1ST GARLINGE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303418 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST GARLINGE BOY SCOUT GROUP

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Objects

1ST GARLINGE BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: GARLINGE, MARGATE

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£43k

Latest spending

£44k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's free reserves of £455 were below the stated policy target of three months' running costs (circa £2,600), a shortfall attributed to funds being used for floor repairs. The trustees note that budgets are becoming tighter due to increased overheads and are taking steps to minimize expenditure and increase income through subscriptions and fundraising.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £455; policy: three months running costs, circa £2600)

“The Group held reserves of approximately £450 against this at year end. This is below required for operating expenses.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Ian Curtis. 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Gemma Elizabeth Girdlerchair
Claire Godden
Joe Bathurst
Maria Churchill
Noel Kernan
Teresa Ann Johns

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£43k	£44k
31/03/2024	£33k	£46k
31/03/2023	£32k	£33k
31/03/2022	£23k	£16k
31/03/2021	£21k	£13k

Common questions

Is 1ST GARLINGE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's free reserves of £455 were below the stated policy target of three months' running costs (circa £2,600), a shortfall attributed to funds being used for floor repairs. The trustees note that budgets are becoming tighter due to increased overheads and are taking steps to minimize expenditure and increase income through subscriptions and fundraising. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Ian Curtis.

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

1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP income £21k
1ST ASHINGTON SCOUT GROUP income £26k
1ST GOXHILL AND BARROW UPON HUMBER SCOUT GROUP income £77k
1ST WROUGHTON SCOUT GROUP income £37k
1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP income £134k
1ST SEDGLEY SCOUT GROUP income £56k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST GARLINGE SCOUT GROUP	£43k	—	below	—	no doubt
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£21k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST ASHINGTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£26k	—	below	—	no doubt
1ST GOXHILL AND BARROW UPON HUMBER SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£77k	—	below	—	no doubt
1ST WROUGHTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST APSLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£134k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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