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 About Us
 
5th Rayleigh Scout Group has three thriving sections for young people to take part in a range of activities. Our Beaver section is open for 6-8 year olds, our Cubs 8-101/2 year olds and our Scouts 101/2-14 year olds. 
 
 
 
 
All our young people are expected to wear uniform. Our uniform is recognised by the red tartan scarves  (until 2005 we'd had plain red scarves) and a specially commissioned badge of the windmill on Rayleigh Mount. As it is not always appropriate to wear a uniform we also have a red t-shirt with the windmill emblem.
(picture above of our scarf and certificate of growing our group) 
 
In case you hadn't realised our emblem is based on Rayleigh Mill.
 
 
 
 
 
 Adult Support
 
We have nine warranted adult leaders, three young leaders and one group assistant leader.  Our group now has almost 80 members. We were presented in July 2010 with an award recognising that the group had grown by 175% since January 2005.   
 
Joining
 
The group is open to both boys and girls.
  
There is a waiting list for our beaver section so please call us a year in advance to ensure that your son or daughter is guaranteed a place.
 Finances (2009/10 Financial Year) 
 
The Group continues to have strong finances. We again started off the financial year with a healthy profit, and with the Income and Expenditure during the year, finished the year in good shape. The biggest outgoings were sundries (running costs of the group such as scarves, badges and stationery, Capitation and camps. Subs, Fundraising and Gift Aid helped to keep us in the black. The books were scrutinised by Matt Bache, to which we are grateful.

 

The growth of the group and increased fund raising activities has meant we have seen a dramatic increase in both income and expenditure in the last three financial years.

We received income of £14,814 in the financial year 2009/10 (compared to £12,989 the previous year). Our expenditure totalled £12,383 (compared to £10,859 2008/9). This gave us a net surplus of £2,431 in the financial year. 

 

Top Income and Expenditure Items 

 IncomeAmountExpenditureAmount
Subs£4,481 (+10%)Equipment£753 (+28%)
Fundraising

 £4,014(-15%)

 Captitation £2,195 (+21%)
Gift Aid £1,063 (+3%) Camps £5,261 (=60%)

More details of our finances can be found on the   Charity Commission Website (click here).