## **Receipts and Payments Account** ## **for the** **Year ended 31 March 2025** **Charity No SC029283** ## **104[th] Edinburgh North East Scout Group Trustees Annual Report Year ended 31 March 2025** The Trustee Board have pleasure in presenting their report together with the financial statements and the independent examiner’s report for the year ended 31 March 2025. The accounting basis for the statements is receipts and payments in line with the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator’s policy. ## **Name & Address** The Group’s formal Name is the 104[th] Edinburgh North East Scout Group and it may be contacted at 76 Craighall Road, Edinburgh, EH6 4RG. The Group operates locally as, “Scouts Goldenacre”. ## **Constitution & Purpose** The Scout Group is constituted in terms of the Rules of The Scout Association, which is a charitable body incorporated by Royal Charter. The Group is a registered Scottish Charity - No SC029283. The purpose of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of the local, national and international communities. The method of achieving the aim of the Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership. ## **Trustees** Chairman Secretary Treasurer Group Lead Volunteer Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustees are recruited and appointed in accordance with the Policy, Organisation & Rules (“POR”) of the Scout Association. ## **Group Chair Remarks:** ## **Year ended 31/3/25** The 12 months to end March 2025 marked the end of a further year of progress in the redevelopment of the hall and grounds. With most major capital expenditure items having been concluded in the preceding 3 years, the focus this year was on more minor, but nevertheless significant, tasks. This included taking further steps to make the Upstairs Hall fit for hire, a step designed to help improve revenue. We also undertook improvements to the Office and Kitchen with a view to making them more fit for purpose. Improvements in the grounds were also seen, and positively commented on, throughout the year, and it is good to note that the hall and grounds continue to offer an attractive Edinburgh base to visiting scout groups from the UK and overseas. Making the hall and grounds an attractive base was always part of our development plans, and it is pleasing to see this working so well with the number of visiting scouts using our hall as a base continuing to expand. In the 12 months ended March 2025, this included Scout groups from all over the UK, as well as visiting groups from the US. This has continued into the current financial year, with visits from various Scandinavian scouts, amongst others. At the last AGM we had 6 Trustee Board appointments confirmed. These individuals, together with , Group Lead Volunteer, now form the Group Trustee Board. This is the body which retains responsibility for the property; management of the Group’s registered charity; and an oversight function in respect of the implementation of various scouting policies. I am grateful for the support and dedication of all Trustees and, as the new Scout management system continues to bed down, look forward to further developing the way we run things. Our Group, and our registered Charity, work hand in hand and both are entirely run by volunteers. At the last AGM, we called for an additional 3 volunteers to come forward and join the Trustee Board. Unfortunately, we did not get a good response to this appeal, and I would again call for anyone interested in joining us on the Trustee Board to make themselves known to any of the Leaders or current Trustees. Appointments are only for a maximum of 3 years, and any support we get is gratefully received. Looking ahead to 2025 and beyond and, with the large-scale capital projects now done for the time being, our attention continues to focus on building up our cash reserves so that we can plan further investment. There remains much to do!! In closing my remarks and, in addition to thanking my fellow Board members, I would also like to pay tribute to the Leadership in each of our sections. Without their investment in our young people, the movement would be a lot poorer. I would also like to acknowledge the massive contribution made by our key volunteers who work hard to keep the hall and grounds looking so good; help organise and deliver our fund-raising events; and work on generating revenue from our hall lettings. Together, you form the heart of our Group, and I am grateful for your continued support. Grou Lead Volunteer Remarks: Year ended 3113125 Once again, another exciting and successful year of Scouting for all of our young people in the Beaver. Cub and Scouts sections. Stsrting In April 2024 with camp at Bonaly which all three sections participated in. the Cubs also had a sleep over in the Science Museum in Glasgow and a camp at Canty Bay near North Berwick, the Beavers listened to talk from an airline pilot and the Scouts leamed how to dimb at Alien Rock - just some examples of the many activrties completed and enjoyed ovei the year. The big highlight of the year was a retum after a fwe-year break to our week long overseas camp in October 2024 to Belgium and the Netherlands which had been a regular bi-annual trip but postponed due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. 12 scouts and 3 leaders travelled by train to York and went to the Railway Museum then onto Hull, ovemight fery to Rotterdam, train to Ghent in Belgium to stay in the De Draecke Youth Hostel and visited the adjoining Castle and went on a day trip to Ypres Salient wwi battlefields. cemeteries and museums. Then the Scouts travelled by train via An￿erp to Den Haag to meet the 5 Cubs and 2 leaders that had ft)wn over the day before via Amsterdam to the Stsyokay Youth Hostel and had visited the wonderful interactive Madurodam Park in Den Haag. We explored the Hague on foot and by tram. ate pizza. went go-karting at De Utihof Sports Centre, visited the open air Dutch museum at Zaanse Schans to see windmills. sawmill and cheese and clog making etc, visited the Maritime Museum in Amsterdam and our oldest Scouts went on a canal trip. Then we all caught the overnight fery from Amsterdam to Newcastle with a formal group dinner in full unifO￿n and kilts on board, visited the Discovery Centre in Newcastle and then caught the train back to Edinburgh tired and exhausted but with many great memories after very successful trip. None of the above would be possible without the dedication and hard work of our adult volunteer leaders and young leaders vtho give up their time freely to plan and deliver an interesting and varied programme of activities and camps. They use their expertise to train our young people and help them gain valuable lrfe skills and experiences and lots of badges and awards. A huge thank you to them for their highly valued contribution and servi￿. Reserves Policy The Trustees believe that around six months of annual expenditure is an appropriate level of current account reserves to cover the timing diffe￿nceS between receipts and payments and to allow for any unexpected expenditure. This year resulted in a surplus of £173. This reduced amount can be attributed to the costs of the Scout and Cub expedition to the Netherlands in the autumn of 2024. Approved by the Group Executive Committee on 28 October 2025 and signed on its behalf by:_ Group Lead Volunteer th Independent examlner's report to the trustees of the 104 Edlnburgh North East Scout Group ('the Trust,) I report to the charity trustees on my examination of the accounts of the Trust for the year ended 31 March 2025. Responslbllltles and basls of report As the trustees of the Trust you are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance with the requirements of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 (the '2005 Act,), the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended), and the Charities Act 2011 ('the 2011 Act,). You are satisfied that your charity is not required by charity law to be audited and have chosen instead to have an independent examination. I report in respect of my examination of the Trust's accounts Ca￿led out under section 44 (1) (c) of the 2005 Act and section 145 of the 2011 Act. In carrying out my examination I have followed the requirements of Regulation 11 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and all applicable Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act. Independent examiner's statement I have completed my examination. I confirm that no matters have come to my attention giving me cause to believe that in any material respect: accounting records were not kept as required by section 44 (1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended) and section 130 of the 2011 Act- or 2. the accounts do not accord with those records" and 3. the accounts do not comply with the accounting requirements of Regulation 8 of the Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). I have no concems and have come across no other matters in connection with the examination to which attention should be drawn in this report in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached. Signed: Date. 21 October 2025 104th Edinburgh North E851 Scout Group Receipts and Payments Accouni For the year ended 31 March 2025 Unre5tTiCted Funds 2024125 Unre5tri(ted Funds 2023124 Receipts Donat￿￿5 Grft Aid Online pur(hase5Ju5t Giving Sub total 876 4,068 8,107 225 12.400 182 1.057 6rants and Loans District Grant IAnnuall Gnnts for renovation Grant from Edinburgh District Other grant Sub total 720 775 720 3.275 Fundraising Igrossl Treasure HuntlAGM Jamboree Burns/Scortish Night Spooky Bonfire Coffee Morning Parents Disco Private Parry Spon50red Walk Sub toial 287 585 962 3,697 2.350 2.069 876 4.742 2.431 291 756 2.￿1 11.664 9.382 Investment Intome Bank interest Properry Rental income Other Investment income (note 31 Sub total 492 24,090 192 24.774 573 24,804 4,559 29,936 Rtceipts from Choritable Attivities Membership Subscript￿n5 INotes 4 & 51 Receipts for trip5 lovemightl (Note 61 Receipts for other trips Necker sales Other similar incoffle Sub total 1.598 12.256 112 6,583 224 io 14.IN)6 11.217 Errors Refunds Reimbursements Refund and Reimburse Sub total 621 621 Rellri(fed Fund5 Restricted Funds Foundats"on Scofjand grant (see Note 2ld)) Private donation Sub total Total Receipts 49.939 69.113 104th Edinburgh North East Scout Group Receipt5 and Payment5 Ac(ount For the year ended 31 March 2025 Unrestricted Funds 2024125 Unrestrirteo Funds 2023124 Payments Charitable Artivitie5 Sub repayment Yourh programme and artivffj'es Elertricity and Ga5 Insurance Repairs and Renewals Hall/Garden Maintenance Extension Proje Hall Renovatson Materials and Equipment Technology Just Giving Fees Receivable from a Leader Unrforms and Badges ernight Carnps INote 61 SurKIry 602 2.722 4,125 5.095 5,726 1.734 3,714 1.279 6,606 3,391 2.831 1,301 216 53.044 1.671 1,073 216 667 15.340 818.70 42.834 3.665 loo.00 74.638 Sub total Fundraising expense5 Burns/Sconish Night Spooky Bonfire Treasure Hunt/AGM Coffee Morning Disco Sponsored Walk Sub total 2LM) 1,510 iy 29 268 1.817 105 3.669 1,932 Loan Repo￿ne￿t Distrirt Loan Sub total Total payments 49.767 83.306 SurplusllDeficitl fof the year 173 114,1931 Surplu5llDeficit) foi the year Unre5trirted Funds 173 114.193) 104th Edinburgh North East Scout Group Statement ofbalantes at 31 Marth 2025 2024125 2023124 Cash lund$145t year end 44.624 58.881 Cash fvnds this year end 44.797 44.624 Change in funds 173 114.2571 Cash Funds Bank current account Of which Restricted Funds (note 2) - Unrestriaed Funds Bank deposit acCo￿t Building 50ciety account Ca5hlFloats (note 7) 44,207 44,537 2.783 41.424 590 Total Cash Funds 44.797 44.624 Othei monetary assets Trip payrnent due Sub total Non monetary assets for chall￿S own use Land and buildings Inote 91 Badge stock Scouiing equipment. furniture. etc (note 101 1.412,418 1.412.418 14,3Crf) 14.31x1 Sub total 1,427.118 1.427,118 Li8biliiies District Loan {Note l) Accounts not yet paid (note 8) 35.(￿) 3.842 Subtotal 38342 40,482 The a￿ve re(eipts and pa￿ne￿I5 a(tount and sratement of I￿15 and I1￿•11t*S were approved by the Trustees on 28th Ortober 2025 and si8￿d on theiw behdl by. Signatyre 104th Edinburgh North East S(out Group Receipts and pa￿entS Account for the ye8r ended 31 Marth 2025 l. The Grc￿p agreed a loan of E50,CtQ from Edinbureh N￿h East District to support the tffoperty renovation. The loan was granted on preferentsal terms to te repa in annual repayments (Ner 10 yews. By 2025-3.31 tr￿ee repayff*nts had been made. The next repayTMt1£5.IJMI} Cktober 2025 2 lal. Tr DO￿a5 Scott Furwj was ellablished by a￿1 is the CL￿￿(4 ofthe Grow C£￿￿ee. Its purp05e was to provide sW>PJrt for 5cC￿E5 or Venture Scour5 und2rt*"ry thitwe Klivir￿5. are resvKted fund5. There wa5 no movemeni ￿ringts year. Balance at 31 Marth 2024 moVe￿t Balance at 31 March 2025 160 2 Ibl. These funds are being held m Group ri￿le￿et￿ pOss￿le use Scout seth"t)n wh) have sigftffic￿t drfferences in expeTh1rt￿e year to year ¢*Je to campine abroad every second year. T￿re wès M0￿Mentd￿lrC Ihe year. IlarKe at 31 March 2024 Movement Balance at 31 March 2025 1623 1623 2 Icl A thnatM)n was m* to Group in 2020 *Mth a rew that £1(￿) be reserved for trainin& d￿elOpment or suw)(xt of yow)g leader5 rx athtt leaders. Othe￿ at the di5(retion of the GSL arml secu"￿ Le*rs. Balance at 31 March 2024 Movement Balance at 31 March 2025 2 IdlTotal Re5trKred Fund5 2783 inTeresr on all t1￿ am¢)unt5 ￿711 go ￿ Grow>. The manThin5 a geT￿al ￿reS￿l￿ fund f¢X all Ot￿￿fina￿lal trènsa(tsons. 3. 225 Euros. were f￿nd to have been left (Nerfn)m the preVI(x￿ Sc(xn try to ￿ Nett￿￿ar￿ts These athkd to the account for the NethertaTrJs trip in this fina￿la1 Ye￿ 20241 4 In 2024-25 le55 subs(riplMJns collected than ￿t￿j￿ed. TP¥5 rneant that S￿$(rINK)r6 cc4lecEed for 2024-25 were *)out £2.C(Q lo*v thBn anlia.wed 5. In tPt financial Itar2022-23, wbs collected than ￿tiC￿ed. In the financial year 202>24. some subs from 2022-23 *tre re£oVe￿, evAng an un{￿UallY large figure for 202>24 6. The lèrge figure fw ov￿￿h1 trips rewesents ￿ ew￿lon to the Nether1￿1￿ TIw"5 was uTrJerraken by ￿￿j[S Cubs in auDJmn of 2024 7 The perty cash Ind￿leS 552.55 EURCOTrrfe￿ to G 8. AcCo￿ts not paid C(￿S15ts of thefolk>wing One deaning bill c￿Standing atthe financial yew erKI A scout leJJer owed fur flights to Netherlands A scout leaJer owed for expenses In Neiherlands A sc(Mrt lealer for exper6es in Netherlands Total £5(￿. £1.226.29 £2.016.91 £98.87 £3.842.07 The dearyng bdl will be wd b¥￿ eNI of April 2025 All the Scour Leader5 V4ill be repa¥J by 202fr>31 9. The Gr(￿P owns ￿ Herirable Properry Sm￿led at 34 44 South Trw¥ty Road It 15 shrA¥n at in5urèrKe value in the StstvT￿nI of Assets a￿1 L*ts"Iw. 10. kouring EqUi￿ent arKI FwTUture sltyts valws fty kilts arnl camping equipmentovmed by the Gr￿p. 2024125 2023124 Kilrs Compl￿ 51C() 150 143C 51 150 143 11. The Tru5tee5 did r¥Jt receNe any reMLn$Yat￿n dwiEE the cwrent or wevh)us year. Post covid. a number of supplEY5 sropped accepting cheques. irKluding cleaning ((￿npa￿. RBS currently offer an account to chanties f¢Xtwo to sign de(troni(ally so rf payment is required el￿tron￿lty, it t5 PaKI ty a mistee and then redaimed.