Trustees, Annual Report
For the period from 1st April 2022 to 31st March 2023
Section A
Reference and administration details
Charity na￿.
Isl T￿￿Tht￿ry sC￿rt GrrAJP
Regk8tered Charity nurrt*r:
Charty's pr￿1paI address:
clo 4 Makw Ctse
Thornbury
Brist
s￿ GknKeslershre
BS35 1UE
Names ol Ihe charty tru51ees Vh￿ mwwe Ihe charity
TNst8e Nam•
Offlu Ilf any)
Dates act•d If not lor
whfj￿ y•ar
Kalh
Grou
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Section 8
Structure. governance and managemenl
D•$crfptlon of th• Charbty's Trusts
The GfLxJp's go¥¢mrg th¢Urr￿lS are those of The Scout Assc¢k?kn. Try
ol a Royal Chartef, wh￿h n lum gves authffj to the Bye Laws of the
A￿s￿latI* aThJ Tf* Poky. Organi5al•x atvj Ru*s of The A$S￿￿￿t￿)n.
The Gr￿JP i8 a trust eslabts￿d uThJer ts ru￿$ yth￿h are c(rfrfft￿ to al Scouts.
The Trustees are acc(xdance vAh Ihe Pcty. 0rgarm5atK￿ aThJ RU￿ of
The Scout ASS￿•1￿.
The Grwp is man&J8d by the Grojp ExecutNe CorM*ttee, the 01wh￿h are
Ihe Charty Truslees. of Ihe Scwi Gr(yJp wh￿h 15 an educat*)nal charty. As charty
trustees they are resF4JnstJk fN Cr￿￿@ wih app￿ab￿ lo ¢harit*5. This
vKkKles Ihe regi5tral¥)n, keqxrwJ prcyer acC￿ts aThJ makry ￿tUrnS to the Charity
Cum￿5￿)n as appr(yHIe.
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Crynmrtlee c￿$&51S d 3 •xlepeThJenl rewesentsiwes, Chay. TreasureT and
Secretary tcoelhev wth the Grwp Scwt Leaders, sect*)n ￿T5 Id opted to
take on the resKWSttyl aNJ yents rewesenlatrffi every 6 a year.
Mertjers ol the EKecuiNe knr¥¥llee c￿npIe1e,Essents1 Informakn for ExecutNe
C(XT¥Thttee' tra¥iry fvst 5 rr¥￿thS the crxNnrt*e.
ThB Group Exectrtwe exists lo suppyt thg GfC¥JP &(xrt Le•Jw in rr￿lI¥j
the reS￿nsibl￿*S ol the apF*)W1tJr￿ts and ts..
-Tho maintenance ol Grc*Jp wcyety..
-The rais￿9 ol lunds aThJ the aJmwikstralThi of Group ffftarKe'.
-The Insurance ol pefscts. wci>oty eW¥xl￿n1,.
-Grwp Wb1￿ 0Gcas￿s',
.￿Sis11)g n th¢ recruthent of badefs W othef •Jutt SUFfK*t'.
any sub comrThttee5 thal nw be requw￿.'
.￿[x￿ntr¥j Gr￿￿p Adrni%trakffs aNJ Advsors other Itw Ih05e are *led.
Rlsk and Internal Conlrol
The Group ExeculNie has *Jen1￿1 the map)r risks lo whKh they bef￿ve Ihe
GioLtp exposed. these have been revthved aTrJ sysleffts have b8en established lo
n*iJale aga￿1
The rnaii areas ofc<YThrn Ihat have been ijenlhd are..
- Darn￿8 to ts bjhjry, wopety a￿1 ffjuVwi￿. Grc4Jp requesl tho use of
J￿d￿￿$, propety and eqUwj￿nt from neKJht()wrg organisati)n5 such as the church,
communty centre aThJ olher Scoth Groups. Sinlar recpr¢xal arrangerrents exist with
Ihese ofgani5at*Jns. The Group has suff<￿1 and ccffilents insurance in pkce
to nilb3ate againl [￿M¥￿t kjss.
. Inljry to *a(kn. l*rs, siwyters and IT￿n￿ers. The Grcwp thr￿jgh the car*tslK
fees contributes to the Scthjl Assc¢ia1￿S natKThl x¢¥Jenl rsurance ￿y. Risk
Assessments are urw*rtaken bel￿8 al actNths.
- Reduced ncorr* from fund rasry. The Gr￿p $ prinarty felanl u[￿ inC(xne from
subscrpkns and fuThfrai5ry. gr¢w dces I￿j a reserve lo ensure ￿ conimuty
ol actNitEs shwkl Ihere be a maFY reduc￿ ii I)cc￿. The Committee raise the
va￿e of Subscrpt￿S lo ￿￿rease th8 to ￿ group on an Wing basis, either
teffwrarty or Ferff4nenty.
- Reduct￿ or h)ss of ￿￿je¢s. The group is lotaty retsnl U[￿ vohJnteers lo run and
admnisler actNitie5 of group. If Ihere was a TedL￿tK￿ in the numter of ￿eT$
to an unacceptab* kvef vi a pathukr seckn cf Ihe gr￿Jp as a Who￿ Ihen there would
have to k a conlra¢tk)n, consolAlalrffl or ck)sure ol a sect*)n. In the worst case
Scenar￿ Ihe ¢￿te cbjsure of Ihe Grcwp.
- Reduckn or k)ss of members. The Grwp prov•ts aciNrf*5 f￿ all yourKJ
aged 6 to 14.11 Ihere was a reduckn in rrembershy ￿ a partrular secl1￿ or the group
as t￿￿ Ihere wcxjkl have to be a contrac11￿. consoklat*)n or cthure of a
secti)n. In the worsl case s¢enam ￿ compkte cbsure of the Group.
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Section C
Objectivès and activitiès
The Purpose ol Scoutlng
&ouling exi51s to actNety engage and stJpKKYt youNJ peop￿ n their personal
devek)pment.
empN)werry Ihem to mthe a kW)sitNe contrtth to S￿l￿ty.
Th? Values of Scouling
s Scouts we are guhjed by Ihese values..
Int•grily- We acl wrth integrty.. we are hfftsl. liusfvKxthy and byal.
R•spect - We have sell-iespecl and respecl for olhers.
Care- We sUp￿rt othèrs and lake care ol the worhy we fve.
Bellrf- We e¥pkJro oui laihs. beliè15 and altitudes.
Co-opèrdtlon- We make a (JrflerèrKe.' we ctFoperale wilh others aNJ make
frignds.
The Scout Mèthod
Scouting lakes place when yw peopb. kn partr￿Sh￿ with aduts. work I￿Je1her
based on the
vahjes of ScoutTh3 aThJ..
- enff)y what they are dohg and have fun
- take part in aclNrtw ￿dc￿r$ and oul(kMJr$
- IBarn by rt$￿)g
- share ￿ spwitual rellecl
- lake responsibility and make c￿*9$
- undertake new aThJ chaknuing aclwths
- make and by Ihew pr￿1$&.
The Gi¢)up I￿ets the Charty Comrr*5SKffi'S Put* bonefrt crittha under b)Ih the
advanceft*nl of educairffj and the advancerr*nl of crfizenshp or communty
devek)pw￿nI head￿￿$.
Section D
Achievements and pertormance
The wovis*)n of sc¢yJting to approxinat* 160 youry Peop￿ thrwhc*Jt the year in
accordance with ts Poky, orw#5atr￿ aThJ RU￿ of ￿ Sclxrt ASSocratK￿ and with
sound financral managerrwl.
Section E
Financial Review
Rese￿$ Po15¢y
The Group's reserves is lo W SU￿￿1 resI￿r¢e5 to conknue the charitablE
aciwitw ofthe group slwkj arKJ fundraisry aclNit*s fall ShL￿. The GrcMJp
Execulwe Committee corv3AYers that the grtyjp $￿U￿j hobj a sum equiVa￿nI to 4
rn￿thS runny￿ costs, erca £10,CKJO.
The Group ￿kj reseThes of apwoxThalety £28.871 agansl thi5 al year end. Th￿ is
ab)ve the ￿Ve1 requwed for oFeratry expenses. HNever this can be expkined by the
Gr(My rai5ry furmts for fu￿￿ deveknFmts to huL
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The Group's Income a￿1 Expenditure $ very smal and as a ￿￿seqUence tkns nol
have sufttnl funds to iivesl in kyvJer-lerm ingslrnenls such as sl(Kks arKJ shares.
The Group has therelore *k)pled a k)w risk stralegy lo Ihe nveslment of rts lunds. Al
lunds are hebj ￿ cash USYYJ mainstream banks or trxJ*JrwJ socEtEs or The Scout
Ass￿￿3t￿.$ SIKKt Term Investment serY￿e.
The Group Eye¢utNe reguLgfty [r￿itorS ￿ *vets ol bank baLarKes aNJ Ihe inlerest
rates receNed to ensure Ihe grtyjp obtsins maxfftjrn value aThJ ￿Orne from ts bankrKJ
arrangerr*nts. Occa$x)naty this may ￿¥￿e an account thal reqtjires a perDJ of
nO￿e before lurvJ5 may b8 wlhdrawn. before ￿r￿j so the Grryjp EKecLthe ¢￿s*￿er8
Ihe cash fbw fe9uweTh￿nl$.
Section F
Declaration
The tru$lees tJe¢laTe that they have approved thè tru5tees' reF#Yt atThie
Sgned on bèhaff of the charty's truslees
S*Jnaiurelsl
Ful ftan￿$)
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Pos6tK)n leg Secretsry, Chwl
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1st Thornbury Scout Group 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023 

||Year to 31st March 2023|Year to 31st March 202|
|---|---|---|
||£|£|
|Total receipts for the year|25,629.50|33,705.36|
|Total payments for the year|(22,866.42)|(21,409.42)|
|Net receipts (payments) for the year|2,763.08|12,295.94|
|Write Off/Outstanding Payment from Prev Yrs Accts|0.00|0.00|
|Cash, bank and similar funds brought forward|34,889.32|22,593.38|
|Cash, bank and similar funds carried forward|37,652.40|34,889.32|



The above account and accompanying statement of assets and liabilities were approved by the Trustees 

on ...................................................  and signed on their behalf by 

Group Executive Chair 



1st Thornbury Scout Group 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023 

## **RECEIPTS** 

||This Year 22-23|Last Year 21-22|Last Year 21-22|
|---|---|---|---|
||£|£||
|MEMBERSHIP SUBSCRIPTIONS|16,313.68|14,849.12||
|INVESTMENT INCOME RECEIVED||||
|Bank Interest|126.42||1.62|
|Property Rents|230.00||205.00|
|CAPITATION REFUND|0.00||0.00|
|DONATIONS GRANTS|1,605.00||4,040.21|
|TRANSPORT|0.00||0.00|
|FUND RAISING|2,723.47||2,731.60|
|GIFT AID|0.00|10,842.46||
|SECTION LOAN|0.00||0.00|
|INSURANCES (Explorer Contribution)|1,156.00||1003.00|
|RESERVE ACCOUNT DRAWDOWN|0.00||0.00|
|HALL MAINT/UTILITY REFUNDS|0.00||32.35|
|SCOUTING REFUNDS (Badges and Camps)|1,453.84||0.00|
|SECTION ALLOTMENT REFUND|2021.09||0.00|
|BANK CHARGE REFUND|0.00||0.00|
|SUNDRY RECEIPTS|0.00||0.00|
|**TOTAL RECEIPTS**|**25,629.50**|**33,705.36**||





1st Thornbury Scout Group 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023 

## **PAYMENTS** 

|PREMISES<br>Water/Sewage<br>Council Charges<br>Light/Heat<br>Insurance (Bldg & Eqpt)<br>Cleaning/Maint/Cap Expenditure<br>Hire Charges<br>Wifi<br>SECTION ALLOTMENT<br>SECTION LOAN<br>SUBS REFUNDS<br>GIFT AID COSTS<br>TRANSPORT<br>LEADER TRAINING<br>LEADER UNIFORM<br>BADGES<br>SCOUTING EVENTS<br>PRINT/POSTAGE/STATIONERY<br>EQUIPMENT REPAIR<br>EQUIPMENT PURCHASE<br>SUNDRY COSTS & AGM COSTS<br>CAPITATION<br>FUND RAISING EXPENSES<br>DONATIONS<br>BANK CHARGES<br>RESERVE ACCOUNT DEPOSIT<br>OSM FEES<br>**TOTAL PAYMENTS**|This Year 22-23<br>£<br>(219.00)<br>(89.60)<br>(1,917.29)<br>(1,789.90)<br>(1,590.59)<br>0.00<br>(150.90)<br>(5,757.28)<br>(1,880.00)<br>0.00<br>(30.03)<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>(60.00)<br>0.00<br>(758.20)<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>(3,388.16)<br>(984.75)<br>(7,888.00)<br>(2,025.00)<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>(95.00)<br>**(22,866.42)**|Last Year 21-22<br>£<br>(141.00)<br>(45.74)<br>(1,157.94)<br>(1,543.30)<br>(4,797.28)<br>0.00<br>(159.80)|
|---|---|---|
|||(7,845.06)<br>(2,697.92)<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>(110.00)<br>(92.99)<br>(246.20)<br>0.00<br>(20.62)<br>0.00<br>(188.27)<br>(53.86)<br>(7,740.50)<br>(2,276.00)<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>(138.00)<br>**(21,409.42)**|





1st Thornbury Scout Group 1st April 2022 - 31st March 2023 

## **TOTAL ASSETS** 

|**Bank Deposit Account(s):**<br>Current Account<br>(Capital) Reserve Account<br>Cash in hand<br>Outstanding Receipts<br>Outstanding Payments<br>Accrual For Ground Rent<br>**Total Carried Forward**<br>Land and Buildings (Lease) - Note 1<br>Motor vehicles (owned)<br>Scout Equipt, furniture, etc (owned) -<br>Replacement Value - Note 2|This Year 22-23<br>£<br>8,781.17<br>28,871.23<br>0.00<br>**37,652.40**<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>**37,652.40**<br>148,000.00<br>3,000.00<br>18,770.27|Last Year 21-22<br>£<br>6,144.51<br>28,744.81<br>0.00|
|---|---|---|
|||**34,889.32**<br>0.00<br>0.00<br>0.00|
|||**34,889.32**|
|||148,000.00<br>3,000.00<br>18,770.27|



## **Notes:** 

1.   L&B based on 2012 revaluation for Insurance (£109,000 "Main HQ", £39,000 for "New HQ", £7,000 for Main HQ "Building Contents") 

2.  Reflects Scouting Equipment and "Loose" Building Contents; £19,000 Insurance Cover 



England & Wales
Template I: Unqualified report for a non-company charity preparing
receipts and payments accounts with a 9r055 income of £250.000 or less
in the relevant financial year
Independtrrt examiner's report to the trustees of IstThornl)ury Scout Group Scout
Council
I reportto the trust&s on rny exam¥wtiM ofthe accounts of the IstThombJry Sc(4rt Group for the year
onded 31st March 2023.
Responsibilities and basis of report
As the charity trustees of the 1st Thomtrwjry Scout Group you Jic 1¢5ponsible forthE preparation of the
accounts in accordance wrth the requiwofflorts Chall￿5 Ad 2011 fthE Art'l.
I report in respect of my exarnination ol the 1st TlwntrNJry S(OLrt Giwp accwnts caryied out under
section 145 of the 2011 Art and carrwng out my exarntnolK￿ I have followod all the appbcable
DirectK)ns given by the Charity Commissth urKler section 1451Sllbl of thehrt
Independent examiner's statement
I have completed my ÈxorniThatK)Th I confiTh that ￿ fflaterial matters have come to myartention in
¢onnethgn with the examination gmwng mecause to believe that in anymaterial fesport
acwunting retord5 were Mt kept in ￿of the I￿Thtynb￿ Scout Group as required by
5ectton 130 of the Art or
2. the arcounts do rK•t actardwith th05¢reea
I have no Cor)￿￿5 and havecorne across rK> other rrwtters in connection with the exam1r￿tIOn to whtch
attention shryAd be drawn in this report in order to enable ¥ proptr understandiny ol the accounts to be
reached.
gned:
Name.. Matthew ESt£￿rt Peafce
Relevant professi¢wl qUalifir•t]￿ w ￿￿MberSh￿oI wofessional Ix>thes lrfanyl: Bank Managef. ACI8
Ilap5edl
Addr￿ 17 ChotsV￿ Part Thorntr￿ry. Bristd 8S35 IJF
Date..
202T