1ST WOODEND SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1034530 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting for boys and girls aged 6 - 14

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: South Gloucestershire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£27k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £12,000.00 at year end, which is above its stated policy target of £6,000.00 (equivalent to six months' running costs). The trustees attribute this surplus to holding additional reserves specifically to cover repairs and ongoing maintenance works to the group's two headquarters buildings.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £12k)
“The Group Executive Committee considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £6000.00”
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: South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£36k£27k
31/03/2024£26k£26k
31/03/2023£29k£36k
31/03/2022£40k£51k
31/03/2021£32k£8k

Common questions

Is 1ST WOODEND SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £12,000.00 at year end, which is above its stated policy target of £6,000.00 (equivalent to six months' running costs). The trustees attribute this surplus to holding additional reserves specifically to cover repairs and ongoing maintenance works to the group's two headquarters buildings. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund01/03/2006£5kcentral heating

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST WOODEND SCOUT GROUP£36k—0above—no doubt
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP FY2026£39k—0above—no doubt
1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST WOODLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£46k—0below—no doubt
1ST HORNDEAN SCOUT GROUP FY2025£33k—0below—no doubt
1ST PORTISHEAD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£50k——above—no doubt

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