CESTRIAN SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 514106 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 25TH CHESTER (OLDFIELD) SCOUT GROUP

Runs Scouting activities for Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCPLES 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 · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cheshire West and Chester, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£26k
Latest spending
£11k
Registered
1983
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The charity reported total gross income of £25,507 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted cash funds increasing to £47,473. Total charitable and other payments amounted to £11,470, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The accounts show no liabilities and indicate adequate resources to continue operations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions (30% of income)
“Net membership subscriptions retained 7,130”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 2 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.

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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

  • Volunteers: 20
  • Government income: £500 — grants £500 (1); 2% of the £25,507 total gross income on the same return

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2024

  • Volunteers: 10

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 30/04/2023

  • Volunteers: 10

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, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 30/04/2023 (received 16/04/2024, 47 days after the 29/02/2024 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

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

Operates in: Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£26k£11k
31/12/2024£7k£11k
30/04/2024£12k£24k
30/04/2023£16k£14k
30/04/2022£9k£14k

Common questions

Is CESTRIAN SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The charity reported total gross income of £25,507 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with unrestricted cash funds increasing to £47,473. Total charitable and other payments amounted to £11,470, resulting in a net surplus for the period. The accounts show no liabilities and indicate adequate resources to continue operations.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 62ND COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CESTRIAN SCOUT GROUP£26k——unclear—no doubt
62ND COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£44k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST ST MINVER SCOUT GROUP FY2025£31k—0unclear—no doubt
2ND CRAWCROOK BOY SCOUT GROUP FY2024£11k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£28k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST CHORLEYWOOD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£117k——above—no doubt

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