1ST DANBURY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 302045 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of Scouting to Beavers, Cubs & Scouts in Danbury

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE 1ST DANBURY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: DANBURY

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£55k

Latest spending

£55k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group held unrestricted reserves of £60,657.71 at the end of the financial year, representing a slight decrease from the previous year's balance. The group's total assets, including land and buildings valued at £350,000, significantly exceed its liabilities, indicating a strong asset base. The trustees report focusing on monitoring finances and ensuring long-term financial security, including plans to purchase the leased land.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

NIGEL DAVID HILLSchair
CLIVE PRETTY
Claire Shearer
Daniel Scurlock
Paul Dodge
Paul Sutton
Rebecca Lee
Sarah Johnstone

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£55k	£55k
31/03/2024	£62k	£66k
31/03/2023	£47k	£49k
31/03/2022	£38k	£26k
31/03/2021	£30k	£12k

Common questions

Is 1ST DANBURY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group held unrestricted reserves of £60,657.71 at the end of the financial year, representing a slight decrease from the previous year's balance. The group's total assets, including land and buildings valued at £350,000, significantly exceed its liabilities, indicating a strong asset base. The trustees report focusing on monitoring finances and ensuring long-term financial security, including plans to purchase the leased land. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
LIONS CLUB OF MAIDENHEAD CIO	1	£20

Charities like this

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

1ST RADYR SCOUT GROUP income £37k
1ST DUNMOW SCOUT GROUP income £48k
1ST CROWBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP income £66k
1ST COOKHAM SCOUT GROUP income £136k
1ST WESTBOURNE SCOUT GROUP income £25k
1ST GREAT SUTTON SCOUT GROUP income £58k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST DANBURY SCOUT GROUP	£55k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST RADYR SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST DUNMOW SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£48k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST CROWBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£66k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST COOKHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£136k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WESTBOURNE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£25k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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