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‘We believe that through adventure we challenge individuals so that they learn and experience new things that enrich their lives’
WELCOME Our Chairman reflects on the highlights, challenges and achievements of 2009/10.
I’m delighted to report another exceptional year for Scouting and our 500,000 adults and young people. For the fifth consecutive year, our membership numbers have increased significantly. This is a direct result of an improved and more relevant programme for our young people, increased flexible opportunities and training for volunteers and better materials and resources. Particularly encouraging is that more teenagers than ever have joined this year. And this is despite the ever increasing pressures on their time. It is our young people of today that will become tomorrow’s leaders and it is these leadership skills that we value and develop. Our new Youth Involvement Group means that these young members can begin to play a key part in shaping Scouting’s future. The positive impact that Scouts can have was demonstrated with our Stop the Rain Tax campaign (p13). Thousands of our members lobbied their MPs to campaign against an unaffordable rise in water bills. This is the first time we have taken such action and we are proud of its success.
a key priority for a number of years and we have developed our structure to reflect this. As well as the new leadership team of Chief Scout Bear Grylls and UK Chief Commissioner Wayne Bulpitt, we revamped the Trustee management framework, reducing the governing Board to a more manageable size and opening the Board to people who may have little recent experience of Scouting. I am delighted to be the first
The purpose of Scouting is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. Under the Charities Act 2006 The Scout Association is required to demonstrate that our aims are for the public benefit. Our assessment is that we have met this criteria through both the advancement of education and the advancement of citizenship or community development headings.
⊲ These young members
can begin to play a key part in shaping Scouting’s future.
Two principles demonstrate that Scouting’s aims are for the public benefit. • Principle 1a – through the Scout method young people develop towards their full potential. • Principle 1b – the clear link between the benefits for young people and the
appointed chairman (as opposed to elected) and it is almost 50 years since I was involved. I am also proud to be part of a successful and worthwhile organisation, which is increasingly being recognised as playing an important role in the development of our society.
purpose of Scouting. • Principle 1c – the safety of young people is taken very seriously and the benefits Scouting activities provide far outweigh the risks. • Principle 2a – the aim of Scouting refers to young people, aged 6-25. • Principle 2b – full Scouting membership is restricted to young people who are willing to make the Scout Promise.
I would like to pay tribute to all our volunteers and their commitment and enthusiasm. Without them we would not be able to achieve the things you will read about in this report.
• Principle 2c – the Association does not exclude those in poverty from its benefits. While the Association charges a subscription to its Members, the benefits of Scouting are not restricted by the ability to pay. Locally there are arrangements to waive subscriptions and other costs for young people who
We have changed our training from being course-led to being led and delivered by volunteers. This means our leaders can now learn in a way that suits them. Ensuring we are a relevent and focused organisation has been
cannot afford to pay. Nationally there are funds available for uniform and activities so that young people are not excluded from activities by virtue of being unable to pay.
Sir Alan Craft Chairman, The Scout Association
• Principle 2d – any private benefits from Scouting are incidental, other than to those as a beneficiary.
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STRATEGIC AIMS AND PERFORMANCE
STRATEGIC AIMS AND PERFORMANCE We have grouped our activities under five headings, that by 2012 we will be: • A GROWING MOVEMENT • A YOUTH MOVEMENT • A RELEVANT AND FOCUSED MOVEMENT • A SOUND MOVEMENT • A DIVERSE MOVEMENT
STRATEGIC AIM 1: TO BE A GROWING MOVEMENT We will increase youth and adult membership on an annual basis by at least three per cent, – aiming for five per cent – and improve the quality of our youth programme delivery. We will achieve this by: ⊲ Encouraging and supporting existing local volunteers to engage with, and recruit, adult volunteers, in particular 3,000 parents through The Big Adventure. ⊲ Reducing joining lists by ten per cent by January 2010 through providing guidance and support to local Scouting to address joining lists in new and innovative ways; by employing an effective system for managing joining enquiries in each District and delivering an enhanced induction for all District Commissioners. ⊲ Providing more support for the areas of the programme that leaders find most challenging to deliver.
The Big Adventure provides local
Across the UK, successful
Scouting with an opportunity to show
implementation of the adult
parents and other adults what they
appointment process cemented our
can do for Scouting and what Scouting
plans to help ensure that every adult
can do for them. Launched in May
is placed into a role in Scouting that
2009, more than 900 Scout Groups
suits them. Piloted and then launched
used it to recruit volunteers, whether
in 2008, along with supporting
at an activity day, camp or barbecue.
materials, training and guidance for
We sent out a free step-by-step guide
local Scout Groups, it has now been
to every leader, as well as a guide for
rolled out across the rest of the UK,
parents. Over 1,200 Big Adventures
and indications are that it has helped
took place over the summer and in its
to provide an effective welcome and
first year some 3,900 volunteers signed
induction for new volunteers.
up to Scouting as a direct result of a Big Adventure event.
We have successfully delivered five Development, Advice and Support
Our Regional Development Service
days (DAS) across the UK. These
piloted a variety of projects to address
events provide targeted support and
joining lists. The result highlighted the
information for everyone in a Supporter
need for a dedicated Joining
role. As well as the opportunity to
Co-ordinator in each District who has
meet and discuss relevant issues
the time to follow up and deal with
with the national team, it provided
every single joining enquiry. In the
the opportunity to promote regional
South West, a significant number of
working together.
Districts have now appointed Joining Co-ordinators and have seen success.
⊲ Further improving the number of young people moving on between sections. ⊲ Promoting non-leader roles and reviewing our membership scheme. ⊲ Giving meaning to a more flexible approach to volunteering by completing the Scout Fellowship Review.
Over 73,000 young people and 8,200 parents took part in a Big Adventure event
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We produced a range of new
Scheme was recognised when we
resources for managers based on
won a National Training Award in early
member feedback, which included Keys
2010. Being able to fit their training
to Success for Group Scout Leaders,
around their home and work lives has
Keys to Success for County Training
significantly increased the number of
Managers, new Executive Support
volunteers in the last five years.
resources, online induction pack templates, adult training information
More people than ever saw Scouts
leaflet and adult training materials.
on TV, radio and in newspapers as throughout the year we told stories
The programme planning area of
of Scouts receiving bravery awards,
scouts.org.uk, Programmes Online
launched our annual birthday honours,
has been used to increase support for
published the new Scouting Skills book
leaders to deliver activities related to the
(p17) and announced the volunteers
Beliefs and Attitudes and Global Zones.
selected for the World Scout Jamboree
For example, over 50 global-related
Team. This was made possible by our
programme ideas have been added in
national PR team working in partnership
the last year. We have also created a
with the increased number of local
spiritual development resource to be
Media Development Managers who
sent out to all our 100,000 leaders via
promote Scouting at a local level.
Scouting magazine. A number of projects are still under Our first Activity Academy launched
review, including our Campfire Circle
in the spring. Open to all members
membership scheme and student
aged 18-25, it gave 50 participants the
recruitment initiative, which we plan to
opportunity to develop existing skills, try
consolidate in 2010.
new activities and progress onto leading these activities. Almost one hundred
We successfully rebranded our Scout
awards and qualifications were gained
Fellowship as Scout Active Support.
during the five days. A second pilot
Launched in September 2009, it
academy is planned for 2010.
provides a new flexible way for adults to volunteer for Scouting. The new name
Sharing skills is one of the keys to successful Scouting
The Scout Association relies on its
is much more reflective of what these
100,000 volunteers who come from all
valuable groups of adults actually do –
walks of life, and the training that we
provide great support to local Scouting.
offer them has to be flexible enough
From December 2010 all Fellowships
to empower them to lead others.
will be reformed as Active Support
Changed from being course-led to led
Units.
and delivered by volunteers, the quality and flexibility of our Adult Training
The result: With 16,568 (3.9%) more adults and young people in Scouting, this year has seen our biggest growth for over 38 years. 8
Ed Wickerman, voted outstanding teacher ‘Being a Cub Scout leader and working with 30 young people each week taught me I could motivate and enthuse young people and make a real difference too. I wanted to continue with this which is why I became a teacher. Many of the leadership skills I have learned through Scouting. Being responsible for a small group
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of people in Scouting is very similar to leading a small group of people at work. I was honoured to win The Teaching Award’s Outstanding New Teacher of the Year as I love being a teacher and am 100 per cent certain that I want to be a head teacher. I am dyslexic but it hasn’t stopped me from following my dreams. More people like me need to come in and show that there are other ways of doing things.’
Eileen Pooley launched a Scout Active Support Unit ‘Our Scout Group was formed in May 2009 as a result of a merger of two local Groups. We saw Scout Active Support as an opportunity for a number of people who wanted to give their time to the Group on a flexible basis. This meant they wouldn’t have to make the full-time commitment of being a leader or sitting on the Group Executive Committee. The Unit is still in its early stages but so far a number of parents have joined or expressed an interest. We are aware that some parents in our area find it difficult to pay their children’s subscriptions. We therefore decided
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to waive the fee if they gave their time instead and joined the Unit. If we didn’t have this structure in place we would not only lose the young people but wouldn’t have the adults either. We support the Group in fundraising, skills and PR and communications. For us, the Unit is key to the long-term growth and development of the 1st Hainault Scout Group.’
The challenge ahead: ȔȔ While we now have more adults and young people enjoying Scouting every week, there are still 33,000 young people waiting to join. We will research, identify and address issues associated with youth membership joining lists to bring this number down. ȔȔ To increase the number of adult volunteers each year by at least three per cent, with a particular focus on increasing the number of parents supporting Scouting. ȔȔ As well as recruiting new members we will focus on supporting our existing leaders, to make their Scouting experience one that they will continue to enjoy. ȔȔ To help leaders run a balanced programme for their Scouts more easily by providing practical and effective support for the areas of the programme they find most challenging to deliver, in particular the Global and Beliefs and Attitudes Zones. ȔȔ To identify, measure and report on the impact and benefit of Scouting to young people, adult volunteers and the wider community to make Scouting more visible and attractive to all communities.
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STRATEGIC AIM 2: TO BE A YOUTH MOVEMENT We will embrace and enhance the culture and participation of young people. We will achieve this by: ⊲ Securing funding to enable more active citizenship project workshops. ⊲ Increasing the number of young people in decision making at all levels in the organisation by ensuring all Counties/Regions/ Areas appoint at least one young person to their Executive Committee and one as a Nominated Youth Representative on the Council of the Association. ⊲ Communicating directly with youth members to gain feedback on key issues. ⊲ Further developing the network of Young Spokespeople as the voice and face of Scouting.
For the first time, we ran a Scout
General Election. Active Citizens: Virgin
Young Campaigners Summer School,
Voters launched in the weeks running
where 14-21 year old Scouts learned
up to the election, and in just three
how to advocate and campaign for
weeks the website received 7,000 visits.
causes that matter to them and to
More Active Citizens events are planned
Scouting. Coupled with local training
for 2010, to encourage as many of our
events some one hundred young
youth members to take an active role
people are now official Scout Young
in, and make a positive impact on, their
Campaigners. Drawn from all over the
local communities.
UK they have enjoyed success with the Stop the Rain Tax campaign, preventing
As part of our quest for young
unfair water drainage charges on Scout
people to be key decision-makers in
meeting places. To further support
Scouting, we have created a Youth
them we produced a Campaign Toolkit
Involvement Group. Project Leaders
for members interested in lobbying
are now in place for Communication,
at a local level. The Scout Young
Adult Support, Youth Programme and
Campaigners have since developed their
Special Projects at a national level. The
own campaigns, including eco-pledging
Youth Involvement Group also played
and ‘let’s volunteer’ using the skills they
a big part in Insight 2009. Over 30
have developed.
young people aged 18-25 gathered in Oxford for this event, an opportunity
We also piloted two Active Citizens
for younger adult Members to discuss
events for 80 Scouts, held in
their views about several aspects
Nottingham and London, and set up a
of Scouting’s work, and contribute
special website designed to encourage
towards the Movement’s Vision to
first-time voters to participate in the
2018 (p23). Locally, more leaders than
⊲ Implementing the actions arising from the agreed Vision for Youth Involvement.
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ever are consulting Scouts of all ages
more than 300 and now have over a
on everything from programme ideas
thousand teenagers speaking on our
to the location of, and activities at,
behalf in the news, online and in print.
summer camp. And while Network
This not only demonstrates Scouting
member Rachel Ruddock is steering
to the public, but also builds the
strategic direction at the very top
confidence of these young people and
level of Scouting as a National Youth
develops skills that will be of value to
Representative on the Council of The
them throughout their life.
Scout Association, there is still some work to do to ensure one young person
As a youth movement, Scouting is
is on every Executive Committee in
always looking at new ways to engage
every District.
and empower young people. For the second year running, young people
The political party conferences provided
were invited to take over the Editor’s
a major platform for the Scouts
chair for an edition of Scouting, the
Speak Up sessions, with young people
membership magazine for our 100,000
from across the UK taking part. In
adult volunteers. Building on the
Bournemouth, Scouts put their views
success of last year, we opened it up
to Nick Clegg, the leader of the Liberal
to our younger age ranges and five
Democrats. Conservatives met with
Scouts aged 10-18 were selected. The
Scouts in Manchester to discuss topics
magazine they’ve created shows how
such as the perception of young people
much young people can really achieve
today and climate change.
when given the opportunity. It’s given them the chance to express their views
Youth editor Luke practises his interviewing technique
Our Young Spokespeople were
and thoughts to adult volunteers about
busier than ever last year. We trained
what Scouting means to them.
The result: A record number of teenagers signed up to the adventure, with 5.4% more than last year. This means there are now 66,299 teenagers in Scouting – over 26 per cent more than when detailed records began in 2001. 11
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Explorer Scout Matt took part in a Scouts Speak Up event ‘It was excellent at the Liberal Democrat Party Conference as we got to be heard. To have Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats and Vince Cable, Deputy Leader, come and listen to teenagers and show their support for us was really fantastic. As a young person it is really inspiring to know that a decision maker wants to hear my opinion. One of the topics we voted on and discussed was how to get young people
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like me interested in the general election next year. Scouts Speak Up at the Liberal Democrat conference was the first step in doing that. Being part of that process was definitely the highlight for me. As an international organisation, one of our duties is to look out for our worldwide family of Scouts, particularly those in countries at great risk from climate change. We need to be proactive.’
Grace, a Young Spokesperson who reported on census results ‘I’m in Scouting for the varied activities, so being part of the growth story was a great opportunity to talk about everything that we do. I was interviewed for many national newspapers: Times, Daily Telegraph, Daily Mail, Daily Express and Metro. On the morning the story about our census results broke, we went to Sky Radio and
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then in the afternoon were whisked off to BBC London’s lunchtime news. I’ve been a Young Spokesperson for three years and this was an amazing opportunity for me to use the presentation skills that I’ve learned on the training course. Telling the world how proud I am of being a Scout and that we are helping dispel the myth about all teenagers being lazy was the best day I’ve had so far.’
The challenge ahead: ȔȔ We still have work to do on directly engaging with our 11-25 year olds. The biggest issue is how we support and train adults to facilitate youth involvement. We’ve learned from the first stage of our work that we need to place our emphasis on helping adults; and to change people’s perceptions and mindsets. ȔȔ Build a greater culture of youth involvement across the Movement by ensuring it is integral to all relevant projects. ȔȔ Support greater numbers of youth Members of all ages to represent Scouting externally. This will be done by providing additional training and support to Counties and our Media Development Managers, and monitoring and reporting achievements locally.
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STRATEGIC AIM 3: TO BE A RELEVANT AND FOCUSED MOVEMENT We will strengthen the volunteer leadership and management of the organisation and the positive public perception of Scouting. We will achieve this by: ⊲ Continuing to strengthen the volunteer leadership and management of the organisation through the work of the UK Leadership Team of the Chief Scout and the UK Chief Commissioner. ⊲ Building on improved perception of adult volunteering. ⊲ Increasing engagement with relevant government policy development at local level. ⊲ Developing and expanding the network of Scouting Ambassadors. ⊲ Reviewing and evaluating the KidsOutdoors campaign.
TV Adventurer Bear Grylls officially
Scouting’s national profile, Wayne
became the tenth Chief Scout of the
manages and leads all volunteers within
UK on Saturday 11 July 2009, cheered
the Movement, through a team of senior
on by 3,000 Explorer Scouts at Gilwell
volunteers. In just a short time, he has
24. Recognising the need for flexible
developed effective leadership within
volunteering at the highest level, we
the Movement, improved support for
created a new position: UK Chief
section and Unit leaders, supporting key
Commissioner. Wayne Bulpitt, our
work such as the Youth Involvement and
first UK Chief Commissioner, is working
diversity initiatives. He has also played
in partnership with Bear to continue
a key part in our successful policy
building on Scouting’s success story
change work.
by supporting those already involved and encouraging more adults to
Victory was sealed for Scout Groups
volunteer. Within a few months Bear
across England and Wales as a direct
met, congratulated and delivered an
result of our successful Stop the Rain
inspirational speech to 145 Explorer
Tax Campaign. It was instigated to
Scout and Scout Network Members who
protect Groups from unaffordable rises
received the Queen’s Scout Award. He
in water bills, which in some cases
visited 10,000 Scouts across the north
threatened local Scout Groups’ very
east of England in a mission to meet
existence. For Scout Groups who own
the whole of the UK’s Scouts during his
their properties, the change in setting
appointment and has also championed
water bills based on rateable value to
the importance of Scouting and his role
surface area of properties would have
as Chief Scout on television, radio and
meant less money for activities. We
in print. While Bear focuses on providing
organised a mass lobby of Parliament
inspirational leadership and increasing
– the first time we have ever taken
⊲ Raising and maintaining our profile among target audiences. ⊲ Researching future trends in childhood and adolescence, exploring the concept of ‘community’ and developing Scouting’s recognised impact in local communities. ⊲ Creating additional support material for programme planning.
Lobbying outside Parliament for the Stop the Rain Tax campaign
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⊲ Delivering an integrated website and a local communications centre that will provide templates, images and other resources to help promote growth, diversity and impact. ⊲ Projecting a modern image of Scouting through developing an online and easy to use publications template toolkit for Members to publicise events and Scouting locally in our new visual identity. ⊲ Further developing our collaboration with the organisers of the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
such action, as well as encouraging
event, is now part of our core activity
local Groups to lobby their MPs. The
and we are providing our young people
campaign received widespread media
with the tools to make a difference
coverage, and marked a major victory
in their local communities, such as
for grass roots campaigning. Harnessing
developing our young campaigners (p10).
social media played a strong part in this success and over 3,500 joined our
Following the launch of our new visual
campaigns e-team.
identity in 2008, we tested, reviewed and refined our ‘everyday adventure’
Scouting has many supporters in the
brand. This was recognised when we
public arena, including Ian Hislop and
were highly commended for brand
Sainsbury’s CEO Justin King. Last year
development in the Third Sector
we welcomed Chris Evans, Jo Whiley
Excellence Awards 2009. Being able
and adventurer Tom Avery to champion
to distribute the brand locally as well
Scouting on our behalf. By March 2010
as nationally is vital but is only possible
we’d hoped to increase the number
through the co-operation and support of
of official Scouting Ambassadors to
our leaders. To assist local Scouting, we
20. We currently have eight and have
launched an online template system.
recently appointed a Luminaries and
Groups can now create their own
Ambassadors Manager in our national
posters, banners and stationery. In just
office, whose main focus will be to
a few months over 3,000 Scout Groups
develop these over the coming years.
have used it, increasing the quality and consistency of local materials and saving
KidsOutdoors, our campaign to inspire
volunteers’ time, meaning they can
one million new outdoor adventures
concentrate on delivering Scouting.
officially drew to a close in January 2010.
‘Everyday adventure’
We launched it in response to evidence
Because Scouting exists in almost every
that UK children were spending less time
community in the UK our impact can
outside than ever before. Over 44,000
be hugely positive. But we need to
visits to the website and a donation of
better understand what ‘community’
£500,000 showed the level of support
means. We are currently carrying out
and interest but after the initial burst
research on this concept to help us
of engagement, activity declined and
identify likely future trends. We are also
we closed the initiative to refocus
working on a strategy for engagement
our efforts on a wider range of issues
with the London 2012 Olympic and
that are affecting our young people.
Paralympic Games.
Campaigning, rather than a one-off
The result: Our 500,000 members proved that when we pull together for a common cause we can make a big impact. Through lobbying, social networking and campaigning, the rain tax became history. 14
Eddie Ward, a Cumbrian Explorer Scout Leader used the new template system to promote Scouting ‘Following their training as Young Spokespeople, Explorer Scouts from Ayers were keen to dispel outdated views of Scouting and promote modern, vibrant Scouting. We came up with the idea of a Carlisle Scout Day to try and recruit more adults and young people. I found the template system to be a really useful resource; enabling
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me to very quickly and easily produce eye-catching documents. The brand guidelines have enabled us to produce a consistent brand image across our documentation, making them instantly recognisable as Scouting. I believe the new branding reinforces us as a modern and dynamic movement. The young people like it, so we must be getting it right! The day was a great success.’
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‘This was the first time I’d ever campaigned but if the bill had been passed my Scout Group would have to pay an extra £500 every year, which would mean increasing the subscription cost to members. Our whole Scout Group got involved, we emailed our MP, and travelled down to London to lobby outside Parliament with placards. It’s made me realise the difference you can make if you just get out and do.’
The challenge ahead: ȔȔ Review and develop the volunteer management and leadership of Scouting through providing practical support and guidance to volunteer managers. ȔȔ Develop a strategic plan for working with the World Organization of the Scout Movement, the European Region and wider global Scouting. ȔȔ Improve the perception of Scouting in order that it more accurately reflects the modern experience. ȔȔ Increase the visibility of our current Ambassadors and Luminaries and develop and expand the network. ȔȔ Increase Scouting’s public affairs impact through the engagement with relevant national decision makers.
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STRATEGIC AIM 4: TO BE A SOUND MOVEMENT We will develop sound management of finances, assets and business systems and grow income at national level. We will achieve this by: ⊲ Further developing and implementing the business plan for our National Activity Centres and increasing support to local Scout Activity Centres. ⊲ Further promoting the current i.Scout products and implementing stage two of the uniform refresh. ⊲ Developing a more focused marketing strategy for outdoors.co.uk ⊲ Developing high value fundraising and partners.
Our National Scout Activity Centres
continues to be a challenge. Marketing
have been developed with the specific
was scaled down over the last year
aim of providing leading resources
while we focused on Scout Shops but
to enable Scouts and other young
we will renew the focus in 2010.
people to take part in residential and outdoor activities. As part of our agreed
Nine Scout Groups have benefited from
business plan, last year we launched
the Development Grants Board’s
a new partnership with Ferny Crofts,
Building Fund scheme, an initiative
further growing the opportunities to
piloted in 2008 to provide funds to
Scouts, youth groups and members of
local Scout Groups for the building or
the public to experience adventure in a
refurbishment of meeting places that
safe environment. Elsewhere, generous
would support the growth of Scouting
support from benefactor Peter Harrison
locally. Seven buildings have now been
meant we could build a new lodge at
completed with another two being
Gilwell Park Scout Activity Centre. It
completed later in the year. Hundreds of
sleeps 50 and has proudly opened its
young people are now benefiting from
doors to the first groups of the season.
new and improved facilities, and a full
This means that more young people
review will be undertaken in 2011.
can enjoy a residential experience throughout the year.
Our insurance team at Unity Insurance Services has increased its contribution
⊲ Encouraging County Commissioners to review local arrangements and regional boundaries. ⊲ Compiling a full report on the building grants pilot project of the Development Grants Board. ⊲ Increasing Unity Insurance Services contributions to Scouting through successfully developing quality and good value policies. ⊲ Retaining a productive and inspired workforce by developing and implementing a modern HR strategy.
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As UK Scouting’s official retail arm,
to The Scout Association. Unity’s
2009/10 saw another year of significant
business tender to Girlguiding UK
progress for Scout Shops. It began
and the subsequent launch were both
with the launch of the updated polo
successful and the initial income stream
shirts for all sections. When not wearing
is better than planned. Much effort
uniform, members had an even wider
has gone into putting in place the right
range of i.Scout clothing to choose
team and compliance environment to
from, including T-shirts, polo shirts and
enable business growth in the future.
hoodies. Improved customer service and higher level of stock availability created
At The Scout Association, our
more satisfied customers. All profits
professional staff are as important to
are returned to Scouting, which means
us as our volunteers. During 2009/10
that growth for Scout Shops boosts
we implemented a number of modern
financial support for Scouting, and with
HR and IT policies and strategies
sales of £6m despite operating within a
to ensure our staff had the tools and
challenging economic environment, the
support to be able to perform at the
results are positive. The challenge next
highest level. This included an employee
year is to further improve the online
survey, improved IT equipment and
customer shopping experience.
applications and the implementation of a competency framework. For the first
Our online public outdoor clothing and
time staff were encouraged to fill out
equipment store outdoors.co.uk has
an employee satisfaction survey. Some
shown small year-on-year growth but
247 questionnaires were sent out, with
⊲ Developing a strategy for licensing and for other active exploitation of our intellectual property.
a very encouraging 190 returned. The
customer relationship management
survey revealed that the Association is
strategic vision, and are developing a
an enjoyable and rewarding place to
comprehensive strategy to be agreed by
work and that staff feel fairly treated.
the Board.
⊲ Implementing new governance arrangements for the Trustee Board.
Following our first ever recruitment drive,
The launch of a new Scouting Skills
75 UK Fellows pledged their support
book, produced in partnership with
to Scouting. And to attract International
Doubleday, was a publishing success.
Fellows a website was launched, with
Introduced by Chief Scout Bear Grylls
1,000 registered to date. The challenge
the book contains over 200 pages of
now is to develop the strategy for
expert outdoor advice guaranteed to
high-value fundraising and increase
help anyone, not just Scouts, in any
contributions to The Scout Association.
tricky situation – from navigating by the
⊲ Developing a customer relationship management strategy.
stars to identifying wildlife; packing a Despite the challenging economic
rucksack to building a survival shelter.
climate, the number of corporate
We launched the book at Brownsea
partners remained level, although our
Island, the site of the first ever Scout
income was £50k short of target. In the
camp. Covered by BBC Breakfast,
coming year we will continue to work
it helped sales reach over 12,000
on retaining current supporters, reducing
in the first two months. We will use
current costs and growing income.
this approach to further develop a licensing strategy.
Scouting volunteers come from all
Scouts benefit from a choice of over 200 activities
walks of life. And in order for us to
We implemented new governance
understand our members’ needs
arrangements for the Trustee Board
we identified the need to become a
and appointed and inducted a new
more member-focused organisation,
Chair and new Trustees by September
delivering the information and support
2009. The Trustee Board is developing
that our members want when they
its ways of working as well as reviewing
want it. We have therefore developed a
the committee structure.
The result: Scouting remains one of the most affordable extra curricular activities for young people today. It costs as little as £2 a week for a child to join Scouting. 17
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4th Melton Mowbray Scout Group was one of nine Groups to receive a Building Grants Fund. Derek Fraser is Group Chairman ‘Our old hut had badly deteriorated after 45 years of constant use. The £45,000 we received went towards the new building. We are one of the largest Scout Groups in Leicestershire with over 160 members, but with the new building now open we
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have exciting plans for the future. These include attracting more adults to join the Group as potential leaders and increasing the Group size to offer Scouting to many more young people in Melton. With the larger main activity hall there is more room for young people to run around. We will also use the riverside location to open up a water activities centre for kayaking and rafting.‘
Justin King, chief executive, Sainsbury’s, who sponsored our Big Adventure ‘I am proud that Sainsbury’s Active Kids is working in partnership with The Scout Association, and we are delighted to be supporting The Big Adventure encouraging
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young people to get outdoors and be active. We have been working in partnership with the Scouts since 2001 and are committed to working together with the shared vision of encouraging young people to eat healthily and live active lifestyles as well as supporting their efforts to recruit more volunteers into Scouting so that as many young people as possible can benefit.’
The challenge ahead: ȔȔ In challenging economic times it is essential for us to keep the cost of Scouting down. Over the next year we will aim to improve our fundraising performance and develop other income strategies, including high-value fundraising, commercial partnerships, legacies and grants from Trusts and Foundations. ȔȔ By raising our charity profile, developing better product ranges to be sold through Scout Shops and Unity Insurance Services, and further promoting our centres of excellence to Scouting and the general public, we will maximise our opportunities to generate funds. ȔȔ To improve internal communications across the organisation and wider movement by establishing an internal communications team and developing an effective internal communications strategy. ȔȔ To continue supporting and developing our professional staff as well as our volunteers.
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STRATEGIC AIM 5: TO BE A DIVERSE MOVEMENT We will reflect and celebrate the diversity of communities in which Scouting operates. We will achieve this by: ⊲ Increasing the percentage of female youth members to 15 per cent, and increase public awareness of this diversity. ⊲ Increasing social diversity of membership and increase public awareness of this diversity.
Over the last year our Regional
a diversity framework with the purpose
Development Service targeted and
of embedding diversity and inclusion
provided specific support to encourage
practice across The Scout Association
all Groups to accept girls. In the media,
over the next five to ten years. To make
our many female Young Spokespeople
this happen, a number of key teams
demonstrated that girls are part of the
have been recruited and include project
adventure too. As a result, more than
teams for community cohesion; faiths
10,000 girls joined Scouting in the last
and beliefs; lesbian, gay, bisexual and
year, taking our total to over 62,000.
transgender; and accessibility. We have
Girls now make up over 15 per cent of
also introduced a team of Diversity
our total youth membership.
Ambassadors, who are currently being trained to provide support and
We encouraged local diversity
⊲ Establishing a working group to review the Association’s equal opportunities policy. ⊲ Increasing proportionate diversity in leadership teams at all levels.
information across the UK.
initiatives through management reviews with volunteers and progressed
We have continued to develop Scouting
our work to ensure that Scouting is
in new communities including a
representative of our local communities
growing number of faith and ethnic
and accessible to all whether that
groups. To reflect the increasing
means social inclusion, faith, gender,
demand that is particularly coming
sexuality or disability. We have produced
from the Muslim community, the
⊲ Increasing our level of support to local development initiatives to develop Scouting’s impact in local communities, especially where it is currently significantly under-represented.
Chief Scout Bear Grylls visits some Muslim Scouts in Bradford as part of his mission to visit all Scout Groups across the UK
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Muslim Scout Fellowship applied for and won external funding to recruit a National Development Officer. The Officer is already involved in a number of development projects and has had success in building relationships with external organisations, such as Mosaic, a charity founded by HRH The Prince of Wales. We have seen an increased demand for Cultural Awareness Training (CAT), which is being provided by a growing number of trainers. CAT supports local Scouting in their plans and actions to be more reflective of their local communities. These actions helped our Black, Minority and Ethnic (BME) membership to increase by 0.7 percentage points to 4.7 per cent. While an improvement on last year’s 4 per cent, we are still some way off the national average of 9 per cent.
Scouting today is more reflective of our local communities
The result: Scouting is open to all and we are becoming more reflective of our local communities. 20
Scout Caroline, 12, wins African adventure ‘At the audition for Safari 8 programme on CBBC I told the producer all about being a Scout and all the cool things I get to do. Because I’d been a Scout for a few years I knew a lot of things that might be useful. Stuff like basic first aid, camping skills and cooking. I was really glad about the things I learned in Scouts because it not only helped me get on the show but also helped me cope in South Africa. I learned so many things in the Kruger National Park; all about the dangers in the bush, how to track and approach the animals. It was about all becoming a bush ranger so I
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learned all about poaching and conservation. We learned how to care for injured animals and tested them for tuberculosis, and a lot of them did have it. I came away with so much more knowledge I don’t think I can fit any more in! The thing I enjoyed the most (apart from seeing all the animals) was learning about the culture and tradition of the South African people.’
Leader Sultana introduced Scouting to her community ‘We’re a new Group in a predominantly Muslim area, which had no Scouting two years ago. I could see that it was really missing from the community. Our leadership team is quite young – we’re all aged between 21 and 29. There are two reasons
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why adults want to get involved in Scouting – the first is that we enjoy giving something back to the community. The second is that the training gives us planning and organisation skills, which can help career development. I’m also a qualified archery instructor, which isn’t something I thought I would ever be. I also get great support from my District Commissioner.’
The challenge ahead: ȔȔ Further increase the percentage of female youth members through sharing good practice, supporting managers where they have no female youth members and working directly with District Commissioners to engender change. ȔȔ To increase the diversity of leadership teams at all levels of the organisation by analysing current demographics of the adult membership and developing and implementing a diversity framework and equal opportunities policy. ȔȔ To further increase the diversity of our membership, including social and ethnic, and increase public awareness of this diversity through targeting under represented areas. To include further Mosaic events.
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PREPARED FOR THE FUTURE We’ve achieved much success not only over the last year but the last ten years. With new leadership, a revised programme, training and image, we are renewed and re-energised. However, there is still work to do.
In 2010/11 we will continue to build on the business objectives of previous years. Making it easier to join Scouting and encouraging members to stay are
Scouting in 2018 will: • make a positive impact in our communities • prepare young people to be active citizens • embrace and contribute to social change.
the two main areas of focus. We will further improve our joining system and work to reduce the number of young people waiting to join Scouting. This will only be possible by attracting and retaining more adults to help deliver and support these young people
Scouting in 2018 will be: • d efined and governed by young people in partnership with adults • e njoyed by more young people and more adult volunteers • as diverse as the communities in which we live.
through the Movement. To do this we will improve the recruitment of, and welcome provided to, all new adult volunteers in Scouting
Members of Scouting in 2018 will feel: • e mpowered • v alued • p roud.
and to offer flexible volunteering opportunities. We will make recruitment material accessible, adaptable and affordable to local Scouting using the online template system. We will also update our training modules to reflect current guidance and good practice in recruiting adult volunteers.
Towards 2018 Scouting, like any other organisation, needs to be prepared for the future. And while we have transformed over the last ten years, we still need to change and develop to remain relevant. Over the last two years we’ve carried out consultations throughout the UK to develop our Strategic Vision Towards 2018.
www.scouts.org.uk/2018
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OUR FINANCES The Association’s Accounts have been prepared in accordance with the Statement of Recommended Practice “Accounting and Reporting by Charities” introduced in 2005, more commonly referred to as the Charities SORP.
OVERVIEW 2009/10 was another successful year for the Association particularly in terms of a significant increase in membership of both young people and leaders. But financially it was more challenging, largely as a result of the economic downturn. Scout Shops saw significant turnover and net profit growth. But most other areas, including the National Activity Centres, Conference Centres, fundraising, investment income, Unity Insurance Services and Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited, saw either small declines against last year or small underperformance against target. This was against a backdrop of continued volatility in the financial markets, rising unemployment and an economic recession with interest rates at an all-time low that resulted in a significant decline in investment income for both the Association and Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited. With support and overhead costs remaining controlled, the income decline resulted in only a small decrease in charitable expenditure in core operational activities and grants while still achieving an operational surplus of £0.9m. The value of the Association’s investments increased by £2.6m, recovering some of the losses of 2008/9, whereas the defined benefit pension scheme deficit increased by £1.0m giving an overall £2.5m increase in the Association’s reserves. Financial results The Association’s financial result was an operating surplus of £0.9m in the year compared with the previous year’s surplus of £0.7m. Both the unrestricted and restricted operating surpluses, before transfers and recognised gains and losses, were £0.4m. 2010 £m
2009 £m
Net unrestricted incoming resources before ‘one-off’ items
0.4
0.6
Net restricted incoming/(outgoing) resources before ‘one-off’ items
0.4
(0.2)
Surplus on disposal of assets
0.9
0.7
Special pension contributions
(0.4)
(0.2)
Movement in pension scheme deficit recognised in resources expended
(0.4)
(0.2)
Net incoming resources
0.9
0.7
Net gains/(losses) on investment assets
2.6
(2.8)
Actuarial (losses) on defined benefits pension scheme
(1.0)
(4.8)
Increase/(Decrease) in funds
2.5
(6.9)
The operating results in both 2010 and 2009 include several one-off items: £0.4m (2009: £0.2m) special pension contributions, £0.4m (2009: £0.2m) movement in the pension scheme deficit and £0.9m (2009: £0.7m) surplus from asset disposals. The net unrestricted income before these ‘one-off’ items was a surplus of £0.4m (2009: £0.6m). The increase in the value of the pension scheme’s liabilities caused an actuarial loss as measured by Financial Reporting Standard 17 of £1.0m while the improvement in world equity and bond markets caused an unrealised gain of £2.3m (2009: loss of £2.8m) and a realised gain of £0.3m on investments. The investment gains reversed some of the losses of the previous two years and were the primary cause of the overall increase of £2.5m (2009: £6.9m decrease) in the Association’s total funds.
Incoming resources Total incoming resources for the year amounted to £24.0m compared with £24.1m last year. Net profit at Scout Shops Limited was significantly ahead of both target and last year whereas investment income, net profit from Unity Insurance Services, fundraising income, National Activity Centre income and Conference Centre income were all slightly lower than expectations. The latter was mainly due to the tougher economic environment.
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In June 2008 the Trustees decided that the net national membership subscription for 2009 should remain unchanged at £18.60 per Member, after a 50p rebate for prompt payment. With the growth in membership this resulted in membership fee income rising by 3.4% to £8.3m. Donations, legacies and similar income amounted to £1.8m, an increase of £0.5m on 2009. Legacy income was £0.1m lower at £0.4m following the receipt of some significant legacies in the previous year and the impact of the decline in asset values. Donated services and facilities (Gifts in Kind) were £0.1m (2009: £0.1m) being free/heavily discounted IT licenses. All other income was £0.4m and was in line with expectations. Activities for generating funds include the retail sales of Scout Shops Limited, sponsorship and promotional income, together with non-Scouting income generated by Baden-Powell House and Gilwell Park Hotel and Conference Centre. This income increased by £0.6m to £7.3m due to higher retail sales (£0.6m). Investment income fell by £1.2m to £1.0m due to the significant reduction in interest rates. Incoming resources from charitable activities comprise the income from the sale of goods and services as part of the charitable activities of the Association and of ancillary trades carried on in support of its primary purpose. These include camping, training, activity and accommodation charges at Baden-Powell House, Gilwell Park and the other National Scout Activity Centres. In addition, there are Scout Information Centre sales, insurance commissions earned both by Unity Insurance Services and by Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited and the surplus on asset disposals. Incoming resources from charitable activities fell by £0.2m to £5.5m due to a variety of relatively small increases and decreases in some of the individual income streams. Incoming resources for the year ended 31 March 2010 (£24.0m)
50 40 30 Charitable activities – Scouting’s Centenary Charitable activities
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Investment income Activities for generating funds
10 0
Donations, legacies and similar income National membership subscription
2006/7
2007/8
2008/9
2009/10
Resources expended Resources expended of £23.1m were in line with expectations and were £0.3m less than last year with trading expenditure decreasing by £0.3m. The reduction in the cost of trading goods sold from £5.0m to £4.7m was achieved by strong cost control at Scout Shops and significantly cutting the distribution costs for sponsorship and promotion activity packs. Expenditure on charitable activities totalled £17.9m (2009: £18.0m). The expenditure has been analysed under the following headings: The £0.1m decrease in charitable expenditure was principally due to a decline in Support and Services to the Scouting Movement with increases in Youth Programme and Activities and Development of Scouting. Our spend on charitable activities for the year ended 31 March 2010
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2009/10 (£17.9m)
32%
2008/9 (£18.0m)
34% 16%
21%
16%
22%
Support and services to the Scouting movement
The Trustees consider 31% that it would be misleading to try to analyse28% the resources expended Youthon Programme charitable and activities Activities under the five strategic aims that we use to group our strategic objectives, our activities and ourAdult achievements. support and Many training of the actions and activities that achieve the strategic objectives are led and delivered by volunteers Development and incur proportionately of Scoutingless financial expenditure due to this mobilisation. To analyse the expenditure on charitable activities under these five aims would therefore materially distort the importance of some of the aims and objectives. Instead the Trustees consider that the four headings used to analyse expenditure on charitable activities provide a more meaningful and appropriate explanation of our spending priorities. Support costs comprise the expenditure that enables a fundraising or charitable activity to be conducted, but do not in themselves constitute a charitable activity. They include finance, information technology, human resources, legal costs, irrecoverable VAT, central management and depreciation. They have been attributed to the costs of generating funds and to charitable activities based on an estimate of staff resources employed in delivering these activities. Governance costs are incurred in meeting the Association’s compliance with constitutional and statutory requirements. They were unchanged at £0.1m.
Gains on investment assets The gains of £2.6m (2009: losses of £2.8m) represent the difference between the market value of our investment portfolios at the start and end of the financial year.
Reserves The Scout Association’s consolidated reserves increased by £2.5m to £39.1m at the end of the year. A net cash outflow of £1.7m was incurred, mainly due to continued investment in the infrastructure and buildings at Gilwell Park and the other National Activity Centres. Included in consolidated reserves are £16.7m funds invested in fixed assets, Restricted and Endowment Funds of £3.9m, funds retained in subsidiaries of £4.0m and £6.9m negative pension reserve. A further £7.5m has been set aside into designated funds to meet future calls on the Association’s finances, including buildings at Gilwell Park, development of the National Activity Centres, the provision of grants towards attendance at future World Scout events and to further support the future growth and development of Scouting in the UK. The Trustees agreed that general reserves should be held representing between 6 and 12 months’ revenue expenditure within the Association. This takes account of anticipated revenue projections as well as ensuring the provision of a suitable contingency to protect the continuity of business and services for the foreseeable future. Major capital and revenue projects are funded by setting aside appropriate amounts into Designated Funds. This policy is reviewed annually.
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At the balance sheet date general funds stood at £13.9m, an increase of £2.3m in the year and representing approximately seven months of the Association’s unrestricted resources expended.
Volunteers During the year over 100,000 adults volunteered their time, energy, skills and commitment to Scouting at Group, District, County, Region or National level. This ranged from regularly leading a section meeting, organising a camp, to helping with administration, training future leaders and attending meetings at every level. Without this contribution, Scouting would be unable to offer the wide range of challenging and inspiring activities that ensures it is the largest mixed youth movement operating in the UK today.
Scout Shops Limited Scout Shops Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Scout Association that is incorporated in England selling Scouting and ancillary products mainly to Members of The Scout Association. During the year Scout Shops continued to focus on developing its core business and key customer base and offering a high level of service to our Members. Turnover in the year increased by 9 per cent to £5.9m (2009: £5.4m) and operating costs were £4.1m (2009: £3.9m). The company delivered a profit after taxation of £2.5m (2009: £2.0m), including £0.3m of exceptional income, with 10 per cent underlying profit growth. One hundred per cent of the taxable profits was donated to The Scout Association.
Scout Insurance Services Limited Scout Insurance Services Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Scout Association that is incorporated in England and trades under the name Unity Insurance Services. Its principal activity is that of an insurance broker providing services in the main to The Scout Association, the Scout Movement and increasingly to other not-for-profit organisations. In the year to March 2010, Unity Insurance Services generated a profit after taxation of £0.2m (2009: £0.3m). One hundred per cent of the taxable profit was donated to The Scout Association.
Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Scout Association that is incorporated in Guernsey. Its principal activity is that of an insurance captive. The company continues to play an important role in providing the Association with a valuable insurance and risk management tool in an increasingly litigious society as well as enabling the provision of competitive property and equipment insurance for Groups, Districts, Counties, Regions and Areas. In the year to March 2010 the net profit before taxation decreased to £0.8m (2009: £1.1m) primarily due to the level of claims and lower investment income. During the year the directors paid a dividend of £750,000 to the Association.
Scout Services Limited Scout Services Limited is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Scout Association that is incorporated in England. Its principal activities are that of commercial property management, fundraising and sponsorship activity on behalf of The Scout Association. Scout Services Limited produced a net profit of £0.5m (2009: £0.3m) that was donated to the Association. The increase in profit was principally due to the transfer of some increasingly commercial activities that had previously been reported within the Association’s own accounts.
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The Scout Association Pension Scheme The most recent full valuation of The Scout Association Pension Scheme (the defined benefits pension scheme) was carried out as at 31 March 2007. The market value of the assets of the scheme was £24.1m and the actuarial value of those assets represented 85 per cent of the value of the benefits that had accrued to members. Based on this valuation the Trustees have agreed a funding plan to address the deficit. The actuarial valuation of the defined benefit pension scheme at 31 March 2010, for the purposes of Financial Reporting Standard 17 (FRS 17), showed a funding deficit of £6.9m (2009: £5.9m). The increase in the liability is principally due to a larger increase in the value of the scheme’s liabilities than the rise in the value of the scheme’s investments. This is despite the extra contributions that the Association paid into the scheme. The Association contributed £0.8m (2009: £0.6m) to the scheme, including special contributions totalling £0.4m (2009: £0.2m). The cash flow required to meet the £6.9m deficit relates to future pension contributions. Therefore, this deficit is expected to occur over the long term rather than in the immediate future, and the amount of the deficit is subject to considerable variability because it depends on a range of demographic and financial assumptions, which are likely to change over time. The scheme was closed to new members in the year ended 31 March 2001 and the Trustees regularly monitor the pension scheme funding deficit to ensure that general reserves provide adequate cover against the future liability. In accordance with Charity Commission guidance (‘Charity Reserves and Defined Benefit Pension Schemes’), the Trustees have reviewed the cash flow impact on general reserves of the planned funding of the deficit. Since this is met from anticipated future income streams a separate designated fund is not required.
Short Term Investment Service As at 31 March 2010, deposits by Scout Groups, Districts, Counties and Regions in the Short Term Investment Service totalled £14.9m (2009: £16.1m), a decrease of £1.2m in the year. These funds generated investment income for depositors of £0.1m (2009: £0.7m). The decline in income was due to the exceptionally low interest rates throughout the year.
National Membership Subscription The Trustees decided that the National Membership Subscription for 2011 would increase by 4 per cent to £20.25 per Member with a rebate of 50p for prompt payment. This was after careful consideration of our income growth and diversification, cost pressures including addressing the pension deficit and the latest three-year rolling forecast. In the light of the information available the Trustees agreed a small increase would continue to send a positive message to the Movement following the stated objective of reducing reliance on the membership fee income.
Investment policy The annual review of the investment policy made no changes to the Association’s performance objectives, which remained:
Risk management The Association’s key risks are reviewed on an ongoing basis by senior management and through regular meetings of various sub-Committees. The Association has a comprehensive set of policies and rules applicable to the Movement, which are routinely monitored both by senior volunteers and by staff employed across the UK. A comprehensive insurance policy exists to ensure that all insurable risks are covered. The Records Department carries out checks on adults to safeguard the reputation of Scouting and to minimise the risk of inappropriate persons being accepted into the Movement. The Association continues to identify, monitor, review and manage the major operational and business risks that it faces on a
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OUR FINANCES
regular basis. It is recognised that the nature of the Association’s work requires active acceptance and management of some risks in undertaking activities in order to achieve objectives. Following the fundamental review of the Association’s risk management strategy and processes, a Risk Assurance Committee has been established to more closely monitor the Association’s key risks. The first meeting of the Risk Assurance Committee is planned for early 2010/11. One of the initial priorities of the Committee will be to consider the Charity Commission’s recent financial guidance ‘Charities and Risk Management’ and its application within The Scout Association.
Trustee responsibilities The Trustees are responsible for preparing financial statements for each year which give a true and fair view of the Association’s financial activities throughout, and its financial position at the end of, the year. They are responsible for keeping accounting records, which disclose the financial position of the Association and to ensure that the financial statements comply with applicable law. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the Association and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities and to provide reasonable assurance that: Systems of internal control are designed to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance against material mismanagement or loss. They include:
Assistance and guidance to the Movement Specialised guidance and advice has continued to be provided on lotteries, grants and other fundraising activities, as well as on VAT, charity trading and on charity accounting regulations. During the year the Association provided loans to assist Groups, Districts, Counties and Regions to acquire or modernise local meeting places, and made a series of grants from restricted funds to assist Scouting at local, national and international levels.
Derek M Twine, Chief Executive & Trustee, for the Board of Trustees, 26 June 2010
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES For the year ended 31 March 2010 2010 Notes
Unrestricted £’000
Membership subscriptions
3(c)
8,319
Donations, legacies and similar income
5(a)
Restricted £’000
2009
Endowment £’000
Total £’000
Total £’000
-
-
8,319
8,048
508
1,340
-
1,848
1,310
8,827
1,340
-
10,167
9,358
INCOMING RESOURCES Incoming resources from generated funds Voluntary income
Activities for generating funds
5(b)
7,337
-
-
7,337
6,759
Investment income
5(c)
774
185
-
959
2,260
Incoming resources from charitable activities
5(d)
5,536
-
-
5,536
5,710
22,474
1,525
23,999
24,087
305
-
-
305
281
4,753
-
-
4,753
5,037
5,058
-
-
5,058
5,318
16,735
1,124
-
17,859
17,963
148
-
-
148
99
21,941
1,124
-
23,065
23,380
533
401
-
934
707
Transfers between funds
1,314
(1,314)
-
-
-
NET INCOMING/(OUTGOING) RESOURCES BEFORE OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES
1,847
(913)
-
934
707
3(e)
1,961
447
151
2,559
(2,810)
Actuarial losses on defined benefit pension scheme
7
(968)
-
-
(968)
(4,790)
NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS
8
2,840
(466)
151
2,525
(6,893)
32,306
3,326
909
36,541
43,434
35,146
2,860
1,060
39,066
36,541
TOTAL INCOMING RESOURCES RESOURCES EXPENDED Costs of generating funds Costs of generating voluntary income Fundraising trading: costs of goods sold and other costs Charitable activities
6(a)
6(b)
Governance costs TOTAL RESOURCES EXPENDED NET INCOMING RESOURCES BEFORE TRANSFERS
OTHER RECOGNISED GAINS AND LOSSES Net gains(losses) on investment assets
Fund balances brought forward at 1 April 2009 FUND BALANCES CARRIED FORWARD AT 31 MARCH 2010
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BALANCE SHEETS For the year ended 31 March 2010 CONSOLIDATED
THE ASSOCIATION
Notes
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
Tangible fixed assets
9
17,114
15,614
16,706
15,511
Investment in subsidiary companies
10
-
-
400
370
Investments
11
FIXED ASSETS
22,571
17,182
14,913
11,436
39,685
32,796
32,019
27,317
CURRENT ASSETS Stocks
12
440
517
201
223
Debtors
13
5,695
4,656
5,514
4,125
Current asset investments
21,174
23,541
21,174
23,541
Short term deposits
1,130
2,591
-
-
Bank and cash balances
4,473
4,699
1,464
1,864
32,912
36,004
28,353
29,753
CURRENT LIABILITIES Creditors
(25,264)
(24,859)
(18,352)
(18,401)
NET CURRENT ASSETS
14
7,648
11,145
10,001
11,352
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT LIABILITIES
47,333
43,941
42,020
38,669
CREDITORS – AMOUNTS FALLING DUE AFTER MORE THAN ONE YEAR
(1,337)
(1,543)
-
-
NET ASSETS EXCLUDING PENSION LIABILITY
45,996
42,398
42,020
38,669
PENSION LIABILITY
(6,930)
(5,857)
(6,930)
(5,857)
NET ASSETS INCLUDING PENSION LIABILITY
39,066
36,541
35,090
32,812
THE ASSOCIATION’S FUNDS Unrestricted funds
15(a)
General funds Designated funds Non charitable trading funds
13,857
11,550
13,890
11,638
15(b)
24,210
22,796
24,210
22,796
10
4,009
3,817
-
-
Unrestricted funds excluding pension liability
42,076
38,163
38,100
34,434
Restricted Funds
15(c)
2,860
3,326
2,860
3,326
Endowment Funds
15(d)
1,060
909
1,060
909
Total funds excluding pension reserve Pension reserve Total funds
7
45,996
42,398
42,020
38,669
(6,930)
(5,857)
(6,930)
(5,857)
39,066
36,541
35,090
32,812
Approved by the Board of Trustees on 26 June 2010 and signed on its behalf by:
Alan Craft, Chairman of the Board
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John Capper, Treasurer
CONSOLIDATED CASH FLOW STATEMENT For the year ended 31 March 2010
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
Net movement in funds
2,525
(6,893)
Investment income
(959)
(2,260)
Reconciliation of net movement in funds to net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities
Depreciation
818
761
Net (gain) loss on investment assets
(2,153)
3,028
(Surplus) on disposal of tangible fixed assets
(902)
(674)
Decrease in stocks (Increase)/decrease in debtors Decrease/(increase) in current asset investments Increase in creditors
77
53
(1,039)
833
2,367
(1,781)
199
812
1,073
4,962
2,006
(1,159)
2,006
(1,159)
959
2,260
Payments to acquire tangible fixed assets
(2,427)
(2,398)
Receipts from sale of tangible fixed assets
1,011
822
Net (additions) to fixed asset investments
(3,236)
(2,283)
(4,652)
(3,859)
(1,687)
(2,758)
Increase in pension liability Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities Cash flow statement Net cash inflow/(outflow) from operating activities Returns on investments Capital expenditure and financial investment
(Decrease) in cash
1. RECONCILIATION OF NET CASH FLOW TO MOVEMENT IN CASH (Decrease) in cash
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
(226)
(1,167)
(Decrease) in short term deposits
(1,461)
(1,591)
Movement in cash in the period
(1,687)
(2,758)
At 1 April 2009 £’000
Cash Flow £’000
At 31 March 2010 £’000
4,699
(226)
4,473
2,591
(1,461)
1,130
7,290
(1,687)
5,603
2. ANALYSIS OF CASH Cash in hand and at bank Short term deposits
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1. CONSTITUTION The Scout Association is incorporated by Royal Charter and is a registered charity whose purpose is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.
2. SCOPE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS These financial statements cover the activities directly controlled by The Scout Association. The activities of the Scout Councils of Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales together with Scout Counties, Areas, Regions, Districts and Groups are not reflected in these financial statements. These bodies are separate autonomous charities that are affiliated to The Scout Association.
3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES The financial statements have been prepared in accordance with applicable accounting standards and comply with the Statement of Recommended Practice Accounting and Reporting by Charities, published in 2005, except as described in note 14.
(a) Accounting convention The financial statements are prepared under the historical cost convention as modified to include the revaluation of investments.
(b) Basis of preparation of consolidated financial statements The financial statements consolidate the financial statements of The Scout Association and its subsidiary companies. The financial statements of all entities are made up to 31 March 2010. The Balance Sheets and Profit and Loss accounts of the subsidiaries have been consolidated on a line-by-line basis as required by the Statement of Recommended Practice.
(c) Recognition of income National membership subscriptions Membership subscriptions are payable in advance for a year ended 31 March. The amount receivable for the year ended 31 March 2010 is shown in the Statement of Financial Activities. Subscriptions are treated as voluntary income because they are more similar in nature to donations than to payments for goods or services.
Investment income Dividends are accounted for on a receipts basis. Interest is accounted for on an accruals basis and includes all amounts earned up to 31 March 2010. Associated tax recoveries are included for all amounts shown as income.
Legacies Legacies are accounted for on a receivable basis as the charity becomes entitled to the income. This occurs when the charity becomes reasonably certain that the legacy will be received, the value of the income can be measured with sufficient reliability and all conditions associated with payment have been fulfilled. No significant legacies have been notified but not yet received. Where legacies include non cash items these are included in income at the lower of probate value or market value at the date of receipt.
Gifts in kind Properties, investments, other fixed assets and any other assets or services donated to the charity are included as donated services and facilities income at their estimated market value at the time of receipt.
(d) Allocation of income and costs Activities for generating funds and fundraising trading: costs of goods sold and other costs Income and expenditure from Scout Shops Limited, Scout Services Limited and from commercial activities carried out at BadenPowell House and the Gilwell Conference Centre are classified under these headings.
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Incoming resources from charitable activities This comprises income from the provision of services supporting the objects of the Association through operations including the Information Centre, insurance services, and Scouting magazine as well as the National Activity Centres. A percentage of accommodation and training fees receivable at Baden-Powell House and the Gilwell Conference Centre are also included under this heading. The percentages used in respect of these two sites are 20 per cent and 80 per cent respectively. The remaining income from Baden-Powell House and the Gilwell Conference Centre is included in Activities for Generating Funds. The charitable activities have been analysed under the following headings: ȔȔ Youth programme and activities. ȔȔ Development of Scouting. ȔȔ Adult support and training. ȔȔ Support and services to the Scouting Movement. The Association’s activities are largely financed by national membership subscriptions and income from the trading subsidiaries rather than income from the charitable activities. The activities have been classified as described in note 6. Where possible, the income and costs relating to a department or cost-centre are allocated in full to one of the above categories, but in practice many departments have an involvement in more than one activity. The other major allocations, which are reviewed annually by the Trustees, are set out below. Youth Programme and Activities
Development of Scouting
Adult Support and Training
World and European membership fees
100%
Members’ records and awards Membership services
40% 20%
20%
20%
Safeguarding children
60% 40% 100%
Public relations
100%
Insurance Scouting magazine
Support and Services
100% 33%
33%
33%
Short Term Investment Service
100%
Regional Development Service
33%
33%
27%
27%
27%
33%
33%
33%
Baden-Powell House
20%
Gilwell Park Conference Centre Other National Activity Centres
33%
Support costs These are costs incurred directly in support of the objects of the Charity. The costs are attributed to the activities that they support. Where a department supports all the Charity’s activities the costs have been apportioned pro-rata to the staff resources directly engaged in that activity. The percentages that apply are: Fundraising trading
6%
Youth programme and activities
14%
Development of Scouting
28%
Adult support and training
28%
Support and services to the Scouting Movement
24%
Governance costs These are the costs associated with the governance arrangements of the charity which relate to compliance with legal and statutory requirements of the charity as opposed to those costs associated with fundraising or charitable activities. They include audit fees and the costs of trustee meetings.
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(e) Fixed assets The cost of acquiring fixed assets used for charitable purposes is capitalised and depreciation is calculated to write off the cost of assets brought into use at the balance sheet date on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Assets costing less than ÂŁ200 are not capitalised. In the case of freehold buildings the useful life is normally taken as 50 years. Where land and buildings were acquired together it has been assumed that the buildings represent 50 per cent of the initial cost of freehold properties. No depreciation is provided on freehold land. Gains or losses on the disposal of fixed assets held for charitable use are reflected in Net Incoming Resources before Transfers shown in the Statement of Financial Activities. Fixed assets held for investment purposes are stated at market value on the Balance Sheet date. Any gains or losses on the disposal or revaluation of investment assets are shown as Net Gains or Losses on Investment Assets.
(f) Stocks Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and estimated net realisable value. Cost, using the first-in-first-out basis, consists of the original cost of goods without any addition for overheads.
(g) VAT The Association is partially exempt for VAT purposes and is not able to reclaim all the VAT it pays. It is not practicable to allocate irrecoverable VAT to the expenses and assets concerned, and irrecoverable VAT is normally written off. For large acquisitions of property, irrecoverable VAT is added to the capital cost.
(h) Leases Significant assets held under finance leases and the related lease obligations are included at the fair value of the leased assets at the inception of the lease. Depreciation on leased assets is calculated to write off this amount on a straight-line basis over the shorter of the lease term and the useful life of the asset. Rentals payable are apportioned between the finance charge and a reduction of the outstanding obligations. All other leases have been treated as operating leases and the rentals written off as they are paid because of the insignificant amounts involved.
(i) Pension costs Contributions payable to The Scout Association Pension Scheme are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities so as to spread the cost of pensions over the working lives of employees in the scheme. The pension charge is calculated on the basis of actuarial advice. The pension scheme liabilities are measured using a projected unit method and discounted at an AA corporate bond rate. The pension scheme deficit is recognised in full on the balance sheet. The current service cost and net return on the scheme’s assets and liabilities for the year is allocated across the resources expended categories in the Statement of Financial Activities. The actuarial loss on the scheme for the year is included in the gains/(losses) section of the Statement of Financial Activities. Contributions towards personal pension policies, which are defined contribution schemes, are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities as they are incurred.
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(j) Grants payable Grants payable are included in the Statement of Financial Activities as expenditure in the period in which the award is made. Grants which have been approved by the Trustees and agreed with other organisations but which are unpaid at the year end are accrued. Grants where the beneficiary has not been informed or has to meet certain conditions before the grant is released are not accrued.
4. NATURE OF FUNDS Following the requirements of the Statement of Recommended Practice all funds have been identified as falling into one of three categories.
(a) Endowment Funds Endowment funds are those received to be held as capital with only the income available to be spent. Subsequent gains or losses on the disposal of the underlying assets of the fund become part of the capital.
(b) Restricted Funds Restricted funds are those received which have been earmarked for a special purpose by the donor or the terms of an appeal.
(c) Unrestricted Funds Unrestricted funds are those received, which are not subject to any special restriction. They are divided between General Funds and Designated Funds. Designated Funds comprise amounts set aside by the Trustees to be used for particular purposes.
5. INCOMING RESOURCES (a) Donations, legacies and similar income 2010 Unrestricted £’000
Restricted £’000
2009 Total £’000
Total £’000
Legacies
349
-
349
402
Appeals
-
1,017
1,017
461
Donated services and facilities All other income
-
40
40
60
159
283
442
387
508
1,340
1,848
1,310
Restricted appeals includes £1,000,000 in 2009/10 and £250,000 in 2008/9 towards the construction of an accommodation lodge at Gilwell Park.
(b) Activities for generating funds 2010
Retail sales Hostel, conference and commercial training Sponsorship, promotions and royalties
2009
Unrestricted £’000
Restricted £’000
Total £’000
Total £’000
6,078
-
6,078
5,507
810
-
810
826
449
-
449
426
7,337
-
7,337
6,759
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(c) Investment income 2010 Unrestricted £’000 Quoted investments
Total £’000
113
596
504
-
65
65
659
219
7
226
1,061
Rental income
2009 Total £’000
483
Short term investment service Other deposit interest
Restricted £’000
72
-
72
36
774
185
959
2,260
(d) Incoming resources from charitable activities The income in this category is derived primarily from the Association’s insurance subsidiaries and National Activity Centres. Many of the activities are not conducted with the prime intention of generating net income. Instead, the Association’s charitable activities are largely financed by fundraising activities and by membership subscriptions. 2010
2009
Unrestricted £’000
Restricted £’000
Total £’000
Total £’000
902
-
902
752
National events
117
-
117
86
Information Centre sales
171
-
171
229
1,724
-
1,724
1,789
Disposal of tangible fixed assets
Insurance broking and underwriting Scouting magazine advertising National Centres Other income
156
-
156
175
2,402
-
2,402
2,642
64
-
64
37
5,536
-
5,536
5,710
6. RESOURCES EXPENDED (a) Fundraising trading: costs of goods sold and other costs
2010
Retail operating costs Hostel, conference and commercial training Sponsorship and promotions
2009
Unrestricted £’000
Restricted £’000
Total £’000
Total £’000
3,734
-
3,734
3,822
765
-
765
787
254
-
254
428
4,753
-
4,753
5,037
Hostel, conference and commercial training expenditure includes support costs of £264,000 (2009: £251,000). The basis for allocation of support costs is explained in note 6(c).
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(b) Costs of charitable activities Charitable activities have been analysed into four categories as explained in note 3(d). Costs are allocated using the principles explained in that note. Youth programme includes the various educational activities that members participate in. Development activities are those which are aimed at growing the Scout Movement. Adult support and training includes those activities that support leaders and other adults involved in Scouting. Support and Services to the Scouting Movement includes activities such as safeguarding children and insurance, which assist the activities of Scout Groups. 2010 Unrestricted £’000
2009
Restricted £’000
Total £’000
Total £’000
Youth programme and activities
2,621
250
2,871
2,782
Development of Scouting
4,849
667
5,516
5,001
Adult support and training
3,791
19
3,810
3,945
Support and services to the Scouting Movement
5,474
188
5,662
6,235
16,735
1,124
17,859
17,963
Analysis of costs of charitable activities 2010 Direct £’000
2009
Grant funding Support costs £’000 £’000
Total £’000
Total £’000
2,871
2,782
Youth programme and activities
2,043
224
604
Development of Scouting
3,322
968
1,226
5,516
5,001
Adult support and training
2,581
16
1,213
3,810
3,945
Support and services to the Scouting Movement
4,579
44
1,039
5,662
6,235
12,525
1,252
4,082
17,859
17,963
Grant funding Grants are paid from restricted and designated funds administered by the Association to a large number of Scout Groups, Districts, Regions, Areas and Counties in accordance with the objectives of the respective funds. Analysis of grants
Development Grants International Fund Grants
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
865
683
46
74
Benevolent Fund Grants
37
37
Special Needs Grants
67
43
9
49
143
92
17
19
68
119
1,252
1,116
Ralph Reader Memorial Fund Grants Grants to Sea Scout Groups – Admiralty Fund and Trinity House Fund King George VI Leadership Fund Grants Other
Grants to institutions
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(c) Support costs allocation 2010
2009
Unrestricted and Total £’000
Total £’000
Property and equipment depreciation
642
559
Irrecoverable VAT
247
500
Office accommodation and services
462
525
Central management
645
669
HR, legal and secretarial
543
565
Finance and accounting
404
453
Information technology
540
331
Movement in pension scheme deficit recognised in resources expended
555
372
Other
308
161
4,346
4,135
Allocated to activities: Fundraising trading
264
251
Charitable activities
4,082
3,884
4,346
4,135
Support costs comprise those that enable a fundraising or charitable activity to be conducted, but do not in themselves constitute an activity. The support costs listed above have all been allocated to the costs of generating funds and charitable activities pro-rata to the full-time equivalent number of staff directly engaged in the appropriate activities. The relevant percentages are analysed in Note 3(d). Following a restructure of the Information Technology department the costs related to developing, managing and maintaining the membership database have been reclassified from direct costs to support costs.
(d) Resources expended include: 2010 £’000
2009 £’000
63
63
6
5
47
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Auditor’s remuneration: Audit fees Other Trustees’ expenses reimbursed
During the year 27 (2009: 24) Trustees were reimbursed for their out of pocket expenses arising from attending meetings and carrying out their duties. The Association provided accommodation for the Chief Scout and others while they carried out Scout business.
7. STAFF COSTS Wages and salaries
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
6,788
6,218
Social security costs
721
667
Other pension costs
595
574
8,104
7,459
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The average number of persons employed during the year (full-time equivalent) was: Activity
2010
2009
199
195
Scout Shops Limited
31
31
Scout Insurance Services Limited
11
8
241
234
The Scout Association
Total
The numbers of employees whose total emoluments for the year exceeded £60,000 were as follows:
2010
2009
£60,001 to £70,000
1
-
£70,001 to £80,000
1
1
£80,001 to £90,000
4
2
£100,001 to £110,000
1
-
£110,001 to £120,000
-
1
£120,001 to £130,000
-
1
£130,001 to £140,000
1
-
The comparison between the 2010 and 2009 number of higher paid employees and the pension contributions for these employees is impacted by a number of staff leaving and joining part way through 2008/9. The Chief Executive, who is also a Trustee, received remuneration and benefits for his service as Chief Executive which amounted to £131,525 (2009: £127,055). Retirement benefits are accruing under The Scout Association Pension Scheme defined benefit scheme for 4 (2009: 4) higher paid employees. In addition, the Association paid £23,883 (2009: £7,425) into a defined contribution pension scheme for 4 (2009: 1) higher paid employees.
PENSION SCHEMES (a) The Scout Association Pension Scheme The Association operates a pension scheme providing benefits based on final pensionable salaries. The scheme is funded with the assets being held by the pension scheme’s Trustees separately from the assets of the Association. The pension costs are assessed by a qualified actuary and are charged to the Statement of Financial Activities so as to spread those costs over the employees’ working lives with the Association. The scheme was closed to new members in the year ended 31 March 2001.
Triannual actuarial valuation A full actuarial valuation of the Scheme was carried out as at 31 March 2007 using the projected unit method and showed a deficit of £4,406,000. The Scheme’s assets and liabilities were valued in accordance with Part 3 of the Pensions Act 2004 and associated regulations and the Scheme Specific Funding framework as published by the Pensions Regulator. The market value of the assets of the Scheme as at 31 March 2007 was £24,129,000 and the actuarial value of those assets represented 85 per cent of the value of the benefits that had accrued to members, after allowing for expected future increases in salaries. The Association contributed £803,000 (2009: £632,000) to the Scheme, including special contributions totalling £450,000 (2009: £200,000), and normal contributions of £353,000 (2009: £432,000), which was 20 per cent (2009: 20 per cent) of pensionable salaries.
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Financial Reporting Standard 17 (FRS 17) valuation For the purposes of FRS 17 the most recent full valuation has been updated to 31 March 2010 by a qualified independent actuary. The major assumptions used by the actuary were (in nominal terms): 31 March 2010
31 March 2009
Discount rate
5.6%
6.8%
Inflation assumption
3.5%
2.8%
Rate of increase in pensions in payment
3.5%
2.8%
Rate of increase in pensions in deferment
3.5%
2.8%
Rate of increase in salaries Post-retirement mortality assumption
Tax-free cash
4.0% PA92 tables Medium cohort (based on the year of birth of each individual member) No allowance
Long term expected rate of return on the Scheme’s assets for the following year
4.3% PA92 tables based on the average year of birth for each membership group and incorporating a medium cohort projection No allowance has been made for members to commute pension for cash on retirement
6.48% pa
6.27% pa
Under the mortality tables adopted, the assumed future life expectancy at age 65 is as follows: Life expectancy at age 65
31 March 2010
31 March 2009
Male currently aged 45
23.1
23.1
Female currently aged 45
25.9
25.9
Male currently aged 65
22.1
22.0
Female currently aged 65
25.0
24.9
The assets in the scheme and the expected rate of return were: Asset category
2010
Equities
59%
Property
2%
Gilts
17%
Bonds
21%
Cash
1%
Total
100%
The expected return on assets is a weighted average of the assumed long-term returns for the various asset classes. Assumed equity and property returns are based on the selection of an appropriate risk premium above the risk-free rate which is measured in accordance with the yield on government bonds. Bond returns are selected by reference to the yields on government and corporate debt as appropriate to the Scheme’s holdings of these instruments. Cash returns are based on the Bank of England Base Rate.
Amounts recognised in the balance sheet at 31 March 2010
2010 £’000
Fair value of assets
25,687
Present value of funded obligations
(32,617)
(Scheme Deficit)
(6,930)
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Amounts disclosed on the balance sheet are made up of:
2010 £’000
Liabilities Present value of funded obligations
(32,617)
Assets Fair value of assets
25,687
Net liability
(6,930)
Amounts recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities over the year
2010 £’000
Actuarial (loss)
(968)
Effect of limit on recognisable surplus
-
Amounts recognised in the Consolidated Statement of Financial Activities over the year
(968)
Amounts recognised in the Statement of Total Resources Expended over the year
2010 £’000
Current service cost
418
Interest on pension scheme liabilities
1,727
Expected return on pension scheme assets
(1,237)
Total
908
Reconciliation of assets and defined benefit obligation The change in assets over the period was: 2010 £’000 * Fair value of assets at the beginning of the period Expected return on pension scheme assets
20,047 1,237
Employer contribution
803
Contributions by Scheme participants
124
Benefits paid
(1,554)
Actuarial gain on assets
5,030
Fair value of assets at the end of the period
25,687
*assets taken at bid value at beginning of the period.
The change in defined benefit obligation over the period was: 2010 £’000 Defined benefit obligation at the beginning of the period
25,904
Current service cost
418
Contributions by Scheme participants
124
Interest on pension scheme liabilities
1,727
Benefits paid
(1,554)
Actuarial gain on assets
5,998
Defined benefit obligation at the end of the period
32,617
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Summary of prior year amounts:
Present value of defined benefit obligation Scheme assets (Scheme Deficit)
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2008 £’000
2007 £’000
2006 £’000
(32,617)
(25,904)
(27,791)
(31,445)
(29,528)
25,687
20,047
26,896
24,371
22,617
(6,930)
(5,857)
(895)
(7,074)
(6,911)
277
1,109
544
-
5,030
(7,870)
(2,503)
(490)
Experience gains and losses on Scheme liabilities Experience adjustments on Scheme assets
1,862
The level of employer contributions for 2010/11 has been set at 20 per cent.
(b) The Scout Association Group Personal Pension Scheme The Association also contributed £219,000 (2009: £156,000) towards individual defined contribution personal pension schemes for certain employees.
8. NET MOVEMENT IN FUNDS The net movement in Funds arises as follows:
The Scout Association Subsidiaries
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2,333
(7,375)
192
482
2,525
(6,893)
9. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
CONSOLIDATED
Freehold property £’000
Leasehold property £’000
Furniture, fittings and equipment £’000
16,562
1,074
4,807
881
23,324
-
-
(934)
-
(934)
1,618
-
692
117
2,427
Motor vehicles £’000
Total £’000
COST At 1 April 2009 Assets written off Additions Disposals
(369)
-
(88)
(108)
(565)
At 31 March 2010
17,811
1,074
4,477
890
24,252
3,203
743
3,249
515
7,710
-
-
(934)
DEPRECIATION At 1 April 2009 Assets written off Charge for the year
(934)
312
30
337
139
818
Eliminated on disposals
(264)
-
(88)
(104)
(456)
At 31 March 2010
3,251
773
2,564
550
7,138
At 31 March 2010
14,560
301
1,913
340
17,114
At 31 March 2009
13,359
331
1,557
367
15,614
NET BOOK VALUES
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THE ASSOCIATION At 1 April 2009 Assets written off Additions
Freehold property £’000
Leasehold property £’000
Furniture, fittings and equipment £’000
16,562
1,074
4,503
786
22,925
-
-
(934)
-
(934)
1,618
-
344
104
2,066
Motor vehicles £’000
Total £’000
Disposals
(369)
-
-
(95)
(464)
At 31 March 2010
17,811
1,074
3,913
795
23,593
3,203
743
3,009
459
7,414
-
-
(934)
-
(934)
DEPRECIATION At 1 April 2009 Assets written off Charge for the year
312
30
306
118
766
Eliminated on disposals
(264)
-
-
(95)
(359)
At 31 March 2010
3,251
773
2,381
482
6,887
14,560
301
1,532
313
16,706
13,359
331
1,494
327
15,511
NET BOOK VALUES At 31 March 2010
At 31 March 2009
Depreciation rates are as follows: Freehold property
2%–10% per annum (see note 3(e))
Leasehold property
Over the period of the leases or useful economic life if shorter.
Furniture, fittings and equipment including software
10%–33.3% per annum
Motor vehicles
20% per annum
10. INVESTMENT IN SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES Cost
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
372
372
Cost of shares Balance at 1 April 2009 Additions Balance at 31 March 2010
30
-
402
372
(2)
(2)
400
370
Provision for diminution in value Balance at 1 April 2009 and 31 March 2010
Net investment in subsidiaries
The Association owns 100% of the following unlisted companies: Country of incorporation
Issued share capital
Scout Shops Limited England £200,000 Scout Insurance Services Limited
England
£100,000
Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited
Guernsey
£100,000
Scout Services Limited
England
£100
Unity Insurance Services Limited (dormant)
England
£1
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The Directors of Scout Shops Limited, Scout Services Limited and Scout Insurance Services Limited have agreed to donate their taxable profits to the Association. The Directors of Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited declared an interim dividend of £750,000 for the year ended 31 March 2010 (2009: £750,000) that was paid to the Association in August 2009. The summarised profit and loss accounts for the active trading subsidiary companies are shown below: 2010
2009
Scout Shops Limited £’000
Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited £’000
Scout Services Limited £’000
5,925
1,511
2,435
Cost of sales
(2,823)
(822)
Gross profit
3,102 698
Other costs and expenses Surplus before and after taxation
Trading income
Other income
Dividend/Donation to the Association Net surplus
Total £’000
Total £’000
913
10,784
8,754
(1,673)
-
(5,318)
(3,668)
690
762
913
5,467
5,086
123
-
1
822
914
(1,307)
(76)
(306)
(667)
(2,356)
(2,320)
2,493
737
456
247
3,933
3,680
(2,355)
(750)
(456)
(236)
(3,797)
(3,343)
138
(13)
-
11
136
337
-
56
-
-
56
145
138
43
-
11
192
482
200
100
-
100
400
370
Net gain on investments Retained surplus
Scout Insurance Services Limited £’000
Shareholders’ funds Share capital Reserves
61
3,951
(2)
(1)
4,009
3,817
261
4,051
(2)
99
4,409
4,187
11. FIXED ASSET INVESTMENTS QUOTED INVESTMENTS CONSOLIDATED 2010 £’000 Market value at 1 April
2009 £’000
THE ASSOCIATION 2010 £’000
2009 £’000
17,182
17,927
11,435
14,198
Less: Disposals at opening value
(7,359)
(2,196)
(1,613)
(1,205)
Add: Acquisitions at cost
10,595
4,479
2,808
1,611
Net gain/(loss) on revaluation at 31 March
2,153
(3,028)
2,283
(3,168)
Market value at 31 March
22,571
17,182
14,913
11,436
Historical cost at 31 March
21,486
18,313
13,700
12,720
Net gains on investment assets of £2,559,000 in the Statement of Financial Activities consists of £2,283,000 unrealised market value uplift at 31 March 2010 plus realised gains on disposals during the year of £276,000.
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Included in quoted investments are amounts of £6,608,000 and £8,145,000 invested in each of the Cazenove Growth Trust for Charities and the Cazenove Income Trust for Charities (2009: £6,467,000 and £3,583,000). The Association does not pay any investment management fees. The investments held are in Investment Trusts which themselves suffer management charge deductions from the capital of the Trust. These indirect charges are estimated to be in the region of £62,000 (2009: £47,000).
12. STOCKS CONSOLIDATED
Goods for resale
THE ASSOCIATION
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
440
517
201
223
13. DEBTORS CONSOLIDATED
Trade debtors Amounts owed by subsidiaries
THE ASSOCIATION
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2,413
2,407
270
336
-
-
2,181
1,907
Other debtors
2,822
2,249
2,603
1,702
Debtors due within one year
5,235
4,476
5,054
3,945
460
180
460
180
5,695
4,656
5,514
4,125
Other debtors due in 2012
14. CREDITORS CONSOLIDATED
THE ASSOCIATION
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
14,873
16,130
14,873
16,130
3,242
3,524
874
1,257
Amounts falling due within one year: Deposits by Scout Groups in the Short Term Investment Service Trade creditors Amounts owed to subsidiaries Other creditors
-
-
25
15
7,149
5,205
2,580
999
25,264
24,859
18,352
18,401
1,337
1,543
-
-
Amounts falling due after more than one year: Insurance technical reserve
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OUR FINANCES
The Insurance technical reserve is a provision made in the financial statements of Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited against future claims. Under the terms of Financial Reporting Standard 12 this amount should not be treated as a provision by a non-insurance entity. The Trustees consider that, in order to give a true and fair view, it is necessary for the Association to show this under long-term creditors following the view taken by the directors of Scout Insurance (Guernsey) Limited. If this treatment had not been adopted, income for the year would have decreased by £206,000 (2009: decreased by £351,000) and reserves would have been increased by £1,337,000 (2009: £1,543,000).
15. FUND BALANCES (a) UNRESTRICTED FUNDS CONSOLIDATED
THE ASSOCIATION
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
2010 £’000
2009 £’000
General
13,857
11,550
13,890
11,638
Designated
24,210
22,796
24,210
22,796
Non-charitable trading
4,009
3,817
-
-
Unrestricted funds before Pension Reserve
42,076
38,163
38,100
34,434
Pension Reserve
(6,930)
(5,857)
(6,930)
(5,857)
35,146
32,306
31,170
28,577
Net (expenditure)/ income in the year £’000
Balance 31 March 2010 £’000
Unrestricted funds
(b) DESIGNATED FUNDS – CONSOLIDATED & THE ASSOCIATION
Fixed Assets World Scout Events
Balance 1 April 2009 £’000
Transfer (to)/ from General and Restricted Funds £’000
15,511
1,195
-
16,706
120
-
(1)
119
National Activity Centres
3,524
-
870
4,394
Future Growth
2,515
-
(549)
1,966
Gilwell Buildings
547
(398)
-
149
Development Grants
579
300
(3)
876
22,796
1,097
317
24,210
Total
The Fixed Asset Fund is set aside to match the amount invested by the Association in tangible fixed assets as this is not available to be used for revenue expenditure. The World Scout Events Fund provides support to members attending World Scouting events such as future World Jamborees, the World Moot and the World Scout Conference. The Trustees plan to fully utilise the fund in advance of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in 2011.
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The National Activity Centres Fund was established from the receipts from the sale of certain sites, under the National Campsite Strategy. The fund is being applied towards improvements at National Activity Centres, other than Gilwell Park. The Future Growth Fund and Development Grants Fund are administered by the Development Grants Board and are used to finance a variety of projects relating to the medium/long-term growth of Scouting. The Gilwell Buildings Fund is set aside to fund the development of Gilwell Park.
(c) RESTRICTED FUNDS – CONSOLIDATED AND THE ASSOCIATION Restricted funds include income received by and paid from the Short Term Investment Service and 25 (2009: 34) funds administered by the Association. Balance 1 April 2009 £’000
Fund Development Grants
905
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Expenditure £’000
Transfers £’000
(640)
-
Investment Balance Revaluation 31 March 2010 £’000 £’000 196
514
King George VI Leadership
607
24
(17)
-
87
701
International
300
80
(44)
-
70
406
Gilwell development
531
1,016
-
(1,320)
-
227
Benevolent
201
8
(37)
-
27
199
Special Needs
148
5
(67)
-
22
108
Cornwell
124
6
-
-
18
148
Ralph Reader Memorial All other funds (18)
Income £’000
CONSOLIDATED
112
6
(9)
-
12
121
398
287
(270)
6
15
436
1,485
(1,084)
(1,314)
447
2,860
3,326
£1,320,000 capital expenditure was incurred on construction during the year and consequently that amount was transferred from the Gilwell Development Fund to the Fixed Asset Designated Fund. Further details on the types of funds and applying for grants from the funds can be found online at www.scouts.org.uk/developmentgrantsboard
(d) ENDOWMENT FUNDS – CONSOLIDATED AND THE ASSOCIATION Endowment funds include the 1914 Endowment Fund and 4 (2009: 4) other funds administered by the Association. Income from the 1914 Endowment Fund and two other funds is unrestricted and passed to General Funds, income from one fund is restricted, and income from the remaining one is passed to an external Scouting beneficiary. Balance 1 April 2009 £’000
Transfers £’000
Investment Revaluation £’000
Balance 31 March 2010 £’000
1914 Endowment
738
-
133
871
All other funds
171
-
18
189
909
-
151
1,060
CONSOLIDATED
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OUR FINANCES
(e) ANALYSIS OF NET ASSETS BETWEEN FUNDS Unrestricted £’000
Restricted Funds £’000
Endowment Funds £’000
Total £’000
Fund balances at 31 March 2010 are represented by: Tangible fixed assets Investments Current assets Current liabilities Long term liabilities Pension liability
17,114
-
-
17,114
19,079
2,432
1,060
22,571
17,611
15,301
-
32,912
(10,391)
(14,873)
-
(25,264)
(1,337)
-
-
(1,337)
(6,930)
-
-
(6,930)
35,146
2,860
1,060
39,066
16. OTHER FINANCIAL COMMITMENTS Scout Insurance Services Limited has the following annual commitments under non-cancellable operating leases:
Expiring: Between two and five years
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2010 £’000
2009 £’000
1
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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT We have audited the financial
1993 and report in accordance with
the group’s and the charitable parent’s
statements of The Scout Association for
regulations made under that Act. Our
circumstances, consistently applied and
the year ended 31 March 2010 which
responsibility is to audit the financial
adequately disclosed.
comprise the Consolidated Statement
statements in accordance with relevant
of Financial Activities, the Consolidated
legal and regulatory requirements and
We planned and performed our audit
and Charity Balance Sheets, the
International Standards on Auditing (UK
so as to obtain all the information and
Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
and Ireland).
explanations which we considered
and the related notes. The financial
necessary in order to provide us with
statements have been prepared under
We report to you our opinion as to
sufficient evidence to give reasonable
the accounting policies set out therein.
whether the financial statements give
assurance that the financial statements
a true and fair view and are properly
are free from material misstatement,
This report is made solely to the charity’s
prepared in accordance with the
whether caused by fraud or other
trustees, as a body, in accordance
Charities Act 1993. We also report to
irregularity or error. In forming our
with the Charities Act 1993. Our audit
you if, in our opinion, the information
opinion we also evaluated the overall
work has been undertaken so that we
given in the trustees’ Annual Report
adequacy of the presentation of
might state to the charity’s trustees
is not consistent with those financial
information in the financial statements.
those matters we are required to state
statements, if the charity has not kept
to them in an auditor’s report and for
sufficient accounting records, or if we
Opinion
no other purpose. To the fullest extent
have not received all the information and
In our opinion
permitted by law, we do not accept
explanations we require for our audit.
ȔȔ the group financial statements give
or assume responsibility to anyone
a true and fair view, in accordance
other than the charity and the charity’s
We read the Trustees’ Annual Report
with United Kingdom Generally
trustees as a body, for our audit work,
and consider the implications for our
Accepted Accounting Practice, of
for this report, or for the opinions we
report if we become aware of any
the state of the group’s affairs as at
have formed.
apparent misstatements within it.
31 March 2010 and of the group’s
Respective responsibilities of Trustees and auditors
Basis of audit opinion
The Trustees’ responsibilities for
with International Standards on Auditing
preparing the Annual Report and the
(UK and Ireland) issued by the Auditing
statements give a true and fair
financial statements in accordance with
Practices Board. An audit includes
view, in accordance with United
applicable law and United Kingdom
examination, on a test basis, of evidence
Kingdom Generally Accepted
Accounting Standards (United Kingdom
relevant to the amounts and disclosures
Accounting Practice, of the state of
Generally Accepted Accounting
in the financial statements. It also
the parent charity’s affairs as at 31
Practice) are set out in the Statement of
includes an assessment of the significant
March 2010
Trustees’ Responsibilities.
estimates and judgements made by
incoming resources and application of resources, for the year then ended
We conducted our audit in accordance
the trustees in the preparation of the
ȔȔ the parent charity’s financial
ȔȔ the financial statements have been
We have been appointed as auditors
financial statements, and of whether the
properly prepared in accordance with
under section 43 of the Charities Act
accounting policies are appropriate to
the Charities Act 1993.
BDO LLP Chartered Accountants and Statutory Auditor, Epsom, Surrey, 13 July 2010 BDO LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in England and Wales (with registered number OC305127)
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HOW WE OPERATE
OUR MEMBERS With 16,568 new members in 2009 we have experienced our biggest surge in numbers for 38 years. Opposite is our detailed census results for the year ending 31 March 2010.
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Male
Female
Total
YOUTH MEMBERSHIP Beaver Scouts
94,642
13,376
108,018
Cub Scouts
124,871
18,033
142,904
Scouts
96,575
20,753
117,328
Explorer Scouts
25,223
9,466
34,689
Network members TOTAL YOUTH MEMBERSHIP
1,419
752
2,171
342,730
62,380
405,110
28,257
23,457
51,714
7,911
6,544
14,455
4,169
1,515
5,684
LEADERSHIP Section leaders Sectional Assistants and Skills Instructors Group Scout Leaders District Skills Instructors and Advisers
677
183
860
District Scouters
591
340
931
District Commissioners
1,591
798
2,389
County Skills Instructors and Advisers
501
125
626
County Scouters
244
133
377
County Commissioners
475
169
644
44,416
33,264
77,680
TOTAL LEADERSHIP ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT District Administrators
640
673
1,313
District Office Bearers
1,197
649
1,846
County Administrators County Office Bearers Active Support/Scout Fellowship Individual Members and Associate Members
125
120
245
208
60
268
4,394
3,478
7,872
3,118
2,437
5,555
9,682
7,417
17,099
TOTAL MEMBERSHIP
396,828
103,061
499,889
Members
395,759
101,922
497,681
1,069
1,139
TOTAL ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT
Associate Members
Total Membership due to pay the Headquarters Membership Subscription ie the Total Membership above less the District and County Administrator totals
2,208 498,331
STATISTICAL INFORMATION Young Leaders
6,420
3,220
9,640
Network members (recorded elsewhere)
2,066
895
2,961
Total Network members
3,485
1,647
5,132
UNITS Beaver Scout Colonies
6,975
Cub Scout Packs
7,791
Scout Troops
6,815
Explorer Scout Units
2,291
Local Scout Networks
322
Active Support Units/Scout Fellowships
737
Groups
7,247
Districts
802
Counties/Areas
92
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HOW WE OPERATE
HOW WE OPERATE The Scout Association is a volunteer-led organisation. At the most senior level our Board of Trustees are responsible for the management of our business.
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The Scout Association exists by authority
The management of the business
a Deputy Chief Scout). An induction
of a Royal Charter, granted by King
of the Association is vested in the
training programme is provided for all
George V in 1912 and supplemented
Board of Trustees. Following a review
new trustees. The Board will appoint
by further Charters granted by King
of The Scout Association’s national
chairmen and members of sub-
George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. These
governance, the Council of The Scout
Committees annually.
charters give authority to the Bye Laws
Association adopted new Bye Laws in
of the Association which are approved
September 2008. These were approved
The Board is responsible for policy
by Her Majesty’s Privy Council.
by the Privy Council in April 2009.
making and the management of
The Bye Laws, in turn, authorise the
risk. It delegates some governance
making of rules for the regulation of the
From September 2009 onwards,
responsibilities to its Audit and
Association’s affairs. The rules are laid
the Committee of the Council was
Remuneration committees and some
out in the Policy, Organisation and Rules
restructured and has been renamed
operational decisions to its Executive
of The Scout Association.
the Board of Trustees. The transition
and sub-Committees (Operations,
arrangements to the new structure
Finance, General Purposes and
The report and accounts cover the
will be complete following the Annual
Headquarters Appointments which
activities directly controlled by The
General Meeting in 2011.
may also recommend policies for the
Scout Association Charity Numbers
consideration of the Board). A review
306101 (England and Wales) and
The restructured Board will comprise
of reporting Committees is being
SCO38437 (Scotland). The activities of
up to 19 Members: nine Elected
undertaken and will be concluded in
the Scout Councils of Northern Ireland,
Members and three Elected Youth
2010/11.
Scotland and Wales together with Scout
Representatives elected by the
Counties, Areas, Regions (Scotland),
Council of The Scout Association at
The Board (formerly the Committee of
Districts and Groups are not reflected in
its Annual General Meeting; up to
the Council) met four times during the
this report and accounts. These bodies
five Appointed Members, including a
period under review. The Executive and
are autonomous charities affiliated to
Chairman of the Board and a Treasurer;
sub-Committees mostly met quarterly.
The Scout Association which together
and two Ex-Officio Members (the
form the Scout Movement in the UK.
Chief Executive and Chief Scout or
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HOW WE OPERATE
THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION BOARD, STRUCTURE AND MEMBERSHIP April 2009-March 2010
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES Trustees (voting) John Asplin, Chief Commissioner of England (North) [to June 2009] (n/a) 5 James Boyle [to September 2009] (0%)3, 4 Wayne Bulpitt, UK Chief Commissioner (100%) 1, 4, 5
FOUNDER
John Capper, Treasurer (100%) 1, 2
Robert Baden-Powell, OM,
David Chapman [from September 2009] (100%) 2
First Baron Baden-Powell of Gilwell
Sir Alan Craft, Chairman of Board of Trustees [from September 2009] (100%) 1 Peter Duncan, Chief Scout [to July 2009] (0%) 1, 4
PATRON
Jill Gloster, Chief Commissioner of Wales [to September 2009] (100%) 5
Her Majesty The Queen
Michael Gooderson [to September 2009] (100%) 1 Graham Haddock (75%) 5
PRESIDENT
Nigel Hailey, International Commissioner [to September 2009] (100%) 5
His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent,
Richard Hames (100%) 2
KG, GCMG, GCVO
Philip Harnby [to September 2009] (0%) 2 Stuart Howells (100%) 1, 3
VICE PRESIDENTS
Chris Ide [from September 2009] (66%) 1, 2
The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Airlie, KT,
Eleanor Lyall, MBE, Chief Commissioner of Scotland [to September 2009] (100%) 5
GCVO, PC
Christine Jones [to September 2009] (100%) 5
The Lord Baden-Powell
Zena Martin [from September 2009] (100%) 3
John Beresford, CBE
David Morton [from September 2009] (66%) 2
Peter Duncan
Wilfred Mulryne, OBE, Chief Commissioner of Northern Ireland [to September 2009] (0%) 5
Sir William Gladstone, KG, Bt, JP
Peter Nicol, Deputy Chief Scout [Co-opted Member] [to July 2009] (100%) 1, 4, 5
Lt. Col. Bill Hall, OBE, TD, DL
Peter Oliver (75%) 3
Sir Garth Morrison, CBE, Lord
Philip Power (100%) 4
Lieutenant of East Lothian
Rachel Ruddock (100%) 4, 5
George Purdy, CBE
Roger Sands (100%) 3
Major General Michael Walsh, CB, CBE,
Sonika Sidhu [from September 2009] (100%) 5
DSO, DL
Christopher Thompson [from September 2009] (100%) 2 Melanie Thrush [from September 2009] (100%) 3
CHIEF SCOUT
Derek Twine, CBE, Chief Executive (100%) 1, 4
Peter Duncan [to July 2009]
Daniel Wood (50%) 1, 5
Bear Grylls [from July 2009]
Richard Woolsey [to September 2009] (100%) 1, 2
DEPUTY CHIEF SCOUT
Right of attendance (non-voting)
Peter Nicol [to September 2009]
County, Area and Regional (Scotland) Commissioners and Chairmen
UK CHIEF COMMISSIONER
Invited to attend (non-voting)
Wayne Bulpitt
The Chief Guide, Girlguiding UK Gary Davis, Director of Finance 1, 2 Keren Mallinson, Director of Corporate Services [from March 2010] 1, 3 Stephen Peck, Director of Programme and Development 1, 5 Gail Scott-Spicer, Director of Marketing and Communications 1, 3 David Shelmerdine, The Secretary [to March 2010] 1, 3 The Trustees above were also members of the following sub-Committees: 1=Executive Committee Member 2=Finance sub-Committee Member 3=General Purposes sub-Committee 4= Headquarters Appointments sub-Committee Member 5=Operations sub-Committee Member
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In addition, each of the sub-Committees has nontrustee members invited for their specialist skills. The percentages indicate the number of eligible Board meetings attended.
OUR THANKS We would like to thank all our volunteers and supporters for their commitment and contributions. Special thanks go to those mentioned below. Our partners and friends
Scouting Ambassadors
Patron
We would like to extend our thanks
We welcomed four new
Her Majesty The Queen
to all volunteers and supporters for
ambassadors this year:
their invaluable contribution and
Tom Avery
President
commitment.
Chris Evans
His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent,
Dawud Wharnsby
KG, GCMG, GCVO
Corporate partners
Jo Whiley
Chubb
The Rt Hon Baroness Boothroyd
The Association is grateful for the
Eat in Colour
Lord Coe
continuing support of its Patron, Her
Edam
Ian Hislop
Majesty The Queen, and its President,
Garmin
Justin King
His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent.
Mattel Merlin
Trusts and Foundations
Microsoft
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Millets
Freemason’s Grand Charity, The
National Grid
Milly Apthorp Charitable Trust, The
Natural England
Peter Harrison Foundation, The
Ordnance Survey
Wates Foundation, The
Puffin
John Ellerman Foundation, The
Regatta
Trinity House
Rolls-Royce
Worshipful Company of Shipwrights, The
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us a gift in your will, whatever you
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‘It’s year one of being Chief Scout and I’m more excited than ever about where Scouting is going and the massive surge in membership that we are experiencing. Together, we are reaching parts of the UK that many never believed possible and we are bringing adventure to those who might not have normally got the chance. What a mission. ‘Thanks to all our volunteers for all you do and let’s not underestimate the power we have together to build the Scouts of tomorrow. ‘Here’s to 2010.’
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the consolidated financial statements
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