PATHFINDER SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1020859 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 5TH HORLEY SCOUT GROUP

Scouting

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE HORLEY AND SURROUNDING AREA

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Registered contact address: Reigate and Banstead, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£54k

Latest spending

£76k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £22,469 for the year, reducing accumulated reserves to £38,272. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to satisfy their policy of holding enough funds to continue activities should income fall short. The group remains reliant on volunteers and fundraising, with the trustees noting that rising utility bills and maintenance costs have impacted financial stability.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient reserves to continue the charitable activities of the Group should income and fundraising activities fall short and to effect repairs to the buildings we manage (held: £38k)

“The Group’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient reserves to continue the charitable activities of the Group should income and fundraising activities fall short and to effect repairs to the buildings we manage.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Cath McNab
Daniel Gould
Ian Wilson
Lisa Gould · trustee of 1 other charity
Madeleine Watt

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£54k	£76k
31/03/2024	£37k	£50k
31/03/2023	£33k	£49k
31/03/2022	£58k	£31k
31/03/2021	£49k	£27k

Common questions

Is PATHFINDER SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £22,469 for the year, reducing accumulated reserves to £38,272. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to satisfy their policy of holding enough funds to continue activities should income fall short. The group remains reliant on volunteers and fundraising, with the trustees noting that rising utility bills and maintenance costs have impacted financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	15/10/2004	£5k	Security Fence

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP.

1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP income £134k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £210k
1ST WOOSEHILL SCOUT GROUP income £35k
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL income £415k
35TH SHEFFIELD (ST OSWALD'S) SCOUT GROUP income £70k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
PATHFINDER SCOUT GROUP	£54k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	above	—	no doubt
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£210k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST WOOSEHILL SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£35k	—	above	—	no doubt
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£415k	—	above	—	no doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.