1ST ST NEOTS SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303347 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SCOUT GROUP

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: ST NEOTS

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£62k

Latest spending

£70k

Registered

1972

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £32,089, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover eight months of mandatory running costs. The group operates on a volunteer basis with no paid staff, and its primary income sources are membership subscriptions and fundraising activities. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable regulations and no material matters of concern were identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: eight months mandatory running costs (held: £32k)

“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 8 months mandatory running costs.”

Per its FY2025 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

Catherine Jane Gregorious
Elinor Warburton
Helen Mary Barnard
KEITH CHARLES HORN
Monique Noon
Rhys Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
Victoria Frances Filler

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£62k	£70k
31/12/2024	£61k	£47k
31/12/2023	£40k	£49k
31/12/2022	£49k	£49k
31/12/2021	£40k	£33k

Common questions

Is 1ST ST NEOTS SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reports unrestricted reserves of £32,089, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover eight months of mandatory running costs. The group operates on a volunteer basis with no paid staff, and its primary income sources are membership subscriptions and fundraising activities. The independent examiner confirmed that the accounts comply with applicable regulations and no material matters of concern were identified. 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
UK government	24/09/2024	£15k	A428 Social Value - 1st St Neots Scout Group

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 GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£10k

Charities like this

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

1ST DEVIZES SCOUT GROUP income £44k
2ND VERWOOD SCOUT GROUP income £36k
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP income £188k
1ST. SHELTON LOCK SCOUT & GUIDE GROUP income £941k
1ST SHEET (ST MARY'S) SCOUT GROUP income £42k
1ST GADEBRIDGE SCOUT GROUP income £35k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST ST NEOTS SCOUT GROUP	£62k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST DEVIZES SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£44k	—	above	—	no doubt
2ND VERWOOD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£188k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST. SHELTON LOCK SCOUT & GUIDE GROUP FY2025	£941k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SHEET (ST MARY'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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