Finance Score: 2
Governance Score: 0
Support Score: 0
  • Strong growth: +2
  • No PartB
    • Large volunteers +3
    Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

    113TH BIRMINGHAM (1ST ARIEL) SCOUT GROUP 

    Scout group with Beaver, Cub and Scout sections.
    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

    Financial issues to consider:

    • 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
    Fundraising
    Cost £k
    Total
    Funds £k
    Unrestricted
    Funds £k
    Mths
    Rsrvs
    Staff Volun-
    teers
    31/03/23£27£27£0n/an/an/an/an/a26
    31/03/22£41£44£-2n/an/an/an/an/a22
    31/03/21£25£8£17n/an/an/an/an/a12
    31/03/20£10£8£2n/an/an/an/an/a14
    31/03/19*£8£8£1n/an/an/an/an/a0
    31/03/18£17£22£-5£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/17£13£10£3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/16*£6£10£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/15*£6£6£0£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/14*£4£6£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/13£10£6£4£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/12£4£8£-3£0£0£0n/a00
    31/03/11?£3£5£-1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/10£6£5£1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/09£4£6£-2£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/08*£5£4£1£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/07*£51£8£43£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/06*£5£16£-12£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/05*£16£3£13£0£0£0n/a00
    30/09/04£5£6£-1£0£0£0n/a00

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

    www.arielscouts.org.uk

    treasurer@113asg.org

    07882222582

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    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
    • Birmingham City,
    Who it helps
    • Children/Young People
    Who works here?
    • Unknown number of employees
    • 26 volunteers

    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
    National Lottery Community Fund - Better opportunities for Scouts in Selly Oak
    £8,124 01/03/2017
    12
    A marquee and tents will be purchased with this funding, so that people are able to enjoy outdoor adventure holidays. This will improve their social skills, teamwork and confidence.

    Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

    How is it governed?

    Trustees (3)
    Current Trustees appointed

    Legal constitution
    • Charity registered in England & Wales on 26/04/1971, number: 524567
    Gift Aid
    • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
    Policies in force
    • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
    • Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
    • Complaints handling
    • Complaints policy and procedures
    • Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
    • Financial reserves policy and procedures
    • Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
    • Internal risk management policy and procedures
    • Investing charity funds policy and procedures
    • Investment
    • Risk management
    • Safeguarding policy and procedures
    • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
    • Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
    • Social media policy and procedures
    • Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
    • Trustee expenses policy and procedures
    • Volunteer management
    Filing Record
    20 returns made; AR19: 2 days late, AR16: 9 days late, AR15: 25 days late, AR14: 193 days late, AR08: 68 days late, AR07: 143 days late, AR06: 783 days late, AR05: 1148 days late,
    Main office

    41 NORTHFIELD ROAD
    KINGS NORTON
    BIRMINGHAM
    B30 1JD

    Objectives

    UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

    Defined Area of Benefit:

    SELLY OAK, BIRMINGHAM 29.

    Data Sources

    Charity Commission for England and Wales
    360 Giving
    CharityBase
    Authorised officials of this charity can add information to this page (including a Donate Now button) for no cost

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