1ST PORTSMOUTH SEA SCOUTS

Registered charity 1093625 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Member of the Scout Organisation. We provide an educational and fun program of activities and events for children between the ages of 6 and 18.During the winter months this is land based, during the summer months the children aged 10 and over taken part in sailing and activities afloat. This include seamanship training and theoretical and practical skills for both power and sailing.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL; AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE HAMPSHIRE

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that income exceeded expenditure by over £17,000 for the year, resulting in a surplus. Total bank balances increased from £65,883 to £82,931, with the treasurer describing the position as being in 'good order' and building resilience for future investment.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• 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

• Robin Searlechair
• Aimee Jones
• Christopher White
• Geoff Long
• Karen Thompson
• Kathryn Hearn
• Malcolm George Bray
• Matthew Alred
• Phillip Jones
• Robert James Slatterly

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

Operates in: Portsmouth City

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST NORWICH SEA SCOUTS.

• 1ST NORWICH SEA SCOUTS income £45k
• 1ST PORTISHEAD SCOUT GROUP income £50k
• 1ST GORING-BY-SEA SCOUT GROUP income £36k
• 1ST MILTON (WESTON SUPER MARE) SCOUT GROUP income £55k
• 1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) SCOUT GROUP income £84k
• FIRST LUTON SEA SCOUT GROUP income £79k

Side by side with its peers

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