PORTOBELLO (METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 524662 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as PORTOBELLO METHODIST BOY SCOUT GROUP, Portobello Scout Group, STILL PORTOBELLO (METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP

The scout group has a splendid headquarters where all the different sections of the group meet, for various activities.The headquarters is also used by other voluntary organisations from time to time. Who make a small donation to the scout group for this facility.In addition the scouts have various activities away from the headquarters including camping, hiking and other social activities.

Objects

PORTOBELLO METHODIST BOY SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: HULL

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: Kingston upon Hull, City of, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the group operates from a headquarters where running costs are partially covered by other organizations using the premises. The trustees report that energy bills have decreased due to a heating system upgrade, with savings being used to subsidize activities and increase the income balance. The group maintains a waiting list for members and relies on monthly subscriptions, donations, and grants for its primary income sources.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Volunteer management

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

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

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 26/02/2024, 26 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Marritt
• Bethany Carbonal-Lee
• Charlotte Anne Hodgson
• Christopher Edward Bell
• JOHN CLARKE
• Kay Mutch
• Keith Pickering Pickering
• Shaun David William Turner
• Shaun Micheal Green

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

Operates in: Kingston Upon Hull City

Income and spending

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Known funders

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

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Side by side with its peers

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