Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 3
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Grant maker support: +3
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

BELCHAMPS SCOUT CENTRE 

To provide camping facilities and indoor accommodation for members of the scout and guide associations, other youth organisations,schools, and community groups and also to provide a wide range of activities suitable for the 6 to 25 age group within the general principles of the Scout movement
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing
  • Income has been volatile recently

Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/21£183£174£9n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/12/20£205£265£-60n/an/an/an/an/a6
31/12/19£530£531£-1£0£171£1713.91440
31/12/18£527£532£-5£0£172£1723.925100
31/12/17£519£551£-32£16£176£1763.82550
31/12/16£457£533£-76£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15*£531£564£-33£6£269£2695.7250
31/12/14*£577£545£32£7£302£3026.7250
31/12/13*£621£548£73£3£271£2715.9170
31/12/12£413£415£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11*£398£347£51£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10?£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/01/09£232£190£42£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/08£291£248£43£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/07£176£130£46£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/06£119£112£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/05£125£161£-35£0£0£0n/a00
31/01/04£144£148£-4£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 32 years

www.belchamps.org.uk

info@belchamps.org.uk

01702842684

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Essex, Southend-on-sea,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 20 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Belchamps Scout Centre
£3,575 22/10/2022
The project will ensure the facilities are suitable for our youth beneficiaries in a Covid world.
Essex Community Foundation - Grant to Belchamps Scout Centre
£13,000 29/04/2021
to support essential maintenance and refurbishment works to allow the Centre to open safely in summer 2021 once COVID19 restrictions permit

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/11/1992, number: 1015218
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
  • Paying staff
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR15: 18 days late, AR14: 43 days late, AR13: 13 days late, AR11: 17 days late,
Main office

Belchamps Camp
Holyoak Lane
HOCKLEY
Essex
SS5 4JD

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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