1ST SARISBURY GREEN SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1177309 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

We are a Scout Group. We provide exciting, challenging, predominantly outdoor, activities for young people, currently from ages 4 to 14, to help them develop independence and life skills. We provide extensive training for leaders and have recently built our own Scout Hut.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

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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Latest income
£46k
Latest spending
£46k
Registered
2018
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity broke even with a surplus of £40.23 on income of £46,069.87. The trustees report that the balance sheet is healthy, with total assets less liabilities standing at £158,360.49 and cash balances improved by approximately £3,000. Reserves are held at £35,626.63, which is above the stated policy minimum of £5,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subs (46% of income)
“Total Income 46,069.87”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £36k)
“Our Reserves Policy is to retain a minimum of £5,000 as an ‘emergency fund’ at all times.” — page 5
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: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£46k£46k
31/03/2024£49k£49k
31/03/2023£50k£50k
31/03/2022£49k£40k
31/03/2021£37k£24k

Common questions

Is 1ST SARISBURY GREEN SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity broke even with a surplus of £40.23 on income of £46,069.87. The trustees report that the balance sheet is healthy, with total assets less liabilities standing at £158,360.49 and cash balances improved by approximately £3,000. Reserves are held at £35,626.63, which is above the stated policy minimum of £5,000. 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 Fund28/06/2018£10kInterior Fit Out of New Scout Hut