1ST SEDGLEY SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 524621 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 1ST SEDGLEY BOY SCOUT GROUP

Provision of staff, buildings and equipment to facilitate wide range of scouting activities to be undertaken

Objects

1ST SEDGLEY BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: SEDGLEY

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

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

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

Latest income

£56k

Latest spending

£50k

Registered

1965

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained financial stability with unrestricted reserves of £50,002 at year-end, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £22,000. The trustees attribute the higher-than-required reserves to intentions for building extensions and activity subsidies, while noting a low-risk cash strategy for all funds.

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 hall hire and fundraising.” — page 8

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: 18 months running costs, circa £22,000 (held: £50k)

“The Trustee Board considers that the Group should hold a sum equivalent to 18 months running costs, circa £22,000.”

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
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

David Mitchellchair
Alison Dorothy Checketts
Beverley Jacqueline Wakelam
Kaleigh Lowe
Philip Lee Hardisty
ROBERT BARLOW
Rachel Clarke
Saul Burton

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£56k	£50k
31/03/2024	£42k	£32k
31/03/2023	£35k	£35k
31/03/2022	£24k	£22k
31/03/2021	£21k	£6k

Common questions

Is 1ST SEDGLEY SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity maintained financial stability with unrestricted reserves of £50,002 at year-end, which exceeds its stated policy target of approximately £22,000. The trustees attribute the higher-than-required reserves to intentions for building extensions and activity subsidies, while noting a low-risk cash strategy for all funds. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

1ST STOKE CLIMSLAND SCOUT GROUP income £27k
1ST DISLEY SCOUT GROUP income £45k
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP income £21k
1ST CHERTSEY SCOUT GROUP income £84k
1ST WORMLEY SCOUT GROUP income £56k
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP income £188k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST SEDGLEY SCOUT GROUP	£56k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST STOKE CLIMSLAND SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£27k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST DISLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£45k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£21k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST CHERTSEY SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£84k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST WORMLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£56k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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