29TH/79TH COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 524585 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 79TH COVENTRY BOY SCOUT GROUP

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Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP

Area of benefit: COVENTRY

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 · Get email alerts

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

Latest income

£76k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

1986

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £24,100 at year end, which is above its stated policy target of £20,000. The trustees report that the group's income and expenditure are minimal, and all funds are held in cash using mainstream banks or building societies.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none

“The Group is primarily reliant upon income from subscriptions and fundraising.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: £20,000 (held: £24k)

“The Group's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the group should income and fundraising activities fall short. The Group Executive Committee considers that the group should hold a sum of £20,000 to cover running costs for 2 years”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
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
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Alan Dickens
Gary John Bird
Kelly Elizabeth Emerton
Mark Richard Aldridge
Robert John Kempin
Simon West

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

Operates in: Coventry City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£76k	£90k
31/03/2024	£72k	£72k
31/03/2023	£73k	£53k
31/03/2022	£14k	£35k
31/03/2021	£23k	£20k

Common questions

Is 29TH/79TH COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £24,100 at year end, which is above its stated policy target of £20,000. The trustees report that the group's income and expenditure are minimal, and all funds are held in cash using mainstream banks or building societies.

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	07/02/2019	£10k	Supporting Future Generations

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 J G GRAVES CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 79TH BUSHEY AND OXHEY SCOUT GROUP.

79TH BUSHEY AND OXHEY SCOUT GROUP income £26k
1ST CHERTSEY SCOUT GROUP income £84k
142ND SHEFFIELD (FULWOOD) SCOUT GROUP income £33k
1ST SEDGLEY SCOUT GROUP income £56k
35TH SHEFFIELD (ST OSWALD'S) SCOUT GROUP income £70k
164TH SHEFFIELD (STANNINGTON) SCOUT GROUP income £23k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
29TH/79TH COVENTRY SCOUT GROUP	£76k	—	above	—	no doubt
79TH BUSHEY AND OXHEY SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£26k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST CHERTSEY SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£84k	—	above	—	no doubt
142ND SHEFFIELD (FULWOOD) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£33k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SEDGLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£56k	—	above	—	no doubt
35TH SHEFFIELD (ST OSWALD'S) SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£70k	—	above	—	no doubt

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