## **RUSHCLIFFE DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION** 

## **14[th] Annual General Meeting** 

## **Thursday 15th June 2023 at 8pm** 

## **Cropwell Butler Village Hall** 

## **MINUTES** 

## **Present:** 

Tim Kirby – Chairman 

Helen Holland – District Secretary 

Clare Deeming – District Treasurer 

Fiona Burrows – District Commissioner 

Plus 12 members of the Rushcliffe Scout Association as per the attendee register 

## **1.Chairman’s welcome** 

The Chairman opened the meeting by welcoming everyone to the meeting. 

Since our last AGM, The Scout Association’s Policy, Organisation and Rules (POR) has been amended twice and significant changes, in terminology and governance responsibility particularly, have come into place. The most obvious change is that the District Executive Committee becomes the District Trustee Board. POR will be amended further in Nov ‘23 and/or Feb ‘24 as the “Volunteer Transformation” gets underway. Our AGM agenda incorporates the changes to date. 

As part of these changes, the District Trustees have also completed an Annual report which was circulated along with the AGM notice and agenda prior to this meeting. 

At last years AGM I set myself the challenge of visiting an Exec meeting for every Group in the District – I have managed over 50%, so set myself the new challenge of visiting the remaining ones in the next year – so please invite me! 

It’s been amazing how many similar problems crop up, so I hope by spreading the experiences of other Groups, I can at least give food for thought. 

Some great times in the District in the last 12 months and some sad times; 

· We have lost Dick Barker, Gill Goodrum, Janet Baines and Richard Howard 

· Had to close 1st Cotgrave group because of lack of Leaders 

· Had to close 11th WB for other reasons 

but on the positives; 



· We have opened first Squirrel Drey – Thanks to Becky Howard and her leadership team. 

· 1st Shelford & East Bridgford have bought their own HQ – with a loan to help provided by the District 

· 1st Bingham are on the way to getting their own HQ – The old church at Saxondale 

· We have nearly bought the woodland at Hollygate – Transfer deed is agreed, we are waiting for it to come through 

· We are well on the way to mains drainage at Hollygate thanks to immense cooperation by Barratt David Wilson Homes and a Notts County Council Local Communities Fund grant. 

I would like to take this opportunity to send our well wishes for a speedy recovery to Steve Cumberland, Chris Keast and Alan Hubber. 

## **2. Apologies for absence** 

Apologies had been received from Alan Hubber, Pat Shepherd, John Green, Chris Keast, Simon Gillespie, Matt Garrard and Nigel Nurse. 

## **3. Approval of minutes of 2022 AGM** 

It was proposed by proposed by Ena Scott and seconded by Sue Youngson that the minutes of the 2022 AGM be accepted as a true and accurate record of the meeting. The members present agreed unanimously to accept the minutes of the 2022 meeting. 

## **4.Adopt (or reconfirm) certain resolutions:** 

## **i. Re-confirm the adoption of the constitution District Scout Council as outlined in  POR (see Rule 5.3.1.1).** 

The Chairman explained that he would like members to re-confirm the adoption of the constitution each year. 

All present unanimously accepted the adoption of the constitution 

## **ii. agree the quorum (see Rule 5.4.6.2) for each of:** 

   - **Meetings of the District Scout Council** 

   - **Meetings of the District Executive Committee** 

   - **Meetings of any Sub Committees** 

- For Trustee Board or any sub committees, face to face or on Zoom, the quorum will be 50% +1 of potential attendees. If the meeting is quorate then simple majority required to pass any motion. 

- For Trustee Board or any sub committees, decisions by emails require circulation of resolution to all board members and at least 75% approval to pass any motion, with all responses as “reply to all”. 

- AGM quorum is any number if the meeting was notified in line with POR. 50% +1 of attendees required in favour to pass any motion. 



## **iii. agree the number of members that may be elected to the District Executive Committee. This will either be 4,5 or 6 (see Rule 5.4.3.2a)** 

Up to 5 people may be elected to the District Trustee Board (formerly District Executive Committee) 

**5. Receive and consider the Trustee’s Annual Report prepared by the District Executive Committee, including the annual statement of accounts (after their examination by an appropriate auditor, independent examiner or scrutineer and formal approval by the trustees). Note: this is to receive and consider, NOT approve.** 

Both the accounts and Trustees report had been circulated to all prior to the meeting. 

The District Executive had approved the accounts prior to the AGM. 

Clare thanked the groups for paying their capitation promptly which enabled the payments to be made to County on time. 

Clare thanked those who had complied accounts: for Stone Pit (David Howard), Hollygate (Peter Gilks), Uniform (Margaret Nurse), Explorers (David Snowden) and Badges (Katrina Thorley). 

Clare also thanked Tim Kirby for his work on the Hollygate grant which has funded works at the site. 

Squirrels drey is now fully open however their accounts are currently handled under the District accounts until their account is up and running. 

Some key notes from this year have been 

- May 2022 – A £12064.00 grant was received from Nottinghamshire County Council for installing a pumping system at Hollygate for water waste to connect to main sewers. 

- August 2022 - £4423 was paid over from an old 11[th] WB bank account. This was used to settle outstanding expenses for the group and the remaining balance was retained by the district. 

- - October 2022 -£13534.09 was received from the closure of the 1[st] Cotgrave group due to insufficient leaders. 

- October 2022 - £20000 lent to 1[st] Shelford and East Bridgford Scout group towards the purchase of their own HQ. This has a written agreement against it with repayment to be made over no more than 5 years. 

- March 2023 – membership fees were made in 3 payments due to limits on account (full amount exceeded the individual transaction limit). 

The badge account, Hollygate account and Explorers accounts have all been moved this year and so can now operate online which has enabled payments to be made easily. 

## **6. Approval of the District Commissioner’s nomination of Chairperson** 



Tim Kirby was nominated by the District Commissioner and is willing to continue to serve 

## **7. Elect a District Secretary** 

Helen Holland was nominated and elected to continue as District Secretary, there were no other nominations. 

## **8. Elect a District Treasurer** 

Clare Deeming was nominated and elected to continue as Treasurer, there were no other nominations 

## **9. Election of up to 5 members of the District Executive Committee** 

Alan Hubber, Chris Keast, Alex Newson, Peter Gilks and Nigel Nurse were all nominated and elected by a unanimous vote. There were no other nominations 

## **10. Nominate members of the District Executive Committee (must not exceed the number actually elected in 9 above)** 

Pat Shepherd, Simon Gillespie, Matt Garrard and David Snowden were nominated and are willing to serve. 

## **11. Elect two members of the District Scout Council to represent the District on** 

## **the County Scout Council (see Rule 5.4.3.3)** 

Steven Tupper explained that this was not a big role. Members would need to attend the AGM and vote on matters. Tim Kirby proposed that the role be put on hold and appointed at a later date. 

## **12. Appoint an auditor, independent examiner or scrutineer as required** 

Neil Copeland has agreed to continue in the role of Honorary Auditor 

## **13. Closing remarks** 

**Fiona Burrows** thanks everyone in the District for all that they have done over the past year. Training across all groups and trustees is going well and she asked that thanks be passed onto all groups. 

**Steven Tupper** thanked the District Executive Committee for all their work over the last year. Looking forward, Scouting will be undergoing transformation however we probably won’t notice much difference as Rushcliffe already runs well. 

The Big Weekend is running next May. It has a capacity for 3000 and there are already 2500 booked on. 

Steven said that Scouting across Rushcliffe is going really well and he particularly likes how the District supports groups and spends money to help where possible. Steven thanks everyone involved in Scouting across Rushcliffe for their efforts. 

**Tim Kirby** thanked Steven Tupper and the County and HQ team for the support they give to the District. 

**Fiona Burrows** presented Neil Hartley with his 40 years service award. 



The Chairman thanked everyone for attending and closed the meeting 

## **Attendence Register** 

|**Name**|**Role**|
|---|---|
|Ena Scott|District Explorer Scout Commissioner|
|Alex Newson|Rushcliffe District Executive committee member|
|David Snowden|Rushcliffe District Executive committee member/WB Explorers Leader|
|Peter Gilks|Rushcliffe District Executive committee member|
|Will Cullen|District Youth Commissioner|
|Jock Shaw||
|Dave Howard|Stonepit/SASU|
|Andrew Peters||
|Michael Cox|Past President|
|Neil Hartley|CampWarden|
|Sue Youngson|GSL Kinoulton|
|Steven Tupper|CountyCommissioner|





## **Rushcliffe District Scouts Receipts and Payments Account** 

||Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year start date|Year end date<br>**Mar-23**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**For the year from**||**Apr-22**||**To**||**Mar-23**||
||||||||||
|**Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**Receipts**|**District**<br>**Hollygate**<br>**Explorers**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**72,821**<br>**5,174**<br>**-                    70,142**<br>**-                      1,751**<br>**2,680**<br>**-**<br>**3,423**<br>**15,390**<br>**6,624**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**18,070**<br>**6,624**<br>**3,423**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,085**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**16,085**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **34,175**<br>**6,624**<br>**3,423**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**2022/23**||||||**£**<br>**77,995**<br>**-                    71,893**<br>**6,102**<br>**22,015**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**28,117**<br>**-**<br>**16,085**<br>**16,085**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20**<br>**44,222**<br>**-**<br>**44,222**<br>**Total funds**|**2021/22**<br>**£**<br>**Total Funds**|
|**Donations, legacies and similar income**|||||||||
|Membership subscriptions|**72,821**|||||||**71,614**|
|Less:Membership subscriptions paid on<br>~~(National/County/Area/District)~~|**-                    70,142**|||||||**-                    67,574**|
|Net membership subscriptions retained(note 2018 accounts<br>included payment againstmoney collectedin 2017)|**2,680**|||||||**4,040**|
|Donations / Funds from closed groups|**15,390**|||||||**5,228**|
|Legacies|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Gift Aid|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Other similar income - Repayment of group costs covered by<br>~~District~~|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**Sub total**|**18,070**|||||||**9,267**|
|**Grants**|||||||||
|Maintenenace grant|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Other grants - NCC for Hollygate Pumping Project|**16,085**|||||||**-**|
|**Sub total**|**16,085**|||||||**-**|
|**Fundraising (gross)**|||||||||
|Detail 1|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Detail 2|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Detail 3|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Other fundraising activities|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**Sub total**|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**Investment income**|||||||||
|Bank interest|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Building Society interest|**-**|||||||**-**|
|The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service|**20**|||||||**186**|
|Property Rent income|**-**|||||||**-**|
|Other investment income|**-**|||||||**-**|
|**Sub total**|**20**|||||||**186**|
|**_Total Gross Income_ **<br>**Asset and investment sales, etc.**<br>**_Total receipts_**|||||||||
|||||||||**9,453**|
||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||**34,175**||**6,624**||**3,423**||||
||**34,175**||**6,624**||**3,423**||**44,222**|**9,453**|



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## **Rushcliffe District Scouts Receipts and Payments Account** 

Year start date 

Year end date 

||**For the year from**|**For the year from**|**Apr-22**||**To**|**To**|**Mar-23**||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||||||||||
|**Receipts and payments**|||||||||
|**Payments**|**District**<br>**Hollygate**<br>**Explorers**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£**<br>**£                       980**<br>**-£                       806**<br>**-£                    1,626**<br>**£                         64**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       547**<br>**£                       773**<br>**£                       840**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       790**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       770**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                    1,918**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       417**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                  10,133**<br>**£                    2,169**<br>**£                         38**<br>**£                       167**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**-£                    1,750**<br>**£                       996**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       108**<br>**£                    1,271**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                         70**<br>**£                  20,000**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       224**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**-£                         54**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**-£                    2,403**<br>**£                         58**<br>**£                          -**<br>**-£                       458**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                  33,384**<br>**£                    4,171**<br>**-£                    2,321**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br> **33,384**<br>**4,171**<br>**-                      2,321**<br>**Unrestricted funds**<br>**2022/23**||||||**£**<br>**-£                    1,452**<br>**£                         64**<br>**£                    2,159**<br>**£                       790**<br>**£                       770**<br>**£                    1,918**<br>**£                       417**<br>**£                  12,340**<br>**£                       167**<br>**-£                    1,750**<br>**£                    1,104**<br>**£                    1,340**<br>**£                  20,000**<br>**£                          -**<br>**£                       224**<br>**-£                         54**<br>**-£                    2,345**<br>**-£                       458**<br>**£                  35,234**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**35,234**<br>**-**<br>**35,234**<br>**8,988**<br>**-**<br>**74,876**<br>**83,864**<br>**Total funds**|**2021/22**<br>**£**<br>**Total funds**|
|**Charitable Payments**|||||||||
|Youth programme and activities (Net less income)|**£                       980**||**-£                       806**||**-£                    1,626**|||**-                         677**|
|Adult support and training|**£                         64**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**342**|
|Rent (garage, campsite and explorers)|**£                       547**||**£                       773**||**£                       840**|||**2,159**|
|Water and Sewerage (at campsite)|**£                          -**||**£                       790**||**£                          -**|||**650**|
|Electricity and Gas (at campsite)|**£                          -**||**£                       770**||**£                          -**|||**746**|
|Insurance|**£                    1,918**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**1,773**|
|Repairs and Renewals|**£                          -**||**£                       417**||**£                          -**|||**1,254**|
|Materials and equipment|**£                  10,133**||**£                    2,169**||**£                         38**|||**3,012**|
|Printing, photocopying, postage and website|**£                       167**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**270**|
|Contribution to camp costs|**£                          -**||**£                          -**||**-£                    1,750**|||**-                         643**|
|Uniforms|**£                       996**||**£                          -**||**£                       108**|||**323**|
|AGM and trustee expenses|**£                    1,271**||**£                          -**||**£                         70**|||**699**|
|Trustee Loan to Shelford and East Bridgford Scout Gp|**£                  20,000**||||||||
|Jamboree (Net less income)|**£                          -**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**2,000**|
|St George's Day (Net less income)|**£                       224**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**-**|
|Campsites (Net less income)|**-£                         54**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**435**|
|Badges (Net less income)|**-£                    2,403**||**£                         58**||**£                          -**|||**-                         706**|
|Uniform Shop (Net less income)|**-£                       458**||**£                          -**||**£                          -**|||**-                      1,364**|
|**Sub total**|**£                  33,384**||**£                    4,171**||**-£                    2,321**|||**£                  10,273**|
|**Fundraising expenses**|||||||||
|Detail 1|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|Detail 2|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|Detail 3|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|Other fundraising costs|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|**Sub total**|**-**||**-**||**-**|||**-**|
|**_Total Gross Expenditure_ **<br>**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**<br>**_Total payments_**<br>**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**<br>**Cash funds last year end**<br>**_Cash funds this year end_**|||||||||
||**33,384**||**4,171**||**-                      2,321**|||**10,273**|
||||||||||
||**-**||**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|
||||||**-                  2,321**<br>**5,743**<br>**1,654**<br>**7,397**||||
||**33,384**||**4,171**||**-                  2,321**|||**10,273**|
||||||||||
||**791**||**2,453**||**5,743**||**8,988**|**-                     820**|
||||||||**-**|0|
||**71,133**||**2,088**||**1,654**||**74,876**|**75,696**|
||**71,925**||**4,542**||**7,397**||**83,864**|**74,876**|



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## **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year** 

**31st March 2023** 

## **31st March 2022** 

||**31st March**<br>**2023**|**31st March**<br>**2023**|**31st March**<br>**2023**|**31st March**<br>**2023**|**31st March**<br>**2023**||**31st March**<br>**2022**|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||**District**<br>**Hollygate**<br>**Explorers**<br>**£**<br>**30,563**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,008**<br>**47**<br>**4,542**<br>**-**<br>**7,397**<br>**-**<br>**8,530**<br>**46**<br>**7,583**<br>**50**<br>**98**<br>**71,925**<br>**4,542**<br>**7,397**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,000**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,472**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**2,765**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**290**<br>**88,425**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**4,278**<br>**-**<br>**10,477**<br>**4,475**<br>**23,217**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**18,004**<br>**97,178**<br>**23,217**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Unrestricted funds**|||||**£**<br>**30,563**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**25,008**<br>**47**<br>**4,542**<br>**-**<br>**7,397**<br>**-**<br>**8,530**<br>**46**<br>**7,583**<br>**50**<br>**98**<br>**83,864**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**20,000**<br>**20,000**<br>**4,472**<br>**2,765**<br>**-**<br>**88,715**<br>**4,278**<br>**38,169**<br>**-**<br>**138,399**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**-**<br>**Total funds**|**£**<br>**Total funds**|
|**Cash funds**||||||||
|Bank current account (Co-op - District)|**30,563**|||||**30,563**|**32,589**|
|Bank deposit account|**-**|||||**-**|**-**|
|Building society account (Nottingham)|**-**|||||**-**|**-**|
|The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service|**25,008**|||||**25,008**|**24,988**|
|Cash/Floats (District)|**47**|||||**47**|**111**|
|Hollygate Campsite Account (NATWEST)|||**4,542**|||**4,542**|**2,088**|
|Hollygate Campsite Cash|||**-**|||**-**|**-**|
|Explorer Main and Activity (Co-op)|||||**7,397**|**7,397**|**1,654**|
|Explorer Main and Activity Cash|||||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Badge Account (NatWest)|**8,530**|||||**8,530**|**6,127**|
|Badge Account Cash|**46**|||||**46**|**45**|
|Uniform (HSBC)|**7,583**|||||**7,583**|**7,070**|
|Uniform Cash|**50**|||||**50**|**202**|
|Uniform Unpaid order|**98**|||||**98**|**-**|
|**Total cash funds**|**71,925**||**4,542**||**7,397**|**83,864**|**74,876**|
|**Other monetary assets**||||||||
|Tax claim|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Debts due from the County/Area/District/Group|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Insurance claim|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Sub total**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Investment assets**||||||||
|Investment property - detail|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Quoted investments|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Other investments - S&EB Scout Group Loan|**20,000**||**-**||**-**|**20,000**|**-**|
|**Sub total**|**20,000**||**-**||**-**|**20,000**|**-**|
|**Non monetary assets for charity's own use**||||||||
|Badge stock|**4,472**||**-**||**-**|**4,472**|**4,455**|
|Shop stock|**2,765**||**-**||**-**|**2,765**|**2,177**|
|Other stock|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Land and buildings|**290**||**88,425**||**-**|**88,715**|**83,228**|
|Motor vehicles (Mowers)|**-**||**4,278**||**-**|**4,278**|**4,278**|
|Scouting equipment, furniture etc|**10,477**||**4,475**||**23,217**|**38,169**|**32,922**|
|Other|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Sub total**|**18,004**||**97,178**||**23,217**|**138,399**|**127,060**|
|**Liabilities**||||||||
|Accounts not yet paid|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**2,069**|
|Expenses incurred but not invoiced|||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Subscriptions not yet paid|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Loan - detail|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|Other liabilities|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|
|**Sub total**|**-**||**-**||**-**|**-**|**2,069**|



## **Contingent liabilities and future obligations** 

_£20,000 loan paid to Shelford and East Bridgford Scout Group to be paid back no later than Nov 2027_ 

**The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees on 15/06/23 and signed on their behalf by** 

|T KIRBY<br>C DEEMING<br>Signature|Print Name|
|---|---|
|T KIRBY|Chair|
|C DEEMING|Treasurer|



3  LT700002 (1st January 2017) 



Inde
endent Examiners Re
ort To The Trustees of the
Rushcliffe Scout Association
I report on the District accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set oul on
pages 1 to 5.
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 Ihis year under section 144{2) of the
Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibilty to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145{51(bl of the 2011 Act,. and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examinerfs report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charty
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kepl by Ihe charity
and a comparison of the accounts presenled with those records. 11 also includes consideration
of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as
trustees Con￿rning any such matters. The pro￿ureS 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 Irue and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters
set out in the statement below.
Independent examinerfs statement
In Connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention..
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordan¢e with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
to prepare accounls which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met., or
{21 to which, in my o
understanding of
ion,
acco
sho
Id be drawn in order to enable a proper
hed.
tobe
Signed......
N. Coupland FCA Dch
RWB, Chartered Accountants
Nottingham

Inde
endent Examiners Re
ort To The Trustees of the
Rushcliffe Scout Association
I report on the District accounts for the year ended 31 March 2023, which are set oul on
pages 1 to 5.
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 Ihis year under section 144{2) of the
Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed.
It is my responsibilty to..
examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act.,
to follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity
Commission under section 145{51(bl of the 2011 Act,. and
to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.
Basis of independent examinerfs report
My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charty
Commission. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kepl by Ihe charity
and a comparison of the accounts presenled with those records. 11 also includes consideration
of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as
trustees Con￿rning any such matters. The pro￿ureS 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 Irue and fair view, and the report is limited to those matters
set out in the statement below.
Independent examinerfs statement
In Connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention..
(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements..
to keep accounting records in accordan¢e with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and
to prepare accounls which accord with the accounting records and comply with the
accounting requirements of the 2011 Act
have not been met., or
{21 to which, in my o
understanding of
ion,
acco
sho
Id be drawn in order to enable a proper
hed.
tobe
Signed......
N. Coupland FCA Dch
RWB, Chartered Accountants
Nottingham