Finance Score: -8
Governance Score: -4
Support Score: 4
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -3 times
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Return overdue: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -8 ?

85TH STOKE ON TRENT AND NEWCASTLE SCOUT GROUP 

CAMPING, HIKING, ABSEIILING, ETC., WEEKLY SECTION MEETINGS WHERE FIVE ELEMENTS ARE INCORPORATED INTO THE PROGRAMME AS RECOMMENDED BY THE SCOUT ASSOC.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Latest return is overdue

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 and returns have been filed late on 3 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/03/22*£44£42£3n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/21*£29£12£17n/an/an/an/an/a18
31/03/20£23£22£1n/an/an/an/an/a10
31/03/19£24£15£9n/an/an/an/an/a25
31/03/18*£18£20£-2£0£0£0n/a025
31/03/17*£24£30£-6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£33£33£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£34£36£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14*£41£33£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13?*£31£30£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£20£18£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£26£27£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£99£100£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07?*£24£22£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£7£6£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00

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

01782283845

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Staffordshire, Stoke-on-trent City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People

Who supports 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 85th Milton Scouts
£6,313 15/11/2019
We want to upgrade and expand our facilities, so kids can take part in even more activities at the Scout hut.
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 85th Milton Scout Group
£3,236 04/08/2017
With your support we can attract new members & reach out to more children to give them opportunities they might not normally have access to

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/08/1993, number: 1024476
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
16 returns made; AR22: 25 days late, AR21: 56 days late, AR18: 258 days late, AR17: 624 days late, AR16: 25 days late, AR15: 291 days late, AR14: 656 days late, AR13: 1021 days late, AR10: 28 days late, AR09: 25 days late, AR07: 359 days late,
Main office

25 BETHELL ROAD
STOKE-ON-TRENT
ST1 6XL

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 AND NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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