WOODCROFT SCOUT CENTRE, KETTERING

Wednesday 28th June 2017 at 7.30 pm

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

AGENDA 1. Welcome

2. Prayers

3. Apologies

4. Approval of minutes of the AGM in 2016

5. Chairman‟s Remarks

6. District Commissioner‟s Remarks

7. Treasurer‟s Remarks

8. Adoption of Reports

a. Sectional Reports

b. Financial Reports

9. Election of President

10. Election of Vice Presidents

11. To approve DC‟s nomination for District Chairman

12. Election of District Secretary

13. Election of District Treasurer

14. Election of Representatives to the District Executive Committee

15. To approve DC‟s nominations to the District Executive Committee

16. Election of Co-opted members to the District Executive Committee

17. Election of Representative to the County Scout Council

18. Election of District Nomination to the County Executive Committee

19. Appointment of District Independent Examiner

20. The County Commissioner

21. Presentations and Awards

22. Mayoral Comments

23. Date of 2018 Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 27th June 2018

Minutes of the

2016 ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Wednesday 29th June 2016 at 7.30 pm

Woodcroft Scout Centre, Kettering

Present – Mr C Jervis (Chairman), Mrs K Sloan (Secretary), Mr P Candlin (Treasurer), Mr J Masters (District Commissioner), Councillor Julie Riley Mayor of Corby and Consort Mr Bob Riley.

Vice Presidents: The Rev Helen Wakefield-Carr & Trevor Wayman,

Tony Keay (County Commissioner), Bob Peden (Deputy County Commissioner), Bob Townson, Karen Law, Christine Francis, Kim Pearce, 39 Scouters, SASU, Network & Explorer Scouts, lay members and guests

1. Welcome - The chairman welcomed everyone to the meeting and gave a special welcome to the Mayor of Corby.

2 Prayers - The Rev Helen Wakefield-Carr opened the meeting with prayers

3 Apologies were received from:- Cllr Scott Edwards (Mayor of Kettering), Sheila Brear, Andy Sawford, James Saunders Watson (District President), Sarah Sheard, Philip Hollobone, Tom Pursglove, Sue Harris (Regional Commissioner), Gwen Robinson, Davina Mills, Lesley Bellamy, Sharon Langley, Nicky Grove, Stewart Eaton, Carol Macher, Gail Fox, Pamela White, Trevor Burbidge, Dick Stockham, Fiona Chapman and Ian Lapsley.

4 Approval of minutes for 2015 AGM - The minutes had been circulated by email, with a hard copy in the AGM Booklet, and these were approved unanimously.

5 Chairman’s Remarks - Chris Jervis referred to his report in the booklet and specifically to his belief that this District is running more together due to the Information Day that took place in January. He congratulated John Masters on his appointment as District Commissioner and thanked him for his enthusiasm and for bringing and keeping us altogether. He gave thanks to everybody who contributes to Scouting in this District. Chris referred to Daphne Joiner who had “Gone Home” and the Scouting funeral she had. Chris questioned „are we Youth Shaped yet?‟ and requested that we continue to make this movement just that.

6 District Commissioner’s Remarks - John Masters said 12 months ago he was told by the Deputy County Commissioner that he had given him the most difficult job in the District. John said it was a

pleasure and a privilege to serve this District. We plan to bring this District together and work as one for the good of the young people. He gave thanks to a wonderful ADC team. He confirmed our next mission is to get „youth shaped‟, to get the youth of this District to tell the ADC's and their Leaders what they want. He made comment that Natalya Swaden had been appointed as our Youth Commissioner and there is a Youth team and they are the future of Glendon District.

7 Treasurer’s Remarks - Peter Candlin presented the Finance report and stated that the format has changed as we are a charity. The Scout & Guide Band has been disbanded and since 1st April we have received the money in. The work on the garages has been done this year and £3,000 has been spent making the base of the garages higher so that they are less likely to flood. No questions were asked.

8 Adoption of Reports a). Sectional Reports - The sectional reports had been circulated.

Toni Haynes proposed and Ian Krone seconded and the meeting agreed unanimously that the reports be adopted.

b). Financial Report - Tony Filsak proposed and Adrian Coles seconded and the meeting agreed unanimously that the Financial Report should be adopted.

9. Election of Vice Presidents - The following were elected together having been proposed by Julia Masters and seconded by Angela Haynes – Sheila Brear, Philip Hollobone MP, Tom Pursglove MP, Trevor Wayman, Bruce Weston, The Revd. Helen Wakefield-Carr and this was agreed unanimously by the meeting.

10. To approve DC’s nomination for District Chairman - Chrissie Richardson proposed and Angela Haynes seconded the District Commissioner‟s nomination of Chris Jervis as District Chairman and this was agreed unanimously by the meeting.

11. Election of District Secretary - Chrissie Richardson proposed and Julia Masters seconded the election of Karen Sloan as District Secretary and this was agreed unanimously by the meeting.

12. Election of District Treasurer - Angela Haynes proposed and Lee Richardson seconded the election of Peter Candlin as District Treasurer and this was agreed unanimously by the meeting.

13. Election of Representatives to the District Executive Committee - The following were proposed on bloc by Tom Althorpe and seconded by Wendy Owen-Lee and the Meeting agreed unanimously.

Hannah Althorpe (Beaver Rep.), Toby Holder (Cub Scout Rep.), Adrian Coles (Scout Rep), Melissa Blissett (Explorer Rep.),

Roger Payne (SASU Rep), Angela Haynes (GSL Rep)

Ex Officios: Darren Storey (District Network Commissioner), Richard Clarke (District Explorer Scout Commissioner).

14. To approve DC’s nominations to the District Executive Committee - Approval was given to the following nominations – Natalya Swaden, Dick Stockham, Graham Patrick, Tony Filsak, Lee Richardson and Trevor Wayman.

15. Election of Co-opted members to the District Executive Committee - Ben Haynes proposed and Richard Clarke seconded that Michael Wright (Chair of Facilities & Resources) should be a co-opted member of the District Executive Committee and approval was given unanimously.

16. Election of Representatives to the County Scout Council - The following were proposed by Julia Masters and seconded by Graham Patrick and the meeting agreed. Lynda White, Tom Althorpe, Rob Oram, Richard Clarke and Darren Storey.

17. Election of District Nomination to the County Executive Committee - Tony Filsak was proposed by Christine Smith and seconded by Trevor Wayman and the meeting agreed.

18. Appointment of Independent Examiners - Proposed by Peter Candlin and seconded by Hannah Althorpe, it was agreed by the Meeting that Smith, Hodge & Baxter be appointed the Independent Examiners to the District.

19. County Commissioner - Tony Keay addressed the meeting. He thanked everybody for what they had done over the last year and for the approaching six years that he had been County Commissioner. He informed the meeting that in September he would be stepping down and that the search for his replacement was on. He said Glendon District had grown and developed and that takes a big effort by a team of people who work well together. It is good to see Glendon District united as one. He referred to the Cub Camp, seeing Glendon District working together to help each other and gave thanks to Tom Althorpe as ADC Cubs.

20. Presentations and Awards. John Masters and Tony Keay presented the following awards:- D of E Bronze Award to Thomas Denham D of E Bronze Award Edward Crawshaw 5 year Service Award to Charlotte Sallabanks 10 year Service Award to Hilary Lund 30 year Service Award to Lynda White 50 year Service Award to Elizabeth Christie

Chief Scout‟s Commendation to Sarah Barwell, Chief Scout‟s Commendation Jennifer Cowley Chief Scout‟s Commendation Mike Garlick Bar to the Medal of Merit to Mark Thompson Thanks Badge to Maurice Green.

21. Mayor - Councillor Julie Riley addressed the meeting. She gave thanks to the Chairman for inviting her. She said she thoroughly enjoys coming to these events and it‟s encouraging seeing a movement working together in harmony. She wished the new Youth Commissioner and her team every success for the coming year. She enjoyed seeing the long service awards being presented and said well done for sticking to it for all those years and the hard work given and she gave thanks on behalf of herself and Corby Borough Council.

22. Date of 2017 AGM – Wednesday June 28th. 2017.

There was then a presentation on the Japanese World Jamboree by Mark Thompson, Darren Storey and a couple of Explorers.

District Chairman’s Report

This completed Scouting year has been one of great contrasts. There have been the high points with excellent activities that are reported elsewhere by the sections, great adventures undertaken, countless achievements made as well as periods of great sadness with the passing of dear Scouting friends.

Thank you to Tony Keay the outgoing County Commissioner for all he did for us all. His successor, Dean Smith, began work on 1st September 2016 and a week later he had appointed Lee Jones as a Deputy County Commissioner. We wish them and the rest of the new County Team, which has since been expanded, every success in their future endeavours. Good luck to our own Tom Althorpe (ACC cubs) and Daniel Manciocchi (County Youth Commissioner) in their new County roles.

Glendon was the first District in the County to have its own Youth Commissioner. The present incumbent, Connor Mehew, and the young people of his excellent team have together made great progress in the work relating to the Vision 2018 initiative. Through their forums the expectation is that there will be continuous feed back to the ADC Teams saying what it is the young people of the Groups are looking for and would like in their Scouting. Funded by the District, a thousand or so #youshape badges have been presented by them to young people and others for their contributions towards the Youth Shaped project.

Once more the individual Scout Groups of the District have maintained full and active programmes throughout the year. The 2017 Census results show an increase on the previous year yet again. It is pleasing to report on the opening of the new Loddington Beaver Colony and our 5th Explorer Unit in Broughton. The groups that have got less than twelve in any of their sections are to be visited by the ADC's to make plans for increasing those numbers. This will be a good challenge for Ben Haynes, Toby Holder and Toni Haynes our newly appointed ADCs and we wish them well.

Woodcroft, the District Headquarters, continues to be well used by everyone and is well maintained by the dedicated and highly committed service team. New kitchen furniture and equipment (a generous gift) has been installed, the Wi-Fi has been updated and modifications and improvements continue to be made when necessary.

The District Executive has endeavoured to discharge its responsibilities well. Through the work of the „Grants‟ and the „Facilities and Resources‟ sub-committees much consideration has been given to priorities affecting the District, and recommendations or decisions have been made to enable finances to be allocated to many projects. A substantial Grant has been allocated to those going to Uganda in the summer. The Minibus suggestion has taken up much time in investigation and deliberation by so many: a good idea but so complicated! We advised GSL‟s that we would look into it but have concluded that it is not financially viable at this time stressing, as we do, that this is not a forever decision and it could be looked at again in the future.

My grateful thanks goes to Karen Sloan, the District Secretary, who keeps us in order and minutes meticulously every meeting. Many thanks also to Peter Candlin, whose “monetary skills and spreadsheet perfection maintain our financial stability” – I say it every year!! They together with other members of the Executive who have specific roles all do such great jobs. I must also thank the members of the Appointments Committee and all others who play key parts in the administration of the District.

Perhaps the major achievement of the year has been the launch of a new Glendon Scout Shop (Corby and Kettering branches). The branches open regularly and hours at Kettering have been extended. The shop manager at Corby is Lee Richardson and we thank him for all that he does. He was a great support to Karen Matthews who agreed to take over as Manager of the Kettering branch from January. Karen is doing a great job there! Together the two branches provide an outstanding service for the District. Here I record our thanks to Caryn Wakelin who managed the Kettering shop for many years and wish her well for the future.

January‟s Information Day was well attended and received with great acclaim and the County Commissioner‟s presence was very much appreciated. It is safe to say that greater communication now exists throughout the District and that the day facilitated much needed progress to be made in many areas. It was particularly Youth Shaped and designed to support Vision 2018 with topics geared to this. Hopefully this will become an annual event. Thank you to everyone – the facilitators, the attendees and of course the superb catering group!

The computer program Online Scout Manager (OSM) was demonstrated at the event. Used by some groups in the District already, this program can save a lot of time as it can hold all sectional records, group records, waiting list(s) and leaders‟ information and by simply doing a register it can update badge records and may give growth predictors. It allows for payments to be taken, full events to be planned and emails to be sent too. This has been made available for all Groups following a decision at the Executive to fund it and Adrian Coles, now the Media Manager, has full details.

The new website went live at our last year‟s AGM and the feedback received is all very positive. The Facebook page, our closed group, is going well and is reserved for information and achievement not for general messaging and „funnies‟. In this form it is most successful as are the Scout Shop and Group pages that have been developed too.

Again we can be proud of our two Gang Shows, their production teams, helpers and all those who take part; each show was successful and made a significant contribution to the publicising of Scouting in the area. Performed at the Lighthouse and the Cube they are good value, provide some fine entertainment for their audiences and are enjoyed by all who organise them and all who take part. They have benefitted this year from a new set of radio mics. made possible by money donated by Manor Electronics and the Scout and Guide Band that have both ceased to function now. Thanks to all concerned.

I pay tribute to all those who have died during the past year and offer condolences on your behalf to their families. We mourn the loss particularly of the active members Rob Oram (ADC Scouts), taken so young, and Alan Thompson (SASU and Gang Show Life Member). We trust that our remembrances of them have been fitting. They are greatly missed and may they never be forgotten - Requiescat In Pace.

St Georges Day Parade 2016 at Wicksteed Park was absolutely wonderful and a great success and I thank everyone that helped and came along. With 1200 people in the Pavilion it was a remarkable event! It was good that many groups spent time together before the formal event and enjoyed themselves greatly. Thanks for the contribution of the Reverend Helen Wakefield-Carr, our Vice-President

who is a great character, an excellent Minister and a very good friend of Scouting. Well done too to everyone who managed so well the logistics of transport, parking and caring for the young people who attended.

Two award ceremonies have been held when the achievements of young people and adults were applauded. On St. George‟s Day 2016 there were 57 presentations with 24 at the October event held at Sir John Lowther Centre. The Lord Lieutenant, the mayors of both Kettering and Corby and some ACC‟s attended the latter. It is recognised that very many people had already been acknowledged at their local groups

As always my chief task is to acknowledge the great commitment that you all have to the Scouting cause.

Most particularly I thank John Masters for his fine leadership, his great care for each and every individual and his unswerving devotion to providing and ensuring quality experiences for our young people. As DC his job is not easy (unlike criticism which is) but I know that he has to spend many hours on our behalf unravelling problems and dealing with them as sympathetically and fairly as possible. He does this brilliantly! Thank you John.

In conclusion I give grateful thanks to all of you - the leaders of every section and group, our District Team, the Executive, the SASUs and the volunteer service crews at Woodcroft and at events. Only because of your constant effort and enthusiasm does Scouting continue to be so strong within Glendon District.

My good wishes to you all, (District Chairman)

DC Report – April 1st 2016 to March 31st 2017 Another successful year for Glendon District! The Census figures taken in January, 2017 showed an increase of 10% with 50 more Young People and a large rise in adults. Thanks to the Leaders who provide scouting week in week out for 1459 Young People.

Our plan this year has been to work towards achieving Vision 2018 targets and we are progressing towards them in all four areas – Growth, Youth Shape, Community Impact and Inclusivity.

Our new Youth Team was formed in November with Connor Mehew as District Youth Commissioner and a team of Young Leaders as Assistant Youth Commissioners who have worked hard to make Youth Shaped a reality all over the District. Our target of 80% of the Young People having a part in shaping their own Scouting will be achieved I am sure.

Community Impact has been seen in every part of the District and at the Information Day lists were made of the ways “Good Turns” and “Helping Others” had been achieved. Certainly we are helping in many, many ways and several organisations. Thank you to you all.

We have seen Growth and Inclusivity as going hand in hand and our plans to increase by at least 5% in twelve months from 2016 was achieved and beaten. Again thank you to everyone!

The Sections have had their various events (remembering that this was 30 Years of Beaver Scouts and 100 years of Cub Scouts) which you will see recorded in the sectional reports. My thanks to the great District team that has continued to work untiringly to run the events to ever increasing numbers. Thank you to all who support these events.

The highlights of the year were the St George‟s Day Parade 2016, the Activity Day 2016, the Information Day 2017 and the two Award Ceremonies

All events were well supported! Our thanks to Nicky Grove who not only leads our St George‟s Day Parade but carries out her District duties so well. This was again a marvellous display of Scouting within Glendon District. Once again, thank you all!

The District Activity Day was well supported in July and 160 members of the District enjoyed the Adventurous Activities at JLC as well as some additional happenings. Again, thank you to all the Leaders who ran this event.

Information Day 2017 was another success with some 170 Leaders, including Young Leaders, attending the event. In the morning “Achieving Vision 2018” sessions, where the plans and support for the District were put forward, were well received and are now well into implementation. The Market Place in the afternoon was certainly very popular and the Leaders were undoubtedly pleased to hear of support that could be offered to them and of the activities that could be available to their Young People. My thanks to the people who ran the day and to those that attended. We must not forget the Scout Fellowship who fed us all with their now famous Jacket Tater Lunch. Thank you so much it was an excellent meal that was much appreciated.

For the first time, we held two Award Ceremonies within the year; one before our St. George‟s Day Parade and one in October at JLC. Both were successful and well supported. To see the Young People achieve Chief Scout‟s Awards in all sections is a credit to you all as we know this is not achieved without the hard work of all Leaders. Congratulations to the Young People and thank you for supporting them.

Sadly there were those who have “Gone Home” in the last twelve months. Everyone in the District was shocked when they heard that Rob Oram had left us. A great ADC, Scouter and friend to us all; already he has been sadly missed. Rob and those others that died during the year will be remembered.

So as we start the next twelve months the plans are in place to get closer to achieving Vision 2018 and new Sections and Groups are planned.

Work is being undertaken with various Groups on increasing their numbers.

Plans are beginning to form for another Information Day and to continue to support the work of the Youth Team in achieving our Youth Shaped goals.

Finally, as I have been saying all the way through this report, my thanks to you all no matter what part or role you have in this great District. You are needed and appreciated and I know you will continue to support us to bring excellent Scouting to every Young Person in the District. Thank You!

John (District Commissioner)

2016

In July the Beavers joined the rest of the District for a Fun Day held at Sir John Lowther Centre. On the Fun Day they could take part in many activities including archery, shooting, go karts, challenge course and much more.

In September we decided to hold another District Sleepover at Berzerk Leisure in Northampton. This was a fun packed sleepover with the Beavers playing on various different pieces of equipment such as bouncy castles, slides, ball pits and much more. The Beavers slept around the equipment and they got up early in the morning for breakfast so that they could continue playing on the equipment until they were collected.

In October we took part in the County trip to Twinlakes in Melton Mowbray to celebrate 30 years of Beaver Scouts. Over 180 leaders and beavers from 11 of our colonies attended this event. Being October the park was not full so there was hardly any queuing for rides. One of the funnier highlights was when a Beaver from the District went for a ride in the Bumper Boars with the Assistant County Commissioner for Beavers, and all they did was go round, and round, and round.

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Following the success of our previous Christmas carol service and party we decided to do it again. Like last year, this again took place at Toller Church with Rev Helen Carr leading a very much fun packed service. Over 150 Beavers and leaders from 13 Colonies took part in this event and we were joined this year by members of the County team including the County Commissioner. This year we again asked the Beavers to bring chocolates so that we could donate them to St Judes Drop In Centre. After the service we went into the Church rooms to have some party food and a disco with games. My thanks to Helen for leading the service, Rob for playing and Tim for providing the disco.

2017

In January we organised for the first time a Digital Citizen badge at District level. It was run in three sections each 2 hours long. Over 60 beavers gained their badge and we also included a youth forum. Our thanks to Toni Haynes for running this and for all the leaders that came and helped on the day.

In February we had a party at Kid‟s Play in Kettering. Over 160 Beavers attended this event from across the District.

At present we are planning some different events for the Beavers. We are hoping to hold a football competition, a Beaver challenge afternoon, more badge sessions and another District sleepover/camp.

Our sincere thanks go to everyone who has assisted and attended with the District activities we have organised over the past year. This includes the District Beaver Leaders, Beaver Leaders, Sectional Helpers, members of fellowship and any Leaders from the other Sections.

Lynda White (ADC Beavers)

Following on from last year‟s District AGM the Cubs were still in full swing celebrating 100 years of Cub Scouting. The next event on the calendar was County Cub Camp. I am pleased to say that Glendon District sent its largest ever

contingent to the County Camp and only had 2 packs from the entire District not in attendance. I great time was had by all the leaders and Cubs and I was especially proud of how well the incident was dealt with on Saturday morning was dealt with.

Following on from County Camp a number of packs from the District when on the Cubs takeover days to Legoland and Chessington.

The finish the Cubs 100 celebrations in style we held a Promise Party Sleepover on 16th December at Fuller Church Rooms in Kettering. We

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had over 150 Cubs attend the giant sleepover and gain their pioneers badge! It was a great climax to a fantastic year of celebration for Cubs!

2017 kicked off with the District Challenge Competition held at the Woodcroft in February. There were 12 teams taking part providing a number of bases including pioneering and team challenges. The competition was won by 5th Kettering Cubs who went on the represent the District in the County Challenge Competition and they came 3rd which was fantastic. So my thanks go to Toni and his Cubs for taking part and representing Glendon.

In April the St Georges Day celebrations went really well with every Cub Pack represented in the parade as well as 30 Cubs getting presenting their Chief Scouts Silver Award! Well done to all of you and let‟s hope we can have even more next year!

In March I was offered the opportunity to become the Assistant County Commissioner for Cubs across Northamptonshire. It was a great honour to offered this role to help shape Cub Scouting across the County. Stepping down from ADC of Glendon wasn‟t an easy decision but I know the district will be in good hands with Toby as the new ADC. I would like to thank Toby Holder, Jackie Newitt, Hannah Althorpe, Michael Munn, Joe Tailby and Adam Osbourne for being on my Cub team for the past 18 months.

Tom Althorpe (ACC Cubs)

Firstly I would like to say a huge thank you to Tom for all his work and the support he has given during the handover period and continues to give.

Since starting as ADC my first task was to facilitate the District Basketball Competition, this a great opportunity and was amazing to see the 35 Cubs who took part enjoy themselves as they did. I can see an annual tournament coming on!!

Over the first month or two in post I have continued the work started by Tom in co-ordinating the District Cub Camp in September. I can‟t wait for this event, and the looks on the Cubs faces during camp.

Over the next year, with the help of the District Cub Team, there are sure to be many exciting events which may include a District Sixer and Seconder Camp, a swimming day and another basketball tournament.

Toby Holder (ADC Cubs)

It has been a very busy year once again for the Scout Section, the District events are always popular and are increasing in numbers all the time which is great to see.

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We had the opportunity for four Scouts to attend numerous County Youth Forums where they have voiced their opinions about how they felt scouting should go and they also have had the opportunity to go in a test lap around Silverstone race track in a Porsche.

In October we held the annual incident hike and cooking competition, this year was based at Wadenhoe Camp Site. There were record numbers attending with just over a hundred young persons in attendance hiking in the afternoon through to the early hours of the morning. The winners this year were 1st Kettering B Team followed closely by 1st Kettering A team.

The cooking competition was held as usual between the two hikes with 1st Kettering B team winning followed closely by 1st Kettering A team. It was a very close competition with all the teams being placed with a few points between each of team. Thanks to both SASU groups and leaders for helping mark the cooking competition and for coming in on the Sunday morning to cook breakfast for everyone.

December saw the annual quiz competition with 16th Kettering organising and hosting the event. After a close competition 17th Kettering won and have the honour of organising and hosting this years competition.

As a district we have been promoting Youth Shaped and have had many young people gain their youth shaped badges for work they have undertaken. Our Assistant Youth Commissioners TJ Denham-Haynes and Zoe Parkes have been out attending groups to help work with the young people and to award these badges.

The Annual Leader Trophy was held again in February with a record number of entries with 16 teams from 10 troops filling Woodcroft for an extremely busy afternoon with 1st Kettering C team winning this year‟s trophy.

Unfortunately a week after The Leader Trophy we sadly lost our ADC Rob Oram, a memorial day for leaders and friends was held for a chance for all to say their last respects to a great man. It was unanimously agreed by all Scout Leaders that the emergency aid course was going to be postponed but all others events throughout the coming year would go ahead with the help of leaders throughout the district.

I would like to thank everyone that has helped with any of the events that have been held throughout the last year, and to the leaders who came together to help continue the running of the events. So many people have helped that it would be impossible to name everyone, your help is truly appreciated and it all goes to ensuring that we can continue to hold successful events time after time, so thank you all for

your support over the past year. I would also like to add that the new ADC Scouts can count on our support to continue running these activities.

We would like to welcome, on behalf of the District scout section, Ben Haynes who has taken on the daunting task of ADC Scouts, we offer him our support and guidance in his new venture and wish him luck.

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Another year has passed and this year the Explorers have grown by another unit in Broughton taking us up to 5 Explorer units, Young leader unit and D of E team.

We have had a change in the last 12 months with Fiona stepping down from being DESA. I would like to thank Fiona for all the hard work she has put in over the years and she will be sadly missed.

I would Like to welcome Sarah Denham for coming on board taking on the role as DESA and look forward to working with Sarah in years to come.

Last year our Treasurer stepped down leaving a big hole in the explorer team. I would like to thank Nicky Grove for looking after the books until we got new our Treasurer in place and I would like to thank Nicola Rogers for coming on board and taking the role on as Treasurer.

All five units have been working hard with camps at Gilwell last summer and with Gilwell 24 again this year in July.

Some explores went down to Essex Jam last summer and had a good camp and thanks to the leaders for taking them.

We had a winter camp at JLC where they slept in hammocks for two nights. We had 11 explorers attend this and it was a very good week end.

Going forward we have two explorers and one leader going on Ocean quest sailing trip down south in August which will be a good experience for all. I hope they have a good week end.

Also in the summer we have a group explorers going to Uganda for around 3 weeks with Chrissie and her team. All have been working very hard to raise money for this trip.

This year we had a good number of explorers going into the Kettering & Corby Gang Shows. I am so pleased to see the young people taking part in two good shows which were really enjoyable to watch.

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I would like to thank all the leaders for their hard work running events, camps and evenings. Without them explorers wouldn't be able to run. With the young leaders I would like to thank Nicky and her team for all the hard work she does with the Young leaders getting their training under way and helping the explorers to complete their training. Also I would like to thank Sharon and her team for their hard work with the explorers that attend D of E helping them complete their awards.

Thank you all for a good year.

Richard Clarke (District Explorer Scout Commissioner)

Young Leaders Report. We have 76 young leaders in the District working across all three sections. Training is generally well attended and a further three young leaders have been awarded their belt buckle since the last AGM.

The number of young leaders completing the scheme and being awarded their belt buckle is still slightly disappointing. While I can make sure all young leaders have access to training to be able to complete their modules they do require the support of their groups to be able to complete the missions – and encouragement from their groups. To aid this all GSL‟s have been emailed a copy of the Young Leader work book and information was given at the information day on how groups can support their young leaders. We are seeing an increasing number of Young leaders take out an adult warrant when they reach 18 and this can only be a good thing.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank the groups for their continued support.

Nicky

Network has seen some good progress over the last year with not only and increase in numbers but also a lot more activities. There is more support from County level, better links with the Explorers and even some of Network starting to plan for award work.

I, along with a core team have made sure there has been at least 1 main activity every couple of months. We thought it best this way due to other commitments our members have preventing weekly events. Smaller meetings are held in between if needed. An activity planning meeting happens roughly every quarter to plan the subsequent quarter.

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According to the most recent figures there are more than 80 Scouts in the District between 18-25 years old, and thus Networkers. We have only managed to contact a handful; mainly due to their details being incorrect, e.g. emails. Sarah Denham is kindly helping me with this and other administrative tasks.

At present, we communicate through Facebook and emails (sent to all Explorer Leaders, GSLs and ADCs). The latter is so they can pass on the information to all of that age that they may work with.

Activities

Over the last year, we have held six main Activities and on each occasion, they are promoted as above but with an accompanying poster. October 2016 Icebreaker BBQ & Fireworks December 2016 Christmas Shopping Trip to Milton Keynes February 2017 “Trapped” (escape rooms near Priors Hall) March “It‟s a Bullseye” (Archery & Shooting event) April “Film Night”

March-April 2017 – „NetRave Weekend‟ This was a County ran event at the JLC for both Network and older Explorers; and this year attendance rose 4-5-fold.

Upcoming Activities * Paintballing (July):- The Explorers have extended an invite to Rocketts to join them for paintballing in July this year. At present about 4-5 are going. * Bowling (June) * Theme Park (August) * Network Camp (August)

Award Work

We have had more Explorers/Network sign up to the QSA and Explorer Belt. Anthony Rowe has started planning his Explorer belt along with a couple of other Network members. Their aim is to go to Denmark early part of 2018, with a practice later this year.

Rocketts Network has much improved over the past 6-8 months and at present is going from strength to strength. Although a slow process we are getting there. I only ask for the whole district to get behind this section. If you have 18-25 year olds in your groups as leaders then point them in my direction and they can do their own scouting/activities through this section.

Darren Storey (District Network Commissioner

darren.storey@hotmail.co.uk 07845 281230 Core Team: Jamie McEwan Josh Reilly Jadelouise York

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The Fellowship (officially the Scouts Active Support Unit - SASU) supports the District in many ways as well as having a full social

programme. There are currently two active groups one based in Corby and the other based at Woodcroft.

The social programme this year has included; speakers (on a wide variety of topics including making a Ukulele, a visit from a number of Owls and film archives), a monthly lunch in a local village pub, a „treasure quest‟, a visit to a Sikh Temple, a farm visit, Harvest Festival celebration, quizzes, etc. We also revived the tradition of “Christmas at Woodcroft” led by Alan Mason.

The Fellowship has been involved with many of the District events.

We provided marshalling for St George‟s Day Parade at Wicksteed Park and also did the lunch time catering this year. We helped during the District Wide Game weekend and provided judges for the cooking competition. Our members helped with the Kettering Gang Show, sorting props, setting up the stage and providing backstage help during the show itself.

In January both groups joined together to help at the District Information Day – we catered for well over 100 and from the feedback we received it was again a great success.

In March several of our members were involved in the Kettering and District Eisteddfod part of which was held for the first time at Woodcroft this year. The venue proved popular with both entrants and their families.

In May this year we again helped out at the Rockingham Castle horse trials providing stewards over the weekend – which we have done since its inception five years ago. Although our numbers were down this year those who attended thought it was enjoyable weekend (despite the rain all day on Friday) as well as being a useful service and boosting our funds in the process.

The „Geriatric Playgroup‟ continues to meet at Woodcroft every Thursday morning and apart from the social aspect they help maintain the building and grounds. This includes cutting the grass, keeping the trees and shrubs in check, decorating, and doing a multitude of other jobs that are required to keep Woodcroft running smoothly.

The Fellowship also takes a major part in the Christmas Card delivery service each year when Woodcroft acts as a centre for exchanging cards with the other centres. Woodcroft is fully utilised with tables being imported from a number of sources, so that a tray can be allocated to each road in the area. The Fellowship then sets about sorting all the cards before finally putting together the delivery rounds ready for the groups to deliver. It involves many hours of work, but it provides a good

service to the local community and is a good source of income for all those involved.

We have continued to provide a useful service to the District this year and hopefully we will continue to do so throughout the coming year.

Roger Payne (SASU Manager)

Training Report 2016-2017 During the past year we have organised six Adult Training and Validation drop-in sessions within the District. These have been held at 1st Corby Headquarters in Corby and at Woodcroft Scout Centre in Kettering. On these nights, leaders can pop in and see us for the following:- book onto training courses, discuss and validate training modules and also discuss any training issues they might have. The last training and validation night produced over 40 validations, some personal learning plans and two wood beads. We are grateful for the help of Training Advisers who have come along on these evenings to assist and to Julia and Sharon who have helped with teas and coffees.

As well as these nights we have also done some one to one nights with some leaders to help them gain their wood beads.

Now compass is up and running we have now managed to get up to date with validations going onto the system.

We have also supported the District Appointments Committee by attending their Appointment Advisory evenings where we meet new leaders and start them on their road in training.

A lot more training modules have been run at Woodcroft and J.L.C. which has been of benefit to our leaders. There has also been various on-going learning courses (first response, safeguarding and safety) held at venues across the district. The outcome is over fifteen wood badges have been awarded. Congratulations to all those leaders.

We also had a Training Advisor‟s meeting this year. We now have 22 training advisors in the district with another two new ones starting in this role.

We would also like to thank Steve Layt, the new County Training Manager who has given us invaluable support since taking over the role in December. In the forthcoming year, more training modules are being planned for the evenings and at weekends with more being organised within the District.

So here‟s to another productive year in training. With more leaders obtaining their wood beads and more training advisors coming on board.

Lynda White (LTM) & Graham Patrick (DTA)

Glendon District Scout Council

2017

Annual Report and Accounts for year ended 31st March 2017 Contents of the Financial Statements for the year ended 31st March 20l7 page

Trustees 'Annual Report 1-4

Statement of Financial Activities 4

Balance Sheet 5

Notes to the Financial Statement 6-12

Independent Examiner' s Report 12-13

Glendon District Scout Council

Trustees Annual Report for the year ended 31st March 20l7

Governing Document

The Charity was established by Royal Charter dated 4 January l9l2 as amended by supplemental charters dated 28 March 1949, 18 February 1959, 5 May 1967 and 19 July 1991.The Charity was registered with the Charity Commissionon 23 April 2008.

Statement of Compliance

The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting policies set out in the notes to the accounts and comply with the Charity's governing document, the Charities Act 2011 and Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland published on 16 July 2014 (as amended by Update Bulletin 1 Published on 2 February 2016).

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Organisation

Details of the Trustees during the year are set out on pages 3 and 4. Trustees comprise the District Officers and elected and nominated members, appointed in accordance with the Policy Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.

Objectives and Activities

To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, social and spiritual potential: as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. To provide leadership, advice and support for scout groups within the Glendon District boundaries.

The District provides active scouting for young people (from 6 years upwards) and adults ie. beavers, cubs, scouts, explorer scouts, network and scout active support units.

Public Benefit

The trustees of the Glendon District Scout Council confirm that they have had regard to the Charity Commission's guidance on public benefit and consider that their activities comply with the criteria stated in that guidance. They recognise that it is their responsibility to ensure that the benefits offered are realised in the District by promoting all aspects of scouting within the are4 both in membership and in the wider community. The aim is as set out in the Objectives and Activities above and membership for both young people and leaders is voluntary and the organisation believes in being fair, open and inclusive.

Main Achievements and Performance

Once more the individual Scout Groups of Glendon District have maintained full and active programmes throughout the year and they will report on these at their AGM's.. The 2017 Census results show an increase on the previous year yet again The District Youth Commissioner and the young people of his excellent team have together made great progress in the work relating to Vision 2018 initiative. #youshape badges, funded by the District, have been presented by them to young people and others throughout the District for their contribution towards Youth Shaped project.

Project Compass is now fully recognised as a useful resource for adult records.

Some groups had begun to use OSM (Online Scout Manager) and the usefulness of this was widely recognised when it was demonstrated at the adults' Information Day in January. Consequently the Executive has agreed to fund this system for each section of the twenty three groups in the District and this has been much appreciated by all. It means the details of young people and their achievements can be recorded securely.

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The District Headquarters, Woodcroft in Kettering, continues to be well maintained by the dedicated and highly committed service team.

Ever popular, the Christmas Scout mail collection and delivery service was again organised and manned by volunteers in the Kettering area. It was well supported and the proceeds were divided between participating groups in the District.

Again we can be very proud of our two Gang Shows, their production teams, helpers and all those who take part; each show was successful and made a significant contribution to the publicising of Scouting in the area.

January's Information Day was well attended and received with great acclaim. Greater communication now exists throughout the District and the day facilitated much needed progress to be made in many areas

Two award ceremonies have been held where the achievements of young people and adults were applauded. On St. George's Day 2016 there were 57 presentations with 24 at the October event. It is recognised that very many others had already been acknowledged at their local groups.

Perhaps the major achievement of the year has been the launch of a new Glendon Scout Shop (Corby & Kettering branches). The branches open regularly, have extended hours, are extremely well managed and provide an outstanding service for the district.

Financial Review The District have invested the majority of their funds on short-term deposit. Reserves at 31 March 2017 amounted to £357,140 of which £232,005 relates to monetary assets. The Trustees have adopted a reserves policy of holding reserves to cover running costs of the District for one year (estimated at £110,000). Designated funds amount to £33,306 (note 17 on page 10).

Reference and administrative details President J Saunders Watson Vice Presidents Mrs S Brear Revd. H Wakefield-Carr P Hollobone J Masters A Sawford (to 6/16) T Pursglove (from 6/16) H Stafford T Wayman B Weston

Trustees J Masters District Commissioner C Jervis Chairman Mrs K Sloan Secretary P Candlin Treasurer Mrs H Althorpe Miss A Chapman (to 6/16) R Clarke A Coles (from 6/16) T Filsak Mrs A Haynes (from 6/16) T Haynes (to 6/16) T Holder (from 6/16) J Hopkins (to 6/16) C Mehew (from 11/16) G Patrick R Payne

Trustees (continued) L Richardson Miss M Sallabanks-Blissett Mrs C Smith (to 6/16) R Stockham Miss N Swaden (6/16 to 9/16) D Storey T Wayman M Wright

Bankers HSBC

Independent Examiner Smith Hodge & Baxter Thorpe House, 93 Headlands Kettering, Northants NN15 6BL

District registration number with the Scout Association 14515

Charity registration number 1123832

Registered address P Candlin Woodcroft Scout Centre London Road Kettering Northants NN15 6NQ

Approved by the trustees and signed on their behalf by:

C H Jervis Chairman of Trustees 24th May 2017

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Statement of Financial Activities for the year ended 31st March 2017

Notes 2017 2016

Incoming resources £ £

Voluntary income 2 27,614 22,707

Activities for generating funds 3 28,552 24,554

Investment income 4 685 771

Incoming resources from charitable activities 5 49,901 54,567

Total income 106,752 102,599

Resources expended

Fundraising activities 6 20,355 17,822

Charitable activities 7 86,208 79,410

Governance costs 8 1,950 1,950

Total expenditure 108,513 99,182

Net movement in funds (1,761) 3,417

Total funds brought forward at 1 April 2016 358,901 355,484

Total funds carried forward at 31 March 2017 357,140 358,901

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Glendon District Scout Council Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2017

Notes 2017 2016 FIXED ASSETS £ £ £ £ Tangible Assets 9 113,498 117,003

CURRENT ASSETS Stock 10 23,161 17,433

Debtors and payments in advance 11 68,594 59.960 Investments 12 163,841 156,536

Cash at Bank and in Hand 13 68,164 69,695

323,760 303,624

CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors: amounts falling due within one year 14 80,118 61,726

NET CURRENT ASSETS 243,642 241,898

NET ASSETS 357,140 358,901

CHARITY FUNDS Unrestricted Funds 17 357,140 358,901

The financial statements on pages 4 to 12 were approved at the District Executive on May 24th 2017

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Principal Accounting Policies & Notes to Financial Statement for year ended 31st March 2017

1. Accounting Policies

Basis of Preparation These accounts are prepared under the historical cost convention in accordance with applicable accounting standards, the Charities Act 20ll and follow the recommendations in Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) issued on 16 July 2014 (as updated by Update Bulletin 1 published on 2 February 2016), the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland (FRS102)and the Charities Act 2011. These accounts have been compiled on an "accruals" basis. Charitable status was granted by the Charity Commission for England and Wales on 23 April 2008. The Council constitutes a public benefit entity as defined by FRS102. In preparing the accounts, the Trustees have considered whether in applying the accounting policies required by FRS102 any restatement of comparative items was needed. No restatements were required.

Incoming Resources Voluntary income All monetary donations, gifts and grants are included in full in the statement of financial activities when receivable. Legacies to which the charity is entitled are included in the statement of activities. Lettings are included when cash is receivable. Voluntary help is not included as income. Membership subscriptions received in March and payment to Northants Scout Council at the end of March are treated as receipts and payments in advance and are carried forward to the following year.

Investment income Investment income is recognised when receivable.

Resources expended Classification of expenditure Costs of generating income for charitable activities comprise those costs directly attributable to generating incoming resources for the charity and includes staff costs and attributable overhead cost. Overhead costs of District Leaders and Officers are met within this section. Governance costs are those attributable to the Independent Examination of the Accounts. During the year, the Scout Council made grants to deserving local causes, subject to the Trustees' approval.

Fund Accounting

Unrestricted funds are donations, and other incoming resources received or generated for expenditure on the general objectives of the charity.

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Designated funds are unrestricted funds, which have been designated for specific purposes by the Trustees.

Freehold Property Freehold property is not held for investment purposes, but as an asset employed to fulfil the objects of the charity. Accordingly it is not accounted for as an investment property.

Depreciation Provision for depreciation of fixed assets held for use by the charity is made at annual rates calculated to spread the cost of each asset over its expected useful life. The depreciation rates currently in use are at the following rates: Building Improvements - 10% straight line, Marquees - already reduced to nominal book value, Scouting Equipment etc -25% reducing balance, No depreciation has been provided on the land and building as it is the policy of the trustees to maintain these assets in a continual state of sound repair.

Stocks Stocks are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value.

2017 2016 2 Voluntary income £ £

Membership Subscriptions 64,105 63,297

Less paid (45,932) (45,258)

18,173 18,039

Donations & fund raising 9,441 4.668

27,614 22,107

3 Activities for generating funds

Scout shops 28,552 24,554

4 Investment Income

Bank interest received 685 771

5 Incoming resources from charitable activities Gang shows 21,996 22,488

Scout badges 9,615 7,547 Marquee hire 1,120 600 Activity Day 1,550

Section activities 9,262 18,328 Lettings 6,358 5,604

49,901 54,567

TOTAL INCOME 106,752 102,599

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A valuation of the Woodcroft property was undertaken in January 2013 by Barnes Noble Edwards and this stated that the "current existing use value" for accounting purposes is £275,000. The trustees consider that there has been no material change since this date.

2017 2016 6 Fund raising £ £

Scout Shops 20,355 17,822

7 Charitable activities Gang shows 21,742 20,879

Scout badges 9,219 8,123

Marquee 415 -

Training 175 -

Activity Day 1,298 -

Section activities 13,873 19,642

Woodcroft Scout Centre 27,363 21,934

District office costs 5,255 4,343

Depreciation 3,505 3,544

Grants made 3,373 945

86,208 79,410

8 Governance costs

Independent Examination 1,950 1,950

TOTAL EXPENDITURE 108,513 99,182

9 Tangible Assets Land & Freehold Marquees Scouting Total Building Building Equipment Improvements

COST £ £ £ £ £

Balance 1st April 2016 99,501 33,868 1,678 4,939 139,986

Additions - - - - -

Disposals - - - - -

At 31st March 2017 99,501 33,868 1,679 4,939 139,986

DEPRECIATION As at 1st April 2016 16,931 1,578 4,474 22,983

Eliminated on Disposal Charge for year 3,387 118 3,505

At 3lst March 2017 20,318 1,578 4,592 26,488

NET BOOK VALUE 31st March 2017 99,501 13,550 100 347 113,498

31st March 2016 99,501 16,937 100 465 117,003

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The loan to Ise Valley Group is an interest free loan and is repayable by annual instalments of f,l,000 per year, of which f,6,413 is repayable in more than one year.

10 Stock 2017 2,016

£ £

Kettering Scout Shop 10,252 7,120

Corby Scout Shop 5,393 4,915

Badges 11516 5.398

23,161 17,433

Stock recognised as an expense during the year 32,058 26,380

11 Debtors 2017 2016

Payments in advance £ £ £ £

Subscriptions 49,411 47,433

Online Youth Manager 1,714 -

Wicksteed Park-St George's Day 500 -

Insurance 2,298 53,923 2,117 49,550

Debtors

Loan to Ise Valley Group 7,413 9,000

Debtors-Membership Fees 1,244 -

Lettings - 286

Marquee Hire - 100

Microphone Equipment Hire 150 -

Beavers 2 754

Cubs 1,145 -

Scouts - 270

Explorers 4,717 14,671 - 10,410

68,594 59,960

2017 2016

12 Investments £ £

CAF Bank 24,832 18,173

Epworth Investment Management Affirmative Deposit 137,604 136,958

Scout Association Short Term Deposit 1,405 1,405

Total Investments 163,841 156,536

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13 Cash at Bank and in Hand 2017 2016 Cash in Hand £ £ Kettering Scout Shop 319 2,485 Corby Scout Shop 73 89 Scout Badges 10 25 Explorer Scouts 4 5 Beavers 250 250 Cubs 300 200 Scouts - 182 Corby Gang Show - - Scout & Guide Band - 72 Kettering Fellowship 43 63 Total Cash in Hand 999 2,971

Cash at Bank

Glendon District Scout Council 16,929 16,947 Kettering Gang Show 8,909 10,461 Woodcroft Scout Shop 7,394 12,867 Corby Scout Shop 4,656 3,780 Kettering Scout Fellowship 1,696 1,463 Scout Badges 3,590 4,976 Explorer Scouts 9,783 5,839 Corby Gang Show 11,648 6,238 Corby Gang Show- Denmark visit 1,239 1,239 Rockingham Forest Scout Fellowship 668 735 Scout & Guide Band 1,589 Network 264 264

Glendon Rocketts Network 389 326

Total Bank Accounts 67,165 66,724

Total cash at bank and in hand 68,164 69,695

14 Creditors or Receipts in Advance 2017 2016

£ £ £ £

Creditors

HM Revenue & Customs 244 294 Electricity 264

Repairs 23 43

Printing & Stationery 130 63

Travel 214 195

Independent Examiner's Fee 1,950 2,825 1,950 2,545

14 Creditors or Receipts in Advance (cont.) 2017 2016

£ £ £ £

Receipts in advance Subscriptions 64,316 59,181

Support Worker -grant 800

Corby Gang Show-2018 show 641 Explorers Fees-Uganda, Gilwell & Ocean Quest 11,536 77,293 59,181

80,118 61,726

15. Leasing Commitment Rentals are payable at £24.75 per annum for the remainder of the lease of land

- 50 years from 1st March 2017.

16. Restricted Funds The Scout Council has no Restricted Funds

17 Analysis of General net Assets between Designated and Other Funds

Other Unrestricted Designated Total

Funds Funds

£ £ £ Tangible fixed assets 113,398 100 113,498

Current assets 290,554 33,206 323,760

403,952 33,306 437,258 Current Liabilities (80,118) - (80,118) Long term liabilities - - -

323,834 33,306 357,140

18 Designated Funds Marquee Expedition Major Projects Total £ £ £ £ Balances at 1 April 2016 2,759 5,000 18,178 25,937

Expenditure in year 415 2,788 3,361 6,564

2,344 2,212 14,817 19,373 Plus Income 1,120 2,788 10,000 13,908

Interest 25 25

Balances at 31 March 2017 3,464 5,000 24,842 33,306

19 Employees Remuneration 2017 2016

Total remuneration for one employee amounted to £4,886 £4,657

There were no employees who received total emoluments of more than £60,000 during the year

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20 Trustees Remuneration & Expenses

No remuneration was paid to the Trustees during the year. Number of Trustees expenses reimbursed - 5. Nature of Expense Catering, Printing, Stationery, Travel and Woodcroft maintenance.

2017 2016

Trustees' expenses £994 £802

21 Independent Examiner's Fees 2017 2016

Examiner's Fees £1,950 £1,950

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Independent Examiner’s Report to the Trustees of Glendon District Scout Council

I report on the accounts of the charity for the year ended 31 March 2017 which are set out on pages 4 to 12 of the Annual Report and Accounts.

This report is made solely to the trustees, as a body, in accordance with the regulations made under Section 154 of the Charities Act 2011. My work has been undertaken so that I might state to the charity's trustees those matters I am required to state to them in an independent examiner's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, I do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the charity and the charity's trustees, as a body, for my work, for this report, or for the opinions I have formed.

Respective responsibilities of trustees and examiner

The charity's trustees are responsible for the preparation of the accounts. The charity's trustees consider that an audit is not required for this year under section 144(2) of the Charities Act 2011 (the 2011 Act) and that an independent examination is needed. It is my responsibility to:

examine the accounts under section 145 of the 2011 Act;

follow the procedures laid down in the general Directions given by the Charity Commission under section 145(5)(b) of the 2011 Act; and

state whether particular matters have come to my attention.

Basis of Independent Examiner's Report

My examination was carried out in accordance with the general Directions given by the Charity Commission. 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 seeking explanations from you as trustees concerning any such matters. The procedures undertaken do not provide all the evidence that would be required in an audit and consequently no opinion is given as to whether the accounts present a "true and fair view" and the report is limited to those matters set out in the statement below.

Independent Examiner's Statement

Your attention is drawn to the fact that the charity has prepared the accounts in accordance with the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice applicable to charities preparing their accounts in accordance with the Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (FRS102) in preference to the Accounting and Reporting by Charities: Statement of Recommended Practice issued on 1 April 2005 which is referred to in the extant regulations but has since been withdrawn.

We understand that this has been done in order for the accounts to provide a true and fair view in accordance with the Generally Accepted Accounting Practice effective for reporting periods beginning on or after 1 January 2015.

In connection with my examination, no other matter except that referred to in the previous paragraphs has come to my attention:

1. which gives me reasonable cause to believe that, in any material respect, the requirements:

to keep accounting records in accordance with section 130 of the 2011 Act; and

to prepare accounts which accord with the accounting records and comply with the accounting requirements of the 2011 Act 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.

John Hatcher FCA, Smith Hodge & Baxter Thorpe House 93 Headlands, Kettering, Northamptonshire, NNI5 6BL 25 May 2017

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