6TH AMPTHILL AND WOBURN SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 300436 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 68TH BEDFORDSHIRE, ASPLEY GUISE BOY SCOUT GROUP, 6TH ANTHILL AND WOBURN SCOUT GROUP, ASPLEY GUISE AND WOBURN SANDS SCOUT GROUP

The Group's charitable objective is the development of young people by helping them to achieving theirfull physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and asmembers of their local, national and international communities, by producing an enjoyable and attractivescheme of progressive training guided by the adult leadership.

Objects

68TH BEDFORDSHIRE, ASPLEY GUISE, BOY SCOUT GROUP.

Area of benefit: ASPLEY GUISE AND DISTRICT.

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that net assets increased from £558,015.82 to £574,762.09 during the year, driven by total receipts of £46,440.88 against payments of £29,949.61. The charity holds significant unrestricted and designated reserves, with a designated fund of £330,549.38 arising from a land sale, alongside unrestricted reserves of £244,212.71. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts' compliance with regulations.

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.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Ofsted (Office For Standards In Education). This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

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
• Complaints 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
• 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, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 07/05/2024, 97 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2022 (received 22/02/2023, 22 days after the 31/01/2023 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 22/03/2022, 50 days after the 31/01/2022 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

• Maria Wishartchair
• ANDREW WOOLSEY
• ANNE PAPWORTH · trustee of 1 other charity
• CLAIRE TOBIN
• Nicola Bethell
• SHARON SMITH

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

Operates in: Bedford · Buckinghamshire · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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