1ST HERTFORD SCOUT GROUP

Registered charity 803113 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Following the Aims and Objectives of the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Human Rights/religious Or Racial Harmony/equality Or Diversity · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: East Hertfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£66k

Latest spending

£49k

Registered

1990

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £135,000, which is above its stated policy target of £17,000 (12 months of running costs). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

Benjamin Jeffrey Wilkerson
Marie Graham
Matthew Robert Young
RICHARD ANTHONY WATSON
ROBERT CHARVILLE
Robert Duncan Laverick
Rodney William Day
Steven Robert Brown

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£66k	£49k
31/12/2024	£60k	£36k
31/12/2023	£58k	£43k
31/12/2022	£62k	£46k
31/12/2021	£54k	£26k

Common questions

Is 1ST HERTFORD SCOUT GROUP financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £135,000, which is above its stated policy target of £17,000 (12 months of running costs). The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounting records or the accuracy of the accounts for the year ended 31 December 2025. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

1ST HARTFORD SCOUT GROUP income £103k
1ST SOUTHBOURNE SEA SCOUT GROUP income £65k
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP income £21k
1ST GREAT SUTTON SCOUT GROUP income £58k
1ST HIGHFIELD SCOUT GROUP income £27k
1ST HARPENDEN (METHODIST) SCOUT GROUP income £40k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
1ST HERTFORD SCOUT GROUP	£66k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HARTFORD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£103k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST SOUTHBOURNE SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2026	£65k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST WHITCHURCH SCOUT GROUP FY2024	£21k	—	above	—	no doubt
1ST GREAT SUTTON SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£58k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST HIGHFIELD SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£27k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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