## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period**
**From 1[st] April 2022 Period start date to 31[st] March 2023 Period end date**
## **Charity name: The 3[rd] Coventry Scout Group**
## **Charity registration number: 524575**
## **Objectives and Activities**
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|**Education and training of children and**
**young people**|
|Summary of the main
activities in relation to those
purposes for the public
benefit, in particular, the
activities, projects or
services identified in the
accounts.|Para 1.17 and
1.19|**Scouting, camping, climbing, hiking,**
**training and personal development**|
|Statement confirming
whether the trustees have
had regard to the guidance
issued by the Charity
Commission on public
benefit|Para 1.18|**The trustees have carried out our**
**charity’s purposes for the public benefit**
**and confirm that, in doing so, have had**
**regard to the guidance issued by the**
**Charity Commission**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
||SORP reference||
|---|---|---|
|Policy on grant making|Para 1.38||
|Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38||
|Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38||
|Other|||
## **Achievements and Performance**
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SORP reference
The 3 [rd] Coventry Scout Group provides
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|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|**Achievements and Performance**|
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|SORP reference|||
|||**The 3rd Coventry Scout Group provides**|
|Summary of the main
achievements of the charity,
identifying the difference the
charity’s work has made to
the circumstances of its
beneficiaries and any wider
benefits to society as a
whole.|Para 1.20|**a package of interrelated benefits for**
**participants. For those involved the key**
**benefits are fun, friendship, exciting**
**activities, contributing to the community**
**and improving life chances in terms of**
**education and employment. In**
**supporting young people to develop**
**their own sense of self and**
**responsibility, as adults this will provide**
**them with a wide range of skills, useful**
**not only to them but to their employers**
**and communities.**|
## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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|Achievements against
objectives set|Para 1.41||
|Performance of fundraising
activities against objectives
set|Para 1.41||
|Investment performance
against objectives|Para 1.41||
|Other|||
## **Financial Review**
|**Financial Review**|||
|---|---|---|
|Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|**The charity is well funded with income**
**exceeding expenses cumulatively**|
|Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|**Cash reserves are held derived from the**
**excess of income over expenses in prior**
**years and are maintained to fund future**
**activities and expenses**|
|Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£ 143,865.36**|
|Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|**N/A**|
|Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|**N/A**|
|Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|**None**|
**Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
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The charity’s principal
sources of funds (including Para 1.47
any fundraising)
Investment policy and
objectives including any Para 1.46
social investment policy
adopted
A description of the principal Para 1.46
risks facing the charity
Other
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## **Structure, Governance and Management**
|Description of charity’s
trusts:|||
|---|---|---|
|Type of governing document
(trust deed, royal charter)|Para 1.25||
|How is the charity
constituted?
(e.g. unincorporated
association, CIO)|Para 1.25||
|Trustee selection methods
including details of any
constitutional provisions e.g.
election to post or name of
any person or body entitled
to appoint one or more
trustees|Para 1.25||
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|Policies and procedures
adopted for the induction
and training of trustees|Para 1.51||
|The charity’s organisational
structure and any wider
network with which the
charity works|Para 1.51||
|Relationship with any related
parties|Para 1.51||
|Other|||
## **Reference and Administrative details**
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Charity name 3 [rd] Coventry Scout Group
Other name the charity uses
Registered charity number 524575
Charity’s principal address 4 Sapphire Gate, Coventry. CV2 5JQ
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## **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity**
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Name of person (or body)
Dates acted if not for whole
Trustee name Office (if any) entitled to appoint trustee (if
year
any)
1 Paul Leslie
2 Donna Leighton Group Scout Leader
3 Theresa Corbett Secretary
4 Gregory Bull Chairperson
5 Amanda Burden Treasurer
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– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
**Director name**
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
**Trustee name Dates acted if not for whole year**
## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others**
Description of the assets held in this capacity
Name and objects of the charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets
## **Additional information (optional)**
## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)**
**Type of Name Address adviser**
**Name of chief executive or names of senior staff members (Optional information)**
## **Exemptions from disclosure**
Reason for non-disclosure of key personnel details
## **Other optional information**
## **Declarations**
**The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above.**
**Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees**
|**Signature(s)**
**Full name(s)**
**Position (e.g. Secretary,**
**Chair, etc)**
**Date**|A Burden
T Corbett|
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||Amanda Burden
Theresa Corbett|
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Treasurer
Secretary|
||01/03/2024|
||01/03/2024|
**3RD COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP ACCOUNTS - 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023**
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Closing balance as at Closing balance as at Funds held Profit / Loss (+ / -) Profit / Loss
31st March 2022 31st March 2023 Section Totals for year 2022-23 Section Totals
Exec Accounts
Lloyds TSB Bank Chq Acc £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
TSB Bank Chq Acc £60,201.18 £119,380.36 £59,179.18
Lloyds TSB Bank Inv Acc £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Monmouthshire B/Society £5,118.18 £5,170.12 £51.94
Coventry Building Society £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Petty Cash Float £644.43 £107.56 -£536.87
QM Stores Float £50.56 £96.00 £45.44
Ladies Section Float £536.77 £100.00 -£436.77
Bar Float £0.00 £700.00 £700.00
Events Float £0.00 £2,000.00 £2,000.00
Xmas Bazaar Float £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Refund adjustment £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
£127,554.04 £61,002.92
200 Club
Lloyds TSB Bank Chq Acc £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
TSB Bank Chq Acc £4,143.52 £4,549.11 £405.59
£4,549.11 £405.59
Service Section
Coventry Building Society £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
Petty Cash Float £0.00 £0.00 £0.00
£0.00 £0.00
Beavers
TSB Bank Chq Acc £1,555.29 £706.35 -£848.94
Petty Cash Float £41.65 £23.64 -£18.01
£729.99 -£866.95
Cubs
TSB Bank Chq Acc £5,381.91 £5,480.99 £99.08
TSB Bank Chq Acc - Savings £994.29 £1.28 -£993.01
Petty Cash Float £10.55 £0.00 -£10.55
£5,482.27 -£904.48
Troop
TSB Bank Chq Acc £3,560.96 £5,544.16 £1,983.20
Petty Cash Float £5.79 £5.79 £0.00
£5,549.95 £1,983.20
Grand Total £82,245.08 £143,865.36 £143,865.36 £61,620.28 £61,620.28
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## **3RD COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP ACCOUNTS - 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023**
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Beavers Cubs Troop Service Section 200 Club Exec Accounts Total
Income
Fundraising Income £2,520.00 £14,653.77
Activity Income £2,173.50 £2,319.28 £710.00 £0.00
Hire Income £5,425.00
Sundry Income £1,879.50 £5,378.71
Bank Interest Income £953.08 £0.00 £101.94
Gift Aid £1,168.41
Capitation income £936.50
Subscription Income £5,274.50 £5,315.50 £3,297.50
Donation Income £229.66 £59,013.54
Grant Income £0.00
Total Income £7,677.66 £10,467.36 £4,007.50 £0.00 £2,520.00 £86,677.87 £111,350.39
Expenses
Fundraising Expenses £1,210.00 £2,985.48
Activity Expenses £5,192.63 £6,625.21 £1,168.66 £36.00
Donation Expenses £540.00
Sundry Expenses £1,369.19 £922.29 £607.64 £324.97 £6,766.77
Badges expenses expenses £645.30 £3,383.56 £248.00
Repairs & Renewals Exp £459.99 £440.78 £579.44 £1,757.76
Utility expenses £8,548.94
Capitation expenses £877.50 £5,040.00
Total Expenses £8,544.61 £11,371.84 £2,024.30 £0.00 £2,114.41 £25,674.95 £49,730.11
Profit / Loss for the Year -£866.95 -£904.48 £1,983.20 £0.00 £405.59 £61,002.92 £61,620.28
Bank Accounts & Cash £729.99 £5,482.27 £5,549.95 £0.00 £4,549.11 £127,554.04 £143,865.36
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## **Independent examiner's report on the accounts**
## **Section A Independent Examiner’s Report**
**Report to the trustees/** Charity Name **members of** The 3[rd] Coventry Scout Group **On accounts for the year** 31[st] March 2023 **Charity no** 524575 **ended (if any) Set out on pages** 1-4 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) 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's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the **basis of report** 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 all 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 in connection with the examination ~~(other than that disclosed below *) w~~ hich gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
- the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
- the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
- the accounts did not comply with the applicable requirements concerning the form and content of accounts set out in the Charities (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 other than any requirement that the accounts give a ‘true and fair’ view which is not a matter considered as part of an independent examination.
I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report 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._
**Signed:** A P Uttley **Date:** 01/03/24 **Name:** Andrew Peter Uttley **Relevant professional** Chartered Accountant **qualification(s) or body (if any): Address:** 82 Malthouse Lane, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. CV8 1AD
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## **Section B Disclosure**
Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material 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** .
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