DRINGHOUSES (P.C.) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1064151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Dringhouses Scouts

This charity is a scout group in the city of York.

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: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: York, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£129k

Registered

1997

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's year-end cash balance is £80,628, which is significantly above its stated reserves policy target of £20,000. The trustees report that the group is operating within its reserves despite increased costs for camps, activities, and building maintenance. The financial review indicates good financial management, allowing the group to maintain subscription levels and replace vehicles using current funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Camps and activities (47% of income)

“Camps and activities 58,471”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: a sum of £20,000 as well as the two sinking funds (reserves figure: £81k)

“the Board of Trustees has increased the amount of money that the Group should hold in reserve to a sum of £20,000 as well as the two sinking funds described below.” — page 24

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
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
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

Volunteers: 106

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 73
Government income: £978 — grants £978 (1); under 1% of the £99,765 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 89
Government income: £412 — grants £412 (1); under 1% of the £83,228 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Dringhouses Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

ANN BENNETTchair
Catherine Bell
David Stewart Thorne
Gareth Mines
James Etherington
Janet Moor
Justin Moss
Kate Clough
Lucy Janet Leinster
Susan Rundle · trustee of 1 other charity
WENDY HEWITT

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

Operates in: City Of York

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£124k	£129k
31/03/2025	£100k	£74k
31/03/2024	£83k	£64k
31/03/2023	£80k	£54k
31/03/2022	£42k	£34k

Common questions

Is DRINGHOUSES (P.C.) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's year-end cash balance is £80,628, which is significantly above its stated reserves policy target of £20,000. The trustees report that the group is operating within its reserves despite increased costs for camps, activities, and building maintenance. The financial review indicates good financial management, allowing the group to maintain subscription levels and replace vehicles using current funds. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds DRINGHOUSES (P.C.) SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name DRINGHOUSES (P.C.) SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, DRINGHOUSES, YORK.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST EDWARD THE CONFESSOR, DRINGHOUSES, YORK	FY2025	£2k

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	25/09/2006	£3k	Young Leader Training

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
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with YORK EBOR DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

YORK EBOR DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £69k
1ST WROUGHTON SCOUT GROUP income £37k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
1ST DISLEY SCOUT GROUP income £45k
3RD HOVE (ST LEONARD'S) SCOUT GROUP income £27k
29TH/79TH COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP income £76k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DRINGHOUSES (P.C.) SCOUT GROUP	£124k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
YORK EBOR DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£69k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WROUGHTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST DISLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
3RD HOVE (ST LEONARD'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£27k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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