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|Reference|and administration
details|||||||||||
|||Charit
name|||Tamworth||District||Scout Council|||
|The Scout Association
re istered number|||||15216|||||||
|||Re istered chari
number|||524546|||||||
|||Chari
's
rinci
al address|||Moor Bur||ess Activi|||Centre||
||||||Deltic|||||||
||||||Off Silver|Link Road||||||
||||||Glascote|Heath||||||
||||||Tamworth|||||||
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|Names ofthe|charity trustees who mana||e|the chari||||||||
|Trustee name||Appointment|||Dates acted|||ifnot||Name ofperson (or body||
||||||for whole|year||||entitled|to appoint trustee|
|Mr D Murphy||District Chair|||Until 14 May|||2021||Tamworth|District Commissioner|
|Mr R Kingstone||District Chair|||From 23June 2021|||||Tamworth|District Commissioner|
|Mr S Smith||District Commissioner||||||||County Commissioner||
|MrJ Hall||District Secretary||||||||Tamworth|District Executive|
|Mr P Seedhouse||District Treasurer||||||||Tamworth|District Executive|
|Mrs S Osborne||District Explorer Scout Commissioner||||||||Tamworth|District Commissioner|
|Miss H Allison||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mrs A Baines||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr T Bounds||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr C Cartwright||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr M Harvey||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr A Jenkins||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr T Killick||District Executive Member|||Until 28 April|||2021||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mrs C Lang||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr K Lang||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mrs
M Shuttler||District Executive Member||||||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|Mr Russell||District Executive Member|||From 23 June 2021|||||Tamworth|District Scout Council|
|S iers-Ward||||||||||||
|Names and addresses
ofadvisors||||||||||||
|T
e ofadvisor||Name|Address|||||||||
|Bank||The Co-o
erative Bank|42/43 Green
ate Street,||||Stafford|||ST162JA||
|Investment
Bank||Virgin Money
UK PLC|Jubilee||House, Gosforth,|||Newcastle
upon Tyne NE3 4TG||||
|Investment
Bank||Redwood
Bank Limited|Suite 101, The Nexus|||Building,|||Broadway,||Letchworth
Garden
City,|
|||||Hertfordshire,
SG6 3TA.||||||||
|Accountants||Tomkinson
Teal LLP|Hanover||Court, 5Queen|||Street,|Lichfield, Staffs WS136QD|||
|Structure,|governance
and management:|governance
and management:|||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|Description|ofthe|charity's trusts|||
|Type of governing||Our governing
documents
are those of The Scout Association.|||
|document||They consist ofa Royal Charter, which in turn gives authority
to the Bye Laws of the|||
|||Association
and The Policy, Organisation
and Rules ofThe Scout Association|||
|||("POR")and the Tamworth
District Scout Council Constitution
which sets out|||
|||meeting
quorums,
procedure
and membership
ofcommittees.|||
|How the charity is||We are a body formed and recognised
by The Scout Association
under
its Royal|||
|constituted||Charter.|||
|Trustee selection||The District Commissioner
is appointed
by The County Commissioner.|||
|methods||The District Chairman
is nominated
by the District Commissioner.|||
|||The District Explorer Scout Commissioner,
the District Scout Network|||
|||Commissioner,
and the District Youth Commissioner,
because oftheir|roles||
|||automatically
become ex-officio members.
(Currently
the Network and|Youth||
|||Commissioner
role are vacant and are being overseen
by the Deputy|District||
|||Commissioner
14 - 25 years).|||
|||The District Secretary and District Treasurer are appointed
by the Executive|||
|||Committee.|||
|||All other Trustees are either:|||
|||(a) nominated
by the District Commissioner
and approved:
or|||
|||(b) directly elected at the Annual
General Meeting ofthe charity; or|||
|||(c)are co-opted
by the District Executive Committee.|||
|Additional|governance
issues||||
|||The Charity
is managed
by the District Executive Committee,
the members of which|||
|||are the Charity Trustees of the District which is an educational
charity.|As charity||
|||trustees
they are responsible
for complying
with legislation
applicable|to charities.||
|||This includes the registration,
keeping proper accounts and making
returns to the|||
|||Charity Commission as appropriate.|||
|||Members ofthe Executive Committee are required
to complete
all mandatory|||
|||training
for this role within 5 months ofjoining the Committee
unless
they have|||
|||already completed
the requisite
training
in another
role.|||
|||Disclosure
and Barring Service checks are carried out prior to commencement||of|
|||trusteeship.
These checks are repeated
every five years in line with POR. New|||
|||Trustees complete a Trustee
Eligibility
declaration
at the start of their term ofoffice.|||
|||We all give our time voluntarily
and receive no remuneration.
Travelling|and any||
|||other reasonable
expenses are paid when claimed and fully vouched.|||
||||Tamworth
District Scout Council||||||
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||||Trustees'
annual
report year to 31 March 2022||||||
|||We have a duty to report on the charity's
public benefit in our Annual|||Report.||||
|||We have assessed
our aims, activities,
and charitable
objectives,
which are to|||||||
||||actively engage and support
young people
in their personal
development,||||||
||||empowering
them to make a positive contribution
to society. We believe that we||||||
||||have met the Charity Commission's
public benefit criteria for both the||advancement||||
||||ofeducation
and the advancement
ofcitizenship
or community|development.|||||
|||The Scouting
Movement
complies with the two key principles
set by||the Commission|||||
|||with regard to public benefit:|||||||
||||1) Identifiable
benefit: The way in which Scouting is carried out||helps young||||
||||people develop towards their full potential;
this benefit is directly linked to||||the||
||||Purpose ofScouting.||||||
||||2) Public benefit: Scouting is a national
Movement open to young people|||aged|||
||||from 6-25. Full membership
is restricted
to young people and|adults who|||are||
||||willing to make the Scout Promise. There are funds available|for uniform|||and||
||||activities so that young people are not excluded from activities||ifthey are||||
||||unable to pay. Any private benefits of Scouting are incidental.||The benefits|||of|
||||Scouting are further demonstrated
throughout
this report.||||||
|||We have completed
our review ofthe major risks to the charity and have annual|||||||
||||renewal
procedures
in place to manage these risks. We have systems||in place|that|||
||||are designed
to provide reasonable
assurances
against
material
mismanagement|||||or|
||||loss, these include 2 signatories
for all payments
and comprehensive||insurance||||
||||policies to ensure that insurance
risks are covered.||||||
|||We are not dependent
on any donors.|||||||
|Objectives||and activities|||||||
|Summary|ofthe||Our Purpose:||||||
|objects of|the|charity|Scouting
in Tamworth
exists to actively engage and support
young||people
in||||
|set out in|its||their personal
development,
empowering
them to make a positive|contribution||||to|
|governing|documents||society.||||||
||||Our Values:||||||
||||As Scouts we are guided
by these values:||||||
||||~
Integrity - We act with integrity;
we are honest,
trustworthy,||and loyal.||||
||||~
Respect - We have self-respect
and respect forothers.||||||
||||~
Care - We support others and take care ofthe world
in which we live.||||||
||||~
Belief - We explore our faiths, beliefs, and attitudes.||||||
||||~
Co-operation
-We make a positive difference; we co-operate with others||||||
||||and make friends.||||||
||||The Scout Method:||||||
||||Scouting
takes
place
when
young
people,
in
partnership
with||adults,|work|||
||||together
based on the values of Scouting and:-||||||
||||~
enjoy what they are doing and have fun||||||
||||~
take part in activities indoors and outdoors||||||
||||~
leam by doing||||||
||||~
share
in spiritual
reflection||||||
||||~
take responsibility
and make choices||||||
||||~
undertake
new and challenging
activities||||||
||||~
make and live by their Promise.||||||
|||Tamworth
District Scout Council||
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|||Trustees'
annual
report year to 31 March 2022||
|Summary|ofthe main|In planning
our activities forthe year, we keep in mind|the Charity Commission's|
|activities undertaken||guidance
on public benefit at our District Executive meetings.||
|forthe public benefit||||
|in relation|tothese|The focus ofour activities is to deliver a programme
of|youth orientated
activities,|
|objects||the Queen's Scout Awards and the Duke of Edinburgh|Awards Scheme. This|
|||benefits our young people by developing
their self-confidence
and social skills,||
|||alongside
practical
ITskills and life skills as envisaged|in our national
Vision|
|||2023. We provide support to adult volunteers
through|training
and development.|
|||We welcome all people regardless
ofpersonal
background,
faith, gender,
or||
|||personal
circumstances.||
|||Additionally,
the Charity continues to operate the District Activity Centre ("DAC")||
|||forthe benefit ofScouting and the wider community
in|the Tamworth
Area. We|
|||are grateful to those organisations
who continue
to use|the DAC.|
|Additional|details of|objectives and activities||
|Contribution|made by|A great contribution
has once again been made by our|adult volunteers
this year.|
|volunteers||||
|||We are grateful for the many hours our volunteers
have spent listening
to and||
|||encouraging
our young people and working
with them.|Without
this valuable|
|||contribution
oftime, energy, and expertise we would
not have been able to||
|||achieve so much.||
|||The Trustees
also want to acknowledge
the considerable
amount oftime and||
|||effort put in by many people to the continued
operation,|administration,
and|
|||maintenance
ofthe District Activity Centre.||
|Summary|of|the main|The threat to Scouting brought
about by the pandemic
has now passed
and
in|
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|achievements||ofthe|doing so has brought
home how lucky we are in Tamworth.
Every Scout Group|
|charity during||the|in the district made a full return toface toface Scouting very soon after the|
|year.|||easing of lockdown and things are now running
very close to normal.|
||||This serves to highlight
the dedication
and tenacity ofthe adult volunteers
across|
||||Tamworth to make sure that Scouting continued
during the lockdown and that it|
||||bounced back quickly once lockdown
ended. During the lockdown
most groups|
||||kept contact with their young people online,
in one form oranother,
and
Ijoined|
||||some fantastic
online sessions where imaginative
programmes
were run by|
||||enthusiastic
leaders and enjoyed
by Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers.|
||||I don't think anybody
should
underestimate
how much effort leaders
put into|
||||these online sessions
and how hard
it must have been at times to put on agame|
||||faceat the end ofa hard day —often spent on endless
Zoom meetings.|
||||Experiences ofand demand
for online meetings
was varied, and some leaders|
||||found that their young people delighted
in the online social interaction
while|
||||others found that very often they were already
'Zoomed
Out' from their online|
||||schooling.
However, the contact maintained
with young people throughout|
||||lockdown
will have served to provide a reassuring
link with Scouting
in the|
||||strangest
oftimes, and
I am sure this will have done immeasurable
good.|
||||We are now into sunnier
uplands
and something
approaching
normality. Faceto|
||||face meetings
have run for much ofthe last year and we have got back to doing|
||||what The Scouts do best —providing
fun, adventure
and Skills For Life for young|
||||people.|
||||We have gone a long way to recovering
from the 25%reduction
in numbers
in|
||||2021 and membership
enquiries
have shot up dramatically,
rather
proving the|
||||notion that The Scouts can be the solution to some of the social, physical and|
||||mental
health
problems
wrought
on a generation
ofyoungsters
by the pandemic.|
||||Our first Squirrels
section is on the horizon,
catering forthe 4to 6year old cohort|
||||below Beavers, and more will no doubt follow when the time is right.|
||||The remainder
of2022 isset tosee us getting
back to full strength
before what is|
||||promised
to be a year ofchanges
nationally
in 2023.|
||||Thanks to the wonderful
adult volunteers
across Tamworth,
we are still here,|
||||doing well and on the up.|
||||Steve Smith|
||||District Commissioner|
|Financial
review|Financial
review|Financial
review|Financial
review||||||
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|Briefstatement||of|the|During the year, the Trustees have continued
to consider|the amount
held|||in the|
|charity's|policy|on||light of its legal duty to apply charitable
funds within a reasonable||amount||oftime|
|reserves||||ofreceiving them.|||||
|||||The Trustees
have also reviewed
the continuing
need to|ensure|that the DAC is|||
|||||kept up to standard
and the need to consider the financial arrangements|||of the||
|||||Groups within the District.|||||
|||||The Reserves Policy covers these aspects.|||||
|Further|financial||review details||||||
|||||Our main sources offunds are the District Levy which is|paid by|Groups based|||
|||||on the number ofyoung people declared
on the Groups'|Annual|Return|along||
|||||with Income for use ofthe DAC and activities undertaken|within|the DAC.|||
|||||The majority ofour income is applied
to the activities which we provide|||for|our|
|||||young people.|||||
|||||POR sets out the manner
in which our funds may be invested. We have adopted|||||
|||||a low risk strategy
tothe investment
of our funds.|||||
|||||All funds are held in cash using
only mainstream
banks.|The Executive||||
|||||Committee
regularly
monitors
the levels ofbank balances and interest|||rates||
|||||received to ensure that the District obtains
maximum
value and||income|from its||
|||||banking arrangements.|||||
|||||We do not make grants or gifts to outside
organisations|or individuals.||||
|Declaration|||||||||
|The trustees declare||||that they have approved
the trustees'
report above.|||||
|Signed|on behalf||of|the charity's trustees|||||
|Signatures|||||||||
|Full names||||Richard John Samuel Kingstone
Peter Eric Seedhouse|||||
|Position||||District Chairman
District Treasurer|||||
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|SUMMARY OF FINANCIAL AC
Yearended 31"March 2022|TIVITIES||||
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||INCOME|EXPENDITURE|NET 2022|NET 2021|
|DISTRICT|93,359|84,681|8,678|-28,415|
|EXPLORERS|13159|11593|1 566|1 306|
||106516|96273|10244|-27 109|
|BANK BAlANCES/INVESTMENT|ACCOUNT ASAT|31sTMARCH 2022||2021|
|DISTRICT||125844||117,166*|
|EXPLORERS||10630||9064|
|||136474||126230|
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|BALANCE SHEET||||
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|As at31"March 2022||||
|||2022|2021|
|Monetary Assets||||
|Petty Cash||64|317|
|Current Bank Accounts||35993|25769|
|||36057|26086|
|Investment
assets||||
|Virgin Money Charity Account||15,287|15,267|
|Co-operative
Bank Deposit Account||194|194|
|Redwood
Bank||85000|85000|
|||100481|100461|
|Non-Monetary
Assets||||
|Uniform
and Badge Stock||3,425|3,466|
|Expenses
Paid in Advance||||
|Insurance||2,960|3,010|
|Tamworth
Borough Council||250|250|
|||3210|~3260|
|Restricted
Fund||||
|Balance ofGrant from Staffordshire|County Council||-17|
|Sports Grant (Tamworth
Borough Council)||-2,715|-5,000|
|Lottery Grant 2021|||-10000|
|Local Giving Grant||-500||
|||-3215|-15017|
|LIABILITIES DUE IN ONE YEAR||-750|-750|
|MONEYS OWED TO LEADERS||||
|PREPAYMENTS BYGROUPS TO SCOUT SHOP||-818|-155|
|REFUNDS TO GROUPS FORSHOP PURCHASES||||
|PREPAYMENT FOR HIRE OF DAC||-615||
|TOTAL ASSETSLESSLIABILITIES||137,775|117,351|
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|Income in respect ofDistrict Activity Centre|Income in respect ofDistrict Activity Centre|2022|2021|
|---|---|---|---|
|Shop Sales||15,403|778|
|Rent of DAC by external|Groups|20,810|1,115|
|Rent of DAC by TDSC Groups||1,880|50|
|Investment
Income||2022|2021|
|Bank Interest||0|32|
|Virgin Money Account Interest||20|359|
|Redwood Bank Limited|Interest paid June 2021|1,005||
|Other Income||2022|2021|
|District Levy||5,472|4,874|
|Easy Fundraising/Amazon|Smile|65|28|
|Donation from Together|4Tamworth|250||
|Other Donation||40||
|Net Amount ofGrants Received||1,281*|4,247*|
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||Tamworth|Tamworth|Tamworth|District Scout Council|District Scout Council|||
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||Trustees'|annual||report year to 31 March 2022||||
|Activity Session Costs.||||||216|393|
|Membership
Fees paid||||||1,716|2,675|
|Fundraising
Costs||||||265'|155|
|Rent ofDAC||||||425||
|Transport/Minibus
Costs||||||1,182|270|
|Insurance
Contribution||||||189||
|OSM||||||53|30|
|Badges||||||200||
|Rent (subsequently
refunded)|||||||120|
|Moneys owed to Leaders 31.3.20-||Activity||Costs|||846|
|District Activity Centre|Costs|||||2022|2021|
|Scout Shop Purchases||||||11,097|1,976|
|Repairs, Cleaning
and Grass Cutting||||||8,202|883|
|Electricity||||||3,809|2,302|
|Water||||||572|159|
|Ground
Rent||||||1,000|1,000|
|Telephone/Broadband/Web|site|||||599|520|
|DAC Costs||||||2,954|2,454|
|DAC Licences||||||159|158|
|DAC Safety and COVID-19costs (in|||addition to Grant expenditure)|||1,425|1,835|
|Other costs||||||2022f|2021|
|Insurance||||||2,813|3,041|
|AGM and Sundry Costs||||||||
|Postage/Stationery/Printing||||||918|610|
|Commissioners'
Expenses||||||596||
|Gifts (includes cakes for|Groups)|||||105|30|
|DAC Development
Costs||||||904|11,448|
|Laptop Charger|||||||19|
|Break-in July 2020 and consequent|||Improvements||to DAC||11,582*|
|Training||||||35||
|Costs incurred
re closure|of Drayton||Basset Scout Group|||704||
|Purchase ofT.V.Screen||||||309||
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