1ST PRESTBURY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 267798 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of The Scout Association is to promote thedevelopment of young people in achieving their full physical,intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, asresponsible citizens and as members of their local national andinternational communities.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: PRESTBURY

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: Cheltenham, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£54k
Latest spending
£55k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £14,800 at year end, which exceeds its stated policy target of 12 months' running costs (circa £6,800). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £6,800 (held: £15k)
“The Board of Trustees considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £6,800”
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: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£54k£55k
31/08/2024£35k£39k
31/08/2023£17k£16k
31/08/2022£19k£18k
31/08/2021£4k£4k

Common questions

Is 1ST PRESTBURY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £14,800 at year end, which exceeds its stated policy target of 12 months' running costs (circa £6,800). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounting records or their accord with those records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£5k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 14TH CANTERBURY SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST PRESTBURY SCOUT GROUP£54k—0above—no doubt
14TH CANTERBURY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025£26k—0above119.8%no doubt
2ND MARLBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP FY2025£83k—0above—no doubt
2ND SOUTHAM (OPEN) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0above—no doubt
BROADSTONE SCOUT GROUP FY2026£91k—0unclear—no doubt

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