1ST MERTON PARK SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 267800 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activies.

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: Merton, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£24k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

1974

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state a surplus of £3,193.48 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with closing unrestricted reserves (cash balances) totaling £22,281.75. The group reports consistent volunteer support and growing membership across sections, indicating stable operational health without disclosed financial risks.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

LISA LERNBORGchair
Dr Emma Tamsin Maddison
Geoffrey James Clayden
JOHN GARRETT
Jane Clark
Jessica Josephine Dahlstrom
Jonathan Reeks
Laura Anne Gilbert
Laura Crosby
MRS KATHY DI FRANCO
MRS VICKY TULLETT
Mark Leonard Steggles

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£24k	£30k
31/12/2024	£28k	£25k
31/12/2023	£27k	£26k
31/12/2022	£26k	£30k
31/12/2021	£17k	£17k

Common questions

Is 1ST MERTON PARK SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state a surplus of £3,193.48 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with closing unrestricted reserves (cash balances) totaling £22,281.75. The group reports consistent volunteer support and growing membership across sections, indicating stable operational health without disclosed financial risks.

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1ST ST MINVER SCOUT GROUP income £31k
1ST SOUTHPORT (AINSDALE) SCOUT GROUP income £35k
1ST HORAM SCOUT GROUP income £30k
1ST EARLS BARTON SCOUT GROUP income £26k
1ST THORNBURY SCOUT GROUP income £38k
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Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST MERTON PARK SCOUT GROUP	£24k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST ST MINVER SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£31k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SOUTHPORT (AINSDALE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£35k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HORAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST EARLS BARTON SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£26k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST THORNBURY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£38k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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