1ST HARDINGSTONE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1038382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Organisation providing safe environment for children from 6 to adult to learn / play / make friends. The scout group meets every week. Scouts have the opportunity to try many indoor and outdoor activites including camping. They have the chance to earn badges for various challenges they take on. On reaching age 14 they are given opportunity to become young leaders to help in training of others.

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: West Northamptonshire, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£69k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds increased by £20,077 to £97,144, with unrestricted funds rising by £5,305.12. The trustees note that savings and reserves were maintained, although a specific reserve policy target is not explicitly quantified beyond a general statement about meeting essential costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to enable the Group to continue to meet essential costs for a period in the event that activities, and therefore donations, were to cease completely (held: £3k)
“A reserve is held to enable the Group to continue to meet essential costs for a period in the event that activities, and therefore donations, were to cease completely.”
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: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£69k£48k
31/03/2024£78k£48k
31/03/2023£44k£52k
31/03/2022£41k£34k
31/03/2021£36k£14k

Common questions

Is 1ST HARDINGSTONE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total funds increased by £20,077 to £97,144, with unrestricted funds rising by £5,305.12. The trustees note that savings and reserves were maintained, although a specific reserve policy target is not explicitly quantified beyond a general statement about meeting essential costs. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention during the examination of the 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 HARDINGSTONE SCOUT GROUP£69k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST WHITTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025£50k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST HERSHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2024£108k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST RUDDINGTON SCOUT GROUP FY2026£32k——above—no doubt
1ST HORNDEAN SCOUT GROUP FY2025£33k—0below—no doubt
7TH ROYSTON (BARKWAY) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£34k—0unclear—no doubt

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