## **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** **From** 1[st] April 2024 **Period start date To** 31[st] March 2025 **Period end date** **Charity name:** 1[st] Wall Heath Scout Group **Charity registration number:** 5244622 ## **Objectives and Activities** ||SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Summary of the purposes of
the charity as set out in its
governing document|Para 1.17|1st Wall 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 2024 to
March 2025, 1st Wall Heath Scout Group
provided scouting activities for the benefit
of its local community.
This included running weekly section
meetings, section and group camps,
section and group activities, and
fundraising events.
It also provided meeting spaces for
community groups and other charities.| |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 through the financial period.| 1 ## **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: ||
SORP reference|| |---|---|---| |Policy on grant making|Para 1.38|Not applicable| |Policy on social investment
including program related
investment|Para 1.38|Not applicable| |Contribution made by
volunteers|Para 1.38|| |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 2024 to
March 2025, 1st Wall Heath Scout Group
continued to provide scouting activities to
the young people (aged between 4 to 14),
and residents of 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.| **Additional information (optional)** You may choose to include further statements where relevant about: 2 |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||| 3 ## **Financial Review** |Review of the charity’s
financial position at the end
of the period|Para 1.21|The Group continues to be in a strong
financial position.
Income increased on the previous year by
32.7%, £4,386, driven mainly by the
sustained growth of the sections, by more
people paying subscriptions on a regular
basis and by payments for camps and
section activities being collected alongside
subscriptions rather than separately as in
previous returns.
Receipts were inflated by payments
received for an overseas camp due to take
place in August 2025. These payments
total nearly £23,000 and will be paid to the
travel company in the next financial year. In
the summer of 2024, the Group held a
fundraising event which generated over
£2,000. This money will be used to offset
some of the costs associated with holding
the overseas camp.
The value of donations received has
improved by nearly 20%, on the previous
year. This was due to the Group receiving
donations from two new benefactors.
Unfortunately, the receipts generated by
hiring the hut continued to decline as more
users either stopped using the hut or
reduced their contributions. The Committee
will continue to monitor the situation and
amend the rental agreements, if necessary.
The costs of running and maintaining the
hut have increased significantly over the
last year. Energy costs rose by 32.3%,
internet provision by 26% and water and
sewerage by 14%. Contracts with each
provider will be renegotiated in the next
financial year to achieve cost savings.
In the Autumn, the Group started a major
refurbishment programme that included a
new kitchen and toilets block. The total cost
of these repairs was nearly £66,000
including equipment and was the primary
reason the Group made a loss in this
financial year. The loss was covered using
cash reserves and will have no lasting
impact on the operations or financial
security of the Group.|| |---|---|---|---| 4 |Statement explaining the
policy for holding reserves
stating why they are held|Para 1.22|In line with the Charity Commission’s
statement of Recommended Practice, and
its CC19 Charity Reserves: Building
Resilience guidelines; the trustees of 1st
Wall Heath Scout Group have set the level
of reserves it will keep during the current
financial period. It will continuously monitor
these reserves to ensure they are sufficient
to protect the ongoing interests of the
Group.
The aim of holding reserves is to ensure
1stWall Heath Scouts is able to withstand
any short-term changes in its financial
circumstances, without compromising its
activities, and that the level of reserves set
by the Group is necessary and will not be
retained for any longer than required. It is
also to warrant that the 1stWall Heath
Scouts is:

Acting in the best interests of the
Group and its beneficiaries

Protecting and safeguarding the
assets of the Group

Operating with reasonable care and
skills

Accountable to its stakeholders.
Reserves are derived from subscriptions,
the hiring of the hut and from donations,
which is available to spent on any aspect of
the Group’s activities.
The trustees have set a reserves level
equivalent to 12 months of operating costs:
the expenditure related to running the hut;
plus 10% to cover the costs of delivering a
basic youth programme.
Based on current levels, reserves will be no
less than**£15,500**.
When required, reserves will be used as a
contingency fund to meet the ongoing costs
of running the Group where income
declines to a level that is insufficient to
cover expenditure.
The order is which the reserves will be
allocated is:

Cost of utilities

Insurance

Capitation

Essential hut maintenance and
repairs

Essential equipment purchases.|| |---|---|---|---| 5 |Amount of reserves held|Para 1.22|**£49,357**| |---|---|---| |Reasons for holding zero
reserves|Para 1.22|Not applicable| |Details of fund materially in
deficit|Para 1.24|Not applicable| |Explanation of any
uncertainties about the
charity continuing as a going
concern|Para 1.23|Not applicable| ## **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||| 6 ## **Structure, Governance and Management** |Description of charity’s
trusts:||| |---|---|---| |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 education 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 Lead Volunteer (previously
called the Group Scout Leader) is selected
by the District Commissioner and remains
in post, subject to performance reviews, for
a period not exceeding nine years. After
this time, the Group Lead Volunteer is
required to step down and a new Lead
Volunteer will be selected by the District
Commissioner.
The Chair of the Board of Trustees 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||| 7 ## **Reference and Administrative details** |Charity name|1stWall Heath Scout Group| |---|---| |Other name the charity uses|N/A| |Registered charity number|524622| |Charity’s principal address|1stWall Heath Scout Group, Enville Road, Wall Heath,
DY6 0JT| 8 **Names of the charity trustees who manage the charity** |**Trustee name**|**Office (if any)**|**Dates acted if not for**
**whole year**|**Name of person (or body)**
**entitled to appoint trustee (if**
**any)**| |---|---|---|---| |Ant Mullen|GroupLead Volunteer||District Commissioner| |Karen Shaw|Chair||GroupLead Volunteer| |Andrea Pryce|Treasurer||Chair| |Ian Bagley|Elected Committee
Member||Chair| |Lynn Davis|Elected Committee
Member|Until September
2024|Chair| |Jane Lewis|Elected Committee
Member||Chair| |Claire
Markham|Elected Committee
Member||Chair| |Josh Markham|Section Team Leader –
Scouts||Chair| |Lindsay
Poulding|Section Team Leader –
Beavers||Chair| |Liliana Rose|Section Team Leader -
Beavers||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||| |||| |||| |||| |||| 9 ## **Funds held as custodian trustees on behalf of others** Description of the assets Not applicable held in this capacity Name and objects of the Not applicable charity on whose behalf the assets are held and how this falls within the custodian charity’s objects Details of arrangements for Not applicable safe custody and segregation of such assets from the charity’s own assets ## **Additional information (optional)** ## **Names and addresses of advisers (Optional information)** |**Names and**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**|**addresses of advisers (Optional information)**| |---|---|---| |**Type of**
**adviser**|**Name**
**Address**|| |N/A||| |||| |||| |||| ## **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 10 ## **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)** Karen Shaw **Position (eg Secretary,** Chair of the Board of Trustees **Chair, etc)** **Date** 24[th] January 2026 11 ## **1ST WALL HEATH SCOUT GROUP (524622) RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS** |**FOR THE YEAR**
**FROM**
**Receipts**|**FOR THE YEAR**
**FROM**
**Receipts**|**FOR THE YEAR**
**FROM**
**Receipts**|**YEAR START**
**DATE**|**YEAR START**
**DATE**|**YEAR START**
**DATE**| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**1ST APRIL**
**2024**||| ||||||| ||||||| |**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**
**Receipts**
**Donations, legacies and similar income**
Membershipsubscriptions
**17,773.95**
Donations
**1,288.04**
Legacies
**0.00**
Gift Aid
**0.00**
Other similar income - Camp payments
**30,504.85**
Other similar income - Youth Programme
**505.00**|||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**||| |**Donations, legacies and similar income**|||||| |Membershipsubscriptions|**17,773.95**||**0.00**||| |Donations|**1,288.04**||**0.00**||| |Legacies|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Gift Aid|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Other similar income - Camp payments|**30,504.85**||**0.00**||| |Other similar income - Youth Programme|**505.00**||**0.00**||| |Investiture|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Outstanding payment|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**|**50,071.84**|**#**|**0.00**|**#**|| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Grants**|||||| |Maintenancegrant|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Othergrants|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Fundraising events (gross)**|||||| |Rafe|**30.00**||**0.00**||| |Summer Fayre|**2,271.31**||**0.00**||| |Other fundraisingactivities|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**|**2,301.31**||**0.00**||| |**Scout hut income**|||||| |Hire of building|**2,595.00**||**0.00**||| |Hire of equipment|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Other Scout hut income|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**|**2,595.00**||**0.00**||| |**Investment income**|||||| |Bank interest|**950.41**||**0.00**||| |Building Society interest|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |The Scout Association Short Term Investment Service|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Other investment income|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**
**Total Gross Income**
**Asset and investment sales**
**Total receipts**|**950.41**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**55,918.56**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**0.00**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**55,918.56**||**0.00**||| 12 |**PAYMENTS**|||||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| ||||**2024/2025**||| |**Payments**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**||**To**| |**Charitable Payments**|||||| |Membership subscriptions paid on
(National/County/Area/District)|**5,874.00**||**0.00**||**5**| |Youthprogramme and activities - General|**7,553.43**||**0.00**||**7**| |Adult support and training|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Rent|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Water and Sewerage|**798.51**||**0.00**||| |Electricityand Gas|**5,222.44**||**0.00**||**5**| |Insurance|**808.91**||**0.00**||| |Repairs and Renewals|**53,573.83**||**0.00**||**5**| |Maintenance costs|**212.40**||**0.00**||| |Materials and equipment|**704.00**||**0.00**||| |Printingandphotocopying|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Contribution to campcosts|**12,406.20**||**0.00**||**1**| |Camprefunds|**1,217.80**||**0.00**||**1**| |Uniforms|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |AGM and trustee expenses|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Telephone and internet|**715.35**||**0.00**||| |Cleaning|**902.50**||**0.00**||| |Sundries|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Miscellaneous|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**|**89,989.37**||**0.00**||**8**| |**Fundraising expenses**|||||| |Fayre expenses|**1,246.60**||**0.00**||**1**| |Other fundraisingcosts|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**
**_Total Gross Expenditure_**
**Asset and investment purchases, etc.**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net of receipts/(payments)_**|**1,246.60**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**91,235.97**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**0.00**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**91,235.97**||**0.00**||| ||||||| ||**-35,317.41**||**0.00**||| ||||||| 13 **Cash funds last year end eposit account adjustment (Error in accounts)** **86,291.23 0.00 50,973.82 0.00** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **Less cash float accounted for last year** _**Cash funds this year end**_ **Scout Group (Charity no. if applicable) Receipts and Payments Account** |**524622**||**YEAR START**
**DATE**||**Y**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |**For the year**
**from**||**1ST APRIL**
**2024**||**31**| |||||| **Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the year** **2024/2025** |**Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of**
**the year**|||**2024/2025**| |---|---|---|---| ||**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**£**||**Restricted**
**funds**
**£**| |**Cash funds**|||| |Bank current account|**1,616.08**||**0.00**| |Bank deposit account|**49,357.74**||**0.00**| |Deposit account adjustment|||| |Buildingsocietyaccount|**0.00**||**0.00**| |The Scout Association Short Term Investment
Service|**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Total cash funds**
(Agree balanceswith receipts and payments a/c)|**50,973.82**||**0.00**| ||OK||| |**Other monetary assets**|||**1,288**| |Tax claim|**0.00**||**0.00**| |Debts due from the County/Area/District/Group|**0.00**||**0.00**| |Insurance claim|**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Sub total**|**0.00**||**0.00**| |**Investment assets**|||| |Investmentproperty- 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**|||| 14 |Badge stock|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Shopstock|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Other stock|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Land and buildings|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Motor vehicles|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Scoutingequipment, furniture etc|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Other|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Sub total**|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |**Liabilities**|||||| |Accounts notyetpaid|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Expenses incurred but not invoiced|**0.00**||**0.00**||| |Subscriptions notyetpaid|**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**|**50,973.82**||**0.00**||**5**| ||||||| **by** Signature 15 ## **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 ended** 31[st] March 2025 **Charity no (if any)** 524622 **Set out on pages** 12 to 17 (remember to include the page numbers of additional sheets) ## **Responsibilities and basis of report** I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended **31/03/2025** . 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”). 16 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 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: - 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. **Signed:** **Date:** 22 January 2026 **Name:** George Boylin ## **Relevant professional qualification(s) or body (if any):** ACCA **Address:** 10 Storrs Hall Road Sheffield 17 S6 5AW ## **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** . N/A 18