1ST CHOLSEY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 267709 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scout group providing activities for young people between the ages of 6 and 14

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.

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

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

Latest income
£40k
Latest spending
£37k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £2,612.36 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £39,787.92 against total expenses of £36,645.56. The charity holds total net assets of £72,518.28, comprising £47,105.08 in cash and £23,655.23 in tangible fixed assets. The trustees report that the group maintained solid financial operations and stability throughout the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 40

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 45

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2024 (received 13/05/2025, 102 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 02/02/2024, 2 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 08/04/2022, 67 days after the 31/01/2022 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£40k£37k
31/03/2024£38k£43k
31/03/2023£38k£38k
31/03/2022£49k£30k
31/03/2021£45k£36k

Common questions

Is 1ST CHOLSEY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £2,612.36 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £39,787.92 against total expenses of £36,645.56. The charity holds total net assets of £72,518.28, comprising £47,105.08 in cash and £23,655.23 in tangible fixed assets. The trustees report that the group maintained solid financial operations and stability throughout the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 1ST CHOLSEY SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 1ST CHOLSEY SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2022£500100 for 500
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUSTFY2021£500100 for 500

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/12/2005£4kExpedition training

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST CHOLSEY SCOUT GROUP£40k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST CRINGLEFORD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
1st Nailsea Scouts FY2025£83k——above—no doubt
1ST PORTISHEAD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£50k——above—no doubt
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP FY2026£39k—0above—no doubt
1ST WARLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£108k—0unclear—no doubt

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