15TH DIDCOT SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 300494 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 15TH NORTH BERKS BOY SCOUT GROUP

Scouting provides adventure and opportunities for young people aged 6-25. We believe in helping our Members fulfill their potential by working in teams, taking responsibility, learning by doing and thinking for themselves. We're working to make Scouting available to all and we're passionate about what we do.

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15TH NORTH BERKS BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: DIDCOT

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,504 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £2,939 in the prior year. Despite the operational loss, total net assets increased to £81,820, driven largely by a significant rise in other income, particularly donations which reached £40,021. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £81,820, providing a buffer against its annual expenditure.

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 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.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£52k£20k
31/03/2024£8k£9k
31/03/2023£6k£13k
31/03/2022£4k£16k
31/03/2021£26k£14k

Common questions

Is 15TH DIDCOT SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,504 for the year ended 31 March 2025, compared to a deficit of £2,939 in the prior year. Despite the operational loss, total net assets increased to £81,820, driven largely by a significant rise in other income, particularly donations which reached £40,021. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £81,820, providing a buffer against its annual expenditure. 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 Heritage Fund27/09/2001£107k"Rose Ash Village Hall"

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£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
15TH DIDCOT SCOUT GROUP£52k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST LINDFIELD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£44k—0above—no doubt
15TH REIGATE (CHIPSTEAD) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£45k—0above—no doubt
17TH BARNSLEY (PENISTONE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£71k—0unclear—no doubt
15th WYRE FOREST (HABBERLEY) SCOUT GROUP FY2026£44k—0unclear—no doubt
14TH LOWESTOFT SCOUT GROUP FY2025£41k—0unclear—no doubt

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