3RD WOODTHORPE (ST MARK'S) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 507206 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting for young people, including Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

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: WOODTHORPE

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: Gedling, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£45k

Registered

1978

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group reported an excess of expenditure over income of £9,514 for the year, primarily due to the cessation of bonfire compensation and a lack of Gift Aid receipts. However, the trustees note that net assets total £278,090, with free reserves covering 9.3 months of expenditure, indicating a satisfactory financial position for future operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy (held: £47k; policy: twelve months of expected normal levels of expenditure)

“The actual level of free reserves at 31st March 2025 was 9.3 months of such expenditure (last year 11.5 months).”

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 3rd Woodthorpe (St Marks) Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew George Burger
Jonathan Graham Wilson
Lawrence Allan Staniforth
Rebecca Anne Mellors
Robert Douglas Powley
Rosalie Hawks
Simeon Scott Ractliffe
TRACEY BOX
Tara Louise Rose

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£36k	£45k
31/03/2024	£36k	£38k
31/03/2023	£34k	£37k
31/03/2022	£36k	£26k
31/03/2021	£31k	£14k

Common questions

Is 3RD WOODTHORPE (ST MARK'S) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group reported an excess of expenditure over income of £9,514 for the year, primarily due to the cessation of bonfire compensation and a lack of Gift Aid receipts. However, the trustees note that net assets total £278,090, with free reserves covering 9.3 months of expenditure, indicating a satisfactory financial position for future operations. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 3RD WHITTON SCOUT GROUP.

3RD WHITTON SCOUT GROUP income £28k
3RD WORCESTER SCOUT GROUP income £34k
3RD WARRINGTON (1ST CULCHETH) SCOUT GROUP income £49k
3RD HOVE (ST LEONARD'S) SCOUT GROUP income £27k
3RD NORTH WEALD SCOUT GROUP income £37k
3RD SANDIACRE SCOUT GROUP income £26k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
3RD WOODTHORPE (ST MARK'S) SCOUT GROUP	£36k	—	below	—	no doubt
3RD WHITTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£28k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
3RD WORCESTER SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£34k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
3RD WARRINGTON (1ST CULCHETH) SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£49k	—	above	—	no doubt
3RD HOVE (ST LEONARD'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
3RD NORTH WEALD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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