5TH EXMOUTH SEA SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 301047 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 5TH EXMOUTH BOY SCOUT GROUP

All as part of the Scout Association

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING 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: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£200k
Latest spending
£47k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted reserves increased to £162,576.15 as of 31st March 2026, compared to £9,652.64 in the previous year. The filing confirms that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters identified by the independent examiner.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 12

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 9

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 6

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£200k£47k
31/03/2025£165k£260k
31/03/2024£145k£59k
31/03/2023£13k£26k
31/03/2022£14k£11k

Common questions

Is 5TH EXMOUTH SEA SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's total unrestricted reserves increased to £162,576.15 as of 31st March 2026, compared to £9,652.64 in the previous year. The filing confirms that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records, with no material matters identified by the independent examiner. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 5TH EXMOUTH SEA SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 5TH EXMOUTH SEA SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
GARFIELD WESTON FOUNDATIONFY2024£200kYouth

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 2/88 MANCHESTER SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
5TH EXMOUTH SEA SCOUT GROUP£200k—0unclear—no doubt
2/88 MANCHESTER SCOUT GROUP FY2025£20k—0unclear—no doubt
PENARTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£62k—0unclear—no doubt
5TH PENWORTHAM SCOUT GROUP (UNITED REFORMED CHURCH) FY2025£41k——unclear—no doubt
STROUD AND TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£103k——unclear—no doubt
1ST DAVENPORT-MILE END SCOUT GROUP FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt

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