ST NICOLAS 9TH GUILDFORD SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305756 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ST NICOLAS CHURCH SCOUT GROUP

Scouting activities for individuals aged 6 to 18. The objectives of the Group are as a unit of the Scout Association. The aim of the Scout Association is 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.

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: GUILDFORD

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

Registered contact address: Guildford, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£28k
Latest spending
£27k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,241.72 at year end, exceeding the trustees' policy target of £2,000–£6,000. The group reported a robust financial position with an increase in reserves, supported by an equipment grant from Thames Water. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Activities - Group (incl. Good Friday, Family Camp) 6591.84” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 2 to 6 months’ running costs, being £2,000 - £6,000 (held: £10k)
“The Group Executive Committee considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 2 to 6 months’ running costs, being £2,000 - £6,000.”
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: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£28k£27k
31/03/2024£31k£32k
31/03/2023£22k£25k
31/03/2022£14k£12k
31/03/2021£4k£6k

Common questions

Is ST NICOLAS 9TH GUILDFORD SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £10,241.72 at year end, exceeding the trustees' policy target of £2,000–£6,000. The group reported a robust financial position with an increase in reserves, supported by an equipment grant from Thames Water. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 9TH NORTH WATFORD (WOODSIDE) SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ST NICOLAS 9TH GUILDFORD SCOUT GROUP£28k—0above—no doubt
9TH NORTH WATFORD (WOODSIDE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£36k—0unclear—no doubt
8TH GILLINGHAM (WIGMORE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£52k—0unclear—no doubt
9TH BEXHILL SCOUT GROUP FY2025£40k—0within—no doubt
9TH AYLESBURY SCOUT GROUP FY2026£29k—0unclear—no doubt
11TH GLOUCESTER (HUCCLECOTE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£68k—0unclear—no doubt

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