badges to deliver across all the Scouts. We have had great fun running activities like ‘Taskmaster’ and ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ to science projects and soap carving.
We had a great evening with Tuesday scouts learning about space and the ISS with a talk from the National Space Centre.
Thanks to the other Leader for their support on running activities from different parts of the UK.
Hopefully we will get back to face to face soon.
Yours in Scouting
Joe Putt – Scout Leader
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Subscription Secretary
| Members | Subs amount | |
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| Summer 2020 | 137 | £10 voluntarycontribution |
| Autumn 2020 | 110 | £20 |
| Spring2021 | 103 | £20 |
With the move to online sessions as a result of COVID-19 the Subs amount was reduced from its normal level of £36.00 per term. There was voluntary £10 contribution for Summer 2020, and Subs were set at £20.00 for the Autumn and Spring Terms.
Total Subs income for the last 12 months was just under £4900. Over the year the majority of Subs payments have been made via OSM with the remainder as online payments directly into the Group Bank Account.
Many thanks to all those members who paid on time as following up missing payments can be very time consuming for both myself and Section Leaders.
Caroline Donoghue – Subscription Secretary
Fundraising Report 2020/21
We have worked hard this year to continue our fundraising efforts, supported by a small team of parents. The funding has been much needed to support continued activities during the lock-down periods, as well as continuing to build the funds needed for the new building.
Current funds are £24,433.
Since the last AGM, we have had the following fundraising activities
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Mothers Day Breakfast in bed hampers – 20 Mums, Grandmas and Nans were treated to a breakfast box on Mothers Day, helping to raise £129. Thank you to everyone who bought a box and for your kind donations. We trust that everyone enjoyed their treat!
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Bag2School clothing donation – During March we collected unwanted clothes and accessories to donate via the Bag2School scheme, that collects and re-cycles items to other charities. We collected a staggering 1.5 tonnes! Which resulted in a payment of £465.
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Easyfundraising – We have continued to be part of this scheme as shopping during the lock-down increasingly moved online. This scheme has over 5700 retailers who make a donation for every purchase made, to a good cause as nominated by the buyer. There is no cost to the customer and you just shop online as usual – they do the rest! We have 57 members who use this scheme, generating an average donations of £15 per month. Thank you.
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Charnwood community lottery – We continue to be part of the Charnwood Community Lottery and have had some winners! For each £1 ticket purchased, we receive 50p. Thank you to our regular supports, which generates an average of £30 / month for our funds.
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What next?
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Community Grant – We have been lucky to have been awarded a Community Grant of £450 from the local Nanpantan councillors. This money will be spent on some activities for your children to enjoy and involving them in our fund raising activities, starting with Change 4 Change moneyboxes that will be coming home with the children shortly.
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Charnwood Challenge, Sunday 26[th] September 2021 – We are delighted to confirm that the third Charnwood Challenge can go ahead this year. Covid guidelines will be in place, with places are limited to 200 and staggered start times. But we look forward to this being another successful challenge. More details will follow over the summer.
If you would like to be involved in fundraising in any way, or has any ideas for events or funding opportunities, please get in touch. We’d love to hear from you. Contact us and keep up to date with our activities via our Facebook site: https://www.facebook.com/NanpantanScouts
Kerry Burgess - Fundraising Coordinator
Scout Building Report
The building Sub-Committee has continued to work on plans for a new building despite the ongoing challenges of Covid. Following a detailed investigation and review of other Scout Groups similar projects, an alternative approach to the project has been proposed which has been agreed with the Group Executive Committee. This being to demolish all the existing building and replace with a steel framed, metal clad building broadly on the site of the existing building. This would contain a large hall (12m x 12m - the same size as now), kitchen, toilets, stores and provisions. This approach has more certainty from a cost perspective but also provides a long-standing solution than the original plan which left the front building (kitchen and meeting room) in place but refurbished.
However, we do need to reapply for planning permission and this is the current focus with architects working on the design now. We have a supplier in mind for the building itself and have visited a similar Scout Hut building locally and believe this design will provide the Group the building we need for the future.
Funding remains an issue but we are hopeful of securing a grant from Leicestershire Scouts and to be able to access other funding when we have revised planning. We are also looking at other options to fund the building in shorter timescales which may involve selling a portion of land. Whilst not a first choice, this would be minimised to ensure we have adequate outside space for activities.
Emma Miles - Building Sub Committee
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Financial Report
Overview
As a result of Covid we have significantly lower subscriptions in the 2020/21 year. However we have been lucky enough to receive Covid related grants from government backed schemes to address some of the shortfall.
Again despite the problems caused by Covid there has been some excellent fund raising over the year and we thank everyone who helped and contributed to this. We also have donations and grants such that the building fund is growing as detailed in Emma’s report.
We are due to receive nearly £5000 in gift aid for the financial year 2019/20 and 2020/21 claiming against a combination of subs, donations and fund raising. We really appreciate everyone who has completed gift aid forms as this really helps, if you haven’t completed one or are unsure and you pay tax please contact Caroline as it enables us to claim gift aid back and everything helps.
All groups are at capacity with waiting lists. If people can use the Online Scout Manager system it would be really appreciated, we have a good up take on it and it really helps our team in the administration.
Thank you to everyone for their support and contribution, we really appreciate everything you do and any additional support such as introductions to organisations that may be able to help with grants, donations, time etc is always appreciated.
John O’Flynn – Treasurer
For year ending 28 Feb 2021 TOTAL RECEIPTS £ 32,982.64 TOTAL PAYMENTS £ 16,678.62 Balance of income/expenditure £ 16,304.02 Carried forward from 28 Feb 2020 £ 30,548.43 Nett receipts for year ended 28 Feb 2021 £ 16,304.02 TOTAL FUNDS year ending 28 Feb 2021 £ 46,852.45 (excluding Bus Reserve) Nat west Current Account £ 34,979.60 CAF Account £ 23,776.56 Business Reserve Account £ 6,019.37 Total £ 64,775.53
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Receipts
| Receipts | |||
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| Receipts | For year end Feb 2021 | Subtotals 2021 | For year end Feb 2020 |
| Group funds | |||
| Membership subscriptions* | 4,987.70 £ |
14,577.06 £ |
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| Bank interest | |||
| 4,987.70 £ |
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| Fundraising - | |||
| CAF bank gift aid | 407.86 £ |
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| 407.86 £ |
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| Other funds | |||
| Easy fund raising | 216.55 £ |
50.57 £ |
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| HQ contributions (Explorers) and hire | 492.00 £ |
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| Covid grants | 16,239.00 £ |
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| University grant | 500.00 £ |
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| Donations | 155.00 £ |
269.28 £ |
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| Gift Aid 2017/18 and 2018/19 | 4,949.55 £ |
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| District Camp | 3,953.18 £ |
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| Wings | 4,118.52 £ |
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| Miscellaneous | 178.32 £ |
208.45 £ |
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| 25,852.57 £ |
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| Restricted funds | |||
| WSJ | |||
| 1,510.04 £ |
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| - £ |
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| Beavers | |||
| Weds Beavers sleepover | |||
| Outdoor Gruffalo day | 120.00 £ |
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| Weds Beavers sleepover (Oct) | 305.00 £ |
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| Weds beavers camp | 520.00 £ |
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| Friday beavers big space day out | 360.00 £ |
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| - £ |
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| Cubs | |||
| TCC Cubs May camp | 790.00 £ |
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| £ - | |||
| Scouts | |||
| £5 challenge | |||
| shooting | 21.50 £ |
29.15 £ |
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| Bonfire | 96.00 £ |
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| splash camp | 291.02 £ |
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| climbing | 8.00 £ |
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| Scogui | 107.36 £ |
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| expedition | 101.00 £ |
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| Laser quest | 250.44 £ |
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| Scout May camp | 420.00 £ |
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| £ 122.50 | |||
| Group | |||
| Charnwod 2019 | £ 5,765.00 | ||
| Outdoor Pursuits OPC | 1,220.00 £ |
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| County Camp/Charnwood/family | |||
| Film events/Trip | |||
| District Camp | 2,378.52 £ |
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| Jamboree on the trail | |||
| Cinema Trip | |||
| - £ |
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| Hut Fund Raising | |||
| Charnwood Challenge Run | 2,908.17 £ |
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| Donation | 2,470.16 £ |
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| Bag Pack | |||
| Cake Sale | 307.71 £ |
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| Hut Fund | 28.21 £ |
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| Charnwood lottery | 300.00 £ |
3.00 £ |
|
| Xmas cakes/hampers | 50.00 £ |
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| Music magpie | 214.66 £ |
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| Car boot | 148.50 £ |
||
| Wreaths | 534.50 £ |
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| Bucket collection | 48.04 £ |
183.32 £ |
|
| Santa fun run | 150.00 £ |
734.00 £ |
|
| Quiz* | 286.60 £ |
21.00 £ |
|
| 1,612.01 £ |
|||
| Total receipts Restricted Funds adjusted for restricted funds |
32,982.64 £ 32,982.64 £ |
41,001.30 £ |
|
| - £ 32,982.64 £ |
- £ |
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| 41,001.30 £ |
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Payments
| Payments | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Payments | For year end Feb 2021 | Subtotals 2021 | For year end Feb 2020 |
| Services / insurance | |||
| Water | 85.92 £ |
3,925.26 £ |
|
| Gas (net refund) | 163.71 £ |
1,101.36 -£ |
|
| Electricity | 454.00 £ |
679.78 £ |
|
| Insurance-buildings (+xs £150 flood) | 1,464.76 £ |
1,397.41 £ |
|
| Internet | 373.90 £ |
362.56 £ |
|
| 2,542.29 £ |
|||
| Buildings / supplies | |||
| General repairs/build maintenance/cleaning | 1,219.89 £ |
||
| Equipment repairs/stores | 121.59 £ |
||
| Capital equipment (lawn mower) and supplies | 326.90 £ |
||
| BuildIng maintenance/cleaning | 911.81 £ |
||
| Building development (land acq) | 3,479.33 £ |
||
| Fire and Gas Safety check | 280.72 £ |
||
| 1,219.89 £ |
|||
| Group funds | |||
| Miscellaneous Membs repaymts agm | 20.00 £ |
301.61 £ |
|
| Admin expenses (inc OSM and monthly acco | u 340.72 £ |
64.20 £ |
|
| Badges / neckers/ prog. material | 139.70 £ |
2,013.64 £ |
|
| Membership 2019/20 and 2020/21 | 5,550.00 £ |
11,630.40 £ |
|
| Charnwood Challenge | 150.00 £ |
||
| 6,050.42 £ |
|||
| Group funds sections | |||
| Beavers (combined) | 73.94 £ |
944.91 £ |
|
| Explorers | 37.00 £ |
||
| Cubs (combined) | 53.69 £ |
362.39 £ |
|
| Scouts (combined) | 125.39 £ |
43.56 £ |
|
| Training budget | |||
| 253.02 £ |
|||
| Restricted funds | |||
| Charnwood Int 2019 | |||
| WSJ | 50.00 £ |
||
| Wings | 4,450.00 £ |
||
| JEKA (Switzerland) | |||
| - £ |
|||
| Beavers | |||
| Fri Beaver Pow wow sleepover | |||
| Beavers May 2018 camp | |||
| Beavers Big Day Out | |||
| Weds Beavers sleep over | |||
| Beavers Camp | 112.50 £ |
||
| Beavers District day | 120.00 £ |
||
| £ - | |||
| Cubs | |||
| Cub Camp | 1,029.19 £ |
||
| £ - | |||
| Scouts | |||
| Splash camp scouts | 115.00 £ |
||
| Climbing wall | 228.78 £ |
||
| space cetre | 35.00 £ |
||
| October camp | |||
| Bonfire | 103.00 £ |
||
| Laser quest | 193.00 £ |
||
| Scogui night | 112.00 £ |
||
| Bushscout | 105.00 £ |
||
| may camp | 350.00 £ |
||
| £ 150.00 | |||
| Scouts Explorers | |||
| Scouts Exp Challenge Weekend | 160.00 £ |
||
| £ - | |||
| Group | |||
| District/ Camp | 4,843.00 £ |
1,200.00 £ |
|
| Charnwood Camp 2019 | 2,460.22 £ |
||
| Wreaths | 295.00 £ |
||
| wings | 1,325.00 £ |
||
| Outdoor Pursuits | 500.00 £ |
||
| £ 6,463.00 | |||
| Total expenditure Adjustment of restricted funds |
16,678.62 £ 16,678.62 £ |
37,105.40 £ |
|
| - £ 16,678.62 £ |
|||
| 37,105.40 £ |
15
Independent examiner’s report to the trustees of Nanpantan Scouts
I report on the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 28[th] February 2018.
Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner
The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity’s trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibility to:
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examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act
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to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act
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to state whether particular matters have come to my attention
Basis of independent examiner’s report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a ‘true and fair view’ and the report is limited to those matters set out in the next statement.
Independent examiner’s statement
In connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act and
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached
Name: Antony Honarmand
Relevant professional qualification or body: Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Address: 91a Risley, Derby
Date: 24/02/22