15TH CHINGFORD SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 303858 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 15TH CHINGFORD BOY SCOUT GROUP

Working with Young people in Waltham forest

Objects

15TH CHINGFORD BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: CHINGFORD

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Recreation · Get email alerts

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

Latest income
£37k
Latest spending
£24k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group achieved a net surplus of £13,083.70 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a total net worth of £108,392.41. The trustees report that membership numbers held steady and the surplus will be used for subsidising trips and minor repairs. The Group maintains a specific Rebuilding/Heavy Maintenance Fund invested with Barclays Premium Savings Account.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Group activities
“Group activities £ 10,254.00” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: Rebuilding / Heavy Maintenance Fund (reserves figure: £108k)
“In 1982, the then committee decided to keep the slight surplus from the Building Fund as a Rebuilding / Heavy Maintenance Fund to help with future costs.” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 10

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

  • Volunteers: 8

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

  • Volunteers: 6

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: Waltham Forest

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£37k£24k
31/03/2024£49k£29k
31/03/2023£28k£30k
31/03/2022£33k£24k
31/03/2021£31k£17k

Common questions

Is 15TH CHINGFORD SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group achieved a net surplus of £13,083.70 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in a total net worth of £108,392.41. The trustees report that membership numbers held steady and the surplus will be used for subsidising trips and minor repairs. The Group maintains a specific Rebuilding/Heavy Maintenance Fund invested with Barclays Premium Savings Account. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
DUCHY OF LANCASTER BENEVOLENT FUND1£4k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
15TH CHINGFORD SCOUT GROUP£37k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST CRINGLEFORD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£63k—0unclear—no doubt
15TH FAIRFIELD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£40k—0unclear—no doubt
FIFTH FARNHAM (BOURNE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£36k——above—no doubt
15TH FINCHLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
15TH DIDCOT SCOUT GROUP FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt

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