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1ST ELY SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL

Registered charity 1024135 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide scouting activities for young people in and around Ely, Cambs

Objects

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

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE CAMBRIDGESHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£45k
Latest spending
£36k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported a net income of £9,499.81 for the year, with total receipts of £45,351.85 and total payments of £35,852.04. Total group funds increased to £64,456.81, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £19,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, which confirmed that no material matters required attention regarding the accuracy of the records or accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £19,000 (held: £64k)
“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £19,000.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£45k£36k
31/12/2024£25k£24k
31/12/2023£24k£22k
31/12/2022£5k£8k
31/12/2021£19k£4k

Common questions

Is 1ST ELY SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported a net income of £9,499.81 for the year, with total receipts of £45,351.85 and total payments of £35,852.04. Total group funds increased to £64,456.81, which exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £19,000. The accounts were subject to an independent examination, which confirmed that no material matters required attention regarding the accuracy of the records or accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST ELY SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL£45k——unclear—no doubt
ELY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£132k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
GREAT ELLINGHAM (ST JAMES) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST/3RD BOOKHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025£90k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST SHIPLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt

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