1ST WIGTON BADEN-POWELL SCOUTS

Registered charity 1182790 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST WIGTON B-P SCOUTS

To provide outdoor/indoor Scouting activities to children between the ages of 5-18 yrs by following a traditional programme.

Objects

TO DEVELOP GOOD CITIZENSHIP AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE (5 - 18 YEAR OLDS) BY HELPING TO FORM THEIR CHARACTER THROUGH INDOOR AND OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BY TEACHING THEM SERVICES USEFUL TO THE PUBLIC AND USEFUL TO THEM WHILST PROMOTING THEIR PHYSICAL AND MENTAL DEVELOPMENT. THIS WILL BE ACHIEVED WHILST FOLLOWING THE PRINCIPLES OF THE BADEN-POWELL SCOUTS' ASSOCIATION.

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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Registered contact address: Cumberland, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£72k

Latest spending

£26k

Registered

2019

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £110,348, having generated a net surplus of £46,192 for the period. The trustees identify risks related to the loss of leaders or children but note that leader numbers remain steady. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and funds raised from a charity shop.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

Complaints handling
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Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Julie Brycesonchair
Ceri Jean Key
Gary Bickley · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Cumbria

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£72k	£26k
31/03/2024	£41k	£44k
31/03/2023	£33k	£7k
31/03/2022	£23k	£6k
31/03/2021	£15k	£9k

Common questions

Is 1ST WIGTON BADEN-POWELL SCOUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £110,348, having generated a net surplus of £46,192 for the period. The trustees identify risks related to the loss of leaders or children but note that leader numbers remain steady. The charity relies entirely on volunteers and funds raised from a charity shop.

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	14/03/2019	£10k	Training for leaders, storage and water

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

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST WIGTON BADEN-POWELL SCOUTS	£72k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WOODEND SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£39k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1st Bures Scout Group FY2026	£42k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST WHITTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£50k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SNAITH SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£34k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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