6TH WHITSTABLE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 271107 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 6TH WHITSTABLE (SWALECLIFFE) SCOUT GROUP

To promote the development of young people in acheiving their full physical,intellectual,social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. The Group operates under the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.

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.

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased from £25,614.15 to £40,374.41, resulting in a net receipt of £10,186.17 for the year. The trustees' report indicates that the group holds sufficient resources to continue activities, with a policy target of six months' running costs plus a building repair contingency. Receipts exceeded payments, demonstrating positive cash flow and adequate reserves relative to the stated policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• 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.

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 13/05/2024, 103 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

• Richard Gaskinchair
• Don Potter-Edwards
• Emma Marku
• Helen Elizabeth Bennett
• JACK DALE
• Kayleigh Setterfield
• MELVIN AUSTIN
• Mat Southgate
• Matthew Drinkwater
• Miles Montgomerey
• Patricia Gaskin
• Sarah Bogard
• TESSA DALE

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• BROADSTONE SCOUT GROUP income £91k
• 1ST WHITSTABLE SCOUT GROUP income £182k
• 6TH AMPTHILL AND WOBURN SCOUT GROUP income £46k
• Stafford District Scout Council income £123k
• 1ST/4TH ADDLESTONE (ST PAUL'S) SCOUT GROUP income £35k
• 1ST HEADCORN SCOUT GROUP income £53k

Side by side with its peers

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