7TH CARDIFF GROUP OF SCOUTS

Registered charity 524904 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as 7TH CARDIFF GROUP OF BOY SCOUTS, 7TH CARDIFF SCOUT GROUP

ACTIVITIES FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE, SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE A CONSTRUCTIVE PLACE IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: CARDIFF

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 · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Cardiff, Wales (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£31k
Latest spending
£28k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £3,026 and total assets of £136,403, with unrestricted reserves of approximately £89,458 held in cash. The trustees report that these reserves are above the stated policy target of £16,000, though they attribute the higher balance to the need for future asbestos removal and roof replacement. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs (held: £89k)
“The Trustee Board considers that the charity should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £16,000.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cardiff

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£31k£28k
31/12/2024£25k£20k
31/12/2023£23k£19k
31/12/2022£21k£26k
31/12/2021£24k£18k

Common questions

Is 7TH CARDIFF GROUP OF SCOUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity ended the year with a surplus of £3,026 and total assets of £136,403, with unrestricted reserves of approximately £89,458 held in cash. The trustees report that these reserves are above the stated policy target of £16,000, though they attribute the higher balance to the need for future asbestos removal and roof replacement. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 37TH KINGSWOOD (ST STEPHEN'S, SOUNDWELL) SCOUT GROUP.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
7TH CARDIFF GROUP OF SCOUTS£31k—0above—no doubt
37TH KINGSWOOD (ST STEPHEN'S, SOUNDWELL) SCOUT GROUP FY2024£30k—0unclear—no doubt
PUBLISH WHAT YOU FUND FY2025£781k£80,001 - £90,0001unclear—no doubt
1ST CLAYGATE SCOUT GROUP FY2025£188k—0above—no doubt
CREATED: CHURCH FY2025£315k—0above—no doubt
CARE & REPAIR CARDIFF AND THE VALE FY2025£3.8m——unclear—no doubt

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