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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Wrexham

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
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).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund17/03/2011£5kNew Equipment to increase activities available to the Scout group
The National Lottery Community Fund26/06/2006£5kCanoe 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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST PENYCAE SCOUT GROUP£125k0aboveno doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£188k0aboveno doubt
1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£134k0unclearno doubt
1ST SHIRLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£122k0unclearno doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k0unclearno doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k0withinno doubt

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