1ST CHESHAM SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 270602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROVIDING SCOUTING ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Objects

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

Area of benefit: CHESHAM

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

1976

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The 1st Chesham Scout Group reported a net deficit of £1,286.94 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total receipts of £28,402.27 and total payments of £29,689.21. The group holds unrestricted cash reserves of £31,197.75, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of running costs. The group's financial strategy is described as risk-averse, with all funds held in cash at mainstream banks or building societies.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs (reserves figure: £31k)

“The Board of Trustees considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

Complaints handling
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

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: 25

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

Volunteers: 25

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

Volunteers: 25

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

Trustees · trustee networks

BELINDA VAZQUEZ
CHRISTOPHER DUTTON
David Rodgers
EDWINA HUMPHREYS
Emily Charlotte Khan
GRAHAM STUART EADES
IAIN LAMBERT
Lynnsey Walker

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£28k	£30k
31/03/2025	£43k	£38k
31/03/2024	£27k	£26k
31/03/2023	£21k	£22k
31/03/2022	£22k	£33k

Common questions

Is 1ST CHESHAM SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The 1st Chesham Scout Group reported a net deficit of £1,286.94 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total receipts of £28,402.27 and total payments of £29,689.21. The group holds unrestricted cash reserves of £31,197.75, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover 12 months of running costs. The group's financial strategy is described as risk-averse, with all funds held in cash at mainstream banks or building societies. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 1ST CHESHAM SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 1ST CHESHAM SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE SHANLY FOUNDATION.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION	FY2024	£14k
THE SHANLY FOUNDATION	FY2025	Unverified 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.

Charities like this

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

1ST CHINEHAM SCOUT GROUP income £71k
1ST IGHTHAM SCOUT GROUP income £24k
1ST CHEAM SCOUT GROUP income £45k
1ST KIRKHAM AND WESHAM SCOUT GROUP income £26k
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP income £44k
1ST WOOSEHILL SCOUT GROUP income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST CHESHAM SCOUT GROUP	£28k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST CHINEHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£71k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST IGHTHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£24k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST CHEAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£45k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST KIRKHAM AND WESHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£26k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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