Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: 1
Support Score: 0
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 3 ?

1ST WALTON-ON-THAMES SCOUT GROUP 

The objective of 1st Walton 'Viking' Sea Scout Group is to provide good quality water activities to the young people of Walton-On-Thames area under the policy, organisation & rules of the Scout Association.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • 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 dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

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

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£50£38£12n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/22£54£46£8n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/21£41£35£6n/an/an/an/an/a40
31/03/20£46£38£8n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/19£42£27£15n/an/an/an/an/a50
31/03/18£36£44£-8£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/17£21£18£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£24£18£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£16£14£3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£25£26£-1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£14£14£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£12£12£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£11£14£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£10£6£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08?*£7£7£0£0£0£0n/a00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
01/01/70£0£0£0£0£0£0NAN00
31/03/05£5£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/04£2£4£-2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 63 years

www.waltonviking.org.uk

gsl@waltonviking.org.uk

07989866409

Charity Commission for England and WalesFacebookX
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Surrey,
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 - 1st Walton Scout HQ Refurbishment - Phase 1
£8,500 17/05/2017
12
This project will refurbish the group's headquarters and will include installing new bathrooms and improving the girls changing area. This will enable the organisation to enhance their current ....more
Sport England - Viking Water Activity Capacity Expansion
£10,000 01/10/2013
Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Viking Water Activity Capacity Expansion'. This project is a Multi Sports project, with a focus on younger ....more

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split
Based on 14/15 persons

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 05/09/1961, number: 305804
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • 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
  • Social media policy and procedures
  • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
18 returns made; AR08: 181 days late,
Main office

Scout Association
Viking Sea Scout Hut
Felix Road
WALTON-ON-THAMES
KT12 2LB

Objectives

PURPOSES OF THE 1ST WALTON-ON-THAMES SCOUT GROUP

Defined Area of Benefit:

WALTON-ON-THAMES

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
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