1ST LICKEY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 509184 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST LICKEY CUB SCOUT PACK

1st Lickey Scout Group actively engages and supports young people from Lickey and the surrounding area in their personal development empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. 1st Lickey runs Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts, Scouts, Explorer Scouts for young people from age 6 years to 18 years. Activities include camping, survival skills, outdoor cooking.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

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 · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves in excess of £9,000, which is above the level required for operating expenses. The charity's principal sources of funds are membership subscriptions and fundraising, with all funds held in cash using mainstream banks or building societies. The trustees have identified risks such as reduced income and loss of volunteers but maintain that systems are in place to mitigate them.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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
• 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
• 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.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 2 were received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2025 (received 01/02/2026, 1 day after the 31/01/2026 due date); year ending 31/03/2023 (received 15/02/2024, 15 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Simpkinschair
• Christopher Paul Bethel
• Daniel Ellis
• David Sam · trustee of 1 other charity
• Karen Louise Thompson
• Matthew Charles Fox
• Rebecca Marie Groves

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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