Scouts J. Board of Trustees Annual Report •m• of Ch•rlty l• Gillord Scout Group Charlty Registration Number Ye•r Start Dat• 108902 j•i Aprll 2023 31•t March 2024 Ye•r End D•te The Purpos• of your Ch•rity All OUts Nl Chafilies are governed by ihe R(ryal Charter and Bye-Law5. Purpose - Scouting exists to actively engage and 5UPPOrt young people in their personal developmenL empowering ihem to mako a p05itsve contribution to socSety. The principal address of the Charity 37 Burn 8rae CourL Banbrldge. Co Down. BT32 4GD The name5 01 all Charity Trustees Mr Paul Mccoy - Chairper50n Mr Colin McElory - Group Lead Volunteer Mrs Sarah Mccoy - Secretary Mrs Angela Dawson - Treasurer Miss Leanna Blevins - A5SlStant Leader The financial year the report relates to 1° April 2023- 310 Mafch 2024 A summary of the Charity's main activities and athievements in the year These are the main activttie5 undertaken by thi5 charity to further its charitable purpDSes for the public benefi( of its beneficiaries: Active SeL1ions: Beavers {Age 6-8) and Cub5 (Age 8 to 10.51. Section meetings take place on a weekly basis during term time on Thursday evenings,. Beavers 6pm to 6.45pm and Cubs 7pm to 8pm. All activities follow a strurtured programme of age related games and actiwties to meet our charitable purpose. Tr group has had a successful year with a late Summer Camp taking place at the stsrt of September. To better facilitate this we soLd some of our Larger. more compiscaled tenL)ge which auowed us to purchase some smaller terrts that younger membef5 could erect with minimal adult help. This. combined wtth an overnight Stay at G05ford Forest Park. gave all children an opportunity to demonstrate independence. leadership. teamworl ba(woods cooking skius and mental resilienc
Scouts In Octobef were tD raise some extra funds by seuiry donated items at a local uaft lair. ¥hich also u5 ra15e the profile of the woup. BemTk" Beavers v4orked lowards a1 completed Our Adventure Challeng< Sp¢ Creative Builder. Swrt& Gardenlrvj and Teamwork Challer¥Je badges. At the 5LIrt DI the year we had a great trip to Armagh Planetarium It wa5 a great day out and we all thoroughly eryoyed IL Tre were lots of demonstrations aThY 5w5 and we werE able to complete our Space badgo In February we hosted the Guide Dogs for the Bts'nd. We held our annual sports evening which FS a joint session with our Cubs arml is a favourite lor the children. The competition for 1st Beaver and 1st Cub 15 always very higtrLI This year all our meetings have taken pla in SL Pauls Churth Hèll. The church kindly donated money for our vegetable and wildflower patch. We were able to extend our patch aThJ are growing. Pe p)tatoe% runnef bean& Carro radishes wildflowers and sunflowers. Cub&" We started this Scouting year with an overnight camp in Gosford Foresi Park at the beginning of September where m05t members compieled Ihe day tIvItieS and 5 camped overnight During the year our Cubs have compLeted the fDILowing badgeworL Astronomer. Di5atxbty Awareness. Global155ues Sta9e l Musicians Teamwork Challenge and Our Skius Challenge. We were vigted by Guide Dogs Nl and vée will finish this term with a visit to Lurgaboy Athity Centre The Scout Group vlere also gifted an area of garden Irom St Paul's Churth in the grouThls of the churth hall we we are pianniT¥J to build a fire pit area and grow some fmit and vegetable& erKJ of this year we are on track to present our first Chief knut Silver awards to 2 of the Cubs who are due to leave u5. Funds are allocated to activitie5 aTrJ events that are enjoyable and erKourage the youry F*opie to trCOrne nw)re Inde[)dent and sdf.relianL developing teamv10 and skiL15 for A statement that the Trustees hwrfe had with regard to the Commission's Public Beneft requirement statutory guidante All trustees named ab)ve are aware of the Charity Commission ol Northern Ireland's KMJbkn"c benefft requIrerrt and statLrtory guidan. There was no harm flowing from the charity's purpjses and there was no private benefit
Scouts PIA A revlew of the Ch•rity'% fln•n¢i•l position *t tho end of th• y••r Total iuTrls at start ol p¢Yiod'. [760.25 Total ieceipts for period. £2.419.95 7olal payments lor perlod. E1.943. 11 Total lo$94ND ICY peilod: £476.84 (gain) Total funds #l er•J ol period" l 1.237.09 The charity'5 wiicy on resefve lur¥Js is to hdd sulfKi reSOUfces to continue the th•riiabie activities of the gioup lor a Srt peri¢)d shoutd irKome and luTrJiaising adsviiies be curtailed leg. Covid 19 scenario) or lalls shofL The Group Executive Committee considers the chaiity sh)uld hold between £500 to EI.000 to cover this. Any additional fvrK15 heid over thi5 amount will be used to offset the cost ol an end ol knuting year actiwty. D•tsi15 of any lunds held by the Charity that was m•terially in defirit at the end of the year and steps taken by the Charity Trustees to eiirninate the deficit There are no funds held by the charity that are matwially in deficiL One or rnore of the Charity Trustees must Sign and date this bo Mr Collie McEiroy. Group ad Volunts Mrs Sarah Mccoy. Seuetary 9211 lif