1ST STANSTEAD ABBOTTS AND ST MARGARET'S SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 302583 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST STANSTEAD ABBOTS AND ST MARGARET'S SCOUT GROUP

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

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: STANSTEAD ABBOTS AND ST MARGARETS

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

Causes: Education/training · Economic/community Development/employment · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£42k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group recorded a net deficit of £4,829 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant investment in facility improvements. Despite this deficit, the Group held unrestricted cash reserves of £41,184, which the Trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of approximately £10,000 (12 months of running costs). The financial position is described as sound, with stable income generation from membership subscriptions and fundraising.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately 12 months of running costs (circa £10,000) (held: £41k)

“The Trustee Board considers an appropriate level to be approximately 12 months of running costs (circa £10,000).”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

CLARE JOHNSON
Deborah Gilbert
Dr William David Drury
ELAINE ALLES
Helen Sauntson
NEIL JOHNSON
Philip Jonathan Buckle
Sinead Slater
Timothy Sullivan

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£37k	£42k
31/12/2024	£34k	£33k
31/12/2023	£34k	£31k
31/12/2022	£33k	£39k
31/12/2021	£30k	£15k

Common questions

Is 1ST STANSTEAD ABBOTTS AND ST MARGARET'S SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group recorded a net deficit of £4,829 for the year ended 31 December 2025, primarily due to significant investment in facility improvements. Despite this deficit, the Group held unrestricted cash reserves of £41,184, which the Trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of approximately £10,000 (12 months of running costs). The financial position is described as sound, with stable income generation from membership subscriptions and fundraising. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	14/12/2004	£5k	Provision of equipment

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
THE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION FOR WILTSHIRE & SWINDON	1	£17k
MISS W E LAWRENCE 1973 CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT	1	£7k

Charities like this

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

1ST STRATTON ST MARGARET SCOUT GROUP income £63k
1ST POTTON SCOUT GROUP income £37k
2ND ATTENBOROUGH (ST MARYS) SCOUT GROUP income £38k
1ST NEWBURY SCOUT GROUP income £75k
1ST STANFORD-LE-HOPE SCOUT GROUP income £20k
1ST COMPTON SCOUT GROUP income £33k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST STANSTEAD ABBOTTS AND ST MARGARET'S SCOUT GROUP	£37k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST STRATTON ST MARGARET SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£63k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST POTTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
2ND ATTENBOROUGH (ST MARYS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£38k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST NEWBURY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£75k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST STANFORD-LE-HOPE SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£20k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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