1ST PENYCAE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1098946 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Local Scout Group operating within the the Rules and organisation of The Scout Association

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 PENYCAE

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

Latest income

£125k

Latest spending

£119k

Registered

2003

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £15,502 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of approximately £3,400 (equivalent to six months of running costs). The charity reported total gross income of £124,589 and total expenditure of £119,494 for the year, resulting in a net increase in cash funds.

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 £3.4k (held: £16k)

“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £3.4k.”

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.

Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

Emily Knight

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£125k	£119k
31/03/2024	£16k	£28k
31/03/2023	£11k	£8k
31/03/2022	£9k	£9k
31/03/2021	£25k	£9k

Common questions

Is 1ST PENYCAE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £15,502 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of approximately £3,400 (equivalent to six months of running costs). The charity reported total gross income of £124,589 and total expenditure of £119,494 for the year, resulting in a net increase in cash funds. 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 Community Fund	13/10/2016	£5k	To Provide an Outdoor Multipurpose Shelter and Secure Compound
The National Lottery Community Fund	17/03/2011	£5k	New Equipment to increase activities available to the Scout group
The National Lottery Community Fund	26/06/2006	£5k	Canoe equipment

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 OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP.

1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP income £188k
1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP income £134k
1ST SHIRLEY SCOUT GROUP income £220k
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP income £123k
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST PENYCAE SCOUT GROUP	£125k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£188k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SHIRLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£220k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	within	—	no doubt

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