1ST SUTTON (CAMBRIDGESHIRE) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1048727 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SUTTON (ELY) SCOUT GROUP

The objectives of the Group are as a unit of the Scout Association.The Aim of The Scout Association is 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.

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 --IN PRACTICE THE PARISH OF SUTTON,MEPAL AND WITCHAM IN THE ELY DISTRICT

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports a healthy financial position with general reserves of £24,339 at the end of the year. The group is actively fundraising to build a new scout hut, having raised approximately £112,000 to date, though it has not yet secured the necessary capital grants to commence the build. Membership numbers remained relatively steady, with 168 members at year-end, supported by volunteer leaders.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
• 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

• Ralph Alan Mitchchair
• Alison Wells
• Andrew Payton
• Elaine Lindsay Chamberlain · trustee of 1 other charity
• Kenneth Charles Docherty

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

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