63RD BRISTOL (ST ANDREW WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 302164 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 63RD BRISTOL (ST ANDREWS WITH ST BARTHOLOMEWS) BOY SCOUT GROUP, 63RD BRISTOL SCOUT GROUP

PROVIDING A RANGE OF SCOUTING ACTIVITIES IN THE ASHLEY HILL AREA OF BRISTOL

Objects

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

Area of benefit: BRISTOL

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

Causes: Education/training · The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Animals · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£107k
Latest spending
£84k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £91,819.88 and incurred expenditure of £73,928.99, resulting in a surplus of £17,890.89 for the year. Free reserves stood at £147,242.32, which the trustees note is slightly higher than the previous year and exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £25,000. The trustees confirm the group remains in good financial shape with no material uncertainties reported.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months running costs, circa £25,000 (held: £147k)
“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to three months running costs, circa £25,000.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 63rd Bristol Scouts (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£107k£84k
31/03/2024£95k£69k
31/03/2023£92k£73k
31/03/2022£100k£90k
31/03/2021£61k£38k

Common questions

Is 63RD BRISTOL (ST ANDREW WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a total income of £91,819.88 and incurred expenditure of £73,928.99, resulting in a surplus of £17,890.89 for the year. Free reserves stood at £147,242.32, which the trustees note is slightly higher than the previous year and exceeds their stated policy target of approximately £25,000. The trustees confirm the group remains in good financial shape with no material uncertainties reported.

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
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 169 BRISTOL SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
63RD BRISTOL (ST ANDREW WITH ST BARTHOLOMEW) SCOUT GROUP£107k—0unclear—no doubt
169 BRISTOL SCOUT GROUP FY2025£286k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£185k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt

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