1ST BOWDENS SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 521767 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 5TH MARKET HARBOROUGH (LITTLE BOWDEN) SCOUT GROUP

To promote the development of young people aged 4 to 14 years and enable them to achieve their full potential.

Objects

SCOUT GROUP (UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION)

Area of benefit: MARKET HARBOROUGH

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

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Latest income

£107k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

2012

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £127,566, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £10,000 (equivalent to six months of running costs). The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months average running costs, circa £10,000 (held: £128k)

“The Group Executive Committee considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months average running costs, circa £10,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

JOHN COOPERchair
Chris Gilliam
Dani Harrison
Elizabeth Claire Riley
Ian Birch
Johanna Osborne
Martyn John Houghton

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£107k	£50k
31/03/2024	£36k	£55k
31/03/2023	£35k	£93k
31/03/2022	£60k	£31k
31/03/2021	£41k	£14k

Common questions

Is 1ST BOWDENS SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £127,566, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £10,000 (equivalent to six months of running costs). The trustees report a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operations for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties disclosed. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund	20/10/2006	£10k	"This Scout Group Will Use An Award To Make Repairs And Improvements To The Scout Hut To Make It Safe And Secure. Full Disabled Access Will B"
The National Lottery Community Fund	13/10/2006	£10k	Scout Hut Repairs & Modernisation

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£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 13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP.

13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP income £109k
1ST BURNMOOR SCOUT GROUP income £1.2m
WEYMOUTH WEST SCOUT GROUP income £728k
11TH IPSWICH SCOUT GROUP income £150k
8TH NORWICH (NORWICH SCHOOL) SEA SCOUT GROUP income £148k
169 BRISTOL SCOUT GROUP income £286k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST BOWDENS SCOUT GROUP	£107k	—	above	—	no doubt
13TH STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE (1ST ALSAGER) SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST BURNMOOR SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£1.2m	—	below	—	no doubt
WEYMOUTH WEST SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£728k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
11TH IPSWICH SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£150k	—	above	—	no doubt
8TH NORWICH (NORWICH SCHOOL) SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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