50th Medway Towns (Hoo) Scout Group

Registered charity 303382 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 47TH MEDWAY WEST SCOUT GROUP, 50TH STROOD SCOUT GROUP

To provide scouting based activites for children & young people in the surrounding areas

Objects

SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: HOO/ROCHESTER

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 · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Medway, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£31k
Registered
1969
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,722.38, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £3,000 (six months of running costs). The filing notes a net deficit for the year but indicates this is being mitigated through increased subscriptions and fundraising efforts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions (97% of income)
“Membership subscriptions 29,461.79” — page 7
Per its FY2025 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: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30k£31k
31/03/2024£34k£31k
31/03/2023£37k£34k
31/03/2022£24k£24k
31/03/2021£6k£11k

Common questions

Is 50th Medway Towns (Hoo) Scout Group financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £8,722.38, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £3,000 (six months of running costs). The filing notes a net deficit for the year but indicates this is being mitigated through increased subscriptions and fundraising efforts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 6TH MEDWAY SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
50th Medway Towns (Hoo) Scout Group£30k—0above—no doubt
6TH MEDWAY SCOUT GROUP FY2026£32k—0below—no doubt
12th and 17th Medway Towns Scout Group FY2025£26k—0unclear9.1%no doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
41ST MEDWAY TOWNS SCOUT GROUP FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt
35TH SHEFFIELD (ST OSWALD'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2026£70k—0above—no doubt

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