8TH GILLINGHAM (WIGMORE) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303389 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 8TH GILLINGHAM BOY SCOUT GROUP

The Aim of The Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of the community. We do this by providing an enjoyable environment for training, based on the Scout Promise & Law, guided by adult leadership.

Objects

HUT OF BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: WIGMORE

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted reserves at year-end were £46,678.94, which well exceeded the stated policy target of £3,500. The charity reported a net surplus for the year, with total unrestricted income of £51,799.92 against total gross expenditure of £49,199.82.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Paul Cousinschair
• Daniel Phillips
• David Drizen
• Nikki Morris
• Ro Brown
• Robert Gill
• Sylvia Gill

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

Operates in: Medway

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• 1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP income £26k
• 2ND MARLBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP income £83k
• 1ST MERROW SCOUT GROUP income £66k
• 1ST PRESTBURY SCOUT GROUP income £54k
• BROADSTONE SCOUT GROUP income £91k
• 1ST ASHTON (LORD GERARD'S OWN) SCOUT GROUP income £97k

Side by side with its peers

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