12TH STAFFORD (BERKSWICH) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 524514 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting Activities run mainly through 6 separate section meetings each week.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: STAFFORD

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Stafford, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted cash funds increased from £49,393.95 to £50,862.74, with a significant portion held in a bank deposit account. Total gross income rose to £47,172.37 while total gross expenditure was £46,403.58, resulting in a net surplus for the year. The trustees approved the accounts on 16th July 2025, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — 12th Stafford (Berkswich) Scout Group Council (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Christopher David James Bennett
• DOREEN MARY SMITH
• Graham Richard Stephens
• Ian Farish
• Lee Craig Smith
• MRS SUE DARBY
• Timothy John Smale

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

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