1ST OSTERLEY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303743 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

childrens activities/ education

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE 1ST OSTERLEY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: OSTERLEY AND DISTRICT

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

Latest income
£133k
Latest spending
£117k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

Per the trustees' report, the group holds unrestricted reserves of approximately £132,927, which exceeds its stated policy target of £40,000 (equivalent to 12 months of running costs). The accounts state that the group is primarily reliant on subscriptions and fundraising but holds sufficient reserves to ensure continuity of activities should income fall short.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £40,000 (held: £133k)
“The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £40,000.” — page 6
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: Hounslow

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£133k£117k
31/03/2024£76k£57k
31/03/2023£56k£48k
31/03/2022£38k£36k
31/03/2021£48k£39k

Common questions

Is 1ST OSTERLEY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: Per the trustees' report, the group holds unrestricted reserves of approximately £132,927, which exceeds its stated policy target of £40,000 (equivalent to 12 months of running costs). The accounts state that the group is primarily reliant on subscriptions and fundraising but holds sufficient reserves to ensure continuity of activities should income fall short. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund30/11/2016£10kBuilding for the future