18TH DARLINGTON (1ST MIDDLETON ST GEORGE) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 520688 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 18TH DARLINGTON 1ST MIDDLETON ST GEORGE SCOUT GROUP, 18TH DARLINGTON BOY SCOUT GROUP

EDUCATIONAL CHARITY FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AGED 4-14 YEARS.

Objects

18TH DARLINGTON BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: DARLINGTON

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group holds total net assets of £443,204.67, with fixed assets valued at £416,448.77, indicating a positive asset position. However, the general reserve is in deficit at -£5,935.03, and the group reported a surplus of income over expenditure of only £2,232.22 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The treasurer's report notes that while the group is not in red, it spent more than it brought in, relying on grants and gifts to cover bills.

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 4 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

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

• GARY MICKLETHWAITE
• Helen Louise Cole
• Ian Keith Groves
• ROSALYN MICKLETHWAITE · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Darlington

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 18TH NORWICH (1ST HELLESDON) SCOUT GROUP.

• 18TH NORWICH (1ST HELLESDON) SCOUT GROUP income £27k
• ST MARY GILLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP income £50k
• 1ST THEYDON GARNON SCOUT GROUP income £40k
• THE DAIGLEN SCHOOL TRUST LIMITED income £1.6m
• THISTLEDOWN EDUCATION TRUST income £2.1m
• 43RD MIDDLESBROUGH (MARCHESI) SCOUT GROUP income £26k

Side by side with its peers

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