Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: -1
Support Score: 1
  • Spending falling: -1
  • Volatile income: -3
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • 2 Trustees: -2
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: -4 ?

17TH ORMSKIRK (1ST SKELMERSDALE) SCOUT GROUP 

SCOUT GROUP
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • The charity has received modest backing from a grant maker
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy
  • There are only 2 trustees

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending has fallen significantly over the last 5 years relative to the previous period
  • 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
11/07/22£3£3£0n/an/an/an/an/a0
11/07/21£1£0£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
11/07/20*£15£7£8n/an/an/an/an/a8
11/07/19£6£5£2n/an/an/an/an/a0
11/07/18£10£4£5£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/17£5£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/16£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/15£3£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/14£4£3£1£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/13£7£4£3£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/12£6£4£2£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/11£4£2£1£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/10£5£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/09*£4£4£0£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/08£8£3£5£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/07£5£2£2£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/06£3£4£-1£0£0£0n/a00
11/07/05*£11£9£2£0£0£0n/a00
09/07/04*£7£5£2£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 53 years

lescavscouts1@gmail.com

01695733947

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Lancashire,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Elderly/Old People
  • The General Public/Mankind

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.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Co-Operative Group - Grant to 17th Ormskirk (1st Skelmersdale) Scout Group
£4,481 15/11/2019
We want to offer kayaking as a different sport for young people to sample. We'd also like to be able to train adults as instructors.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (2)
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 29/09/1971, number: 521670
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR20: 6 days late, AR09: 86 days late, AR05: 35 days late, AR04: 64 days late,
Main office

51 LIVERPOOL ROAD
SKELMERSDALE
WN8 8BJ

Objectives

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION.

Defined Area of Benefit:

SKELMERSDALE AND HOLLAND

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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