1ST BILSTHORPE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 522430 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST BILSTHORPE (OPEN) SCOUT GROUP

1st Bilsthorpe Scout Group, is a scout group registered with The Scout Association, the young people who are members of 1st Bilsthorpe Scout group are encouraged and supported in achieving the aims of the Scout Association. The Aim of the Scout Association is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals,

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: BILSTHORPE

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Newark and Sherwood, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£47k
Latest spending
£35k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income was £46,550.78 against total expenditure of £34,597.29, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The independent examiner certified that the accounting records present an accurate record of financial transactions and are clear and simple to follow.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£47k£35k
31/03/2024£31k£40k
31/03/2023£23k£23k
31/03/2022£25k£16k
31/03/2021£27k£21k

Common questions

Is 1ST BILSTHORPE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income was £46,550.78 against total expenditure of £34,597.29, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The independent examiner certified that the accounting records present an accurate record of financial transactions and are clear and simple to follow. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Heritage Fund11/11/2005£5k"The Group Is A Scout Club. The Project Is To Install Fire Regulation Doors, Redecorate The Hut And Install Window Locks And An Alarm System,"
The National Lottery Community Fund11/11/2005£5kRefurbishment

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
TALBOT VILLAGE TRUST1£5k
TOYOTA MANUFACTURING UK CHARITABLE TRUST1£3k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST ASHTON (LORD GERARD'S OWN) SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST BILSTHORPE SCOUT GROUP£47k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST ASHTON (LORD GERARD'S OWN) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£97k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST COMPTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025£33k—0unclear—no doubt
24TH BURTON ON TRENT (1ST ROLLESTON) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£127k—0unclear—no doubt
BEARSTED SCOUT GROUP FY2026£32k—0unclear—no doubt
1ST SUTTON (CAMBRIDGESHIRE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£48k—0unclear—no doubt

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