## **APPENDIX 3** ||**Independent examiner’s report on the accounts**
**V2**| |---|---| |**Report to the**
**trustees/members of**|Charity name
1st Falkirk (14th Forth Valley) Scout Gr| |**Registered charity**
**number**|**SC**
031177| |**On the accounts of the**|Period start date
Period end date| |**charity for the period**|Day
Month
Year
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Month
Year
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05
2024
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2025| |**Set out on pages**|(remember to include the page
numbers of additional sheets)
1-2| ||| |**Respective**
**responsibilities of**
**trustees and examiner**|The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees| ||consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations| ||does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section| ||44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.| |**Basis of independent**
**examiner’s statement**|My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the| ||charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes| ||consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks| ||explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken| ||do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do| ||not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.| |**Independent examiner’s**|In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that| |**statement**|disclosed on the attached page*]| ||1.
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the| ||requirements:| ||•
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and| ||Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and| ||•
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with| ||Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations| ||have not been met, or| ||2.
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper| ||understanding of the accounts to be reached.| |**Signed**:**|**Date:**
01/11/2025| |**Name:**|| |**Relevant professional**|| |**qualification(s) or body**|| |**(if any):**|| |**Address:**|133 Fountainbridge, Edinburgh, EH3 9QG| *Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page. **OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures. ## APPENDIX 3 Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of |None any items that the examiner wishes to disclose ## **APPENDIX 1** **Trustees’ Annual Report for the period** Period start date Period end date Day Month Year Day Month Year From To 01 05 24 30 04 25 ~~**—** ——~~ Office of the Scottish **Charity Regulator** **Reference and administration details** ~~||~~ **Charity name** 1st Falkirk (14th Forth Valley) Scout Group **Other names charity is known by Registered charity number SC** 031177 **Charity’s principal address** Rosehall, Pleasance Gardens, Falkirk **Postcode** FK1 1BG **Names of the charity trustees on date of approval of Trustees’ Annual Report** |~~||~~
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**Trustee recruitment and appointment**||| ||The Groups 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 and The
Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association. The
Group is a Trust established under its rules which are common
to all Scouts.|| ||The Trustees are aointed in accordance with the POR|| ||pp
(Policy, Organisation and Rules) of the Scout Association.|| |||| |**Objectives and activities**||| |**Charitable purposes**
**Summary of the main activities**
**in relation to these objects**||| ||Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in|| ||
their personal development, empowering them to make a
positive contribution to society|| ||The aim of the Scout Association is to contribute to the development|| ||
of young people in achieving their full potential as individuals, as
responsible citizens, and as members of their local, national and
international communities.
The Scout Association offers a wider variety of activities that
combine fun, learning, adventure and skill development, ranging
from hands-on crafts and outdoor challenges to leadership
programmes and adventurous expeditions.|| **2** ## **APPENDIX 1** ## **Achievements and performance** > **Summary of the main achievements of** Participant numbers grew from 99 last year to 106. Our Beaver > **the charity during the financial period** colony is currently at capacity, with the aim of adding a new beaver colony in the year ahead to address the 14 young people on thepeople in attendance and we plan to repeat this in 2026. This year, we awarded our Beavers 269 badges with five achieving their Bronze Award. Our Cubs have awarded 635 badges, 138 nights away and four Silver Awards across our two packs. Our Scouts have awarded 217 badges and look forward to several international trips. The Group hosted our first family camp in 2025 with almost 130 ofing our hall, a Scout sailing weekend achieving RYA qualifications, and silent disco equipment among other things. We also hosted a German Explorers group on their visit to Scotland. ## **Financial review** **Brief statement of the charity’s policy** The charity's policy on reserves is to ensure a balance to **on reserves** sustain the Group over a period of 12 months in case of emergency. **Details of any deficit** Although the Group recorded an overall net income posit **Donated facilities and services (if any)** **3** ## APPENDIX 1 **==> picture [163 x 12] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
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Risk & Internal Control The group has in place systems of internal controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance against material mis-management or loss; these include two signatories for all payments and comprehensive insurance policies to ensure that insurable risks are covered. The trustees declare that they have approved the trustees’ report above. Signed on behalf of the charity’s trustees **==> picture [478 x 190] intentionally omitted <==** **----- Start of picture text -----**
Signature(s)
OSCR will accept
digital or typed
Signatures
Full name(s) Senior. Finance. Manager (MBA) Fo
Position (e.g. Chair)
Chair Treasurer
Date
133 Fountainbridge,oo Edinburgh,. 30/01/2025
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1-2| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |**Receipts andpayments accounts**||||||||||| |**For the period**
**from**||Period start date||||**to**|Period end date|||| |||Day||Month|Year||Day||Month|Year| |||01||05|2024||30||04|2025| ## **Section A Statement of receipts and payments** |||**Unrestricted**
**funds**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**||**Restricted**
**funds**|**Restricted**
**funds**||**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**||**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**||**Total funds**
**current period**|**Total funds**
**current period**||**Total funds last**
**period**|**Total funds last**
**period**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|**to nearest £**||**to nearest £**|| |**A1 Receipts**||||||||||||||||| |Donations||14,654||||||||||14,654|**-**||15,867|| |Legacies|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Grants|||||9,985|||||||9,985|**-**|||| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities||0|||||||||||**-**||7,387|| |Gross tradingreceipts||12,924||||||||||12,924|**-**||5,315|| |Income from investments other than||||||||||||||||| |land and buildings|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Rents from land & buildings||2,036||||||||||2,036|**-**|||| |Gross receipts from other charitable
activities||5,500||||||||||5,500|**-**||3,957|| |||||||||||||**-**|**-**|||| |**_A1 Sub total_**|**_A1 Sub total_**|35,114|**-**||**-**
9,985|**-**||**-**||**-**||45,099|**-**||**-**
32,526|**-**| |**A2 Receipts from asset &**||||||||||||||||| |**investment sales**||||||||||||||||| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets
Proceeds from sale of investments
**_A2 Sub total_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total receipts_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
35,114
9,985
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**-**||45,099|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
32,526|**-**
**-**| |**A3 Payments**||||||||||||||||| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||||||||||||**-**||1,413|| |Gross trading payments|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Investment management costs|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Payments relating directly to charitable
activities|Payments relating directly to charitable|32,780|||||||||||**-**||24,635|| |Grants and donations|||||9,985||||||||**-**|||| |Governance costs:||||||||||||||||| ||||||||||||||**-**|||| |Audit / independent examination|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Legal costs|||||||||||||**-**|||| |Other|Other|Other|||||||||||**-**||30,707|| |||||||||||||**-**|**-**|||| |**_A3 Sub total_**||32,780|**-**||**-**
9,985|**-**||**-**||**-**||42,765|**-**||**-**
56,755|**-**| |**A4 Payments relating to asset and**||||||||||||||||| |**investment movements**||||||||||||||||| |Purchases of fixed assets
Purchase of investments
**_A4 Sub total_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**_Total payments_**
**-**
**-**
**-**
32,780
9,985
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**-**||42,765|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**||**-**
**-**
56,755|**-**
**-**| |**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**A5 Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
**-**
2,334
0
2,334
(24,229)
2,334
0
2,334
(24,229)
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**Signed by one or two trustees**
**on behalf of all the trustees**
**B5 Contingent liabilities**
**B4 Liabilities**
**B1 Cash funds**
**B2 Investments**
**B3 Other assets**|**Details**|**Unrestricted**
**funds**
**to nearest £**
24,934
2,334|**Restricted funds**
**to nearest £**|**Expendable**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Permanent**
**endowment**
**funds**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total current**
**period**
**to nearest £**|**Total last period**
**to nearest £**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| ||Cash and bank balances at start of year|||||**-**||51,528| ||Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and
payments account|||||**-**
2,334||(935)| |||||||**-**||| |||||||**-**||| ||**Cash and bank balances at end of year**
(Agree balances with receipts and payments
account(s))
**Details**|**-**
27,268|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**
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**Cost (if available)**
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**rest £**|**Last year**
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**-**| |||||||||**Date of**
**approval**| |||||||||| |||||||||30/1/26| |||||||||30/1/26| |||||||||| 2013-04-02 Copy of Trustees AR Ap2 excel.xls / Statement of balances December 2007 2 APPENDIX 2 **SC** Marcello Alessandri ## **Section C Notes to the Accounts** **C1 Nature and purpose of funds** _(may be stated on analysis of funds worksheets)_ |**C3a Trustee remuneration**
**C3b Trustee remuneration -**
**details**
**C2 Grants**|**Type of activity or project supported**|**Individual /**
**institution**|**Number of grants**
**made**
**£**|**Number of grants**
**made**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||**Total**|**-**
| |||||| ||If no remuneration was paid during the period to any charity trustee or person connected to a
trustee cross this box (otherwise complete section 3b)|||| ||**Authority under which paid**|||**£**| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **C4a Trustee expenses** If no expenses were paid to any charity trustee during the period then cross this box (otherwise complete section 4b) **C4b Trustee expenses - details** |**C5 Transactions with trustees**
**and connected persons**
**C4b Trustee expenses -**
**details**||**Nature of transaction**|**Number of**
**trustees**
**£**|**Number of**
**trustees**
**£**| |---|---|---|---|---| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ||
**Nature of relationship**||**Transaction**
**amount (£)**
**Balance**
**outstanding at**
**period end (£)**|| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| ## **C6 Other information** 2013-04-02 Copy of Trustees AR Ap2 excel.xls / Notes December 2007 3 APPENDIX 2 = $C Marcello Alessandri ## Additional analysis (1) Analysis of receipts and payments 1 Donations - Expendable Permanent Unrestricted Restricted funds endowment endowment Total cuvent Total last period funds funds funds pert to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ Total ==== — 2 Grants Unrestricted =—_Restricted funds Total current —_Total last period funds period to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ Total == = 3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities . Expendable Permanent Unrestricted Restricted funds endowment endowment Total oe Total last period funds funds funds pen to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ Total ==== = 4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities . Expendable Permanent Unrestricted Restricted funds endowment endowment Total“ Total last period funds funds funds pert to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ to nearest £ Total ==== = 2013-04-02 Copy of Trustees AR Ap2 excel_xisAdditional notes (1) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC** Marcello Alessandri ## **Additional analysis (2)** |**Receipts**
**5 Breakdown of unrestricted funds**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 1 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 1 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 2 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 3 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Unrestricted**
**fund 4 - enter**
**name of fund**
**below**|**Total**
**unrestricted**
**funds**|**Total**
**unrestricted**
**funds last period**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations||||||**-**|| |Legacies||||||**-**|| |Grants||||||**-**|| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities||||||**-**|| |Gross tradingreceipts||||||**-**|| |buildings||||||**-**|| |Rents from land & buildings||||||**-**|| |Gross receipts from other charitable activities||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets||||||**-**|| |Proceeds from sale of investments||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| |Expenses for fundraisingactivities||||||**-**|| |Gross trading payments||||||**-**|| |Investment management costs||||||**-**|| |Payments relatingdirectlyto charitable activities||||||**-**|| |Grants and donations||||||**-**|| |Governance costs:||||||**-**|| |Audit / independent examination||||||**-**|| |Preparation of annual accounts||||||**-**|| |Legal costs||||||**-**|| |||||||**-**|| |||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Payments relating to asset and investment**
**movements**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| |Purchases of fixed assets||||||**-**|| |Purchase of investments||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||||| |||||||**-**|| ||||||||| ||**-**||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||-|| |**Nature and purpose of funds**|||||||| ||||||||| 2013-04-02 Copy of Trustees AR Ap2 excel.xlsAdditional notes (2) December 2007 APPENDIX 2 **SC** Marcello Alessandri ## **Additional analysis (3)** |**Receipts**
**6 Breakdown of restricted funds**|**Restricted fund**
**1 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Restricted fund**
**2 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Restricted fund**
**3 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Restricted fund**
**4 - enter name of**
**fund below**|**Total restricted**
**funds**|**Total restricted**
**funds last**
**period**| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |Donations|||||**-**|| |Legacies|||||**-**|| |Grants|||||**-**|| |Receipts from fundraisingactivities|||||**-**|| |Gross tradingreceipts|||||**-**|| |Income from investments other than land and
buildings|||||**-**|| |Rents from land & buildings|||||**-**|| |Gross receipts from other charitable activities|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Receipts from asset & investment sales**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |Proceeds from sale of fixed assets|||||**-**|| |Proceeds from sale of investments|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total receipts_**
**Payments**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |Expenses for fundraising activities|||||**-**|| |Gross trading payments|||||**-**|| |Investment management costs|||||**-**|| |Payments relating directly to charitable activities|||||**-**|| |Grants and donations|||||**-**|| |Governance costs:|||||**-**|| |Audit / independent examination|||||**-**|| |Preparation of annual accounts|||||**-**|| |Legal costs|||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|| ||||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**Payments relating to asset and investment**
**movements**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |Purchases of fixed assets|||||**-**|| |Purchase of investments|||||**-**|| |**_Sub total_**
**_Total payments_**
**_Net receipts / (payments)_**
**Transfers to / (from) funds**
**_Surplus / (deficit) for year_**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| |||||||| ||||||**-**|| |||||||| ||**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**|**-**| ||||||-|| |**Nature and purpose of funds**||||||| |||||||| 2013-04-02 Copy of Trustees AR Ap2 excel.xlsAdditional notes (3) December 2007 ## **APPENDIX 3** ## **Independent examiner’s report on the accounts** ||**Independent examiner’s report on the accounts’s report on the accountss report on the accounts**| |---|---| ||**Independent examiner’s report on the accounts’s report on the accountss report on the accounts**
**V2**| |**Report to the**
**trustees/members of**|Charity name
1st Falkirk(14th Forth Valley)Scout Gr| |**Registered charity**
**number**|**SC**
031177| |**On the accounts of the**|Period start date
Period end date| |**charity for the period**|Day
Month
Year
Day
Month
Year| ||**to**
01
05
2024
30
04
2025| |**Set out on pages**|(remember to include the page
numbers of additional sheets)| ||| |**Respective**
**responsibilities of**
**trustees and examiner**|The charity’s trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts in accordance
with the terms of the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) 2005 Act and the
Charities Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees| ||consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the Accounts Regulations| ||does not apply. It is my responsibility to examine the accounts as required under section| ||44(1) (c) of the Act and to state whether particular matters have come to my attention.| |**Basis of independent**
**examiner’s statement**|My examination is carried out in accordance with Regulation 11 of the 2006 Accounts
Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the| ||charity and a comparison of the accounts presented with those records. It also includes| ||consideration of any unusual items or disclosures in the accounts and seeks| ||explanations from the trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken| ||do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and, consequently, I do| ||not express an audit opinion on the viewgiven bythe accounts.| |**Independent examiner’s**|In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention [other than that| |**statement**|disclosed on the attached page*]| ||1.
which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the| ||requirements:| ||•
to keep accounting records in accordance with section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and| ||Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations, and| ||•
to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with| ||Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations| ||have not been met, or| ||2.
to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper| ||understanding of the accounts to be reached.| |**Signed**:**|**Date:**
01/11/2025| |**Name:**|| |**Relevant professional**|| |**qualification(s) or body**|| |**(if any):**|| |**Address:**|| ||~~BS~~| *Please delete the words in the brackets if they do not apply. If the words do apply, set out those matters which have come to your attention on the following page. **OSCR will accept digital or typed signatures. ## APPENDIX 3 Only complete if the examiner needs to highlight material problems. Give here brief details of any items that the None examiner wishes to disclose