2021-03-31-accounts

Trustees, Annual Report For the period FrL¥n (start d) date SectiDiTr A Other names the charty is knMI Registered charity number {rfany) Chty's pnncipal adthe Scout HQ Norton Road Worcester. WR5 3BB. Narn￿ of th• ch•fKy tN•l•M who minag• th charlty Tru•ts• N•m• Olfic• (Ilany) lor ¥￿￿1• y•ar rian Jenki tWiLwn awillw .Il<n KuTkn8 Iwre WIL*%b Ick c￿¢

Section A of advisor Name AthJre55 Seclioi) DagriptI￿ of the chanty's tN8ts Typ• ofgo¥•mry do￿ft￿rt The Group'¥ dcKuments are those of lh8 The Scout A$Koati￿. They (x)nsiyt of a Royal cl￿rter, wh￿h in lum gNe8 au￿rity lo th8 Bye of th8 AsKKiatK>n and The nisatv￿ a As80cia ¢n. {•.g. tru8t dèed, cw•tituti￿l th• ¢h•rlty kn c1¥wti￿bj GNP 18 a twst est&lish•J wh are common to le.g. •P￿+thd by. •lxod tyl You may choose to include addbtional informoticm, where relevant, 8bouL' G￿￿p r8 Gr￿ EX￿b￿? Committee. th emters of are t￿ 'Clwnty Tntstees. of the Scwt Grwp PolIC￿ arKI wowturos adopted for. 81 tha Inducti￿ ar￿ tra￿1￿j of tr¥Jstees', b) truste8, considerat￿n of maioT rtsk5 and the syslems and procedures lo manage them for c￿￿￿yIng wilh legBlakn wkabl8 to thatibes. This Commrttee corrists of 3 ir￿ent representatives. hair. Treasurer Se¢re together with the Group Scout eaders. indivhjual sect#)n ￿eT8 and parenvs repr880ntatKin nd meets every three ff￿nthS. k8 Grcwp Execu￿ Commitb8 exith to support the Group ut Ler in me8ts.ng the Tespon5Jts"1rf￿S of tho pkx)intments and B responsit4e for. e maIntena￿e of Group proFerty; roup publ￿ occ3s*)ns;

Sectioii B RiBk and Intwnal Control Group ExecutNe Committee has idenffied the m84or ri to whth they believe the Group is eX￿S&￿, these have re¥￿4￿d aThJ sysths have been establi%hed to mit￿ale agaiTBt them. The main arfras of concern that have b88n Danwge to the bwldThJ. prc4iety and equi¥r￿nt Tho Group kl request use of bulkdN￿s. property artd equipmen neIgh1>￿￿g ￿gan￿tI)n3 Such a8 th& church. mmunty centre and other Scoul Groups. Simihr reTrprocal rTarwJoment5 eyist with these organisalw)ns. The Group ha8 ff￿ent buiklings and rx)ntents InsUrar￿& in pJac¢ to mitwJate 8t Pomianent th8. Injury to16adors. hers, ¥uFwrt8rs arKI members. The roup throuth the wItat￿Tr fees contritjutss to the Scout 'ons national accidenl insurance poly. Risk eduL¥d in¢c¥n8 from fund raising. Thè Group 18 primari bant up)n incc¥ne from sub8cn"ptKins and fundrnising. Thg roup do88 hold a r88W¥é to 8n8ure the conlinuity ol actNrt hould there be a mamx reduction in income. Thè Committee raise the vduè of subscriptm to iruease th& income the group on an or00￿9 basis. ether twnporarity or nnanentPM. educi￿n CK k)ss of l••Jera. The group ij totalty reliant upon unteers to run and Jminffjter the athitie8 of the group. If ere was a ffjduL#K)n in the number of le&tss to an nacceptat￿e lgvel in a part￿uL8r seclion or the group 88 a hde Ihen W￿ld have to be a Contra¢￿n, consolidatK)n bJ8ure of a se¢on. In the wornt case 8cenori0 the plete cbsure of the Grw. eductx)n or kw of marn￿r8. The Grw xttvities r all young pecple awl 6 to 18. If there was a reduciion in embef8hp in a pgrticukr section or the group as whde then ere haN to be a contrwAion, consolKlation or cbsure the GTOUP.

he rt¥'ectrrfes ( ts group are as a unrt of the S￿ut The Aim of Scout Ass￿al￿)n is to prorNJte th develO￿t of young people in achieving their fvll physThl. intellectual. SOCHI and spritual p)tentk8ls. as individuals. a res[￿5￿18 crttzens and as m￿be￿ ￿ their I￿1 nationa and international communitw. The method of achieving th of the AExriat￿ ￿ by Kvoyiding an enjoyable an attrnctive sdwne of progresspie training, based on the Sco Promise and Law Wbd guhded by adult leadership. Summary of th6 main actr¥ili88 in relation to the8e objects Addibonal detai18 ofthe 0￿.0¢t￿M and 8Cts￿￿eS (Opt￿￿1 Irfom￿n t)ut oncourawl a8 bast practice) ' policy on grant makm) ' contrfbutkffl voluntee Publ￿ benefft $t8teffnt The Group r￿ets the Charity Ccrfnmkssion's publK benafft iteria under t*)th the advancement of educatth and the advancemènt of citizenshw (K communty development h￿in

SO￿11017 D SUMM￿ ofthe mwn ￿￿ements ofthe tharity during the year Recruited more adults to the leadership team. eview Brief stat•m8nt of the charity's polry on Polky The Group's pdiry on reseryes 1$ to hold suffiaent resou￿ lo C￿tInUe the chwitable acbvits'es of the group SI￿k1 i1￿me and fundrnising activit￿ fall 8hort. The Group Executwe equr4abnt to Six month$ Nnning costs. £3000. Quantfy and 6xplain any des3na1i￿ Detsilg of any fundg materi81ty n dèfmst (circumstances plus steps to elThnate}

Scct1O51 G The trusts8s declare that they have aryovod Ihe tru8tee8' reFth knve Signed on behdf of ts ¢haritls tr￿lesS naturo(s) FUM n8ffds) Brian Robert Jenki Lèè Stslin Po8rtion (eg S￿l￿ary, Chwr) Group Scout Le&l8r

CHARITY COMMISSION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES Receipts and pay ents accounts CC16a For period 01 To Section A Receipts and payments Unrostrithd lunds R8stsiGt funds funds Tatsl funds Al Recalpts Aclivi and Cam Fundr￿ Grants 4.541 100 Rent lJnibm) Salo9 4a3 Sub total{Gross income for AR) A2 A￿•t and In¥•sthnt sal•s. Is•• tabl•}. 74$ 30.741 31.024 Sub fotal Xl,7 ¥1.74 31.024 A3 P•ym•nts Activite5 and Camp•xFna 1.77• 13,204 4J12 8,769 1.001 293 Toini 440 771 1,627 Sub total 1fj,69S YO.02 A4 Ass•t and investm•nt pur¢hases, Is•• t*bl•l Sub total 10,693 hlet of r￿elpts1(p8yments) A6 Transhrs b•ty￿en lund$ A6 Cash fund5 last year •nd Cash fiinds thls y&vend 16. 15,063 18,898 31,7 187 16,883 31,936 15,387 14883 18 CCXX Rl aoy)unts ISSI 24nJ112022

Section B Statement of assets and liabilities at the end of the period Unrestri¢t•d funds R8striGtsd Endowment lunds Cat•gories Detslls 81 Cash funds 18.691 Total Cash ffunds 16,096 187 fvnds D¢lails DetsT13 Cwr•nt ¥ilu• B4 A#s•ts r•taln•d for th• oharlty's •wn u F¥rbd•DT•Jlthh Whn du• Detai15 B6 Liabllltl•s Svjned by Or￿ or ts¥o trustee8 C t¢haN ol all trustees Dgt8 crf Prini Namt L Stsrfi B Jenkins CCXX R2 a￿UThts {SSI 24101r2022

Independent examiner's report on the accounts

Section A Independent Examiner’s Report

Report to the trustees/ 1[st] Worcester Scout Group members of On accounts for the year 31 March 2021 Charity no 524645 ended (if any) Set out on pages 1 to 2

I report to the trustees on my examination of the accounts of the above charity (“the Trust”) for the year ended 31/03/2021

• Responsibilities and As the charity trustees of the Trust, you are responsible for the preparation basis of report 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 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 which gives me cause to believe that in, any material respect:

• accounting records were not kept in accordance with section 130 of the Act or

• the accounts do not accord with the accounting records

I have no concerns and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.

Signed: Date:

Name: Sally Bishop

Relevant professional Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales qualification(s) or body (if any): Address: Bishops Accountancy Limited Unit 3 Elgar Business Centre, Moseley Road,

Hallow, Worcestershire, WR2 6NJ

Section B Disclosure

Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight matters of concern (see CC32, Independent examination of charity accounts: directions and guidance for examiners)./

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October 2018

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Give here brief details of any items that the examiner wishes to disclose .

2

October 2018

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