Finance Score: -5
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income & significant deficit in latest year: -5
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteer base +3
Overall GiG Score: 0 ?

1ST FERNDOWN SCOUT GROUP

SCOUTING - BEAVERS-CUBS-SCOUTS - VENTURE SCOUTING- FOR YOUNG PEOPLE (MALE/FEMALE) TO AGE 25
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • Over half the Board have joined recently

Financial issues to consider:

  • Income has been volatile recently and was significantly lower than spending in the latest year
  • 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
31/03/23£13£18£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£19£9£10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21*£25£15£9n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£21£22£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£21£15£6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£17£19£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£5£0£5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£5£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15£7£6£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14£7£5£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£7£4£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£3£5£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£7£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£5£6£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07£6£9£-3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£21£25£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05*£9£6£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 58 years

gorsemoorscouts.org.uk

gsl@gorsemoorscouts.org.uk

07917301350

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Economic/Community Development/Employment
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Dorset,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Defined Groups

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (5)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALISTAIR BRADFORD Appointed: 2023
  • JOHN GOODLIFFE Appointed: 2023
  • KATHRYN HARDY Appointed: 2023
  • ROBERTA ANNE SPURGEON
  • WAYNE SIMPSON Appointed: 2023
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 10/11/1966, number: 301216
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 42 days late, AR16: 115 days late, AR05: 1 days late,
Main office

14
Aldridge Road
Ferndown
Dorset

Objectives

RULES ALREADY LODGED.

Defined Area of Benefit:

HAMPRESTON

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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