2ND BEESTON SEA SCOUTS

Registered charity 522425 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 2ND BEESTON SCOUT GROUP

Land & water based SEA Scouting activities. RN Recognised No/46in SW Notts Scouting district

Objects

SOUTH WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: BEESTON

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

£125k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £205,990.06 at the end of the year, representing 215% of annual operating expenditure. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a minimum of £3,000 to cover six months of running costs. The charity reported a surplus of £27,254.04 for the year, increasing its total funds from £181,167.99 to £208,422.03.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three months of unrestricted expenditure (held: £206k)

“Unrestricted Funds: 2nd Beeston Sea Scouts will keep a minimum of £ 3,000 on their current account to ensure to ensure the continuity of the organisation. This amount covers 6 months of running cost.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 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
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Adam Matthew Blakey · trustee of 1 other charity
Ben Thomas Harrison
Christina Joan Wright
Eamonn mcdaid
Gyorgyi Allwood
Leigh Silvester
Louise Read
Morgan Field
Peter Treagus

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£125k	£97k
31/12/2023	£58k	£45k
31/12/2022	£70k	£54k
31/12/2021	£133k	£31k
31/12/2020	£65k	£37k

Common questions

Is 2ND BEESTON SEA SCOUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £205,990.06 at the end of the year, representing 215% of annual operating expenditure. The trustees maintain a reserves policy requiring a minimum of £3,000 to cover six months of running costs. The charity reported a surplus of £27,254.04 for the year, increasing its total funds from £181,167.99 to £208,422.03. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds 2ND BEESTON SEA SCOUTS?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 2ND BEESTON SEA SCOUTS as a grant recipient include THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2024	£5k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	FY2025	£3k	Donations made during the year

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	25/02/2022	£10k	emergency and support boat with provision for wheelchair users
Sport England	26/05/2021	£9k	COVID19 Return to Play
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/06/2012	£10k	Development of Barton Island Sea Scout base Facilities

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 CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k
DUMBRECK CHARITY	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP.

2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP income £151k
4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS income £104k
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £162k
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £210k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
2ND BEESTON SEA SCOUTS	£125k	—	above	—	no doubt
2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£151k	—	above	4.0%	no doubt
4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS FY2025	£104k	—	within	—	no doubt
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£162k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£185k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	above	—	no doubt

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