1ST/2ND WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 522465 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST WEST BRIDGFORD BOY SCOUT, 1ST/2ND WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT

Scouting - Beaver Scouts, Cub Scouts and Scouts

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: WEST BRIDGFORD

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: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£32k
Latest spending
£15k
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £79,237 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of approximately £8,000. The trustees report that the group remains in a financially sound position with a steady income stream from hall rentals supporting maintenance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs, circa £8000 (held: £79k)
“The Trustee Board considers that the charity should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £8000.”
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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£32k£15k
31/12/2024£29k£17k
31/12/2023£23k£20k
31/12/2022£27k£21k
31/12/2021£32k£18k

Common questions

Is 1ST/2ND WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £79,237 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of approximately £8,000. The trustees report that the group remains in a financially sound position with a steady income stream from hall rentals supporting maintenance costs. 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 Community Fund19/08/2008£8kProviding Watersports for Young People

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
1ST/2ND WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT GROUP£32k—0above—no doubt
1ST CROWBOROUGH SCOUT GROUP FY2026£66k—0above—no doubt
1ST GREAT SUTTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025£58k—0unclear—no doubt
15TH STAFFORD (PENKRIDGE) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£47k—0above—no doubt
FARSLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025£26k—0above—no doubt
1ST BURGHFIELD SCOUT GROUP FY2025£105k—0above—no doubt

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