1ST ESSINGTON SCOUTS

Registered charity 1054272 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activities for boys and girls aged 6 to 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-IN PRACTICE ESSINGTON

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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Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£48k
Registered
1996
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity has no stated reserves policy and reports no funds materially in deficit. The trustees declare the report approved, indicating standard administrative closure without disclosed financial distress or going concern issues.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: renting our building out, subs and fundraising through public events
“Our main source of funds is through renting our building out, subs and fundraising through public events.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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: Birmingham City · Staffordshire · Walsall · Wolverhampton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£43k£48k
31/03/2024£28k£51k
31/03/2023£24k£30k
31/03/2022£34k£31k
31/03/2021£32k£10k

Common questions

Is 1ST ESSINGTON SCOUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity has no stated reserves policy and reports no funds materially in deficit. The trustees declare the report approved, indicating standard administrative closure without disclosed financial distress or going concern issues.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/07/2009£7kEquipment for our new headquarters