GROVE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 277162 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST GROVE SCOUT GROUP

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL IN FOUR AREAS: PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF SCOUTING IS TO HELP ITS MEMBERS GROW AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, AND AS PART OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Objects

TO HELP YOUNG PEOPLE DEVELOP THEIR POTENTIAL IN FOUR AREAS: PHYSICAL, SOCIAL, SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL. THE OBJECTIVE OF SCOUTING IS TO HELP ITS MEMBERS GROW AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS, AND AS PART OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: VALE OF WHITE HORSE

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: Vale of White Horse, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
1979
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group's finances are in a good position, with running costs covered by income and reserves held at expected levels. However, the treasurer notes that costs are increasing, particularly membership fees, while fundraising income has decreased, necessitating a subscription increase to maintain the programme.

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 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 31/08/2025

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2024

  • Volunteers: 50

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/08/2023

  • Volunteers: 75

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/08/2025£44k£34k
31/08/2024£30k£25k
31/08/2023£87k£25k
31/08/2022£27k£25k
31/08/2021£30k£9k

Common questions

Is GROVE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group's finances are in a good position, with running costs covered by income and reserves held at expected levels. However, the treasurer notes that costs are increasing, particularly membership fees, while fundraising income has decreased, necessitating a subscription increase to maintain the programme. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 103RD READING (OXFORD ROAD) SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GROVE SCOUT GROUP£44k—0unclear—no doubt
103RD READING (OXFORD ROAD) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£35k—0below—no doubt
24TH BASINGSTOKE (WEST) SCOUT GROUP FY2024£15k—0unclear—noted
MID GLAMORGAN AREA SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£143k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST KINGS LANGLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt
CROSBY AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£55k—0unclear—no doubt

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