4TH WORCESTER PARK SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide education, training and activities for local young people.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · Other Charitable Purposes · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£110k

Latest spending

£99k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had payments exceeding receipts by £11,788 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees report that the minimum reserve to be held should equal twelve months of unavoidable expenditure, approximately £25,754, while the accumulated free reserves were £26,182. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure in the report.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: Twelve months unavoidable expenditure, such as maintaining our premises, insuring our vehicles etc. £25,754 approximately (held: £26k)

“IT is considered ThaT The minimum reserve To be held aT any one Time should eauaTe To Twelve monThs unavoidable expendiTure, such as mainTaining our premises, insuring our vehicles eTc. £25,754 approximaTely.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Anthony Ellis
Archie Nicol
Christopher Fowler
Elizabeth Ashbury-Redican
Heather Fowler · trustee of 2 other charities
Jonathan Grubb
MR ANDY MARSHALL
Mike O'Donnell
Sally Coates
Sharon Davis
Tina O'Donnell
Valerie Ann Street

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

Operates in: Surrey · Sutton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£110k	£99k
31/12/2024	£101k	£108k
31/12/2023	£95k	£85k
31/12/2022	£68k	£51k
31/12/2021	£49k	£42k

Common questions

Is 4TH WORCESTER PARK SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity had payments exceeding receipts by £11,788 for the year ended 31 December 2025. The trustees report that the minimum reserve to be held should equal twelve months of unavoidable expenditure, approximately £25,754, while the accumulated free reserves were £26,182. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further disclosure in the report. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Chester and District Scout Council.

Chester and District Scout Council income £149k
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER SCOUT COUNTY income £647k
13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP income £109k
1ST PENYCAE SCOUT GROUP income £125k
THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £182k
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL income £158k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
4TH WORCESTER PARK SCOUT GROUP	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Chester and District Scout Council FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEREFORD AND WORCESTER SCOUT COUNTY FY2025	£647k	—	below	—	no doubt
13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST PENYCAE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£125k	—	above	—	no doubt
THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£182k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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