LEISTON SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305663 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Objects

PURPOSES OF THE LEISTON SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: LEISTON AND DISTRICT

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

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Registered contact address: East Suffolk, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£49k
Latest spending
£10k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,282.71 against a policy target of maintaining at least one year's running expenses. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, noting that reserves are held to ensure continuity of activities.

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 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.

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£49k£10k
31/03/2024£7k£17k
31/03/2023£9k£12k
31/03/2022£15k£14k
31/03/2021£23k£5k

Common questions

Is LEISTON SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £6,282.71 against a policy target of maintaining at least one year's running expenses. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern, noting that reserves are held to ensure continuity of activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/03/2014£10kNew Scout Hut roof

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
SKELTON BOUNTY1£2k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LEISTON SCOUT GROUP£49k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST THORNTON-CLEVELEYS SCOUT GROUP FY2025£22k—0above—no doubt
102ND LEICESTER (AYLESTONE ST ANDREW) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£32k—0above—no doubt
1ST LYTCHETT MINSTER SCOUT GROUP FY2025£35k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST LEIGHTON BUZZARD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
1ST HONITON SCOUTS FY2025£25k—0unclear—no doubt

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