19TH DURHAM (NEVILLE'S CROSS) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 516680 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 9TH DURHAM SCOUT GROUP

Scout and Cub groups offering weekly meetings. Education and training of young people in scouting activities including camps.

Objects

THE INSTUCTIONS 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.

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Registered contact address: County Durham, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£36k

Latest spending

£38k

Registered

1985

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group holds sufficient resources to continue charitable activities, with a reserves policy target of approximately £25,000. The trustees report no concerns about the current level of reserves being in excess of annual running costs, noting that cash-in-hand is growing to support long-term building replacement.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions

“Income is primarily obtained from membership subscriptions paid by the parents/guardians of young people who attend the Group.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £25,000

“The Group Trustee Board considers that the Group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £25,000.”

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.

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Risk management
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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.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

Volunteers: 31

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

Volunteers: 34

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

Volunteers: 30

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 31/03/2023 (received 04/03/2024, 33 days after the 31/01/2024 due date); year ending 31/03/2021 (received 12/09/2022, 224 days after the 31/01/2022 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Alice Sarah Wort · trustee of 1 other charity
Amy Kar-Wei Beierholm
Darren Melroy
Dawn Brown
Jonathan Tones
Nicholas Hayes
Richard Leckenby
WILLIAM HAROLD GREEVES · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Durham

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£36k	£38k
31/03/2024	£48k	£43k
31/03/2023	£52k	£62k
31/03/2022	£34k	£22k
31/03/2021	£38k	£16k

Common questions

Is 19TH DURHAM (NEVILLE'S CROSS) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group holds sufficient resources to continue charitable activities, with a reserves policy target of approximately £25,000. The trustees report no concerns about the current level of reserves being in excess of annual running costs, noting that cash-in-hand is growing to support long-term building replacement. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL TRUST	1	£70k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 26TH BRISTOL (NORTH COTE) SCOUT GROUP.

26TH BRISTOL (NORTH COTE) SCOUT GROUP income £114k
1ST SID VALE (SIDMOUTH) SCOUT GROUP income £49k
11TH/9TH CAMBRIDGE SCOUT GROUP income £70k
23RD SALISBURY (ST FRANCIS) SCOUT GROUP income £37k
2ND CARLTON COLVILLE SCOUT GROUP income £29k
1ST TWYFORD SCOUT GROUP income £62k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
19TH DURHAM (NEVILLE'S CROSS) SCOUT GROUP	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
26TH BRISTOL (NORTH COTE) SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£114k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SID VALE (SIDMOUTH) SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£49k	—	—	below	—	no doubt
11TH/9TH CAMBRIDGE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£70k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
23RD SALISBURY (ST FRANCIS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£37k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
2ND CARLTON COLVILLE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£29k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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