1ST KESGRAVE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The 1st Kesgrave Scout Group is part of the Scout Association and belongs to the Deben Scout District. Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: KESGRAVE

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

Latest income
£88k
Latest spending
£138k
Registered
1972
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £39,029 for the year, largely attributed to £46,150 in building improvements. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £663,690, which the trustees intend to maintain for hall upkeep and at least one year's running expenses. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (31% of income)
“Charitable activities 27,023” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: at least one year’s expenses for the running of the Group (held: £664k)
“It is the intention of the trustees to continue to keep a reserve for upkeep and repair of the hall and garden and at least one year’s expenses for the running of the Group.” — 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.

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: Suffolk

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£88k£138k
31/03/2024£95k£69k
31/03/2023£79k£74k
31/03/2022£56k£51k
31/03/2021£36k£50k

Common questions

Is 1ST KESGRAVE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net deficit of £39,029 for the year, largely attributed to £46,150 in building improvements. Despite this, the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £663,690, which the trustees intend to maintain for hall upkeep and at least one year's running expenses. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 1ST KESGRAVE SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 1ST KESGRAVE SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable Settlement, THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2023£3k
The Belstead Ganzoni Charitable SettlementFY2022£2kGeneral charitable donations
THE ANNIE TRANMER CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£834