1ST SANDSTONE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 520163 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 24TH SOUTH WEST CHESHIRE BOY SCOUT GROUP, 24TH SOUTH WEST CHESHIRE SCOUT GROUP

Scout Group affiliated to 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: BICKERTON AND DISTRICT

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds sufficient cash funds and a contingency reserve to ensure the continuity of activities. The trustees report no material matters requiring attention and confirm that accounting records were kept in accordance with the Charities Act 2011.

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
• Paying staff
• 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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 1st Sandstone Scout Group (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• KEITH SIDDORNchair
• Andrew David Woolley
• Ben Gibson Whale
• Brent Kim Heyes
• Charles Milner
• DAVID LITHGOW SMITH · trustee of 1 other charity
• Frances Lithgow Smith
• Hannah Danielle Adamson
• James Weddell
• Jennifer Chambers
• Judith Clare Davies
• Katherine Kerr
• Malcolm Leslie Benson
• Mark Colin Batterbury
• Petrina Elizabeth Weddell
• Rebekah Winonah Garner
• Timothy Clarke

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester

Income and spending

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