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1ST CHOPWELL SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 1187841 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The Group promotes the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials as individuals, responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. The method of achieving this is aim is by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training based on the Scout Law and Promise.

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

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: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£6k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
2020
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £20,000 at year end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of £2,000 (equivalent to 12 months running costs). The trustees note that this higher balance is partly due to grant funding remaining in the account to be paid in January 2025, and the group maintains a low-risk cash investment strategy.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £2000 (reserves figure: £20k)
“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £2000.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 10
  • Government income: £43,918 — grants £43,918 (1); 77% of the £57,063 total gross income on the same return

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 1st Chopwell Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£6k£10k
31/12/2024£57k£52k
31/12/2023£8k£8k
31/12/2022£4k£7k
31/12/2021£5k£10k

Common questions

Is 1ST CHOPWELL SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £20,000 at year end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of £2,000 (equivalent to 12 months running costs). The trustees note that this higher balance is partly due to grant funding remaining in the account to be paid in January 2025, and the group maintains a low-risk cash investment strategy.

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 VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST1£70k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST CHOPWELL SCOUT GROUP£6k—0above—no doubt
1ST STANSTED SCOUT GROUP FY2026£36k—0above—no doubt
1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025£26k—0above119.8%no doubt
1ST PETWORTH SCOUT GROUP FY2026£41k—0unclear—no doubt
26TH BRISTOL (NORTH COTE) SCOUT GROUP FY2026£114k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST CORRINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025£38k——below—no doubt

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