16TH PURLEY (7TH SANDERSTEAD ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 267338 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 16TH PURLEY SCOUT GROUP

Scout group offering beavers, cubs & scouts to local youngsters, also have an explorer scout section using our premises.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£25k

Latest spending

£37k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £12,091, reducing cash funds from £21,127 to £9,036. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of approximately £15,000 were held at year end, which is above the stated policy target of £4,000. The group relies on volunteers and maintains sufficient insurance to mitigate risks to property and personnel.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs, circa £4000.00 (held: £15k)

“The Group Executive Committee considers that the Group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £4000.00”

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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Oggchair
Catherine Balzer
Philip Watts
William Perrett

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

Operates in: Croydon · Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£25k	£37k
31/12/2023	£21k	£19k
31/12/2022	£23k	£22k
31/12/2021	£16k	£12k
31/12/2020	£7k	£8k

Common questions

Is 16TH PURLEY (7TH SANDERSTEAD ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a net deficit of £12,091, reducing cash funds from £21,127 to £9,036. The trustees report that unrestricted reserves of approximately £15,000 were held at year end, which is above the stated policy target of £4,000. The group relies on volunteers and maintains sufficient insurance to mitigate risks to property and personnel.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 6TH MEDWAY SCOUT GROUP.

6TH MEDWAY SCOUT GROUP income £32k
15TH STAFFORD (PENKRIDGE) SCOUT GROUP income £47k
17TH BARNSLEY (PENISTONE) SCOUT GROUP income £71k
17TH PURLEY ST JOHN'S OLD COULSDON SCOUT GROUP income £40k
21ST WHITLEY BAY ST PETERS SCOUT GROUP income £27k
15TH BROMLEY (BICKLEY AND WIDMORE) SCOUT GROUP income £59k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
16TH PURLEY (7TH SANDERSTEAD ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP	£25k	—	above	—	no doubt
6TH MEDWAY SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£32k	—	below	—	no doubt
15TH STAFFORD (PENKRIDGE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£47k	—	above	—	no doubt
17TH BARNSLEY (PENISTONE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£71k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
17TH PURLEY ST JOHN'S OLD COULSDON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£40k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
21ST WHITLEY BAY ST PETERS SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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