3RD THETFORD SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 273723 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scout Group.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: THETFORD

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£34k

Latest spending

£34k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group broke even on all income and expenditure for the year, with total income of £34,260.86 matching total expenditure of £34,252.13. The trustees report that they are constantly looking for future funding to bring about improvements and major repairs required by the hall, indicating a dependency on securing further grants to maintain facilities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“We will continue to apply for grants during the new scouting year as we still have many projects and repairs that need to be carried out in the hut, some of which are urgently required.” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Complaints handling
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Duncan Alexander James Sladechair
Louise Askew
Michelle Pitcher

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£34k	£34k
31/03/2024	£15k	£16k
31/03/2023	£14k	£40k
31/03/2022	£21k	£9k
31/03/2021	£14k	£7k

Common questions

Is 3RD THETFORD SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group broke even on all income and expenditure for the year, with total income of £34,260.86 matching total expenditure of £34,252.13. The trustees report that they are constantly looking for future funding to bring about improvements and major repairs required by the hall, indicating a dependency on securing further grants to maintain facilities.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	27/05/2010	£7k	Headquarters Refurbishment Project

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 3RD WHITTON SCOUT GROUP.

3RD WHITTON SCOUT GROUP income £28k
1ST HORAM SCOUT GROUP income £30k
3RD KINGSTON SCOUT GROUP income £29k
3RD WOODTHORPE (ST MARK'S) SCOUT GROUP income £36k
13TH COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP income £39k
123RD MANCHESTER SCOUTS income £248k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
3RD THETFORD SCOUT GROUP	£34k	—	unclear	—	noted
3RD WHITTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HORAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£30k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
3RD KINGSTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£29k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
3RD WOODTHORPE (ST MARK'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	below	—	no doubt
13TH COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£39k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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