1ST COBHAM SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 267356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS , AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMEBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL CUMMUNITY THROUGH A THOROUGH PROGRAM OF SCOUTING.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: COBHAM

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Elmbridge, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£41k
Latest spending
£40k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances remain stable, with net receipts of £1,363 for the year enabling the group to cover running costs and invest in improvements. Per the trustees' report, the group is financially secure and able to meet its commitments, with unrestricted reserves of £12,566 carried forward. The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover at least three months of running costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of running costs (held: £13k)
“The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover at least three months of running costs and to provide a contingency for any unforeseen maintenance or capital expenditure.” — page 2
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£41k£40k
31/12/2023£16k£17k
31/12/2022£16k£20k
31/12/2021£16k£18k
31/12/2020£20k£15k

Common questions

Is 1ST COBHAM SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's finances remain stable, with net receipts of £1,363 for the year enabling the group to cover running costs and invest in improvements. Per the trustees' report, the group is financially secure and able to meet its commitments, with unrestricted reserves of £12,566 carried forward. The trustees aim to maintain sufficient reserves to cover at least three months of running costs.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/06/2010£7k1st Cobham Scout Group Centenary Community Day

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with FIRST ROBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST COBHAM SCOUT GROUP£41k—0unclear—no doubt
FIRST ROBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP FY2025£22k—0above—no doubt
1ST CORSHAM (LORD METHUEN'S OWN) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£37k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST KEYHAM (ST MARK) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST EGHAM HYTHE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST SHOREHAM-BY-SEA (KINGSTON BUCI) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£34k—0above—no doubt

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