79TH READING SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 300510 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting Activities

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPOSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: READING

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: Reading, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that expenditure exceeded income by £13,956.03 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The charity holds significant fixed assets valued at £429,257.58 and investments worth £194,108.36, resulting in total assets of £690,618.37. There are no current assets or liabilities disclosed in the Group Executive Funds statement.

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.

• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 79th Reading Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• DAVID FRANCIS GREEN
• GARY JOHN HOOPER
• KAREN JANET HOBBS
• MARTIN PAUL HOBBS
• Nicholas Gushlow
• SAMANTHA JANE SALE
• STEPHEN JOHN SAWYER

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

Operates in: Reading

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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