2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 524609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 2ND WARWICK BOY SCOUT GROUP

General scouting activities both land- and water-based

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£151k
Latest spending
£122k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £189,636 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of approximately £15,000 (six months of running costs). The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £151,032 exceeding total expenditure of £121,748, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Subscriptions and the Explorer Facility Fee (34% of income)
34% of the £119k operating income came from Subscriptions and the Explorer Facility Fee — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Fundraising cost ratio: 4.0% of fundraised income — near the median for charities its size (2.9%)
4% fundraising costs
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months running costs, circa £15k (held: £190k)
The Group Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £15k.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/12/2021)

Total income
£819k
Total spending
£938k
Cost of raising funds
£5k
Reserves (reported)
£10k
Employees
0

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£151k£122k
31/12/2024£132k£111k
31/12/2023£123k£108k
31/12/2022£125k£131k
31/12/2021£819k£938k

Common questions

Is 2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £189,636 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of approximately £15,000 (six months of running costs). The charity reported a surplus for the year, with total income of £151,032 exceeding total expenditure of £121,748, indicating strong liquidity and financial stability. 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 Fund27/04/2018£10kJetty Redevelopment

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.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP£151k0above4.0%no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k0withinno doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k0unclearno doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£188k0aboveno doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£272k0aboveno doubt
4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS FY2025£104k0withinno doubt

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