1ST BERKHAMSTED SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 302613 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST BERKHAMSTEAD GROUP BOY SCOUTS, 1ST BERKHAMSTEAD SCOUT GROUP

Provides Scouting activities for Children from 5 years to 16 years, via Beavers, Cubs and Scouts sections

Objects

1ST BERKHAMSTED GROUP BOY SCOUTS

Area of benefit: BERKHAMSTED

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 · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£30k

Latest spending

£27k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,886 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £30,273 and total expenditure of £27,387. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £55,795, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £3,000. The filing confirms an independent examination was completed with no material matters identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six month’s running costs, or about £3,000 (held: £56k)

“The Group executive committee considers that the Group should hold a sum equivalent to six month’s running costs, or about £3,000.”

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
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Investment
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Jennifer Jenkinschair
Ben Cooley
Caleb Paullus
Helen Elphick
Hilary Armstrong

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£30k	£27k
31/03/2025	£26k	£27k
31/03/2024	£24k	£38k
31/03/2023	£16k	£15k
31/03/2022	£24k	£10k

Common questions

Is 1ST BERKHAMSTED SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £2,886 for the year ended 31 March 2026, with total income of £30,273 and total expenditure of £27,387. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £55,795, which significantly exceeds the stated policy target of approximately £3,000. The filing confirms an independent examination was completed with no material matters identified. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1st Bures Scout Group.

1st Bures Scout Group income £42k
1ST HERSHAM SCOUT GROUP income £108k
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP income £44k
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP income £39k
1ST WENTWOOD SCOUT GROUP income £36k
1ST BURGHFIELD SCOUT GROUP income £105k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST BERKHAMSTED SCOUT GROUP	£30k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1st Bures Scout Group FY2026	£42k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST HERSHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£39k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST WENTWOOD SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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