Page 1 ## **NEWPORT (GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** # **Charity Number: 524986 Year ended 31[ST] March 2023** ## **1. Trustees Annual report** 2. **Accounts** Page 2 ## **CONTENTS** ||||**PAGE NUMBER**| |---|---|---|---| |||**Trustees Annual Report**|**3-4**| |||**Declaration**|**5**| |||**List of Trustees**|**6**| |||**SECTION A-RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT**
**ACCOUNT**|**7**| |||**SECTION B-STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND**
**LIABILITIES**|**8**| |||**SECTION C-RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS-**
**DISTRICT**|**9-10**| |||**SECTION D- RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS -**
**SWAT GROUP**|**11**| |||**SECTION F- RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS -**
**SAS GROUP**|**12**| |||**SECTION G- RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS - NO**
**LIMITS ESU 1**|**13**| |||**SECTION H-RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS -**
**TAN GWYLLT ESU 2**|**14**| |||**SECTION I - RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS-**
**ISCA**(Llwynogod Casnewydd)**ESU GROUP 3**|**15**| |||**SECTION J- RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS -**
**BADGE FUND**|**16**| |||**SECTION K- CLOSING CASH FUNDS**|**17**| |||**SECTION L-OTHER MONETARY ASSETS**|**18**| |||**SECTION M- INVESTMENT ASSETS-STOCKS**
**AND SHARES**|**18**| |||**SECTION N- ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE**
**CHARITY’S OWN USE- LAND & BUILDINGS**|**19**| |||**SECTION O- ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE**
**CHARITY’S OWN USE- DEPRECIATING**
**ASSETS**|**20**| |||**SECTION P- LIABILITIES- CREDITORS**|**20**| |||**INDEPENDENT EXAMINERS REPORT**|**21**| Page 3 ## **NEWPORT (GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** ## **Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31 March 2023** ## **Structure, Governance and Management** The District’s governing documents are those of The Scout Association. They consist of a Royal Charter which, in turn, gives authority to the Bye Laws of the Association. The District is a trust established under its rules which are common to all Scouts. The trustees are appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation & Rules (POR) of The Scout Association. The District is managed by an Executive Committee, the members of which are the “Charity Trustees”. The Charity Trustees are responsible for complying with legislation applicable to charities that include registration, keeping proper accounts, and making returns to the Charity Commission as appropriate. The Committee consists of, the Chair, Treasurer and Secretary together with the Group Scout representatives, individual section leaders and lay representatives. The Committee meets every 2 months, and additionally as required. The District Executive Committee exists to support the District Commissioner in meeting the responsibilities of the appointments and is responsible for: - The maintenance of District Property. - The raising of funds and the administration of District Finance. - The insurance of persons, property and equipment. - Appointing any sub-committees that may be required. - Appointing Group Administrators and Advisors other than those who are elected. The District has a system of internal controls in place that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against mismanagement or loss. These include requiring two signatories to authorise all payments and comprehensive insurance policies to ensure that insurable risks are covered. ## **Objectives and Activities** The Objectives of the District are as a unit of the Scout Association. The aim of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social, and spiritual potentials, as individual, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. The method of achieving the aim of the Scout Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership. All sections have pursued activities and it is hoped that these will continue and be self-financing. The District meets the Charity Commission’s public benefit criteria under both the advancement of education, citizenship and community development headings. Page 4 ## **Financial Review 2022- 2023** The District’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District. The District considered that there should be a levy of £0.50 ## **District Account** The District Income this year was sourced from Share Dividends and the levy of £0.50. Additionally the District was the fortunate recipient of a £2000 bequest. There was an slightly decreased Dividend return of £3,176 compared to £3,436 in the previous year. The stock market value of the shares held by the District on the 31[st] March 2023 was £46,490 a decrease of £1,985 over 2022 (31[st] March 2022) when the shares were valued at £48,475 This year our income exceeded our expenditure by £3,397 but it should be noted that this increase is due to the SAS funds of £7911 being transferred back to the District and is reflected in the consolidated accounts... The District deposit account balance as at the 31[st] March 2023 stands at £46,758 and the District current account (which reconciles with the cashbook balance as cheques of £176 have been written off)) at £37,353, a total of £84,111. The SAS funds will be held as designated funds of which £2000 has been transferred to The Gang Show Account. Unrestricted funds available are the lower figure of £72225. The District is still supporting Tredegar Park group by administering the accounts until an executive committee can be appointed. The District Treasurer regularly monitors the levels of the bank balances and transfers funds from the Business account, which pays a small amount of interest, to the current account when necessary. The District property and land was valued by a professional valuer in 2018 and these figures have been used for this financial year. All physical assets. have been recorded and depreciated appropriately. Newport Scout and Guide Gang Show held a show this year and these accounts will be shown separately in the following financial period after being examined, as there is dual responsibility for this account. ## **Consolidated Accounts** The current cash funds of The District and Entities is £99,417, representing a decrease in funds of £1215 The District funds have been used to provide groups with OSM licences to aid administration and Skip Jennings Hall has benefitted from refurbishment and now has a more accessible interior door at a cost of £2,230. The net funds of the District and Entities is £195,273, including stocks and shares valued at £46,490 but these assets are required to generate income. The other major assets are buildings, land and equipment which are needed in the furtherance of our objectives and cannot readily be turned in to cash Page 5 ## **Declaration** The Trustees declare that they have approved the Trustees’ report set out above. Signed on behalf of the Charity’s Trustees: |NAME:|Andrew Scarisbrick|Amanda Say| |---|---|---| |POSITION|District Chairman|District Treasurer| |HELD:||| |DATE:|9thJanuary 2024|9thJanuary 2024| Page 6 ## Newport (Gwent) District Scout Council Trustees |**Name**|**Role/Representing**|**Dates Acted**| |---|---|---| |Andrew Scarisbrick|District Chairman|08/11/2022-26/09/2023| |Amanda Say|District Treasurer|08/11/2022-26/09/2023| |Stephen (Steve) Crowley|District Commissioner|08/11/2022-26/09/2023| |Robert Lynch|Trustee|08/11/2022-26/09/2023| |Sue O’Brian|Gang Show|08/11/2022-26/09/2023| ## District Registration Number with the Scout Association 21308 ## Charity Registration Number 524986 Page 7 ## **ACCOUNT DETAILS** ## **NEWPORT (GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION A RECEIPTS AND PAYMENT ACCOUNTS** FOR THE PERIOD: 01 APRIL 2022 TO 31 MARCH 2023 (All figures to the nearest pound £) |**RECEIPTS**
**INCOME**|UNRESTRICTED
FUNDS
£|RESTRICTED
FUNDS
£|DESIGNATED
FUNDS
£|TOTAL
FUNDS
£|LAST YEAR
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |District Council|58688|0|7912|66600|53014| |SWAT Group|0|0|4504|4504|2175| |Post Group|0|0|0|0|0| |SAS Group|0|0|8|8|158| |No Limits Explorer 1|0|0|711|711|651| |Tan Gwyllt Explorer 2|0|0|1447|1447|826| |Llwynogod Casnewydd ESU 3|0|0|10566|10566|6380| |Badge Fund|0|0|5238|5238|1677| |**SUB TOTAL**|58688|0|30386|89074|64881| |Asset and Investment Sales etc|0|0|0|0|0| |**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**58688**|**0**|**30386**|**89074**|**64881**| ||||||| |**PAYMENTS**|||||| |District Council|61203|0|2000|63203|45328| |SWAT Group|0|0|2998|2998|1780| |Post Group|0|0|0|0|4738| |SAS Group|0|0|7918|7918|340| |No Limits ESU 1|0|0|726|726|1930| |Tan Gwyllt ESU 2|0|0|1446|1446|1121| |Llwynogod Casnewydd ESU 3|0|0|8301|8301|5449| |Badge Fund|0|0|5697|5697|1514| |**SUB TOTAL**|61203|0|29086|90289|62200| |**Asset and Investment Purchases**|0|0|0|0|0| |**TOTAL PAYMENTS**
**(Expenditure)**|**61203**|**0**|**29086**|**90289**|**62200**| |**NET RECEIPTS/**
**(PAYMENTS)**|**(2515)**|**0**|**1300**|**(1215)**|**2681**| |**Transfer Between Funds**|0|0|0|0|0| |**Cash Funds Last Year End**|**74515**|**1236**|**24607**|**100632**|| |**Cash Funds This Year End**|**72225**|**1236**|**25956**|**99417**|| Note 1; ESU grant - balance of £129,. Note 2 The balance of the Network restricted funds = £1024 Note 3 £83 – the balance of the safe and warm grant, remains as restricted funds. A total of £1236 Note 4 The transferred £7912 less £2000 as a grant for the gang show from the SAS account is allocated as designated funds as is £4,738 from the Post Funds. A total of £10,650 of the District funds are allocated as designated funds. Page 8 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** ## CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION B STATEMENTS OF ASSETS AND LIABILITIES AT 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) ||UNRESTRICTED
FUNDS
£|RESTRICTED
FUNDS
£|DESIGNATED
FUNDS
£|TOTAL FUNDS
£| |---|---|---|---|---| |**CASH FUNDS:**||||| |At: Building Society|0|0|0|0| |At: Bank|72225|1236|25697|99158| |Cash|0|0|259|259| |**TOTAL CASH FUNDS**|**72225**|**1236**|**25956**|**99417**| |**Other Monetary Assets:**||||| |Debtors|613|0|0|613| |Stock|0|0|3397|3397| |**TOTAL MONETARY**
**ASSETS**|**613**|**0**|**3397**|**4010**| |Investment Assets Stocks
and Shares|46758|0|0|46758| |**TOTAL INVESTMENT**
**ASSETS**|**46758**|**0**|**0**|**46758**| |||||| |SkipJennings Hall|40000|0|0|40000| |Land at Bank Street|1000|0|0|1000| |Land at Christchurch|2250|0|0|2250| |IT Equipment|1134|0|0|1134| |Boats and Equipment|0|0|650|650| |ESU equipment|54|0|0|54| |**Total Assets Required**
**for Charity’s Own Use:**|**44438**|**0**|**650**|**45088**| |**Liabilities Creditors**|**0**|**0**|**0**|**0**| |**NET FUNDS**|**164034**|**1236**|**30003**|**195273**| ## Signed by the following trustees on behalf of all the trustees: |SIGNATURE:||| |---|---|---| |PRINT NAME:|Andrew Scarisbrick|Amanda Say| |DATE:||| Page 9 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION C RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS- DISTRICT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---| |1.04.22|Lloyds Bank- Open|34044||| ||Lloyds Bank- Open|46670|80714|| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS|||| ||Capitation Fees 2022|750||| ||Capitation Fees 2023|45708||| ||Bank Interest (Gross)|89||| ||Dividends|3176||| ||Ground rent|1||| ||District Events|30||| ||Beaver Activities|570||| ||Cub Activities|3690||| ||Scout Activities|967||| ||Hire of SJH (Craft Club)|1170||| ||Hire of SJH (Election)|300||| ||Donation - Legacy|2000||| ||Transfer of Funds SAS Account|7911||| ||Tredegar Park Income|238|66600|| |31.03.23|PAYMENTS|||| ||District Subscriptions 2023|45696||| ||District Events|110||| ||Beaver Activities|455||| ||Cub Activities|3323||| ||Scout Activities|1000||| ||Grant – Gang Show|2000||| ||Bursaries|370||| ||Insurance|2452||| ||Skip Jennings Hall –
fuel/water|1220||| Page 10 |||Page 10||| |---|---|---|---|---| ||Skip Jennings Hall –
communications|652||| ||Skip Jennings Hall –
maintenance|760||| ||Skip Jennings Hall – New
Door|2230||| ||Skip Jennings Hall – Rates|105||| ||OSM Licenses|864||| ||Maintenance – Bank Street|1208||| ||Misc|534||| ||Administration|56||| ||Tredegar Park Expenses|168||63203| |31.03.23|Lloyds Bank -Close|37353||| ||Lloyds Bank -Close|46758||84111| ||||147314|147314| Page 11 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION D RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS - SWAT GROUP** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---| |01.04.22|OPENING FUNDS|2442|2442|| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS|||| ||Sailing Fees|4504|4504|| |31.03.23|PAYMENTS|||| ||Boat Sundries & Renovation
Costs|205||| ||4 x Topper Trollies|780||| ||Boat Insurance|692||| ||RYA Books, certs & Badges|331||| ||RYA Affiliation|140||| ||Safety Boat Fuel|204||| ||Web hosting costs|19||| ||Equipment Maintenance|102||| ||Event Shelter|194||| ||Engine service|313||| ||OSM|18||2998| |31.03.23|CLOSING FUNDS|||| ||Bank|3948||3948| ||||6946|6946| Page 12 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION E RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS - SAS GROUP** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---| |1.04.22|OPENING FUNDS|||| ||Current Account|1839||| ||BuildingSocietyAccount|6559||| ||Cash|6|8404|| |||||| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS|||| ||Investment Income|8|8|| |||||| |31.03.23|PAYMENTS|||| ||Transfer to District AC ex
Monmouthshire B/S|6567||| ||Transfer to District AC ex
Lloyds AC|1345||| ||Donation to charity|6||7918| |31.03.23|CLOSING FUNDS|||| ||Current Account|494||| ||Building Society Account|0||| ||Cash|0||494| ||||8412|8412| Page 13 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION F RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS- NO LIMITS EXPLORER 1** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE|||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |1.04.22|OPENING FUNDS||||| ||Bank(Lloyds)||2532||| ||Bank(HSBC)||508||| ||Cash||123|3163|| ||||||| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS||||| ||MembershipSubscription 1||564||| ||MembershipSubscription 2||72||| ||Camp/activity Fees Go
Cardless||57|711|| ||Activities Fees(HSBC)||18||| |31.03.223|PAYMENTS||||| ||Capitation fees||416||| ||Activities||78||| ||Transfer Subs to L|lwynogod|96||| ||OSM||41||| ||Hire of Hall||45||| ||Bank Charges||50||726| |31.03.23|CLOSING FUNDS||||| ||Bank- Lloyds||2477||| ||Bank - HSBC||548||| ||Cash||123||3148| |||||3874|3874| Page 14 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION G RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS - TAN GWYLLT ESU 2** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---| |1.04.22|OPENING FUNDS|932|932|| |||||| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS|||| ||Subs|1340||| ||Activities GoCardless|107|1447|| |||||| |31.03.23|PAYMENTS|||| ||Capitation|624||| ||Rent|120||| ||Uniforms|157||| ||Activities Expenses|391||| ||Materials & equipment|154||1446| |31.03.23|CLOSING FUNDS|||| ||Lloyds Bank|933||933| ||||2379|2379| Page 15 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION H RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS - ISCA** (Llwynogod Casnewydd) **ESU 3** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---| |1.04.22|OPENING FUNDS-Lloyds Main|2733||| ||Cash|136|2869|| |||||| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS|||| ||MembershipSubscriptions|3030||| ||D of E|220||| ||Activities|7122||| ||Camp|80||| ||SundryIncome|113|10566|| |||||| |31.03.23|PAYMENTS|||| ||Capitation Fee|1352||| ||Rent|264||| ||Activities|1332||| ||Materials & Equipment|131||| ||D of E|336||| ||Camp|4754||| ||OSM|32||| ||Refund|100||8301| |||||| |31.03.23|CLOSING FUNDS-Lloyds|4998||| ||CLOSING FUNDS CASH|136||5134| |||||| ||||13435|13434| Page 16 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION I RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS - BADGE ACCOUNT** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |DATE||£|FUNDS
£ +|FUNDS
£ -| |---|---|---|---|---| |1.04.22|OPENING FUNDS|||| ||Lloyds Bank Plc|2066||| ||Cash|42|2108|| |||||| |31.03.23|RECEIPTS|||| ||Badge Sales|5238|
5238|| |||||| |31.03.23|PAYMENTS|||| ||Badges Bought|5654||| ||SundryExpenses|43||5697| |31.03.23|CLOSING FUNDS|||| ||Lloyds Bank Plc|1649||1649| ||Cash|||| |||||| ||||7346|7346| Page 17 **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION J CLOSING CASH FUNDS** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |CASH FUNDS|AMOUNT
£|BANK
£|BUILDING
SOCIETY
£|CASH
£|PRIOR
YEAR
£| |---|---|---|---|---|---| |Newport District|84111|84111|0|0|80714| |SWAT Group|3948|3948|0|0|2442| |SAS Group|494|494|0|0|8404| |No Limits ESU 1|3148|3025|0|123|3163| |Tan Gwyllt ESU 2|933|933|0|0|932| |Isca (Llwynogod
Casnewydd) ESU 3|5134|4998|0|136|2869| |Badge fund|1649|1649|0|0|2108| ||99417|99158|0|259|100632| ## NOTE 1: Cash and cash equivalents compose, cash in hand, cash deposits and other short term highly liquid investments, that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of changing value. Page 18 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT TOWN SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION K OTHER MONETARY ASSETS** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |All figures to the nearest pound £)|| |---|---| |OTHER MONETARY ASSETS|| |DEBTORS - CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS|£| |26thNewport Loan|63| |Beaver Camp2022|550| |Monies Owed to District|**613**| |STOCK|| |Badge Stock|**3397**| (All figures to the nearest pound £), not shown Note all debts have been paid in the following financial year. ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION L RECEIPTS AND PAYMENTS INVESTMENT ASSETS-STOCKS AND SHARES** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |COMPANY|SHAREHOLDING|PRICE
£|VALUE
£| |---|---|---|---| |Barclays Bank Plc|1632|146|£2,379| |British American tobacco|210|2841|£5,965| |Diageo Plc|304|3614|£10,987| |Glaxo Smith Kline|179|1429|£2,978| |Marks & Spencer Plc|314|167|£524| |Rio Tinto Plc|350|5478|£19,173| |Royal Dutch Shell (Shell Plc)|206|2381|£4,904| |Shares at Valuation|||**£46,490**| Page 19 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION M ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE CHARITY’S OWN USE** ## **SKIP JENNINGS HALL, TREGARE STREET, NEWPORT, GWENT NP19 7AG** 1. Constructed around 50 years ago. 2. Total Gross internal area of approximately 107.9 sq m (1161 sq ft). 3. Professional evaluation dated 01 June 2018. 4. Basis that it is of Freehold tenure. **5.** Value £40,000 (forty thousand pounds). ## **LAND AT 6[TH] NEWPORT SCOUT GROUP, BANK STREET, NEWPORT, GWENT, NP19 7HF** 1. Land 0.083 hectares (0.2 acres) which is mostly grassed and enclosed by fencing. There is a fairly large growth of Japanese Knotweed throughout the site, which is an invasive species and is fairly expensive to eradicate. 2. Professional valuation dated 01 June 2018. 3. Basis that it is of Freehold tenure. 4. Value £1,000 (one thousand pounds). **5.** Vacant possession could not be gained of land in the foreseeable future. ## **LAND AT 22 CHRISTCHURCH, OLD HALL, NEWPORT, GWENT, NP18 1JZ.** 1. Land 0.08 hectares (0.2 acres), a fairly level plateau with gated access from the roadway which slopes down to the western corner. The land has views out over the Usk Valley below. 2. Tenure Freehold and is let to the Scout group for a term of 99 years from 01 January 1997 at an annual rent of £1 (one pound). 3. The value of the land is very restricted by the fact that it is let to the Scout group for a further 78 years at £1 per annum and therefore there is some value in the reversion once the lease expires, however, this is a number of years off and therefore the valuation reflects this. **4.** Professional valuation dated 01 June 2018, value £2250 (two thousand two hundred and fifty pounds. Page 20 ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION N ASSETS RETAINED FOR THE CHARITY’S OWN USE** ## **DEPRECIATING TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |GROUP|ASSETS
COST/VALUE|DEPRECIATION 2023|W.D.V
31.03.23| |---|---|---|---| |District New Assets
IT Equipment Safe &
Warm Grant(2020/21)|2268|(567)|1134| |SWAT (Boats
2018/19)|4845|(1211)|0| |SWAT New Assets
(Boats 2019/20)|2600|(650)|650| |No Limits ESU New
Assets
(Equip2019/20)|213|(53)|54| |As at 31 March 2023|9926|2481|1838| Depreciation has been provided on all classes of Assets at 25% per annum using the straight-line basis. Depreciation has not been applied in the 1[st] year. ## **NEWPORT(GWENT) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL** CHARITY NUMBER: 524986 ## **SECTION O LIABILITIES** ## **YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2023** (All figures to the nearest pound £) |**LIABILITIES -**CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS||**£**| |---|---|---| |||**0**| Indepondont ExamI￿rg Roport on the Accounts Report to the Trustees of the Newport Distri¢t S¢out Cotsncil Charity No 524986 I report on the accounts of the Newport Districl S¢out Council for the year ended 31st March 2023 a8 set out on pages 3 and 4 The Charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The Chanty's Trustees considgr that an audit is not reqUI￿d under section 144 of the Chafities A(* 2011{The Charities ACTI and that an independent examination is required. 11 is my responsibilty to.- Examine the accounts under Section 145 of the ChaTities Act. To follow the procedures laid down in the general directions gwen by the Charities Act, and To State whether particular matters have come to my attention My examination was carried out in accordan¢g With the General Dire(aions given by the Charity Commissioners. The examination includes a review of th8 accounting rewrds kept by the charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records.11 also includes consideration of any unusual Items or disclosures in the accounts, and seeking explanations from you as truste?$ ¢onceming any such matters. Those procedu￿$ undertaken do nol provide all of the evidence that would be provided in an audit, an consequently no opinion is given as lo whether the accounts present a Irue and fairf vlew and the report is limf(ed to those matters set out in the 8t8tement b81¢)w. In Connection wf(h my examination, no Matter has come to my attention.. Which gives me reasonable cause lo bel￿¥? that in any material aspect the requirements To keep atxounting records in accordance with section 130 of the Charities Act To p￿Pa￿ a¢¢ounts which accord wrth the a¢¢ountlng records and comply with the a￿UntIng re¢ords and ¢omply w¢th the accounting requ1￿Ments of the Charities Act have not been met.. or 1. To which in my opinton, attention should be dra￿ in order to enable a proper understanding of th8 account$ lo be reached. 2. Which gives me reasonable cause to believe thal in any material r6spe¢t the accounting rul88 of th8 Newport DistriGt Scout Coun¢il'8 constitution have not been met. Signed QualifiG*ion &1