1ST DEVIZES SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 305927 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST DEVIZES BOY SCOUT GROUP

SCOUT GROUP

Objects

1ST DEVIZES BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: DEVIZES

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: Wiltshire, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£44k

Latest spending

£2.6m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £44,486, which the trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of approximately £5,000 (equivalent to two months of running costs). The trustees report that the group is primarily reliant on subscriptions and fundraising, noting that a major reduction in income would require raising subscription values to ensure continuity of activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: two months of running costs, circa £5000 (held: £44k)

“The Group's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the group should income and fundraising activities fall short. The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 2 months running costs, circa £5000.” — page 44

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
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (04/05/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephanie McHalechair
Lucy Dempsey
Suzanne Kennedy

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

Operates in: Wiltshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£44k	£2.6m
31/03/2024	£26k	£23k
31/03/2023	£26k	£23k
31/03/2022	£36k	£28k
31/03/2021	£28k	£13k

Common questions

Is 1ST DEVIZES SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £44,486, which the trustees consider to be above their stated policy target of approximately £5,000 (equivalent to two months of running costs). The trustees report that the group is primarily reliant on subscriptions and fundraising, noting that a major reduction in income would require raising subscription values to ensure continuity of activities.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE PAROCHIAL CHURCH COUNCIL OF THE ECCLESIASTICAL PARISH OF ST MARY SPRING GROVE	1	£2k

Charities like this

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

1ST LYTCHETT MINSTER SCOUT GROUP income £35k
1ST ST NEOTS SCOUT GROUP income £62k
1ST OSTERLEY SCOUT GROUP income £133k
SELSLEY SCOUT GROUP income £47k
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP income £21k
2ND VERWOOD SCOUT GROUP income £36k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST DEVIZES SCOUT GROUP	£44k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST LYTCHETT MINSTER SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£35k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST ST NEOTS SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£62k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST OSTERLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£133k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SELSLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£47k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£21k	—	above	—	no doubt

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