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Finance Score: -1
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income -1
  • No PartB
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

1ST WEST BAY SEA SCOUT GROUP

Local Beaver, Cub and Scout Group taking part in organised events, sailing, anything that comes under the Scout Association.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Income has been volatile recently but spending has been maintained
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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£20£20£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/22£17£21£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/21£28£14£14n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/20£23£14£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/19£30£19£11n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/18£21£14£7n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/17£22£22£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/16£15£13£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/15£13£12£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/14£11£9£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/13£16£17£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/12£15£14£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/11£9£10£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/10£13£9£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/09£10£12£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/08£10£8£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/07£10£10£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/06£10£9£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/05£9£7£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/12/04£10£12£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 50 years

01308456428

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Recreation
  • Religious Activities
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides advocacy/advice/information
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (3)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • KATE LINNELL Appointed: 2024
  • MR MIKE HARVEY (Chair)
  • ROGER HIGHAM Appointed: 2024
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 27/06/1974, number: 267763
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
  • Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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; all on time
Main office

Portesham Rectory
Church Lane
Portesham
WEYMOUTH
Dorset
DT3 4HB

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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