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

Objects

SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: WARWICK

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

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, as disclosed

“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.

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
Paying staff
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

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

Heart of England Community Foundation — “Heart of England Community Foundation have provided us with a grant to ...” (source page)
Aviva Community Fund — “Aviva Community Fund have provided us with a grant to get a load of new camping equipment.” (source page)
Warwick Town Council — “Warwick Town Council have provided us with a grant to get a load of new camping equipment.” (source page)

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

Reported reserves equal ~0.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 7.1 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (56% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.6% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Vivienne Marjory Bosworthchair · trustee of 4 other charities
Alison Sternberg
Bruno David John Gardner
Daniel Charles Brewer
James Richard Cornish
Jennifer Ann Stockbridge · trustee of 1 other charity
Martin Abba
Sophie Dahlmann
Stephanie Rix

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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.

Who funds 2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name 2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include DUMBRECK CHARITY.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2022	£1k	Children’s Welfare

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	27/04/2018	£10k	Jetty 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
THE GOSLING FOUNDATION LIMITED	1	£20k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k
THE THOMAS FARR CHARITY	1	£8k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP income £123k
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP income £188k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS income £104k
2ND BEESTON SEA SCOUTS income £125k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
2ND WARWICK SEA SCOUT GROUP	£151k	—	above	4.0%	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	within	—	no doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£188k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	above	—	no doubt
4TH THAMES DITTON AJAX SEA SCOUTS FY2025	£104k	—	within	—	no doubt

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