19TH PENTLAND SCOUT GROUP 19th Pentland Scout Group Scottish Charity Number: SC043764 Trustees, Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 GROUP REPORT 19TH PENTLAND SCOUT GROUP Scottish Charity Number: SC043764 Recruitment and appointment of Trustees The Trustees are appointed in accordance with the Poliqi. Organisation and Rules of The Scout Association. Governing Document The Group's 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 Scout Association and the Policy. Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association. The Group is a charitable unincorporated association and the purposes and administration arrangements are set out in our constitution. Trustee Recruitment and Appointment Trustees are appointed annually at the group AGM from the parents and Leaders. Charitable purposes The objectives of the Group are as a unit of the Scout Association. The aim 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 GROUP REPORT PAGEII 19TH PENTLAND SCOUT GROUP citizens and as members of their Local national and international communities. The method of achieving the aim of the Scout Association is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training. based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership. Activities and achievements The Group operates a Squirrel Drey. Beaver Colony, Cub Pack and Scout Troop. All sections ran a range of activities during the year. covering all aspects of the scouting 'balanced programme.. The main activities and achievements of the Group in the year are described on the following pages. Reserves The Group s constitution requires the Trustees to maintain and manage a reserves policy for the Group {incLuding a plan for use of reserves outside of the minimum). Total reserves of £6.495.89 were available for general use by the Group at the end of the year. These funds are held in the Groups bank accounts. There are no outstanding payments. Funds AIL the Group s funds are unrestricted. The Group showed a deficit of -£8.481.14 for the year. The deficit reflects expenditure of money raised for the Scout trip to Kandersteg. Switzerland in July 2024 which was carried forward as a surplus from the previous financial year. Trustee remuneration and expenses The Trustees did not receive any remuneration or expenses during the year. Approved by the Trustees and signed on their behalf Date: 24 December 2025 GROUP REPORT PAGElll 19- Pentland Scout Group Independent Examinerfs Report Year ended 31•1 March, 2025 Independent Examlnef$ Report to the Truslees of 19 PentlaThl Scout Group I report on the financial statements of Ihe 1 W Pentlano S￿ul Group ('the Group,) for the year ended 31 St March, 2025 whtch are sel oul on the following pages. Respective responslbllllles of Trustee5 arbd Examlner The Group's Trustees are responsible foi the preparation of ￿nts in accordan￿ wrth the Charities and Tiuslee Investment (Scotland) Act 21x15 fthe AGt') and the Chaniies Ac£ountS (Scotland) Regulations ('the Regulatio￿.). The Group's TtU5tees consl(Èr Irkll audil requiremem of Regulalion 10 (1)(01 does not apply. It is my responsilmlity to examine a￿UnIS as iequired un(Ser sect￿ 44 (1) (d) of the Act and to state whether particular tnatters have Gome io my attent￿n. Basis of Independent Examinerf5 Statement My examination is carried out in acCOFdan￿ with Ihe Regulations. An examinats.on indudes a review of the accounting reGord5 kept by the Group and a (l￿pariSOn of the accounts presenled wtlh Ihose records. 11 also inGludes ojnsideffjtion of any unusual items or disdosures in the a￿Unt$. and seeks explanatp)ns from the Trustees concerning any such matte[5. The pro￿lUreS urthrtaken do nol piovKk all Ihe evidence that would be required in an a(*Jit, aThJ consequently I do not express an audit opinion on the vlew given by the accounts. Independent Examine￿5 Report In connection with my examination. no matter Iwd Gome to my attention:. (1) Whith gives me reasonabk wse to believe that in any rnatetial iespeca, the ￿qI￿reMents (8) to keep accounting records in aGwrdance wilh the Regulation5, and (bl to prepare a¢cwn15 which agree with acwunting records atKI wrnply with the Regulab"ons have not been mel. c (21 To which, in my opinion, attention should be drawn in order to ￿able a propel Unde￿tandIng of the accounts to be reac*ed. Date.... MAY 2025 TH 19 PENTLAND SCOUT I-. GROUP REPORT Introduction from our Group Lead Volunteer ION HABER, GROUP LEAD VOLUNTEER Dear Parents, Carers and Supporters of 19" Pentland Scout Group Th15 year s AGM Is Frlday JO May and we have had a 8reat year to report back on and each Sectlon Is dolng well. We are one of Ihe flrst groups In Pentland Dlstrict to slarl a Squirrel Drey. whlch Is now full. Cubs and Scouts have great nurnbers too but our Beavers need a few new onesl Some of the activlties and events each of the sectlons put on have been Insplredl The Squirrpl I thanks Ii, IIN (I i)v%v Leaders. Cubs have one new Leader and Scouts one. Many )r volunleerlng. Q)ur long servlne Scout Leade: i(Ived on to a Distrlcl Young Leaders team role and another Scout Leader team mernber moved -i1*.1 k 1111 4,-.out Tearn Leador.., lie now sharlng the role with a great deal of suicess. The Scout Group relles on volunteers, so If you can spare sorne tlme lo help out at some of our events or with fiindraislng. plp.asp gèt in tniic.hl GROUP REPORT PAGE 01 SQUIRREL SECTION Welcome to our newest Section In tlie Autumn Term of 2024 we opened our newest sectlnn. Squlriel Srriiils. Sqiilrrels Is ope.n to boy5 and glr15 aged 4-6 and we meet In St Mlc.hael's Hall on a Frlday evenlnR from 5pm. We started wlth 6 SqLilrrels and .1 adult volunteers and we have grown st03dlly to 12 S4uliiels diid 4 dclull voluiiteer?i dnd 2 Youn¥ Leddei5. We have worked on the squlrrel actlvlty and challange badges wlth sr)rne rpally excltlng sesslnn5 lead by our vnlunteer5. In tho Autumn (Iiicl Winler Te.Iins we lliddp. Ilip. mosl of the waitn hall wllh Ac.Ilvllles Iiir YL. Flrst Ald wlth i. J i Jmp fire songs wlt Includlng. drummlnE wltF our VolLinteers who Is a IJ. scrap modelllng. )np. of GROUP REPORT PAGE 02 I)ÈNfLANO 11 NTL*F40 PFNILAIID PfNfLAND vtrhlLAND CPd5 LAIID We contlnued wlth our adventures In the Spring and Summer terms and have been trylng to get outslde more dolng actlvltles In the chLirrh gardp.n and Harrlson Park. We we.nt nn a Elow hlke. bullt dens for Iltlle teddles and learnt how to pul up tents. i) i¥elcomed more Squlrrels to the Drey and offlclally Invested a volunteer. Q)penlng a new sectlon. wlth a new age Eroup Mas qulte daunllng bul we are all learnlng together how fearless and Intrepld the Squlriels can Th,4nk iinll VThliir4+app Tts?ii). GROUP REPORT PAGE 03 BEAVER SECTION A year of new adventures ()ur Ileaver sectlon contlnues to gradually recover numbers but we stlll have some way to 80 to Bet to our pre-covld number of 24 Beaver5. We currently have 12 Beavers. 2 Young Leaders and 5 active adult volunteers. 11 you know any young people aged 6-8 who would Ilke to ioln please pill them In contact wlth the Beayer Team. Slnc,e last year s AGM we had an exclllnR iolnt camp at Bonaly wlth 98 Pentland group. We stayed In Ken5 Den whlch Is perfect for the ljeavers as It offers a purpose bullt space lor younger members of scouts to enioy thelr first taste OF carnplng. We Invested our n?w adull volunteers abnul roLkets friiiii i)r￿Pared lor Remernbrance Day and wenl on lots of hlkes. 8 learnl GROUP REPORT PAGE 04 After the Chrlstrnas holldays the Beavers got to work on planning for thelr Explore badge. They choose an adventurous outlng to the Rivp.rslde MLlSP.um In Gjlasgnw Includlng travel by traln and ur)dergrnund. Al Haymarket Statlon the Scotrall staff taught U5 about how to stay safe on the rallways and we learnt all about how busy the statlon Is. We ¢ilso made use nf the amazlng talents we have In our adijlt volunteers when we dld our digital maker badge lead by Nlamh. Niarnh brought In SOTne robots and we learnt about prograrnmlng and control usin£ the robots, and scratch software. As the evenlngs have been getllng 118hter we have been outslde worklng on our dlrecllons, map makln8 and compass skllls. Iltler plckinE