1st Washington Scout Group

Registered charity 520716 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST WASHINGTON BOY SCOUT GROUP

The aim of the group is the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: WASHINGTON

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 · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£37k

Latest spending

£54k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £11,443, which is significantly above the stated contingency target of £1,500. The charity reports a net cash outflow for the year but maintains sufficient liquidity across its bank accounts to meet its obligations.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £1,500 contingency (held: £11k)

“A sum of £1,500 has been designated as this contingency.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Emma Littlechair
DOUGLAS CHARLES MCINTYRE
Dizzy Peverley
Elspeth Jane McIntyre
Georgia Olivia Turnbull
Jennifer Anne Rogers
Martin Rumney
Rachel Spence
Simon Graham Douglas Harrison
Thomas Craig Harrison
Victoria Welsh

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

Operates in: Sunderland

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£37k	£54k
31/03/2024	£32k	£41k
31/03/2023	£28k	£30k
31/03/2022	£28k	£22k
31/03/2021	£38k	£11k

Common questions

Is 1st Washington Scout Group financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves are £11,443, which is significantly above the stated contingency target of £1,500. The charity reports a net cash outflow for the year but maintains sufficient liquidity across its bank accounts to meet its obligations.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	10/11/2011	£10k	Underpinning of Foundations

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP.

1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP income £26k
1ST MERROW SCOUT GROUP income £66k
1ST HOOK SCOUT GROUP income £96k
1ST METHERINGHAM SCOUT GROUP income £27k
1ST PONTELAND SCOUT GROUP income £36k
1ST WILTON BOY SCOUT GROUP income £30k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1st Washington Scout Group	£37k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST WARLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£26k	—	above	119.8%	no doubt
1ST MERROW SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£66k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST HOOK SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£96k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST METHERINGHAM SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST PONTELAND SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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