WITNEY BUTTERCROSS SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 304425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST DUCKLINGTON AND WITNEY BOY SCOUT GROUP

Scouting activities for young people in Witney, Oxfordshire. Ages 6 to 14, Beaver, Cub and Scout sections.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSIAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

Area of benefit: DUCKLINGTON AND WITNEY

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £25,322 exceed the stated policy target of £15,000, meeting the requirement to cover future capitation. The group reported a net surplus for the year, with total funds increasing to £336,019, although it notes a Gift Aid issue that will be resolved in the following year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANDREW STOKES
• Richard Lord

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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