Draft accounts for 1[st] Carlton-in-Lindrick Scout group
Treasurers Report for year ending 31[st] December 2021
The bank balance at 31/12/21 was £26298.99 (start of the year was £27,232.09)
Turnover for the year was £32059.84 Expenses for the year were £33105.01 The profit and loss shows a loss for the year of £1045.17
The main reason for this year’s accounts showing a loss is because the fundraising for the roof was in the previous year and the costs of the roof replacement were in this year. We have also invested a lot in group uniform (hoodies, red shirts, caps and hats) that will be sold over the coming year. We have also paid deposits to Walesby for 5 future camps in 2022.
Breakdowns:
Jamboree fundraising
Unfortunately, the European Jamboree in Poland wasn’t able to take place and although it was initially moved to 2021 it was decided to cancel the whole event. Therefore £3150.00 in payments has been returned.
The ringfenced amount for future jamborees from Jamboree fundraising activities was, at 31[st] December 2020, £3362.64 with the addition of the refund of Jamboree payments from the cancelled European Jamboree this makes the ringfenced amount £6512.64 . Six members of the Scout group have applied for the next World Jamboree in 2023 as participants and Luke Annals has applied for IST. We’re hoping to hear soon if any have been successful.
Group Fundraising
Due to Covid-19 we haven’t held any fundraising events in 2021 but £63.80 was banked from a challenge the scouts did to increase their 20ps.
A further £5681.70 was raised towards the Scout hut repairs and this was used mainly for the roof, the new gate to the courtyard and new lighting for the Scout hut. The total raised for the Scout hut repairs in 2020-2021 was £19,608.46
Donations
£3000 from Sir John Eastwood Foundation £2,393.63 Via Dickenson Wood Solicitors £1007.71 reclaimed from HMRC Gift Aid £1000 private donation £500 RSK Group £500 Lady Hind £250 Scout Active Support Group £240.05 from Easy Fundraising £200 Sainsbury’s matched giving via Lee Annals £200 district councillor grant £55.00 sale of honey from bees at the allotment £50 Tracey Smeeton £43.05 from Amazon Smile £32 Geoff Lewis £30 Tangent club £30 Chris and Lizzy Tar fundraising £20 donation received via Richard Smith £10 via Scout parent £4.04 from Paypal giving fund Total £9565.48
Sections
Income from subs was £4100.00 – subs were only collected for the Summer and Autumn terms but some members have continued to pay throughout the year.
Expenditure by sections £833.48.
We paid £262.50 for the cub trip to Yorkshire Wildlife Park which was offset by payments from Cubs which totalled £250 as not all could attend due to positive covid tests and isolations. We also collected £150 from explorers for the caving trip that was rescheduled from May 2020 (some payments were already made in 2020).
Uniform costs
Uniform costs are a bit higher than usual as they usually only include buying Scout uniform and badges for the sections. There were further costs for group hoodies and red shirts that had been ordered before the pandemic. We also had logoed baseball caps and woolly hats made up with the view that a lot of future meetings would be outside we haven’t sold all of the stock that we had made so this will roll on to future years.
Uniform costs: £3896.35 Uniform sales: £967.14
Camp and sleepover costs
Camp fees paid £1249.52 Camp expenses £1938.57
The expenses are slightly higher because we have paid deposits to Walesby for 5 upcoming camps in 2022. The Scout Christmas camp went slightly over budget by £112 but as these were for materials that Lee would normally use with the Scouts in the run up to Christmas he paid for these out of the Section activities (also ensuring the one Scout who didn’t attend camp was included).
Position
Although the profit and loss shows a loss of £1045.00 this has been mainly due to the fundraising for the roof mainly being in 2020 and the repairs being in 2021. As we have had a high number of donations this year, and had the grants in 2020, we still have a healthy bank balance. If we take off the ringfenced Jamboree money (approx. £19,700).
In 2019, our last ‘normal year’, expenses were just under £23,000.00 for the year. Richard has done wonders in obtaining grants and donations in 2021. Hopefully we will be able to do more fundraising in 2022.