1ST MERSEA ISLAND SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 269182 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MERSEA ISLAND SCOUT GROUP

Scout group.

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: MERSEA ISLAND

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Colchester, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the group incurred a loss of £11,543 for the year ended 31 December 2024, resulting in a decrease in net assets from £41,288 to £29,745. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts are not materially inconsistent with the accounting records and that the going concern assessment is reasonable.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Mersea Island Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• CORINNA SMITH
• Celyn Hunter - Evans
• Neil Mortimer
• Nigel Beagley

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

Operates in: Essex · Suffolk

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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