BUNTINGFORD SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 275294 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · filing overdue (register status)

The Scout Association provides adventurous activities and personal development opportunities for young people aged 6-25. Personal development means promoting the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual well-being of the individual.

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: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£43k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
1978
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had a net surplus of £16,117 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £70,436. The independent examiner confirmed the original surplus/deficit figures were correct, although a query was raised regarding the coding of annual member camp costs.

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 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.

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 31/12/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

  • Volunteers: 6

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2022

  • Volunteers: 6

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

1 annual return is past its due date with no recorded received date (Charity Commission register).

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: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025——
31/12/2024£43k£31k
31/12/2023£49k£34k
31/12/2022£44k£46k
31/12/2021£23k£22k

Common questions

Is BUNTINGFORD SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had a net surplus of £16,117 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted funds increasing to £70,436. The independent examiner confirmed the original surplus/deficit figures were correct, although a query was raised regarding the coding of annual member camp costs. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
SSP FOUNDATION1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 16TH WARRINGTON 1ST BURTONWOOD SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
BUNTINGFORD SCOUT GROUP£43k—0unclear—no doubt
16TH WARRINGTON 1ST BURTONWOOD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£31k——unclear—no doubt
BLANDFORD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£57k—0above—no doubt
46TH EPPING FOREST SOUTH (ST BARNABAS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
TORFAEN SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt
BASINGSTOKE EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£269k—0above—no doubt

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