GREAT AMWELL SCOUT GROUP (TL/2357)

Registered charity 267345 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activities in the County of Hertfordshire

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

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.

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Latest income
£50k
Latest spending
£74k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group generated a deficit of £24,515.56 for the year ended 31 January 2025, primarily due to significant capital investment in building projects. Despite this deficit, the Trustees report that general reserves were replenished to the optimum level, and the Group remains financially sound with unrestricted cash and reserves totaling approximately £35,252.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: at least 12 months running costs, which currently equates to around £30,000 (held: £35k)
“The Trustee Board considers that the Group should hold a sum equivalent to at least 12 months running costs, which currently equates to around £30,000 in reserves.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£50k£74k
31/01/2024£51k£66k
31/01/2023£53k£73k
31/01/2022£53k£28k
31/01/2021£40k£27k

Common questions

Is GREAT AMWELL SCOUT GROUP (TL/2357) financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group generated a deficit of £24,515.56 for the year ended 31 January 2025, primarily due to significant capital investment in building projects. Despite this deficit, the Trustees report that general reserves were replenished to the optimum level, and the Group remains financially sound with unrestricted cash and reserves totaling approximately £35,252. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.