1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 291701 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activities for boys and girls from 6 to 14 years of age.

Objects

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

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£44k
Latest spending
£45k
Registered
1985
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group operated with a net surplus of £3,167.69 for the year ended 31st March 2025, bringing total assets to £382,291.38. The trustees report that the group continues to function well with good finances, having managed previous deficits through historic grants and fundraising. The group maintains unrestricted reserves of £35,541.38 and has no stated reserves policy target.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire · Slough · Windsor And Maidenhead

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£44k£45k
31/03/2024£50k£55k
31/03/2023£49k£66k
31/03/2022£59k£48k
31/03/2021£35k£12k

Common questions

Is 1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group operated with a net surplus of £3,167.69 for the year ended 31st March 2025, bringing total assets to £382,291.38. The trustees report that the group continues to function well with good finances, having managed previous deficits through historic grants and fundraising. The group maintains unrestricted reserves of £35,541.38 and has no stated reserves policy target. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund25/04/2012£10kReplacement Minibus

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
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP£44k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST HERSHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2024£108k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£84k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST BERKHAMSTED SCOUT GROUP FY2026£30k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST KINNERTON SCOUT GROUP FY2024£24k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP FY2026£39k—0above—no doubt

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