2ND ROSSENDALE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1061708 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

General scouting activities for Squirrels, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts.Musical tuition for members of the community, undertake charity fund raising for other organisations.

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: Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Rossendale, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£38k

Latest spending

£29k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £78,924.15, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £5,000. The charity reports a positive change in financial year of £8,248.94, indicating stable financial management without reliance on external funding sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs, circa £5,000 (held: £79k)

“The Group’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the group should income and fundraising activities fall short. The trustees consider that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £5,000.” — page 6

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.

Bullying and harassment 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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 2nd Rossendale Scout Group & Band (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Tina Dwyfor-Joneschair
Carl Anthony Harrison
Connor Luke Whitworth
GARETH HUW DAVIES
GRAHAM HELM
Mark David Bradley
Thomas William Hall

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£38k	£29k
31/03/2024	£39k	£38k
31/03/2023	£31k	£30k
31/03/2022	£16k	£16k
31/03/2021	£14k	£11k

Common questions

Is 2ND ROSSENDALE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £78,924.15, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £5,000. The charity reports a positive change in financial year of £8,248.94, indicating stable financial management without reliance on external funding sources. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	06/02/2007	£25k	"The Scouting Centenary"

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
DUMBRECK CHARITY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 2ND CONINGSBY AND TATTERSHALL SCOUT GROUP.

2ND CONINGSBY AND TATTERSHALL SCOUT GROUP income £28k
2ND UXBRIDGE (ST MARGARETS) SCOUT GROUP income £59k
2ND CHESTER-LE-STREET SCOUT GROUP income £37k
1ST/2ND WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT GROUP income £32k
2ND CARLTON COLVILLE SCOUT GROUP income £29k
2ND PORTISHEAD SCOUT GROUP income £52k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
2ND ROSSENDALE SCOUT GROUP	£38k	—	above	—	no doubt
2ND CONINGSBY AND TATTERSHALL SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
2ND UXBRIDGE (ST MARGARETS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£59k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
2ND CHESTER-LE-STREET SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST/2ND WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£32k	—	above	—	no doubt
2ND CARLTON COLVILLE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£29k	—	above	—	no doubt

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