2022-03-31-accounts

Stamford & Bourne District Scout Council

Annual Report 2021-2022

Published 5[th] July 2022

Trustees' Annual Report

For the period from 1 April 2021 to 31 March 2022 ion A Reference and administration details

Section A Reference and administration details

Charity name: Stamford & Bourne District Scout Council Registered charity number: 522366 Charity’s principal address: School House, Bitchfield, Grantham, Lincolnshire. NG33 4DR

Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity:

Trustee Name	Office (if any)	Dates acted if not whole year
Trevor Watson	District Commissioner
Greg Cejer	District Chairman
Diane Siddle	Secretary
Nathan Wakefield	Treasurer
Alistair Cobbold	SASU Member
Doug Cobbold	SASU Manager
Heidi Haxeltine	AAC Member
Cathy Heron	Guide Association Rep
Howard Nelson	Local Training Manager
Martin Siddle	Lay member
Councillor Colin Pattison	Bourne Town Council	to 1stJuly 2021
Alex Hall	District Youth Commissioner
Steve Canham	District Explorer Scout Commissioner
Adam Storer	Group Chair, Horbling & Billingborough
Lucy Storer	Voice of Young People Explorer Scout
Emma Storer	Network Member	to 12thJuly 2021

Structure, governance and management

Type of governing document	The District’s governing documents are those of The Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter, which in turn gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association and the Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) of The Scout Association.
How the charity is constituted	The District is a trust established under its rules which are common to all Scouts; the Trustees are appointed in accordance with POR
Trustee selection methods	The District is managed by the District Executive Committee, the members of which are the ‘Charity Trustees’ of the Scout District which is an educational charity. As trustees they are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities. This includes the registration, keeping proper accounts and making returns to the Charity Commissionas appropriate.

Additional governance issues

The Executive Committee consists of:

1. Three independent representatives: Chair, Treasurer and Secretary;

2. Ex-officio members: District Commissioner, District Explorer Scout Commissioner

3. Elected Members and co-opted according to need

The committee meets five times a year, one meeting being the AGM

The District Executive Committee exists to support the District Commissioner in meeting the responsibilities of his appointment, and is responsible for:

1. The maintenance of District property

2. The raising of funds and the administration of District finance

3. District public occasions

4. Assisting in the recruitment of Leaders and other adult support

5. Appointing any sub-committee that may be required

6. Appointing District administrators and advisers other than who are elected.

Objectives and activities

Summary of the objects of the charity set out in its governing document

The objectives of the District are as a unit of The Scout Association. 1. The Aim of The Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local national and international communities. 2. The method of achieving the Aims of the Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of

• progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership

• 1. To provide administrative and training support to the following groups of the Scout Association

• a. Horbling & Billingborough Scout Group revised

• b. Bourne Scout Group

• c. The Deepings Scout Group

• d. 1[st] Ketton

• e. 2[nd] Stamford

• f. 6[th] Stamford

• g. 1[st] Thurlby

• h. 2[nd] Wittering

• i. District Explorer Scout Units (which are an integral part of District)

• j. Scout Activity Support Units

Any other group formed within its catchment area.

Achievements and performance

The District for part of 2021-22 was impacted by the restrictions which Summary of the main were in place as a result of the CoVID Pandemic achievements of the charity during the year The Executive met via Teams or Zoom throughout the year. The District Commissioner reports on uniformed matters to the District Executive so that it can be kept regularly informed about activities across the District. As was the case in previous years the Executive have identified a number of issues the District needs to address.

• A lack of a GSL in two Groups and some Executives with few members.

• A need to rebuild some groups/sections due to leadership change

• A return to pre CoVID activities  The need to grow sections and attract more adults  Ensure that training is undertaken in accordance with POR  The need to have control of all District funds  Additional Capital Expenditure at Shacklewell

• While not all of these issues have been addressed progress has been made this year  While there are still 2 groups without GSLs the groups are still active and supported by the District Team.

• The replacement of the roof and other maintenance work at Shacklewell was completed as well as the erection of new security fencing on the eastern boundary

• The District acquired premises at Deepings St James for its canoeing activities which are well placed as they are adjacent to the River Welland and were used by a number of groups in the Summer

• Both Shacklewell and Whitewater were able to resume work

• during the late summer of 2021 still focussing on CoVID sfe precautions

• The SASUs continue to support section activity as required across the District

• Howard Nelson continues to work effectively as Local Training Manager appointed by County and with help from Ray Dennis, Trevor Watson and Rachel Nelson has made significant inroads into the training gaps needed by members. The use of Zoom deliver of modules on line has reduced outstanding training to small numbers.

• The appointment advisory panel has met throughout the year processing new appointments successfully.

There is continuing work undertaken by the DC and ADCs to support the work of sections and executive members have worked to support Group Executives.

The District received HQ approval to open our first Squirrel Drey for 4-5 year olds at Horbling in February 2022. A second has been approved for the Deepings in autumn 2022

The Scout Shop continued to supply goods throughout the pandemic, but sales this year are still lower than norm, but the shop re-opened physically in Summer 2021

Stamcamp along with all other camping has not taken place but various on-line camping at home opportunities have been provided across the District. Howard Nelson and his Team and John Burrows and his team are actively planning for the return of Stamcamp in May 2022 and District Cub Camp in June 2022.

The Census showed an increase in membership of approx. 25%, which was to be expected when Scouting is no longer delivered on-line which was the case in the 2020/21 year.

There remain concerns about the following:

• Lack of GSL in two Groups

• Long waiting lists in most groups

• Difficulty in recruiting sufficient Adult Volunteers to grow the number of Sections to meet demand

• Increasing number of leaders undertaking multiple roles which puts pressure on them and should they leave will exacerbate the pressure we already have on running sectional activity

A great many people have put in tireless efforts to support scouting in this District. The thanks of the whole District go to them.

I would like to thank colleagues on the District Executive, The District Team and all Scouters and Parents who have helped our young people gain such a lot from scouting. The excellent role Trevor has played in change within the District needs to be recorded. My personal thanks go

to him for his work. Greg Cejer District Chair 4[th] June 2022

Financial review

	Brief statement of the charity’s policy on reserves.	The District’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short. The District Executive Committee unanimously approved that the District’s reserves should be held at the annual running cost for the District for 12 months.

Declaration

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The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees.

Signature:	Gregory Cejer	Diane Siddle
Full name:	Greg Cejer	Diane Siddle
Position:	Chairman	Secretary
Date:	July 4th2022	July 4th 2022

Stamford & Bourne District Scout Council Recelpts and Payments Account for year to 31 March 2022 2021122 2020121 Recelpts Membership Subscriptions Less.. Membership subsciiptions paid to County Net mem￿rship Subscription Retained 42,464 -34,854 7,610 36.423 -29.984 6.419 ￿eM￿rShiP Subscriptions IS&K Explorer51 Meml)ership Subscnptions IH&8 Explorersl A(tiwties lirKI Catnp Fee51- District Actiwties lincl Camp Feesl . S&K Eiplorers Gift AKI Interest Received Fund Rai51ti8 Oon3tKJns (Districtl Donatw)ns IS&K EX￿Ore[SI Donations IH&B Explofersl DonatKJns IShJtklewelll Donatlons (Gan8 Showl Grants Ishacklewelll SASU- Whitewatei SASU- General Trainin8 IniorTre Mi￿ellan￿o￿s Gan8 Show Receipts Siout Shop Re(eipts Tol•l R•¢oipts 2.028 635 4.645 1.109 29 1.559 36 1,269 6.554 750 3.673 10.667 1.361 28.108 19.931 235 2(X) 141 12.180 74,235 4.165 40.790 Paymer MÈmbership Subscriptions IS&K ExplorÈrsl Membership Sub5CnPtions IH&B Explorersl Administration Expenses IDistriitl AdtDinistration Expenses ISASUI Administration Expenses Is&K Explorers) Adtnin15tration Expenses IH&B Explorers) Administration Expenses Iyoung Leader51 1.172 446 2.023 1.742 591 403 163 45 242 1.210 1.920 A(tiwties Is&K Exploreis) Activities IH&B Explorers) Artiwties (Young leader51 SASU- Shacklewell Operating Costs SASU- Whitewater 0￿ratIng Costs SA5U- General SASU- Purchase of Assets SASU- NODA Sub5CriPtion IGan8showl SASU- Webknsting (Gangshowl Room Hire IDi5tiictl Room Hire IH&B Explorersl Donat￿￿5 Gang Show Payments Stout Shop Payments Total Paytnents 69 5.146 1.047 24.955 19,706 3.947 ioi ioi 141 51)) 11.838 50.265 4.038 Surplus for Year 23.970 6.330 Name Gr4CeiEr. (ststtChair N8th•n W•kefld. thStrlctTreasurer

stamford & Bourne District Scout Council Statement of Assets and Liabiliiies for year to 31 March 2022 low Sh￿￿￿￿È11 Dt5trict EqUYr￿ffl1￿s U ￿<&wE￿pmenr 431.rK 81.￿9 1.920 514.829 81.9)9 2.465 515 374 Lhstrict Cirnnt Acc￿nI Dt%trict COIF Dwsit kcount- 6￿r rh5trin COIF Oeposit Account- IrswJnce thstrict COIF Deposit AcC￿n1-jaMbDreE F￿d rh5trict Stamtarry> CurrwtAccount kour Shop Current Ac￿JM Dtstrict Scoirt SW COIF Dwsitp￿cw￿ SttyA Shopcash Float SASU Gan¥5how CuThem SASU Gangs￿ Doposr( 5ASU Cash 57.616 20.984 4.280 4.3a7 45.865 20.984 4,280 4.337 2.054 1.797 229 2.237 3>) 2.287 sAsu IGenerl SASU Cash UrgrE5enred (tr•4uelsl 15.099 93. 95,1 9.307 17M27 Member4wp Fees CU￿eN liabili￿e5 Mèmbèrship Feè Total of Assatsand LiMlib4s 617 696 I. &H<kwèll was revaIL￿ in 2020121 folkn¥m¥signffjcJnt imw(wernemwcrt5 2. Valueolassets was adJL￿d in 2020121to refiecractual Owne￿ The Receipts arKI StrtwnenrolA55etsaTrl Liab'1th5 werE appr¢veLI bythe Trullee5 4th July ))22 SZDed their beh¥f. NamE Gregceier. tStrkl(halr Nathan Wakefiehl- DistthtTrts3surer

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ Stamford & Bourne District Scout Council members of On accounts for the year 2022 Charity no 522366 ended (if any) Set out on pages 3 and 4

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2022.

• Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities Act 2011 (“the Act”).

I report in respect of my examination of the Trust’s accounts carried out under section 145 of the 2011 Act and in carrying out my examination, I have followed the applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the Act.

Independent I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have examiner's statement come to my attention (other than that disclosed below *) in connection with the examination which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or

• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

• Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply.

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Date: 03/07/22
Signed:
Name: Ray Dennis
Relevant professional
qualification(s) or body
(if any):
Address: 52 Harvey Close
Bourne
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Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners).

Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

Nothing to Report

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