Year ended 31st March 2025 ## **1st Biggar/Tinto Scout Group** ## **Annual Report & Financial Statements** ## **for the** **Year ended 31st March 2025** **Charity No SC041639** 1st Blggarffinto Scout Group Trustees. Annual Report Year ended 31st March 2025 The Executive Committee have pleasure ￿ presentirvJ ther report together with the financial statements and the ￿deperKlent examner's rep(Kt for the year ended 31st March 2025. Nama & Addrnss The Group's name is the 1 st BMJgarrriito &out G roup and it may be contscted at Constttutlon & PU￿oSe The Scout Group is constrtuted n tern￿ of the Ru￿S of The Scout Ass(KiatDn. which is a charitable body incorporated by Royal Charter. The Group is a reaistered Scotlish Chariiv - No SC041639 The purp)se of The Scout AssocialK)n is to promote the deveb)pment of young peo full physical. intellectual. sock21 and sprilual p)tentkils. as ind[v￿UaL$. as responsibk members of their kxal. nath)nal and internatM)nal communitEs. The methc#J of achit AssociatM)n is by provmjing an enpyable and attractive scheme of ￿C￿jressive tran Scout Promise and Law and guKJed by adutt leadership. Trustees Trustees are recruited and app)iited n accordance with the Polry, OrganIsat￿ a Scout Association. Activities & Achievements During the year, the Group has conlinued ts usual range of activitEs TKludng weekly sectM)n camps and outings for all of the sectK)ns. The Executive Committee are extremely grateful to all who commit their trne to mak Reserves Pollcy The Trustees believe that around three mcmths of average expenditure E an appropriate level of reserves in order to cover the timing differences between recepts and payments and to alk)w for any unexpected iiems of expenditure Approved by the Group Executive Committee on 24th October arKI svJned on ts ## **1st Biggar/Tinto Scout Group Independent Examiners Report Year ended 31st March 2025** ## **Independent Examiner's Report to the Trustees of the 1st Biggar / Tinto Scout Group** I report on the financial statements of the 1st Biggar/Tinto Scout Group for the year ended 31st March 2025 ## **Basis of Independent Examiner's Statement** My examination is carried out in accordance with the Regulations. An examination includes a review of the accounting records kept by the Group and a comparison of the accounts presented with the 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 connection with my examination, no matter has come to my attention:(1) which gives me reasonable cause to believe that in any material respect, the requirements - (a) to keep accounting records in accordance with the Regulations, and - (b) to prepare accounts which agree with the accounting records and comply with the 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. **1st Biggar/Tinto Scout Group Receipts & Payments Account Year ended 31st March 2025** **2025** |**RECEIPTS**
Subscriptions
Fund-Raising Activites
Grants & Donations
Events
Other
**Total Receipts**
**PAYMENTS**
Events and Meetings
Badges & Uniform
Leader Training
Equipment Purchase & Maintenance
Premises
Capitation
Management & Administration Costs
**Total Payments**
**Surplus/(Deficit) for year**|31,009
14,266
5,039
21,505
7,987| |---|---| ||79,805| ||96,315
1,944
1,651
4,114
9,652
5,866| ||119,542| ||-39,737| **1st Biggar/Tinto Scout Group Statement of Balances Year ended 31st March 2025** ||**2025**
**2024**| |---|---| |**Cash & Bank Balances (Unrestricted)**
Balance as at 1st April
Surplus/(Deficit) for the year
Balance as at 31st March
Bank Current Account
OSM Cash in Hand
**Other Assets**
Equipment
The Group owns the following assets:
Van
Archery
Cooking Stove
Kayaks
Go Outdoors equipment
Canoes and trailer
Tentage
Storage container
Gazebo
Miscellenaeous
Added in 2024
Added in 2025|81,060
38,009
-39,737
43,051| ||41,324
81,060| ||40,109
79,645
1,215
1,415| ||41,324
81,060| ||89,710
88,645| ||28750
28750
798
798
240
240
6,036
6,036
4,996
4,996
14,435
14,435
16,695
16,695
12,144
12,144
840
840
806
806
2,905
2,905
1,065| ||89,710
88,645| The Group also owns various other items of equipment purchased prior to 2011 and various small items. ## **Liabilities** The Group has no liabilites **…………………… …………………………… Chairman Treasurer**