1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 521676 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST STRETFORD (1ST LONGFORD) BOY SCOUT GROUP, 1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) BOY SCOUT GROUP

A NUMBER OF OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES:- CANOEING, WIND SURFING,WALKING, MOUNTAIN CLIMBING, ABSAILING, CAMPING, PIONEERING, SPORTS ACITIVITES ETC.HELPING IN THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.EDUCATING YOUNG PEOPLE ITEMS THAT THEY DO NOT NECESSARY LEARN AT SCHOOLBUT ARE USEFULL IN THEIR EVERY DAY LIFE.

Objects

1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: STRETFORD AND DISTRICT

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 · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Trafford, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£176k
Latest spending
£205k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves dropped from £67,000 to £35,000 due to planned expenditure on renovations, leaving the group with funds described as covering only emergency reserve costs. The group reported a net deficit of £28,666.89 for the year, funded by the drawdown of these excess reserves.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves position: below the charity's own stated reserves policy
“AS the reserves are now depleted to just cover emergency reserve costs”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Governance: The document states the Exec has formally become a Trustee Board in line with Charity Commission requirements, but does not explicitly state late filing or regulator engagement as a negative governance flag.
“Our Exec has now formally become a Trustee Board in line with Charity Commission requirements.” — page 2
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.

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: 25

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

  • Volunteers: 30

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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£176k£205k
31/03/2024£130k£128k
31/03/2023£97k£101k
31/03/2022£142k£153k
31/03/2021£92k£64k

Common questions

Is 1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves dropped from £67,000 to £35,000 due to planned expenditure on renovations, leaving the group with funds described as covering only emergency reserve costs. The group reported a net deficit of £28,666.89 for the year, funded by the drawdown of these excess reserves.

Who funds 1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED, MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUND.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kGeneral
MANCHESTER AIRPORT COMMUNITY TRUST FUNDFY2026£3k

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England09/03/2026£5kScout volunteer upskill

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP£176k—0below—no doubt
1ST CONSETT SCOUT GROUP FY2025£47k—0above—no doubt
1st SANDRIDGE SCOUT AND GUIDE GROUP FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST ROBERTSBRIDGE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£27k—0above—no doubt
1ST LAWFORD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£29k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST LYONSDOWN SCOUT GROUP FY2025£30k—0unclear—no doubt

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