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.

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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 (held: £35k; policy: emergency reserve costs)
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.

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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.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITEDFY2024£10kGeneral

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

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY1£10k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)1£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 10th & 8th Widnes Scout Group.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST STRETFORD (LONGFORD) SCOUT GROUP£176k0belowno doubt
10th & 8th Widnes Scout Group FY2025£173k0belowno doubt
33RD NORWICH SCOUT GROUP FY2025£131k0unclearno doubt
13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£111k0aboveno doubt
1ST OXSHOTT SCOUT GROUP FY2025£338k0unclearno doubt
1ST BURNMOOR SCOUT GROUP FY2025£1.2m0belowno doubt

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