1ST STANSTED SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 302099 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST STANSTED BOY SCOUT GROUP

The purpose of scouting is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social & spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens & as members of their local, national & international communities. Scouting uses a method which is young people in partnership with adults.

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE 1ST STANSTED SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: STANSTED

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

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

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

Latest income
£36k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity held total funds of £74,345 as of March 2026, an increase from the previous year. The trustees' policy is to hold reserves equivalent to six months of running costs (circa £12,000), and the charity states it holds sufficient funds above this level. The group is funded primarily by subscriptions and volunteer labor, with no mention of employees or trading subsidiaries.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs, circa £12,000 (held: £74k)
“The Trustee Board considers that the charity should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £12,000”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£36k£24k
31/03/2025£47k£21k
31/03/2024£19k£20k
31/03/2023£10k£12k
31/03/2022£8k£7k

Common questions

Is 1ST STANSTED SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity held total funds of £74,345 as of March 2026, an increase from the previous year. The trustees' policy is to hold reserves equivalent to six months of running costs (circa £12,000), and the charity states it holds sufficient funds above this level. The group is funded primarily by subscriptions and volunteer labor, with no mention of employees or trading subsidiaries. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST STANFORD-LE-HOPE SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST STANSTED SCOUT GROUP£36k—0above—no doubt
1ST STANFORD-LE-HOPE SCOUT GROUP FY2024£20k—0above—no doubt
1ST UPTON-BY-CHESTER SCOUT GROUP FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST HOOK SCOUT GROUP FY2026£96k—0unclear—no doubt
82ND BRISTOL (ST BERNADETTE) SCOUT GROUP FY2026£30k—0above—no doubt
1ST RUDDINGTON SCOUT GROUP FY2026£32k——above—no doubt

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