23RD WAKEFIELD (SANDAL METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1064718 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 23RD WAKEFIELD SCOUT GROUP

Scouting

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: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£46k
Registered
1997
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves decreased from £21,073 to £18,400 (as stated in the financial review text, though the balance sheet shows £409 total cash, the review explicitly cites £18.4k). The trustees report that these funds are in excess of their stated reserves policy target of approximately £3,000. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than full audit.

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 £3000 (held: £18k)
“The Committee considers that the Group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £3000 excluding Capitation.”
Per its FY2025 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of Wakefield

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£43k£46k
31/03/2024£26k£29k
31/03/2023£12k£19k
31/03/2022£9k£9k
31/03/2021£2k£3k

Common questions

Is 23RD WAKEFIELD (SANDAL METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted cash reserves decreased from £21,073 to £18,400 (as stated in the financial review text, though the balance sheet shows £409 total cash, the review explicitly cites £18.4k). The trustees report that these funds are in excess of their stated reserves policy target of approximately £3,000. The charity is subject to independent examination rather than full audit. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
THE J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST1£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 15TH WAKEFIELD (SANDEL MAGNA) SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
23RD WAKEFIELD (SANDAL METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP£43k—0above—no doubt
15TH WAKEFIELD (SANDEL MAGNA) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
35TH SHEFFIELD (ST OSWALD'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2026£70k—0above—no doubt
1ST WORCESTER SCOUT GROUP (FORMERLY WORCESTER 'B' GROUP) FY2026£46k—0unclear—no doubt
3RD ST ALBANS SCOUT GROUP FY2025£39k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt

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