Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 6
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +5
    • Grant maker support: +1
    Overall GiG Score: 2 ?

    ST MARY GILLINGHAM SCOUT GROUP 

    To help young people achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as Members of their local, national and international communities.
    Analysis by Giving is Great

    Positives:

    • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
    • 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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
    • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
    • 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
    31/03/23*£35£33£1n/an/an/an/an/a50
    31/03/22£60£28£32n/an/an/an/an/a50
    31/03/21£50£32£18n/an/an/an/an/a50
    31/03/20£81£35£46n/an/an/an/an/a50
    31/03/19£278£365£-87n/an/an/an/an/a75
    31/03/18£45£28£17£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£25£15£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16£23£18£5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15£23£10£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14£21£22£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£19£32£-13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£41£18£23£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11£36£22£13£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/10£28£16£12£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/09£25£15£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/08£24£39£-14£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/07£24£14£10£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/06£14£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/05£14£12£2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/04*£13£18£-5£0£0£0n/a00

    Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
    Established: 31 years

    www.stmarygillinghamscoutgroup.co.uk

    colin@westbrookfamily.co.uk

    07531213671

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    UN SDGs
    ?
    Listed activities
    • General Charitable Purposes
    GiG Classification
    • Social youth organisations
    How it operates
    • Provides services
    Where it operates
    • Dorset,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    • People With Disabilities
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 50 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
    Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to St Mary Gillingham Scout Group
    £1,000 29/06/2021
    To support a team of volunteers and children undertaking work on a overgrown hedge removing dead or dying trees and bramble, then replanting with new hedging - aiming to improve biodiversity and ....more
    Dorset Community Foundation - Grant to St Mary Gillingham Scout Group
    £2,021 16/06/2021
    Offering camping with outdoor physical activities and games for young members
    National Lottery Community Fund - Parking for All
    £10,000 06/03/2020
    1
    The organisation will create a new car park to provide access to their local community hall which provides a space for the local scouts and local community events and activities.
    National Lottery Community Fund - Roadway to play
    £10,000 27/10/2011
    12
    This is a project by a charity in Gillingham, Dorset. The group will use the funding to construct a road and car park to improve access to a field owned by the group.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/07/1993, number: 1023375
    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
    • Investment
    • 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; AR23: 29 days late, AR04: 32 days late,
    Main office

    THE CEDARS
    BAY LANE
    GILLINGHAM
    SP8 4ER

    Objectives

    TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING 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:

    NOT DEFINED

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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