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BLENHEIM SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 800528 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BLENHEIM VENTURE SCOUT UNIT

Lead organisation in a community project bringing activities to the local community outside the school day.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHEIVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED - IN PRACTICE HARTCLIFFE

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 · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£25k
Registered
1988
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £96,365, with £43,608 available as free reserves, which significantly exceeds the trustees' target of covering 3-6 months of expenditure (£8,000 - £15,000). The charity reported a net income of £1,354 for the year, having spent £25,463 on charitable activities against £26,817 in incoming resources. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: three to six months of expenditure (held: £44k)
“Although at present the trustees have no formal policy, they intended to maintain and build on our unrestricted reserves to cover expenditure of between 3-6 months. Based on current year expenditure, the trustees estimate this to be in the region of £8,000 - £15,000.” — page 5
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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bristol City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£27k£25k
31/03/2024£27k£31k
31/03/2023£26k£36k
31/03/2022£24k£57k
31/03/2021£22k£25k

Common questions

Is BLENHEIM SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £96,365, with £43,608 available as free reserves, which significantly exceeds the trustees' target of covering 3-6 months of expenditure (£8,000 - £15,000). The charity reported a net income of £1,354 for the year, having spent £25,463 on charitable activities against £26,817 in incoming resources. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to attention regarding the accounts or accounting records. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/07/2009£129kBlenheim Young Leaders