1ST PURLEY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303602 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activities

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: PURLEY

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Croydon, London, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£27k

Latest spending

£21k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total gross income was £26,530.25, with the largest portion derived from Activities & Camps (£13,657.14). Total charitable payments amounted to £20,781.84, resulting in a net surplus of £5,748.41 for the year. The charity holds total cash funds of £37,220.15 at the year end.

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
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
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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (08/01/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Bartlomiej Jacek Biedrzyckichair
Alexander Wooland Graham
Ewa Katarzyna Zawol
Jamie Pettitt

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

Operates in: Croydon

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£27k	£21k
31/12/2024	£27k	£27k
31/12/2023	£17k	£16k
31/12/2022	£15k	£21k
31/12/2021	£21k	£12k

Common questions

Is 1ST PURLEY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total gross income was £26,530.25, with the largest portion derived from Activities & Camps (£13,657.14). Total charitable payments amounted to £20,781.84, resulting in a net surplus of £5,748.41 for the year. The charity holds total cash funds of £37,220.15 at the year end.

Charities like this

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

1ST SHIPLEY SCOUT GROUP income £36k
1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP income £28k
1ST THORLEY (ST JAMES) SCOUT GROUP income £71k
1ST CATISFIELD SCOUT GROUP income £29k
1ST THORNBURY SCOUT GROUP income £38k
1ST AND 2ND HORLEY SCOUT GROUP income £34k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST PURLEY SCOUT GROUP	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SHIPLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST THORLEY (ST JAMES) SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£71k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST CATISFIELD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£29k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST THORNBURY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£38k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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