FIRST LUTON SEA SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 300465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST LUTON, 1ST LUTON SCOUT GROUP

The provision of Scouting for boys and girls between the age of 6 years and 14 years with an emphasis on water activities for the older members of the Group.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHEIVING 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: LUTON

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

Latest income
£79k
Latest spending
£64k
Registered
1961
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £148,371, with unrestricted funds amounting to £5,690.87 at year-end. The trustees consider the level of reserves appropriate to meet future costs, noting that the group is in a strong financial position to manage rising core operating costs.

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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/11/2025£79k£64k
30/11/2024£64k£49k
30/11/2023£64k£64k
30/11/2022£59k£79k
30/11/2021£60k£36k

Common questions

Is FIRST LUTON SEA SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total net assets of £148,371, with unrestricted funds amounting to £5,690.87 at year-end. The trustees consider the level of reserves appropriate to meet future costs, noting that the group is in a strong financial position to manage rising core operating costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation12/05/2021£2kStand Up Paddle Board Purchase
Sport England22/06/2020£500COVID-19 CEF
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation11/05/2020£4kGrant to 1st Luton Sea Scout Group
The National Lottery Community Fund21/03/2019£10kRenovation of Headquarters
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2009£10kAcquisition of new equipment