2ND MORTLAKE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1021519 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Beaver, Cub and Scout group. As Scouts, we believe in preparing young peoplewith skills for life. We encourage our young peopleto do more, learn more and be more. Each week,2nd Mortlake Scout Group gives youngpeople of The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames the opportunity toenjoy fun and adventure while developing the skills they need to succeed.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Richmond upon Thames, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£76k
Latest spending
£105k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £29,134 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to £70,120 from £99,254 the previous year. The trustees have agreed a reserves policy target of £43,000 for contingencies, which the current cash balance exceeds. The financial statements are unaudited and were subject to an independent examination.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Income in the year was £76,035” — page 7
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £43,000 (reserves figure: £70k)
“Therefore at 31st March 2025 the amount of reserves for such contingencies has been agreed at £43,000.” — page 7
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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 25

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 25

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 05/02/2024, 5 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 01/02/2022, 1 day after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 2nd Mortlake Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£76k£105k
31/03/2024£57k£59k
31/03/2023£43k£45k
31/03/2022£39k£24k
31/03/2021£40k£14k

Common questions

Is 2ND MORTLAKE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity recorded a net deficit of £29,134 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves falling to £70,120 from £99,254 the previous year. The trustees have agreed a reserves policy target of £43,000 for contingencies, which the current cash balance exceeds. The financial statements are unaudited and were subject to an independent examination. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Barnes FundFY2024Unverified read£328kCapital

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/01/2006£779Refurbishment

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 2ND CONINGSBY AND TATTERSHALL SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
2ND MORTLAKE SCOUT GROUP£76k—0above—no doubt
2ND CONINGSBY AND TATTERSHALL SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
2ND ROSSENDALE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£38k—0above—no doubt
2ND CLIFFE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£35k—0above—no doubt
2ND MALVERN SCOUT GROUP FY2026£55k——unclear—no doubt
2ND BOLLINGTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0above—no doubt

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