38TH WALSALL (1ST WALSALL WOOD) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1133604 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST WALSALL WOOD SCOUT GROUP

Within the aims of the Scout Association, we aim to provide exciting and adventurous activities for all our members; young and older. We do this by providing a balance Scouting programme and engage all our members in the planning and decision processes.We are proud of our community and actively engage with them.

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: UNDEFINED. IN PRACTICE, LOCAL.

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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Walsall, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £3,280.41, which is below the trustees' stated policy target of six months' running costs (circa £7,000). The group reports steady numbers and has replaced its minibus through external fundraising, but notes that its small income prevents investment in longer-term assets.

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 4 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Natalie Valechair
• Andrew Malcolm Southall
• Carrie Stephens
• Emma Green
• Karl Southall
• Kerry Davies
• Sarah Hipkin

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

Operates in: Walsall

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 20TH WALSALL (ST. MARGARET'S GREAT BARR) SCOUT GROUP.

• 20TH WALSALL (ST. MARGARET'S GREAT BARR) SCOUT GROUP income £52k
• 1ST CAMELSDALE SCOUT GROUP income £33k
• 1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP income £26k
• 1ST SID VALE (SIDMOUTH) SCOUT GROUP income £49k
• 1ST BARNHAM SCOUT GROUP income £24k
• 35TH SHEFFIELD (ST OSWALD'S) SCOUT GROUP income £70k

Side by side with its peers

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