Trustees’ Annual Report for the period
From April 2023 Period start date To March 2024 Period end date
Charity name: 1[st] Wall Heath Scout Group
Charity registration number: 524622
Objectives and Activities
| SORP reference | ||
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| Summary of the purposes of the charity as set out in its governing document |
Para 1.17 | 1stWall Heath Scouts exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. As scouts, we are guided by our values which are: ▪ Integrity: Scouts act with integrity: they are honest, trustworthy and loyal ▪ Respect:Scouts have self-respect and respect for others ▪ Care: Scouts support others and take care of the world in which we live ▪ Belief: Scouts explore their faiths, beliefs and attitudes ▪ Co-operation: Scouts make a positive difference; they co-operate with others and make friends. |
| 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 |
During the accounting period April 2023 to March 2024, 1stWall Heath Scout Group provided scouting activities for the benefit of its local community. This included running weekly section meetings, section and group camps and fundraising activities. |
| 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 adhered to the guidance issued by the Charity Commission. |
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Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
SORP reference Para 1.38 Policy on grant making Para 1.38 Policy on social investment including program related investment Para 1.38 Contribution made by volunteers Other
Achievements and Performance
| SORP reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 | During the financial period, April 2023 to March 2024, 1stWall Heath Scout Group has provided scouting activities to young people (between the ages of 4 to 14), resident in Wall Heath, Kingswinford and the surrounding areas. The activities have been provided weekly and have been designed to support the personal development of the young people in each section (Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs and Scouts). They are designed to develop transferable skills, such as team working, communication and leadership, build confidence and resilience, and improve mental health. Beyond the immediate beneficiaries, the Group has also added value to the wider community by undertaking activities such as litter picking, fundraising and providing a meeting place for other charities and community groups. |
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Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| 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 |
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Financial Review
| Financial Review | ||
|---|---|---|
| Review of the charity’s financial position at the end of the period |
Para 1.21 | The Group continues to have good cash reserves. Total income has increased significantly since last year as the Group is now collecting subscriptions from all sections, including Squirrels. In addition, camp activities have resumed which have been funded by parents, the value of donations received has grown to over £1,000 and the business account has generated interest on the reserved funds. The income generated by hiring the hut has, unfortunately, decreased as some groups have stopped using the hut and others were unable to make the same level of contribution as before. The Committee will monitor the situation and amend the rental agreements, if necessary. Costs have also increased fuelled mainly by a 46% uplift in utility bills, a 38% rise in capitation, and a doubling of repair costs and cleaning charges. The cost of running section activities has also grown although the expenditure is more than offset by subscription payments and parent contributions. At the end of the financial year, the Group made a small loss of just over £2,000 which it covered using cash reserves. To protect future reserves, the Committee made the decision to terminate the cleaning contract and to invest in upgrading the infrastructure of the hut. A budget has been allocated to the upgrades which will take place during first half of the next financial year. |
| Statement explaining the policy for holding reserves stating why they are held |
Para 1.22 | Reserves are held to ensure that the Group is able to continue operating should it be unable to generate income through the payment of subscriptions, which is its principal income. It has a policy of ensuring that the cash reserves do not fall belong £20,000 in any financial year. |
| Amount of reserves held | Para 1.22 | Current reserves are £30,000 |
| 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 | N/A |
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Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| The charity’s principal sources of funds (including any fundraising) |
Para 1.47 | |
| Investment policy and objectives including any social investment policy adopted |
Para 1.46 | |
| A description of the principal risks facing the charity |
Para 1.46 | |
| Other |
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Structure, Governance and Management
| Description of charity’s trusts: |
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| Type of governing document (trust deed, royal charter) |
Para 1.25 | The Group’s governing documents are those of the Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter which gives authority to the bye-laws of the Association and the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association. |
| How is the charity constituted? (e.g unincorporated association, CIO) |
Para 1.25 | Unincorporated educational charity |
| 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 | The Group Scout Leader is selected by the District Commissioner. The Chair is selected by the Group Scout Leader and seconded by a member of the Board of Trustees. All other members are elected by the Chair and seconded by existing trustees or the Group Scout Leader. |
Additional information (optional) You may choose to include further statements where relevant about:
| 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 |
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Reference and Administrative details
| Charity name | 1stWall Heath Scout Group |
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| Other name the charity uses | N/A |
| Registered charitynumber | 524622 |
| Charity’s principal address | 1stWall Heath Scout Group Hut, Enville Road, Wall Heath, DY6 0JT |
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Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity
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Trustee name | Office (if any) | Dates acted if not for whole **year ** |
Name of person (or body) entitled to appoint trustee (ifany) |
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| Karen Shaw | Chair | GroupScout Leader | ||
| AnthonyMullen | GroupScout Leader | District Commissioner | ||
| Andrea Pryce | Treasurer | Chair | ||
| Lynn Davis | Chair | |||
| Liliana Rose | Chair | |||
| Jane Lewis | Chair | |||
– Corporate trustees names of the directors at the date the report was approved
Director name N/A
Name of trustees holding title to property belonging to the charity
| Trustee name | Dates acted if not for whole year | |
|---|---|---|
| N/A | ||
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Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others
Description of the assets N/A held in this capacity Name and objects of the N/A charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for N/A 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
N/A
Other optional information
N/A
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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 (eg Secretary, Chair, etc) Date |
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| Karen Shaw | ||
Chair |
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| 26thNovember 2024 | ||
| 26thNovember 2024 |
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1ST WALL HEATH SCOUT GROUP (524622) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
| FOR THE YEAR FROM |
1ST APRIL 2023 | 31ST MARCH 2024 | |||||
| RECEIPTS | |||||||
| Unrestricted funds £ 13,387.67 1,076.90 0.00 0.00 7,615.02 102.74 510.00 22,692.33 0.00 0.00 |
2023/2024 | Total funds £ 13,387.67 1,076.90 0.00 0.00 7,615.02 102.74 510.00 22,692.33 0.00 0.00 |
2022/2023 Total funds £ |
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| Receipts | Unrestricted funds £ |
Restricted funds £ |
Total funds £ |
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| Donations, legacies and similar income | |||||||
| Membership subscriptions | 13,387.67 | 0.00 | 13,387.67 | 54.99 | |||
| Donations | 1,076.90 | 0.00 | 1,076.90 | 100.00 | |||
| Legacies | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Gift Aid | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Camp payments | 7,615.02 | 0.00 | 7,615.02 | 1,904.27 | |||
| Investiture | 102.74 | 0.00 | 102.74 | 0.00 | |||
| Outstandingpayment | 510.00 | 0.00 | 510.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total | 22,692.33 | 0.00 | 22,692.33 | 2,059.26 | |||
| Grants | |||||||
| Maintenancegrant | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Othergrants | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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| Fundraising events (gross) | |||||||
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| Bonfire | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Bag Pack | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sponsored Walk | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Other fundraising activities | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Scout hut income | |||||||
| Hire of building | 2,995.00 | 0.00 | 2,995.00 | 5,494.00 | |||
| Hire of equipment | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Other Scout hut income | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total | 2,995.00 | 0.00 | 2,995.00 | 5,494.00 | |||
| Investment income | |||||||
| Bank interest | 819.89 | 0.00 | 819.89 | 173.28 | |||
| Building Society interest | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Other investment income | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total Total Gross Income Asset and investment sales, etc. Total receipts |
819.89 | 0.00 | 819.89 | 173.28 | |||
| 26,507.22 | 0.00 | 26,507.22 | 7,726.54 | ||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||
| 26,507.22 | 0.00 | 26,507.22 | 7,726.54 |
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| PAYMENTS | |||||||
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| 2023/2024 | 2022/2023 | ||||||
| Unrestricted funds |
Restricted funds | Total funds | Total funds | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | £ | ||||
| Charitable Payments | |||||||
| Membership subscriptions paid on | 5,220.00 | 0.00 | 5,220.00 | 3,795.00 | |||
| Youth programme and activities | 13,733.08 | 0.00 | 13,733.08 | 5,648.96 | |||
| Adult support and training | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Rent | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Water and Sewerage | 695.57 | 0.00 | 695.57 | 633.06 | |||
| Electricity and Gas | 3,943.75 | 0.00 | 3,943.75 | 2,697.47 | |||
| Insurance | 848.89 | 0.00 | 848.89 | 730.28 | |||
| Repairs and Renewals | 344.26 | 0.00 | 344.26 | 150.93 | |||
| Maintenance costs | 293.88 | 0.00 | 293.88 | 0.00 | |||
| Materials and equipment | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Printingand photocopying | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Contribution to camp costs | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Uniforms | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| AGM and trustee expenses | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Telephone and internet | 565.61 | 0.00 | 565.61 | 424.55 | |||
| Cleaning | 2,551.75 | 0.00 | 2,551.75 | 1,119.00 | |||
| Sundries | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Miscellaneous | 450.00 | 0.00 | 450.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Donation | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total | 28,646.79 | 0.00 | 28,646.79 | 15,199.25 | |||
| Fundraising expenses | |||||||
| Bonfire | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Bagpack | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| District money | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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| Other fundraisingcosts | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
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| Sub total Total Gross Expenditure Asset and investment purchases, etc. Total payments Net of receipts/(payments) Transfers between funds Cash funds last year end Less cash float accounted for last year Cash funds this year end |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| 28,646.79 | 0.00 | 28,646.79 | 15,199.25 | |||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 28,646.79 | 15,199.25 | |||||||||
| -2,139.57 | -7,472.71 | |||||||||
| 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||||
| 88,941.15 | 88,941.29 | |||||||||
| 510.00 | ||||||||||
| 86,291.58 | 96,414.00 |
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1ST WALL HEATH SCOUT GROUP (524622) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS
| FOR THE YEAR FROM |
1ST APRIL 2024 | 31ST MARCH 2022 | ||||
| STATEMENT OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES | AT THE END OF THE YEAR | |||||
| Unrestricted funds £ |
2023/2024 | Total funds £ 1,320.04 84,971.54 0.00 0.00 0.00 86,291.58 |
2022/2023 Total funds £ |
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| Unrestricted funds £ |
Restricted funds £ |
Total funds £ |
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| Cash funds | ||||||
| Bank current account - Treasurers | 1,320.04 | 0.00 | 1,320.04 | 1,070.93 | ||
| Bank deposit account | 84,971.54 | 0.00 | 84,971.54 | 87,360.22 | ||
| Buildingsociety account | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||
| Cash/Floats | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 510.00 | ||
| Total cash funds | 86,291.58 |
0.00 | 86,291.58 | 88,941.15 | ||
| Other monetary assets | ||||||
| Tax claim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Debts due from the County/Area/District/Group |
0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Insurance claim | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 |
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| Investment assets | |||||||||
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| Investment property - detail | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Quoted investments | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Other investments - detail | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Non-monetary assets for charity's own use |
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| Badge stock | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Shop stock | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Other stock | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Land and buildings | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Motor vehicles | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Scouting equipment, furniture etc | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | ||||||
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Liabilities | |||||||||
| Accounts not yet paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Expenses incurred but not invoiced | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Subscriptions not yet paid | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Loan - detail | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Other liabilities | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Sub total | 0.00 | 0.00 | |||||||
| Total net assets | 86,291.58 | 88,941.15 |
The above receipts and payments account and statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees on 24[th] November 2024 and signed on their behalf by:
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Signature Chair Karen Shaw
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Independent examiner's report on the accounts
Section A Independent Examiner’s Report Report to the trustees Charity Name 1ST WALL HEATH SCOUT GROUP On accounts for the year 31 March 2024 Charity no 524622 ended (if any) Set out on pages 11 to 17 (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 31/03/2024 .
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity's trustees, you are responsible for the preparation of the 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.
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Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my examination. I confirm that no material matters have come to my attention in connection with the examination (other than that disclosed below *) which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:
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the accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act; or
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the accounts did not accord with the accounting records; or
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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: Name: GEORGE BOYLIN Relevant professional ACCA qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: 10 Storrs Hall Road Sheffield S6 5AW
Date: 31 January 2025
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).
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Give here brief details of any n/a items that the examiner wishes to disclose .
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