Finance Score: 1
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 4
  • Strong growth: +2
  • Volatile income
  • spending growth: -1
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Large volunteers +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 4 ?

31ST/9TH IPSWICH (BRITANNIA) SCOUT GROUP 

Scout group operating under the policies, organisation & rules of the Scout Association.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • There has been strong growth in spending over the last 5 years
  • 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

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

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

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
01/01/70£0£0£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
31/03/23£22£33£-11n/an/an/an/an/a20
31/03/22£41£41£0n/an/an/an/an/a23
31/03/21£20£18£3n/an/an/an/an/a21
31/03/20*£21£17£4n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/19*£21£21£0n/an/an/an/an/a30
31/03/18£18£14£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17*£38£39£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16*£14£13£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15*£21£13£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£14£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13*£13£15£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12*£14£15£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£17£17£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£24£23£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09*£13£16£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08*£13£13£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07*£10£11£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06?*£16£11£5£0£0£0n/a00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/04£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 61 years

www.31st9thipswichscouts.co.uk

gsl@31st9th.co.uk

01473423877

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Other charitable activities
  • Provides services
Where it operates
  • Suffolk,
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
National Lottery Community Fund - Project A
£9,999 31/01/2020
0
The organisation will use the funding to purchase new camping and outdoor equipment to enable the group to continue running activities for young people in the area.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (4)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 19/09/1963, number: 305657
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Complaints handling
  • Complaints policy and procedures
  • Financial reserves policy and procedures
  • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
  • Internal risk management policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding policy and procedures
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 17 days late, AR19: 116 days late, AR17: 127 days late, AR16: 123 days late, AR15: 258 days late, AR13: 124 days late, AR12: 2 days late, AR09: 165 days late, AR08: 530 days late, AR07: 866 days late, AR06: 1261 days late,
Main office

537 Foxhall Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP3 8LR

Objectives

31ST/9TH IPSWICH (BRITANNIA) SCOUT GROUP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

IPSWICH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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