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28 Christie Place, Fochabers IV32 7HN Scottish Charity Number: SC039357
Trustees Annual Report
The Group
The Scout Association exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. The Scout movement is guided by the following core values:
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Integrity - We act with integrity; we are honest, trustworthy and loyal.
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Respect - We have self-respect and respect for others.
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Care - We support others and take care of the world in which we live.
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Belief - We explore our faiths, beliefs and attitudes.
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Cooperation - We make a positive difference; we cooperate with others and make friends.
1[st] Fochabers Scout Group was constituted on 1 March 2008 as a charity, operating under the umbrella of the Scout Association and Scout Scotland. 1[st] Fochabers Scout Group sits within Moray District and Northeast Region, underneath Scout Scotland.
The Group operates a Beaver, Cub and Scout section and has also hosted an Explorer section, which is operated directly by Moray District. The census submitted to the Scout Association in January 2025 confirmed 78 Beavers, Cubs and Scouts and the Explorer section reported 15. In addition, the hall hosts a Rainbows group on a Monday evening.
2024-25 Programme
During the financial year 2024-25, the sections attended several camps – the Cubs attended The Howling, a national event hosted at Fordell Firs, and the District Camp at Brodie. The Scout section held a joint summer camp with 1[st] Forres Scouts in Orkney and attended the District Camp at Burgie, in addition to sending Scouts to the national Adventure Camp.
The sections also held many smaller camps and over night experiences, hammock camps and day activities for the young people. This is all in addition to the weekly programme operating during school term time.
The trustees owe an enormous debt of gratitude to the section team leaders and to their teams of volunteers for this incredible programme. None of this would be possible without the thousands of hours this team invests of their own personal time. We would also like to thank the parents who support the sections in many ways, particularly when it comes to fundraising for the camps and events.
Funding
The charity is funded primarily via membership subscriptions for each of the sections and through fundraising activities. We receive RHI income from the hall panels and some income for renting out the hall to other groups and businesses. Unfortunately, the Slimming World group in Fochabers is no longer operational and the Group will need to find a replace the £3,000 of annual income generated from their use of the hall.
Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of 1[st] Fochabers Scout Group
I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2025 which are set out on pages 3 to 5.
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) Act 2005 and the Charities
Accounts (Scotland) Regulations 2006 (as amended). The charity trustees consider that the audit requirement of Regulation 10(1) (d) of the 2006 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 view given by the accounts.
Independent examiner’s statement
In the course of my examination, no matter has come to my attention
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which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect the requirements:
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to keep accounting records in accordance with Section 44(1) (a) of the 2005 Act and Regulation 4 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
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to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with Regulation 9 of the 2006 Accounts Regulations
have not been met, or
- to which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to enable a proper understanding of the accounts to be reached.
Name: Hannah Alexander
Address: Elgin, UK
Date: 14 May 2026
APPENDIX 2
Enter charity name below Enter SC No. SC39357 b l
1st Fochabers Scout Group
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| Receipts andpayments accounts | |||||||||||||
| For the period from |
Period start date | to | Period e | nd date | |||||||||
| 01 | April | 2024 | 31 | Ma | rch | 2025 | |||||||
| Section A Statement of receipts and payments | |||||||||||||
| A1 Receipts | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Expendable endowment funds to nearest £ |
Permanent endowment funds to nearest £ |
Total funds current period to nearest £ |
Total funds last period to nearest £ |
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Donations |
11,857 | 11,857 | |||||||||||
| Legacies | - | ||||||||||||
| Grants | - | ||||||||||||
| Receipts from fundraising activities | 3,972 | 3,972 | |||||||||||
| Gross trading receipts | - | ||||||||||||
| Income from investments other than land and buildings |
- | ||||||||||||
| Rents from land & buildings | 3,680 | 3,680 | |||||||||||
| Gross receipts from other charitable activities |
3,614 | 18,851 | 22,465 | ||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||
| A1 Sub total | 19,151 | 22,823 | - | - | 41,974 | 15,836 | |||||||
| A2 Receipts from asset & investment sales |
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| Proceeds from sale of fixed assets | - | ||||||||||||
| Proceeds from sale of investments | - | ||||||||||||
| A2 Sub total | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Total receipts A3 Payments |
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| 22,823 | - | - | 41,974 | 15,836 | |||||||||
| Expenses for fundraising activities | - | ||||||||||||
| Gross trading payments | - | ||||||||||||
| Investment management costs | - | ||||||||||||
| Payments relating directly to charitable activities |
21,398 | 20,583 | 41,981 | ||||||||||
| Grants and donations | - | ||||||||||||
| Governance costs: | - | ||||||||||||
| Audit / independent examination | - | ||||||||||||
| Preparation of annual accounts | - | ||||||||||||
| Legal costs | - | ||||||||||||
| Other | - | ||||||||||||
| - | |||||||||||||
| **A3 Sub total ** | 21,398 | 20,583 | - | - | 41,981 | 13,759 | |||||||
| A4 Payments relating to asset and investment movements |
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| Purchases of fixed assets | - | ||||||||||||
| Purchase of investments | - | ||||||||||||
| **A4 Sub total ** | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
| Total payments Net receipts / (payments) A5 Transfers to / (from) funds Surplus / (deficit) for year |
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| 20,583 | - | - | 41,981 | 13,759 | |||||||||
| 2,240 | - | - | 7) ( |
2,077 | |||||||||
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| 2,247) ( |
2,240 | - | - | 7) ( |
2,077 |
APPENDIX 2
SC39357
1st Fochabers Scout Group
Section B Statement of balances
| Categories Signed by one or two trustees on behalf of all the trustees B1 Cash funds B2 Investments B3 Other assets B5 Contingent liabilities B4 Liabilities |
Details | Unrestricted funds to nearest £ 43,595 2,247) ( 41,348 - |
Restricted funds to nearest £ 2,240 2,240 - Fund to which asset belongs Unrestricted fund Unrestricted fund Unrestricted fund Print Name |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ 2,077 43,595 - Last year to nearest £ - Last year to nearest £ 290,000 58,000 45,000 393,000 Last year to nearest £ - Last year to nearest £ - Date of approval 14/05/2026 14/05/2026 |
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| Cash and bank balances at start of year | 43,595 | ||||
| Surplus / (deficit) shown on receipts and payments account |
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2,077 | |||
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| - | |||||
| Cash and bank balances at end of year (Agree balances with receipts and payments account(s)) Details |
43,588 | 43,595 | |||
| - | |||||
| Market valuation to nearest £ |
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| Details | - | - |
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| Current value (if available) to nearest £ |
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| Scout hall building | 301,000 | 290,000 | |||
| Plant and equipment-hall | 60,000 | 58,000 | |||
| Camp and other equipment | 50,000 | 45,000 | |||
| Details | 411,000 | 393,000 | |||
| Amount due to nearest £ |
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| Details | - | - | |||
| Amount due (estimate) to nearest £ |
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| Signature* | - | - |
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| Karen Shaw | KAREN SHAW | 14/05/2026 | |||
| Mike Turner | MIKE TURNER | 14/05/2026 |
202425 OSCR Accounts Pack.xlsx / Statement of balances
December 2007
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APPENDIX 2
1st Fochabers Scout Group
SC39357
Additional analysis (1)
Analysis of receipts and payments
1 Donations
| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ |
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| Membershipsubscriptions | 11,857 | 11,857 | ||||||
| Fundraisingactivities for camps | 3,972 | 3,972 | ||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| Total | 11,857 | 3,972 | 15,829 | - |
2 Grants
| 2 Grants | 2 Grants | |||||||
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| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ |
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| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| Total | - | - | - | - |
3 Gross receipts from other charitable activities
| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ |
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| RHI from solarpanels | 1,909 | 1,909 | ||||||
| Rental of hall | 3,680 | 3,680 | ||||||
| Other | 1,705 | 1,705 | ||||||
| Fees from camps and events | 18,851 | 18,851 | ||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| Total | 7,294 | 18,851 | 26,145 | - |
4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities
| 4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities | 4 Payments relating directly to charitable activities | |||||||
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| Unrestricted funds to nearest £ |
Restricted funds to nearest £ |
Total current period to nearest £ |
Total last period to nearest £ |
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| Capitations | 4,650 | 4,650 | ||||||
| Campand event costs | 20,584 | 20,584 | ||||||
| Electricitycosts | 1,938 | 1,938 | ||||||
| Insurance | 1,404 | 1,404 | ||||||
| Badges | 735 | 735 | ||||||
| Equipment | 5,211 | 5,211 | ||||||
| Hall maintenance | 568 | 568 | ||||||
| Payment made for Explorers - to be repaid | 120 | 120 | ||||||
| Otherprogramme costs and training | 5,832 | 5,832 | ||||||
| Explorer campcosts - repaid byExplorers | 896 | 896 | ||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| - | ||||||||
| Total | 21,356 | 20,584 | 41,941 | - |
202425 OSCR Accounts Pack.xlsxAdditional notes
December 2007