1ST LYONSDOWN SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303492 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

SCOUT GROUP ACTIVITIES INCLUDE CAMPING, HIKING, CLIMBING AND GAMES

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: NEW BARNET

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: Barnet, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£30k
Latest spending
£17k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 show total income of £30,367.60 and total expenditure of £45,629.80, resulting in a deficit for the period. The closing bank balance as at 31 March 2025 was £6,905.49, down from an opening balance of £15,262.20.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 4

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 5

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 3 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 07/03/2026, 35 days after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2024 (received 03/03/2025, 31 days after the 31/01/2025 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 09/10/2024, 252 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Barnet

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£30k£17k
31/03/2024£30k£46k
31/03/2023£31k£42k
31/03/2022£32k£19k
31/03/2021£26k£14k

Common questions

Is 1ST LYONSDOWN SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts for the year ended 31 March 2025 show total income of £30,367.60 and total expenditure of £45,629.80, resulting in a deficit for the period. The closing bank balance as at 31 March 2025 was £6,905.49, down from an opening balance of £15,262.20.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/02/2013£7kPurchase and update of camping equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund22/04/2008£10kNew equipment for survival weekends
The National Lottery Heritage Fund15/12/2005£3k"There Are Around 9,000 Scout Groups In The Uk, Where The Boys And Girls Meet To Enjoy The Scout Programme.This Programme Is To Repair Their"
The National Lottery Community Fund14/12/2005£3kRefurbishment

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED1£10k
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 18TH BRADFORD SOUTH (QUEENSBURY-TRY HARDS) SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST LYONSDOWN SCOUT GROUP£30k—0unclear—no doubt
18TH BRADFORD SOUTH (QUEENSBURY-TRY HARDS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£53k—0unclear—no doubt
27TH WARRINGTON EAST (WOOLSTON) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£29k——unclear—no doubt
1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£176k—0below—no doubt
1ST KEYHAM (ST MARK) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£38k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST HORSLEY AND KILBURN SCOUT GROUP FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt

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