HOWLEY GRANGE SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 524627 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting for children.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: HALESOWEN

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

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

Latest income

£53k

Latest spending

£52k

Registered

1968

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group ended the year with a closing balance of £16,578.05, having generated total income of £52,769.22 against total expenditure of £52,274.93. The trustees' report indicates ongoing operational stability despite challenges such as the closure of a regular campsite.

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

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 2 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 policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2025

Volunteers: 15

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2024

Volunteers: 20

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/12/2023

Volunteers: 15

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephen Gouldchair
ANITA MARGARET GADD · trustee of 1 other charity
Jonathan Andrew Hipkiss
Richard Paul Morris · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Dudley

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£53k	£52k
31/12/2024	£41k	£57k
31/12/2023	£98k	£74k
31/12/2022	£39k	£43k
31/12/2021	£34k	£25k

Common questions

Is HOWLEY GRANGE SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the group ended the year with a closing balance of £16,578.05, having generated total income of £52,769.22 against total expenditure of £52,274.93. The trustees' report indicates ongoing operational stability despite challenges such as the closure of a regular campsite.

Who funds HOWLEY GRANGE SCOUT GROUP?

Funders whose own accounts filings name HOWLEY GRANGE SCOUT GROUP as a grant recipient include THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST, THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST, DUMBRECK CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE MICHAEL MARSH CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2024	£3k	Children / Young People
THE EDWARD AND DOROTHY CADBURY TRUST	FY2023	£1k	Community Projects and Engagement
DUMBRECK CHARITY	FY2024	£500	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	09/04/2026	£18k	Kitchen Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund	28/01/2022	£10k	Outdoor Shelter and sensory garden
The National Lottery Community Fund	09/09/2015	£10k	Howley Grange Scouts Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/03/2012	£10k	Headquarters Refurbishment
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/02/2009	£8k	50th Anniversary
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/02/2006	£5k	Replace camping equipment

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
WATES FAMILY ENTERPRISE TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP.

1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP income £28k
1ST SHIPLEY SCOUT GROUP income £36k
1ST AND 2ND HORLEY SCOUT GROUP income £34k
1ST PURLEY SCOUT GROUP income £27k
1ST HINCHLEY WOOD SCOUT GROUP income £63k
1ST HOGHTON HOLY TRINITY SCOUT GROUP (TL/2360) income £27k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
HOWLEY GRANGE SCOUT GROUP	£53k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SAWLEY (ALL SAINTS) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£28k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST SHIPLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£36k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST AND 2ND HORLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£34k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
1ST PURLEY SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£27k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HINCHLEY WOOD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£63k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt

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