Finance Score: -2

Governance Score: 6

Support Score: 5

Deficit latest year: -2
No PartB

Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +0

Overall GiG Score: 9

1ST POTTON SCOUT GROUP

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
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
The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender and dynamic in terms of composition

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 was significantly lower than spending in the latest year

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	*	£24	£32	£-8	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	40
31/03/22		£23	£23	£0	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	45
31/03/21		£29	£15	£14	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	47
31/03/20		£24	£22	£2	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	30
31/03/19		£25	£21	£4	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	65
31/03/18		£26	£23	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£23	£21	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£19	£19	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£20	£16	£4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£20	£14	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£26	£13	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£17	£11	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£15	£9	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10		£8	£9	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£13	£18	£-5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£13	£6	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£7	£6	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	*	£6	£6	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	*	£5	£7	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	*	£4	£9	£-4	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 47 years

www.pottonscouts.org.uk

andy.bargery@biggleswadedistrictscouts.org.uk

07951 025029

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Economic/Community Development/Employment
Education/Training
General Charitable Purposes

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Other charitable activities

Where it operates

Central Bedfordshire,

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 1st Potton Scout Group
£3,123	04/08/2017	Maintaining and replacing camping equipment is costly - with your support we can keep camping as an integral part of our Scouting experience

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

ANDREW JOHN BARGERY Appointed: 2021

DEBBIE HARE Appointed: 2017

JESSICA RUTH COBB Appointed: 2023

JULIA SHEENA SMITH Appointed: 2023

SAMUEL THOMAS WIALMOWSKI (Chair) Appointed: 2023

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 03/11/1977, number: 274416

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR23: 104 days late, AR06: 316 days late, AR05: 18 days late, AR04: 34 days late,

Main office

1st Potton Scout Group
Hatley Road
POTTON
SG19 2DX

Objectives

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

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