# ## ## ## ||||TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT 202|TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT 202|TRUSTEES' ANNUAL REPORT 202|2||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Section 1|||Le al and Administrative
Information|||||||| |Charit
name|||Burton
U on Trent District Scout Council|||||||| |Charity Commission|||524509|||||||| |e istered number||||||||||| |Financial
ear be
innin|||01/04/2021|||||||| |Financial
ear endin|||31/03/2022|||||||| |Charit
's
rinci
al address||||||||||| |Descri
tion ofthe|charit 's trusts:|||||||||| |overning
document|||The District's governing
documents
are those ofThe Scout Association.
They
consist ofa Royal Charter,
which
in turn gives authority
to the Bye Laws ofthe
Association
and The Polic, Or anisation
and Rules ofThe Scout Association.|||||||| |bjects ofthe charity|||The Mission of the Scout Association
is "Scouting actively engages and supports
young people
in their personal
development,
empowering
them to make a positive
contribution
to society". The method
of achieving
the Aim 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|||||||| ||||See the Mission
&Values statement|||||||| |ecific investment|ower
None|||||||||| |Professional
advisers:||||||||||| |ankers|||Llo d's Bank,
Hi
h Street, Burtonu|on Trent||||||| |ection 2|||Trustees and Governance|||||||| |Trustee Changes||||||||||| |Sue Duffill resigned
Jackie Brocklehurst||as District Commissioner.
(County Commissioner)
became acting District|||Commissioner
by|||default.||| |John Bowering became
Samantha
Ireland resi|||a nominated
trustee.
ned as District Ex lorer Scout Commissioner||ex-officio|||||| |arne ofTrustee|||Post held, and dates during which named
trustees acted, if not for whole period ofthis||||Name ofperson (or body)
entitled to appoint any|||| ||||re ort||||chari|trustee||| |i el Evans|||District Chairman||||District|Commissioner||| |ackie Brocklehurst|||District Commissioner
actin||||The Count
Commissioner|||| |i el Saunders|||District Treasurer||||District|Scout Council||| |n ela Burns|||Ran
emore Scout Centre Chair||||District|Scout Council||| |hris Harlow|||De ut
DC||||District|Scout Council||| |eanne Fairfield|||A
ointment
Panel Member||||District|Scout Council||| |hris Griffin|||DESC and Media relations||||District|Commissioner||| |raham Jacks|||Adult Member Volunteer||||District|Scout Council||| |ohn Bowerin|Adult Member Volunteer
District Scout Council| |---|---| |ob Leadbeater|Adult Member Volunteer
District Scout Council| |ection 3|Activities and Achievements| ||A full account ofthe activities and achievements
ofthe District is given
in the| ||Annual
Report, available
on request. The highlights
this year were as follows:| |embership|The Covid-19 pandemic
lock-down
continued
to have an impact on the District as| ||a whole.
However,
all Scout Groups have re-started
once the lock-down was| ||eased. Membership
figures generally
reflect an improvement
on 2021 figures
but| ||not quite to the levels of2020.The District now has 909Youth (6-18)members
and| ||260Adults (1169in total) with others supporting
and helping
in ad hoc and non-| ||member roles.
This represents
an uplift of20% in our youth membership,
only 3%| ||for adults,
but governance
roles show a 12%increase.| |ctivities|During the tailing from lock-down
we continued
remote contact and activities via| ||Zoom where necessary.
Resuming
face to face meetings
and activities was at the| ||discretion
ofeach Scout Group.| ||We are pleased to report all Scout Groups are now meeting face to face.| ||Nights away activities have been completed
and we are trending
towards
our aim| ||to see all our young people having the opportunity
to spend a night away from| ||home each year.| ||We continually
promote
actively engaging
and supporting
young people
in their| ||personal
development,
empowering
them to make a positive contribution
to societ| ||This is achieved
through
the adults working
in partnership
with young people
in a| ||fun, learning
environment
which promotes
our core values,
Integrity;
Respect;| ||Care; Belief and Co-operation.| |harity Fund-raising|There has been no specific charity fund-raising
exercise this year. The payment| ||process from the Scouts fundraising
and payments
go through
the Scout District.| |acilities|Facilities at the Rangemore
Scout Centre District HQ and Campsite
have re-| ||opened
slowing as lock-down
ended and groups re-started
their outdoor activities.| ||Grants received
by the Scout Centre from the local authority
ensured
maintenance| ||and operational
standards
were maintained| |cadership|The District structure
is managed
through
a District Commissioner
(acting); with a| ||reviewed
structure to reflect our youth movement.
We are focused focussed on| ||being Youth Shaped
in accordance
with the Vision 2018ofthe Scout Association| ||and to prepare
better futures 2018-2023through
the Skills for Life strategy ofThe| ||Scout Association
The Scouts| |ection 4|Policies| |eserves policy|The District's policy on financial reserves
is to retain a balance equal to the annual| ||membership
fee, some f37,000, and this has been achieved
this year.| ||The District also holds reserves
in a Scout Association
Short-term
Investment| ||Account, and we continue to use reserves for the development
and support of| ||local Scouting. Although
a substantial
slice ofour reserves was used
in recent| ||ears in the develo
ment offacilities at Ran emore, we still hold reserves of| ## |~|a|e||~|~|~
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~|~|~||~|~||~||||~ ~||| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|||||Endowment|| ||Categories||||Details||||||funds|||funds||||||funds| ||||||||||||tonearest f||'|tonearest f|||||to|nearestf| |B1Cash|funds||||District current|accounts|||||11,505|||||||||| ||||||Reserve account||(STISfund)||||44,421|||||||||| ||||||Section accounts||||||18,339|||||||||| ||||||Shop and campsite accounts||||||27,400|||||||||| ||||||Cash floats||||||150|||||||||| ||||||||Total cash funds||||101,815|||||||||| ||||||(agree balances|with receipts||and payments||||||||||||| ||||||||||account(s))||OK|||OK|||||OK|| ||||||||||||Unrestricted|||Restricted|||||Endowment|| ||||||||||||funds|||funds||||||funds| |||||Details|||||||tonearest f|||tonearest f|||||to|nearestf| |B2Other|monetary assets||||Scoutshop stock||||||250|||||||||| ||||||Campsite
tuck|shop stock|||||871|||||||||| |||||Details|||||||Fund towhich
asset belongs|||Cost (optional)|||||Current value
(optional)|| |B3Investment||assets|||Loan to 22nd due||& 1 year||||Unrestricted||||||1,800|||1,800| ||||||Loan to 22nd due||& 1 year||||Unrestricted||||||3,550|||3,660| ||||||Loan to 24th due||& 1 year||||Unrestricted||||||5,000|||5,000| ||||||Loan to 24th due||&1 year||||Unrestricted|||||45,ooo||||45,000| |||||Details|||||||Fund towhich
asset belongs|||Cost (options||||I)|Current value
(options I)|| |B4Assets retained for|||the||Fired assets (building,
equipment|||||etc)|Unrestricted||||436,549|||||| |charity's|own use|||||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||Fund towhich|||Amount||due|||When due|| |||||Details|||||||liability relates|||(options|||I)||(options I)|| |B5Liabilities||||||||||||||||||||| |Signed by one or two trustees
behalf ofall the trustees|||on||Signature||||||Print||Name||||||Date of
a
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