|SectionB|Structure, governance andmana ement|
|---|---|
|Descriptionof thecharity's trusts||
|Type ofgoverning document||
||TheDistrict'sgoverning documentsarethoseof theThe Scout|
||Association. They consistofa RoyalCharter,whichinturn gives|
||authoritytothe ByeLaws of theAssociationandThePolicy,|
||Organisation andRules ofTheScoutAssociation.|
|(e.g.trustdeed,constitution)||
|Howthe charityisconstituted|The Districtis atrust established underits ruleswhichare|
||commontoallScouts.|
|(e.9.trust, association, company)||
|Trustee selection methods|TheTrustees are appointedinaccordance with thePolicy,|
|(e.9.appointedby,elec'ted by)|Organisation andRules ofThe ScoutAssociation.|
|Additional governance issues (optional informationbutencouraged as best practice)||
|Youmay choose to include additional||
|information, where relevant,about:|membersofwhich are the'CharityTrustees'ofthe Scout District|
||whichis aneducationalcharity.As charity trustees theyare|
||responsible for complying with legislation applicableto charities.|
||Thisincludesthe registration, keepingproperaccountsand|
||makingreturns tothe Charity Commission asappropriate.|
||The Committee consistsof3 independent representatives,|
|Policiesand procedures adoptedfor:|Chair,Treasurer and Secretary together with the District<br>Commissioner and his DeputiesplusGroup ScoutLeaders|
||(where optedtotakeonthe responsibility) and meets every3|
|a)the inductionandtrainingoftrustees;b)|months.|
|trustee' consideration of majorrisks and the<br>systems and procedures to managethem|Membersofthe Executive Committee complete 'Essential<br>lnformation for Executive Commiftee'lraining withinthefirst5<br>monthsofjoiningthe committee.|
||This District Executive Committee existstosupport the District|
||Commissionerinmeeting the responsibilitiesof the|
||appointments and is responsiblefor:|
||The maintenance andrunningof Districtproperty;|
||The administration of Districtfinance;|
||The insuranceofpersons, property and equipment;|
||Districtpublicoccasions;|
||Assistinginthe recruitment of leaders and other adultsupport;|
||Appointing any sub committeesthatmay be required;|
||DistrictAdministratorsandAdvisors other than those|
||are|





|SectionB|Structure,<br>overnance andman<br>ent continued)|
|---|---|
||and lnternal<br>(Specimen1)|
||The District Executive Committee has identified the majorrisks|
||towhich they believe the Districtisexposed, these havebeen|
||reviewed and systems havebeenestablished to mitigate against|
||them.The main areasofconcern that have been identifiedare:|
||Damage tothe building, property and equipment. The District|
||wouldrequesttheuseof buildings, propertyandequipmentfrom|
||neighbouring organisations suchasthe church, community|
||centre and other Scout Groups. Similar reciprocal arrangements|
||existwith theseorganisations"The District has sufficient|
||buildingsandcontents insurance in placetomitigate against|
||permanentloss.|
||lnjury to leaders, helpers, supporters and members. The District|
||through the capitation fees contributestotheScoutAssociations|
||national accident insurancepolicy-RiskAssessmentsare|
||undertaken before allactivities.|
||Reduced income from assets. The Districtisprimarily reliant|
||uponincomefrom either therental ofthe apartments,rentalof|
||the HQhall,andrental ofthe Campsite. The District does holda|
||reserve toensure the continuityofactivities should therebea|
||major reduction in income. The Committee couldraisethe value|
||ofsubscriptions to increase the incometothe Districton an|
||ongoing basis, either temporarily orpermanently.|
||Reduction orlossof leaders. The Districtistotally reliantupon|
||volunteers torun andadministertheactivitiesofthe Districtlf|
||therewas a reductioninthe number ofleaderstoan|
||unacceptable levelin aparticular sectionor agroup asawhole|
||thentherewouldhavetobe acontraction, consolidation or|
||closureofa section or group.ln theworst case scenariothe|
||complete closureoftheDistrict"|
||Reduction orlossof members. The District provides activitiesfor|
||allyoung people aged6to18.lftherewas a reductionin|
||membershipina particular sectionorgrouportheDistrict as|
||whole then there would haveto be acontraction, consolidation|
||or closureof asectionorgroup. lntheworst case scenariothe|
||complete closureoftheDistrict,|
||Risk and lnternalControl(Specimen2)|
||The group hasinplace systems of internal controlsthat are|
||designedtoprovide reasonable assurance againstmaterial|
||mismanagement orloss,theseinclude2 signatories forall|
||paymentsand acomprehensive insurance policiestoensure|
||that insurablerisksarecovered.|





||SectionC|Objectives andactivities|
|---|---|---|
|Summaryof theobjectsofthe charity set<br>outin itsgoverningdocument||The PurposeofScouting<br>Scouting existstoactivety engage and supportyoung peoplein|
|||theirpersonaldevelopment,|
|||empowering them to make apositivecontribution tosociety.|
|||TheValuesofScouting|
|||AsScoutsweareguidedbythese values:|
|||lntegrity-Weactwithintegrity;we arehonest,trustworthyand|
|||loyal.|
|||Respect-Wehaveself-respect andrespectforothers.|
|||Care-We support othersandtakeeare of theworldinwhich we|
|||live,|
|||Belief-We exploreourfaiths, beliefsandattitudes.|
|||Co-operation-We makeapositivedifference; we co-operate|
|||with others andmakefriends.|
|||TheScout Method|
|||Scouting takesplacewhenyoung people,inpartnershipwith|
|||adults, work together basedon the|
|||values of Scoutingand:|
|||- enjoywhat they are doing andhavefun|
|||-take partinactivities indoorsandoutdoors|
|||-learn bydoing|
|||-shareinspiritualreflection|
|||-take responsibility andmakechoices|
|||-undertakeneurand challenging activities|
|||- make andlive bytheirPromise.|
|Summaryofthe main activities in relation to|||
|these objects|||





|.policyoninvestments.||
|---|---|
||Providingfreeleadersupportandtrainingandalsograntsfor|
||and|
|Publicbenefit statement||
||criteria underboththe advancementofeducationandthe|
||advancementofcitizenshiporcommunity development|
||headings.|
|SectionD|Achievements and performance|
|Summaryofthe main achievementsof<br>the charity duringtheyear|success was achievedinthe recruitment of Leadersinresponse<br>towaitinglistsfor youngstersjoiningGroups.Progresswas<br>restarted<br>the<br>roups.|
||madeinthe Campsite Development andanapplication was|
||madeforapublic footpath diversionto allowfurtherpartsof the|
||sitetobesafely used. Planningpermissionwas obtainedfor|
||additional toiletsatthe Campsite. lncreasedincomefor Scouting|
||was generated from the Flats rentals and Facilitieshire out.|



|||SectionE|Financial Review|
|---|---|---|---|
||Briefstatement<br>reseryes|ofthe charity'spolicyon|Reserves Policy|
||||The District's policyonreservesistohold sufficient resourcesto|
||||continue the charitable activitiesofthegroupshould incomeand|
||||fundraising activitiesfallshort.TheDistrict Executive Committee|
||||considersthat thegroup shouldholdasumequivalentto12|
||||months running costs, circaf50K.|
||||The District held reservesofapproximatelyf268Kagainst thisat|
||||year end. Thisincludes resourcesforinvestmentinrenovating|
||||and developing the campsitetobring thefacilitiesuptoagood|
||||standard Thisisto increase use across both District and outside|
||||Scout Groups, but also Guides otherorganised Youth,School<br>etc groups.Currentlywehave beenunabletorapidlyproceed|
||||withthis asthere maybearequirementtoprovidesign|
||||financial support forthewindingupofaGroup and theirproperty|
||||liabilities.|
||||Update theHQaccommodation-wehave done somework,<br>furtherwork isrequired<br>alongsideongoingmaintenance dueto|
||||theage ofthebuilding.|
||||Availabilityof funds in theeventof anunforeseen repairatthe<br>Headquarters<br>building.<br>AdditionalfinancialsupportforGroup expansion andSection|
||||startup|
|5|1T700001 (1st February|2017)||





|Youmay chooseto include additional|||
|---|---|---|
|information, where relevant,about:|lnvestmentPolicy (Specimen1)||
|. the charity's principal sourcesoffunds|The District's lncome and Expenditureispredominantly from|the|
|(includinganyfundraising);|rental ofthe3apartmentsandconsequentlyDistrictdoesnot||
||needsubscription funds fromit'smembers to maintainthe||
||District.The Districthastherefore adoptedaensurethatthe||
||assets heldbythe Districtaresuitably maintainedtoensurethe||
||revenuestream.All funds are heldincash using only||
||mainstream banks or buildingsocieties.||
|.howexpenditurehassupported thekey|||
|objectivesofthecharity;|The District Executive regularly monitors the levels of bank||
||balancesandthe interestratesreceivedtoensurethegroup||
||obtains maximum value andincomefrom its banking||
||arrangements. Occasionally this may involve usinganaccount||
||that requires aperiodof noticebeforefunds maybewithdrawn,||
||before doing so the Group Executive considers the cash flow||
||requirements.||
|.investmentpolicyand objectives|||
||lnvestmentPolicy(Specimen2)||
||TheGroup investsinit'sassets.Allcash fundsareheld incash||
||usingonly mainstream banksorbuildingsocieties.||
|SectionF|Other Optionallnformation||
|||AS|
||soonasfeasible. Carry outHand S inspectionofany necessary||
||works to trees at Campsite becauseofAsh dieback and putin||
||hand anyworksnecessary.Continue effort into recruitmentof||
||Leadersandhelpers.||
|Plans forfuture periods (detailsofany|||
|significant activitiesplannedtoachieve|||
|them)|||



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|Signature(s)|c^l||
|---|---|---|
|Fullname(s)|HelenDavv|Wilkinson|
|Position(eg Secretary,Chai0|Trustee|Trustee|
|Date|SG1AAaAB,||





||||<br>Receipts|<br>andPayments|<br>Account||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|||||||"-*_|''- -"4-:"."_||
||||Fortheyear<br>from|411t21|To|3t31t22|||
|i|||||||I||
||Recei<br>and|ents|||||||
|||||||||2020t21|
||||Unrestricted<br>funds|||Totalfunds||Totalfunds|
||||€|c|f|€||t|
||Receipts||||||||
||Donations,legaciesandsimilar||||||||
||income||||||||
||Membership subscriptions||29,572|||29,572||2560E|
||Less: Membership subscraplions paid on<br>L\aiord"Courq/a,eJDi"1,.l||||||||
||||31.11 3|||||-30200|
||Nel membership subsoriptions retained||1,541|0|0|1,541||4592|
||Donations||||||||
||UMAIO||0||||||
||ulnersrmllar rncomei Group Loan t{epayrnent|||||||2026|
||ulhersrmrlar rncome||||||||
||Other similar income||||||||
||||0||||||
||||1,541|||||.2566|
||Grants||||||||
||Maintenenacegrant||0||||||
||Olher grants [Covid Business Grants]||29,232|||29.232||30,565|
||Subtotal||,a a1,|||?9.232||30,565|
||Fundraising (gross)||||||||
||Detail 1:Badges||84||||84||
||Detail 2||0||||||
||Detail 3||||||||
||||0||||||
||Other fundraisingacliv(ies||0||||||
||Subtotal||84||||||
||lnvestment income||||||||
||||-100|||||71|
||Building Society interest||76|||||233|
||The Scout Association Short Term lnvestment||||||||
||Seruice||0||||||
||PropBrty Rent income: c€mpsite||2,A71|||2.A71||818|
||Property Rent income: HQ||5,702|||5.702||92|
||Property Rent income: Flats||46,612|||46.612||41003|
||Subtotal||55;1 61|||55,160|||
||Total|Gross||,.0||82,936|||
||and investment|sales,etc.|0||||||
|||Total|82,935|-||82.936||70474|
||||||||I||
||||ofBathDistrictScout Council, Charity# 800699<br>--J||||||





||Recei|and<br>"*r "T*|||ntsAccount|ntsAccount|||*"*-*-"**-*i|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
||Fortheyear<br>from||4t1121|||To||3t31t22||
|Wtr{||||||||||
||||||||||2020t21|
||funds|||||funds||Totalfunds|Totalfunds|
||€||c|**--|:-r- *|s|||E|
|GharitabfePayments||0||||||||
|YOUthprogramme andaclivities||1,974||||||1,974|0|
|Adultsupponand training||2,385||||||2.385|0|
|t{ent||||||||||
|||0||||||||
|vleterandsewerageless flattenants||||||||||
|mntribulions||1.753|||||||2,904|
|lelecomm,Electnctty and Gas||||||||||
||1.262.77||||||||1871|
|lnsurance||||||||||
|||3.513|||||||3148|
|Repairs and Renewals||||||||||
||8.795.00||||||||15047|
|Materials and equipment||||||||||
|||7,14|||||||0|
|Printingandphotocopying||||||||||
|||0|||||||0|
|Contribution to camp costs||||||||||
|||0||||||||
|Uniforms||||||||||
|||0||||||||
|AGM and trustee expenses||||||||||
|||0|||||||0|
|Olher costsdetail1:URC||||||||||
|||549|||||||0|
|Other costs detail 2: Recruitment||||||||||
|||3,573|||||||1931|
|uthercosts delarl 3: Developmenl||||||||||
|||0|||||||0|
|Other costs detarl 4: Grants||||||||||
|||2,000|||||||0|
|Other costs detail 5: Districl Team||||||||||
|||50|||||||0|
|Other costs detail 6: Flat Letting Fees||||||||||
|||5,891|||||||5185|
|Other costs detail7:Admin,Legal Expenses,||||||||||
|\ruebsite Feesan.lIi.encac||996|||||||989|
|Olfiercosts detail 8: Redundant Scout Group<br>\fin.lind u6|15,490|||||||||
|||||||||4.633|1{86|
|totaI||||||||||
||||||||||32466|
|expenses||||||||||
|Detail1||0||||||||
|Detail 2||0||||||||
|Detail 3||||||||||
|||0||||||||
|Other fundraising costs||||||||||
|||0||||||||
|Subtotal||||||||||
|Total Gross||||0||0||53,574||
|investmentpurchases,||||||||||
|||0|||||||0|
|Total||||-0|||||32466|
||||||||It|||
|Netofreceipts/(payments)||||||||||
|Transfers betweenfunds||||||||||
|||0||||||||
|year<br>Cashfunds last||-0|||||||37607|
|Cashfunds this year||||||||||





|$taterhent .ofas,s.e:tshnd.,|li|abilitiesr,att|he,end,a|f theyear|||||
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|||||2021t22|||2020121||
|||Unrestricted|Restricted|funds EndowmentTotalfunds|||Totalfunds|:|
|||funds||funds|||||
|||2|f,|L|L||€||
|cash funds|||||||||
|EIankcunent account||t{s,205|||||86007||
|Sankdepostt account|||||||||
|Building society account||,s2,589|||.:||152513||
|The ScoutAssociationShort Termlnvestment|||||||||
|Service|||||||||
|Cash/Floats|||||||||
||ffi||||||||
||||||.,.,]||||
|Othermonetary assets|||||||||
|Taxclaim|||||||||
|Debts duefrom theCounty/Area/OistricU|||||||||
|Group|||||||||
|lnvestment assets|||||||||
|lnvestment property-detail||696,000|||||695,000||
|Ouoted invesknents|||||||||
|otnerrnvestments-dekrl||||||-|||
|use|||||||||
|Ltadge stocK|||||||||
|Shopstock|||||||||
|Other slock|||||||||
|Landand bulldlngs||356,488|||1...||360,892||
|Motor vehacles|||||||||
|Scout{ngequipment, fumiture etc|||||||||
|utner|||||||||
|)Ecountsnotyetpaid||0|||||||
|Expenses incurredbutnot invoiced|||||||||
|5UDscnptonsnotyetpard|||||||||
|Loan- detail||0|||||0||
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