9TH BRACKNELL (SOUTH HILL) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 270220 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 9TH BRACKNELL (HANWORTH) SCOUT GROUP

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: BRACKNELL AND DISTRICT

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£24k
Latest spending
£43k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately £3,000, equivalent to three months of running costs. The document notes that costs were running at £43 per head per term, requiring a subscription increase and reliance on fundraising to cover deficits. No independent audit or examination was performed, with the trustees considering neither audit nor independent examination requirements of the Charities Act 2011 to apply.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Our May Fair raised £1,476 and the Christmas Bazaar in November came in with a record £2,496.” — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure
“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 3 months running costs, circa £3,000.” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 23

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

  • Volunteers: 18

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 01/05/2024, 91 days after the 31/01/2024 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: Bracknell Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£24k£43k
31/03/2025£38k£36k
31/03/2024£24k£20k
31/03/2023£17k£34k
31/03/2022£22k£15k

Common questions

Is 9TH BRACKNELL (SOUTH HILL) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's reserves policy is to hold approximately £3,000, equivalent to three months of running costs. The document notes that costs were running at £43 per head per term, requiring a subscription increase and reliance on fundraising to cover deficits. No independent audit or examination was performed, with the trustees considering neither audit nor independent examination requirements of the Charities Act 2011 to apply.

Who funds 9TH BRACKNELL (SOUTH HILL) SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 9TH BRACKNELL (SOUTH HILL) SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE SHANLY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SHANLY FOUNDATIONFY2024£12k
THE SHANLY FOUNDATIONFY2025Unverified read£10k

Grants marked “Unverified read” were flagged by automated checks as possibly misread from the funder’s filed accounts. They are listed, but left out of the totals, counts and funder relationships this site computes.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 9TH BEXHILL SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
9TH BRACKNELL (SOUTH HILL) SCOUT GROUP£24k—0unclear—no doubt
9TH BEXHILL SCOUT GROUP FY2025£40k—0within—no doubt
82ND BRISTOL (ST BERNADETTE) SCOUT GROUP FY2026£30k—0above—no doubt
9TH AYLESBURY SCOUT GROUP FY2026£29k—0unclear—no doubt
11TH/9TH CAMBRIDGE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£70k——unclear—no doubt
22ND BARNSLEY (CENTRAL) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£34k—0below—no doubt

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