Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: -2
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
  • No volunteer policy: -2
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

293RD BIRMINGHAM (ST FAITH AND ST LAURENCE) SCOUT GROUP 

St Faith & St Laurence Scout Group is situated in Harborne, Birmingham and provides Beavers, Cub Scouts and Scout Sections for young people between the ages of 6-15 years old.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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:

  • Although this charity works with volunteers it does not have a Volunteer Management policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
Established: 50 years

cmmcardle@me.com

01214201052

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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
31/03/23£46£36£10n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/22£34£22£12n/an/an/an/an/a14
31/03/21£49£23£26n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/20£45£19£26n/an/an/an/an/a19
31/03/19*£16£22£-6n/an/an/an/an/a15
31/03/18£8£10£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£10£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£7£10£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£11£8£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£9£7£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£9£9£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£11£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11*£13£9£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£25£9£16£0£0£0n/a00
01/04/09£20£15£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£6£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£4£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06*£1£1£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£1£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£1£2£-1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Birmingham City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 14 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (10)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/06/1974, number: 503303
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints 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
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR19: 298 days late, AR17: 9 days late, AR16: 125 days late, AR13: 129 days late, AR11: 2 days late, AR07: 80 days late, AR06: 30 days late,
Main office

209B BALDEN ROAD
HARBORNE
BIRMINGHAM
B32 2ES

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

UNDEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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