1ST WATCHET SEA SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305637 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST WATCHET BOY SCOUT GROUP

The Groups four sections, Beavers, Cubs, Scouts & Explorers are for children aged between 6 & 18. Activities include sailing, kayaking, powerboating, rowing, swimming, hill walking, camping, archery, lifeskills and many more which are contained within the Scout progress awards.

Objects

1ST WATCHET SEA SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: WATCHET

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 · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets increased to £275,546.47 from £219,055.95 in the prior year, driven by significant capital expenditure on a new boat centre and minibus. The charity reports a negative net cash flow of £3,909.64 for the period, reducing cash funds to £41,719.25, while maintaining reserves as specified by the Royal Navy.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• 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
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher Michael Mitchellchair
• Darren Neil Whitlock
• ELIZABETH JOAN GREENWAY
• ELIZABETH MITCHELL
• Jennifer Amber Silence Thomas
• Lyn Payne
• Martyn Paul Lintern
• Megan Elizabeth Lucy Greenway
• Rebecca Anne Millar
• Rebecca Phippen
• SIMON BALE
• Sarah Elizabeth Powell
• Simon Tobias Greenway
• Thomas Calvert
• Thomas William Mitchell

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

Operates in: Somerset

Income and spending

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 3RD CHALKWELL BAY SEA SCOUT GROUP.

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Side by side with its peers

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