1ST FLECKNEY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1034161 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides education and training for children aged 6 to 14 through Scouting Activities

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£63k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group held unrestricted reserves of approximately £50,000 at year-end, which is significantly above its stated policy target of £2,500 (equivalent to four months of running costs). The high reserve level is attributed to savings for the new Head Quarters building, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 4 months running costs, circa £2,500 (held: £50k)
“The Group's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the group should income and fundraising activities fall short. The Group Executive Committee considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 4 months running costs, circa £2,500.” — page 11
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/07/2025£63k£84k
31/07/2024£32k£36k
31/07/2023£17k£14k
31/07/2022£20k£15k
31/07/2021£32k£10k

Common questions

Is 1ST FLECKNEY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group held unrestricted reserves of approximately £50,000 at year-end, which is significantly above its stated policy target of £2,500 (equivalent to four months of running costs). The high reserve level is attributed to savings for the new Head Quarters building, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.