1ST NORBRECK SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 521556 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST NORBECK BOY SCOUT GROUP, 1ST NORBECK SCOUT GROUP

Scout and Guide Group

Objects

SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: BLACKPOOL

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£25k

Latest spending

£30k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted liquid funds are targeted at £72,000 to cover one year of running costs, though the specific year-end balance is not explicitly isolated in the provided text. The trustees report that financial pressure is increasing due to doubling business rates and a potential tripling of rent, while the ongoing lease renewal with the local council is hindering the ability to secure grants.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure

“The charity's policy on reseNes is to try ond mointoin unrestricted tiquid funds of €72,N)0 in order to cover the running costs of the Group HQ over o yeoL” — page 3

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Going concern: noted by the trustees or auditor

“The renewal of our lease is still ongoing (3 years and counting) with Blackpool Council. Our Business rates have already doubled and it is looking like our rent to the Council for the land will treble. This will certainly place a lot of pressure on the Groups finances. The lack of a lease is hindering the Groups ability to apply for grants which in turn has stalled the major project ideas members have.” — page 3

Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Year-over-year changes

Going concern: no going-concern doubt (FY2025) → going-concern doubt noted (FY2026).

Comparing this charity’s FY2025 and FY2026 accounts as analysed by this site.

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.

Complaints handling
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Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
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Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

Anne Maria Rumley
Damian Howard Cartwright
Howard Christopher Hockey
LUCY FIONA MACNEILL · trustee of 2 other charities
Peter Rumley · trustee of 1 other charity
Phillip Daniel Higginbottom
Richard Andrew Scott
Richard Rawcliffe
Steven Geoffrey Platt
Valerie Anne Bradford

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

Operates in: Blackpool

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£25k	£30k
31/03/2025	£26k	£25k
31/03/2024	£21k	£28k
31/03/2023	£30k	£32k
31/03/2022	£24k	£18k

Common questions

Is 1ST NORBRECK SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity's unrestricted liquid funds are targeted at £72,000 to cover one year of running costs, though the specific year-end balance is not explicitly isolated in the provided text. The trustees report that financial pressure is increasing due to doubling business rates and a potential tripling of rent, while the ongoing lease renewal with the local council is hindering the ability to secure grants. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.