Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 8
  • Reasonable growth: +1
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    • Gov Income
    • Overall weighted support: +3
    Overall GiG Score: 9 ?

    1ST WELWYN SCOUT GROUP

    Providing scouting activities to young people
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • The charity has received Government grants
    • There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data

    Financial Data ?

    Income & Spending ?
    Sources of Income ?
    Y/E Income
    £k
    Spending
    £k
    Surplus/
    Deficit £k
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/12/23£48£32£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/22£44£31£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/21£31£26£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/20£26£13£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/19£26£22£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/18£25£19£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/17£22£12£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/16£18£12£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/15£13£17£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/14£36£120£-84n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/13£5£7£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/12£9£6£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/11£17£16£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/10£12£8£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/09*£14£7£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/08*£35£22£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/07£34£14£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/06£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/05£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
    31/12/04£7£9£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 57 years

    hockadaym@outlook.com

    07768055443

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • Amateur Sport
    • Education/Training
    GiG Classification
    • Social youth organisations
    How it operates
    • Provides human resources
    Where it operates
    • Hertfordshire,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • The General Public/Mankind

    Who supports them? ?

    We have no records of donations from grant makers.

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (4)
    Current Trustees appointed
    Gender Split

    • ANDREW HERBERT TROTTER (Chair) Appointed: 2014
    • ANTHONY WORSLEY Appointed: 2022
    • DR JULIE CAROLINE HOLDER Appointed: 2015
    • MICHAEL JOSEPH GRAY Appointed: 2015
    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 23/05/1967, number: 302603
    Gift Aid
    • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Conflicting interests
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • 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
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR09: 16 days late, AR08: 2 days late,
    Main office

    7 Kindersley Close
    WELWYN
    AL6 9RN

    Objectives

    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.

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    WELWYN

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales

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