1ST DURRINGTON SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1061896 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORTHBROOK BARN COMMUNITY CENTRE

Scouting & management of a community centre

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: DURRINGTON

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 · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worthing, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the Scout Group maintains a healthy bank balance and the Trustees are satisfied with the available funds, despite some financial commitments. The Community Centre section, which had recent deficits, reported a small surplus for the year due to increased letting receipts, though the Trustees note the need for more regular hirers and substantial growth in their capital reserve.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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

• STEVE COLEMANchair
• Alastair Richard Paul Chartres · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ash Felix Thwaites
• John Arthur Gale
• KEITH MARTIN SANDS CHAPMAN
• SHARON FIELD

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

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• 1ST COMPTON SCOUT GROUP income £33k
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• 1ST DISLEY SCOUT GROUP income £45k
• 1ST CROWTHORNE SCOUT GROUP income £40k
• 1ST CUDDINGTON SEA SCOUT GROUP income £130k
• 1ST HEDGERLEY SCOUT GROUP income £52k

Side by side with its peers

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