17TH COLCHESTER SEA SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1042864 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as XVII COLCHESTER SEA SCOUTS

Scouting for boys and girls aged 6 to 14

Objects

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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED IN PRACTICE COLCHESTER

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Group recorded a surplus of £10,181 for the year, with total funds held at year-end amounting to £42,706. This provides the Group with a sound financial position and the resources necessary to continue delivering its programme. The reserves policy requires a minimum of £10,000, which is comfortably exceeded by the current holdings.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ben Green
• Danielle McClean
• Hannah Traynor
• IAN EDGAR
• JONATHAN HAY
• Maria Helena Batchelor
• STEPHEN DEIGHTON

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

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• 15TH REIGATE (CHIPSTEAD) SCOUT GROUP income £45k
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• 2ND CARLTON COLVILLE SCOUT GROUP income £29k
• 7TH REIGATE SCOUT GROUP income £45k

Side by side with its peers

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