1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305770 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) GROUP

Scouting activities for children aged between 6 and 18 years

Objects

SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: ASHTEAD

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£84k

Latest spending

£65k

Registered

1961

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Group held unrestricted reserves of £96,999 at the end of the financial year, an increase of approximately £18,000 from the previous year. The Trustees' policy is to hold sufficient reserves to meet present and future liabilities, and they have established systems to mitigate identified risks. The financial accounts were drawn up on a receipts and payments basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“Subscriptions are charged for membership to cover the immediate running costs of the Group” — page 1

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: to hold a sufficient amount to meet its present and future liabilities and thus, enable it to carry out its objectives (held: £97k)

“The Group’s policy on financial reserves is to hold a sufficient amount to meet its present and future liabilities and thus, enable it to carry out its objectives.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Paying staff
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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alan Minister
Andrew Marlow
FELICITY ANNE HEWITT
Kim Rachel Reed
Neil Thornton
SARAH MINISTER
Simon Horner-Long

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£84k	£65k
31/03/2024	£72k	£79k
31/03/2023	£81k	£82k
31/03/2022	£59k	£47k
31/03/2021	£44k	£31k

Common questions

Is 1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the Group held unrestricted reserves of £96,999 at the end of the financial year, an increase of approximately £18,000 from the previous year. The Trustees' policy is to hold sufficient reserves to meet present and future liabilities, and they have established systems to mitigate identified risks. The financial accounts were drawn up on a receipts and payments basis.

Charities like this

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

1ST HERSHAM SCOUT GROUP income £108k
1ST WOODEND SCOUT GROUP income £36k
15TH REIGATE (CHIPSTEAD) SCOUT GROUP income £45k
1ST PORTISHEAD SCOUT GROUP income £50k
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP income £44k
1ST HIGHWORTH SCOUT GROUP income £39k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST ASHTEAD (PELHAM) SCOUT GROUP	£84k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HERSHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£108k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WOODEND SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
15TH REIGATE (CHIPSTEAD) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£45k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST PORTISHEAD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£50k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST BURNHAM AND HITCHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£44k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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