ECCLESTON SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1181375 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. Eccleston Scout Group facilitates this is our local community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL,INTELLECTUAL,SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL 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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that Eccleston Scout Group reported a net income of £5,574.14 for the year, with total income of £43,951.48 against total expenditure of £38,377.34. The charity holds an account balance carried forward of £18,300.86, which includes a specific reserve held for an upcoming international trip to Switzerland. The Scrutineers' report confirms the financial performance record without noting any material uncertainties or going concern issues.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• 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

• Michael Taylorchair
• Alison Jane Kirby Dip PFS
• Jane Tracey Taylor
• PAULINE ELTON · trustee of 1 other charity
• Paul James Kirby

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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