237TH BIRMINGHAM (1ST CASTLE BROMWICH) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 504710 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Providing activities and training for young people in accordance with the Policy Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.

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: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Lichfield, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the group operated with a surplus of £13,743 for the year, with total receipts of £46,672 and expenditure of £32,929. Unrestricted reserves stood at approximately £95,557 at year-end, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover future expenditures and unexpected repairs. The group holds no investments and is run entirely by volunteers with no paid staff.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 237th Birmingham (1st Castle Bromwich) Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Philip Jacksonchair
• Elaine Patricia Chaplain
• IAN YEOMANS
• Justine Whittaker
• Laura-Marie Millward
• Lewis James Millward
• MARK BOSTOCK
• PAUL ANTHONY BRETTELL
• RICHARD HANDS

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

Operates in: Solihull

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Government & lottery funding

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Side by side with its peers

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