Finance Score: 0
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 6
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 7 ?

4TH MORPETH SCOUT GROUP

SCOUTING IS A TRAINING AND EDUCATIONAL MOVEMENT WITH A CLEAR PURPOSE; TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS, AS INDIVIDUALS, RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR COMMUNITIES.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 13 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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£79£68£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22*£130£193£-64n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£57£41£16n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£39£28£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£55£40£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£65£50£15n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£67£67£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£60£42£18n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£34£31£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£39£31£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£22£19£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£18£23£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11*£32£43£-11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10*£23£19£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09*£19£15£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£15£11£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£14£10£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06?£12£10£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£7£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 26 years
Charity Commission for England and WalesX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Northumberland,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • The General Public/Mankind

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

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

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Garfield Weston Foundation - Main Grants award
£25,000 22/04/2022
4th Morpeth Scout HQ Extension
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Pegswood Scout Group
£3,611 15/11/2019
We want to buy equipment for our Beaver Scouts and Cub Scouts to use at camps and residential experiences.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 11/13 persons

  • CHRISTOPHER RICHARD HOLT
  • CHRISTINE CLAIRE EILEEN CRUDEN Appointed: 2015
  • CLAIRE FRANCIS YATES Appointed: 2013
  • DR ELIZABETH STUART-COLE (Chair) Appointed: 2014
  • DR JOHN MYERS
  • ELLEN LOGAN Appointed: 2013
  • IMOGEN JANE WALSH
  • JANET YOUNG Appointed: 2014
  • LIAM WALSH
  • LIZ WATERFIELD Appointed: 2013
  • NEIL FRASER
  • ROGER ASHMORE Appointed: 2014
  • TAMYA WALKER Appointed: 2016
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/07/1998, number: 1070498
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Investment
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR22: 239 days late, AR11: 99 days late, AR10: 463 days late, AR09: 119 days late,
Main office

4 HIGH HOUSE CLOSE
MORPETH
NE61 2BL

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT F 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 COMMUNITIESOGY(B) THE PROVISION OF RESIDENTIAL AND DAY COURSES IN SUCH ARTS AND CRAFTS

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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