Overall GiG Score: 7 ?
Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 3
Support Score: 9
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +4

BADEN-POWELL SCOUTS' ASSOCIATION 

All Scouting Activities
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received backing from multiple prominent grant makers, including a Community Foundation, recently
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 53 years

www.traditionalscouting.co.uk

association_secretary@traditionalscouting.co.

07971849840

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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£42£28£14n/an/an/an/an/a185
31/03/22*£23£10£13n/an/an/an/an/a220
31/03/21£2£55£-54n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/20£46£56£-11n/an/an/an/an/a260
31/03/19*£60£59£0n/an/an/an/an/a249
31/03/18£49£47£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£62£69£-7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£58£45£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£61£51£10£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£83£53£29£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£60£45£16£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£52£48£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£43£28£15£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10*£60£35£25£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£54£42£12£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£43£81£-38£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£17£20£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£11£8£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/05£12£9£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£10£9£1£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
What it does
  • Education/Training
Who works here?
  • 185 volunteers
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Throughout England And Wales,

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.

Major supporters in last 5 years
Cumbria Community Foundation£6,000
County Durham Community Foundation£4,800
Co-Operative Group£2,974
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland£1,750
Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Cumbria Community Foundation - HS Award 2022 - Sheriff's Gate
£500 23/02/2022
HS Award 2022 - Sheriff's Gate
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - A grant to 1st Whittingham BP Scout Group
£1,000 03/02/2022
A green field camp, to provide activities such as swimming, climbing, fencing and archery
Co-Operative Group - Grant to Owleywood BP Scout Group
£2,974 23/10/2021
Repairs to the Scout Headquarters will ensure we can continue to provide a safe venue for The Owleywood BP Scout Group, as well as other community groups and events as required in the future.
County Durham Community Foundation - Bounce back - Out and about
£4,800 14/05/2021
To train leaders to be qualified to take the young people on DofE expeditions.
Community Foundation serving Tyne & Wear and Northumberland - activity equipment for members
£750 04/02/2021
activity equipment for members
Cumbria Community Foundation - Materials for Online Scouting
£2,500 03/06/2020
Materials for Online Scouting
Cumbria Community Foundation - Materials for online scouting
£3,000 28/05/2020
7
Materials for Online Scouting
Co-Operative Group - Grant to First Yorkshire BP Scout Group, Stanley
£9,338 19/11/2018
We want to purchase new equipment to allow us to take more of our young people on adventures.
Cumbria Community Foundation - Woodland for Scouts
£19,000 06/06/2018
Woodland for Scouts
National Lottery Community Fund - EuroCamp 18
£9,965 24/05/2018
12
The project will hold an international scout camp in Berkshire and aims to bring young people of different nationalities together to experience a wide range of activities and build friendships.
National Lottery Community Fund - Acle Scout Group - Making a Difference
£9,960 27/03/2018
12
The group will provide a range of activities to support the development of young people and integration of communities.
Sport England - New Sporting Club – 5th Wiltshire Scout Shooting Club
£9,997 14/03/2018
15
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled New Sporting Club – 5th Wiltshire Scout Shooting Club. This project is a Shooting project, with a focus on ....more
DCMS - ALB-New Sporting Club ? 5th Wiltshire Scout Shooting Club
£9,997 14/03/2018
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National Lottery Community Fund - 5th Wiltshire Whatever The Weather
£9,963 31/01/2018
12
The funding will be used to purchase camping and activity equipment. The project aims to allow the group to support wider community events as well as encourage children to develop key life skills, ....more
Sport England - Creating a Mountaineering Club
£9,411 18/01/2018
11
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled Creating a Mountaineering Club. This project is a Mountaineering project, with a focus on younger ....more
Woodward Charitable Trust - Towards a summer play scheme
£200 19/05/2016
Towards a summer play scheme.
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Water Based Adventure and Exploration
£2,700 28/07/2015
Towards Water Based Adventure and Exploration
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear & Nthmbrlnd - Towards Environment, wildlife, culture, expedition and adventure
£3,000 16/06/2015
Towards Environment, wildlife, culture, expedition and adventure
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Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (11)
Current Trustees appointed

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 01/01/1971, number: 278525
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR22: 89 days late, AR19: 15 days late, AR17: 232 days late, AR16: 183 days late, AR12: 52 days late, AR10: 45 days late, AR09: 619 days late,
Main office

Castleside Baden-Powell Scouts
Headquarters
Drover Road
CONSETT
County Durham
DH8 9RE

Objectives

TO DEVELOP AND TRAIN YOUNG PEOPLE OF ALL CLASSES IN HABITS OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP AND TO PRESERVE THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF SCOUTING AS LAID DOWN BY THE FOUNDER, THE LATE LORD BADEN-POWELL, AND BASED ON THE LAW AND PROMISES GIVEN BY HIM IN 'SCOUTING FOR BOYS'.

Defined Area of Benefit:

NOT DEFINED

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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