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1st Burnmoor Scout Group

64 /100

Clarity score

Needs improvement

Charity accounts, evidence & financial rating

64/100 Clarity Score · 3 stars · Charity Commission filings · How we score

Register checked 4 October 2026 · latest accounts 2025

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Is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group a good charity?

1st Burnmoor Scout Group scores 64/100 (3 stars, Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, calculated from its UK regulator filings. Its latest accounts year is 2025 (£1.2m total income, 0% cause spend, latest year). This reflects financial transparency and stewardship on paper — not the real-world impact of its programmes. See the full breakdown.

Income

£1.2m

Accounts 2025-03-31

Spending

£1.1m

Accounts 2025-03-31

Charitable activities

0%

latest year · share of spending

Accounts filing

On time

Charity Commission

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Durham · DH4 6AW Reg 525189 Registered charity Official website Charity Commission register

What does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group do?

The Charity is a community based Scout Group. The Group is made up of 3 sections catering for boys and girls from the ages of 6 to 14 1/2. Each section has a varied programme of events throughout including camps, oudoor activites such as archery, wall climbing and orienteering. As well as outdoor pursuits the children take part in craft activities and are involved with the local community.

Activities reported by the charity on the official register · extract . This is separate from the accounts data used for its rating.

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How much does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group raise and spend?

Accounts period 2024-04-01 to 2025-03-31 · Source: Charity Commission filings

1st Burnmoor Scout Group revenue and expenses for 2025
Category Amount % of spend
Total income £1.2m —
Total expenditure £1.1m —
Charitable activities £4k 0%
Fundraising £19k 2%
Reported governance £0 0%

Governance can already be allocated within other expenditure categories. It is not a separate measure of all administration costs; do not add these rows without checking the accounts notes.

What changed in 1st Burnmoor Scout Group’s latest accounts?

Reported totals for 2025 compared with 2024. Changes can reflect the accounting period, restricted grants or restructuring as well as the charity’s work.

Reported income changes from £56k to £1.2m. We do not show a growth percentage across this large discontinuity: check whether the two accounts cover comparable activities and periods. Read the evidence and context.

These are annual figures. The Clarity Score may use averages across several disclosed years. Source: official accounts.

0%On charitable activities

Where does the money go?

Latest accounts (2025) · £1.1m spent

  • Charitable activities0%
  • Fundraising2%
  • Remaining expenditure98%

From the annual return

What does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group pay its staff, and where does its money come from?

Answers 1st Burnmoor Scout Group gave in its annual return to the Charity Commission for the year ending 31 March 2025, plus its register entry. These are the charity's own disclosures, not part of the Clarity Score.

Where does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's money come from?

1st Burnmoor Scout Group reported £1.2m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.2m (98%), charitable activities £19k (2%), other income £2,218 (0%).

  • Donations and legacies £1.2m · 98%
  • Charitable activities (fees and contracts) £19k · 2%
  • Other income £2,218 · 0%
  • Investments £801 · 0%
  • Trading and fundraising events £240 · 0%

Cash at year end: £223k · unrestricted funds: £15k · restricted funds: £1.2m. Restricted funds can only be spent on purposes set by the donor.

Can I claim Gift Aid, and are the trustees paid?

The register records 1st Burnmoor Scout Group as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration. Work out your Gift Aid

1st Burnmoor Scout Group's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

Registration details

Registered as a charity
Where it says it operates
Durham

Source: Charity Commission register and annual return data, Open Government Licence v3.0. A blank answer in the return is shown as not reported, never as “no”.

How have 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's finances changed over five years?

Income rose 1634% from £72k in 2021 to £1.2m in 2025; spending was £1.1m in 2025.

£0 £500k £1.0m £1.5m £2.0m 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 Income 2021: £72k Spending 2021: £29k Income 2022: £169k Spending 2022: £28k Income 2023: £60k Spending 2023: £234k Income 2024: £56k Spending 2024: £59k Income 2025: £1.2m Spending 2025: £1.1m Cause spend 2025: £4k
  • Income
  • Spending
  • Cause spend
1st Burnmoor Scout Group income and spending by accounts year
Year Income Spending Charitable activities
2025 £1.2m £1.1m £4k
2024 £56k £59k Not disclosed
2023 £60k £234k Not disclosed
2022 £169k £28k Not disclosed
2021 £72k £29k Not disclosed

Cause spend is plotted only when the filing discloses a split · Source: Charity Commission filings

Financial context

How do its finances compare with similar charities?

Compare 1st Burnmoor Scout Group with 35 other sport charities in our detailed dataset: the same regulator, £1m–£5m income band and accounts ending in 2025. Each period covers 50–54 weeks. These are reference points, not targets or a ranking of impact.

Swipe across the table to see the peer median and coverage.

Latest annual figures, accounts ending 2025-03-31. Peer medians exclude this charity; the median is the middle value.
MeasureThis charityPeer medianPeer coverage
Annual income £1.2m £1.6m 35 of 35
Annual spending £1.1m £1.5m 35 of 35
Charitable activities share 0.4% 93.3% 33 of 35

The annual spending share can differ from the multi-year average shown elsewhere. Missing disclosures are excluded, never counted as zero. We show a median only with at least ten peer disclosures. Different year-end months, restricted funding and delivery models can still limit comparisons.

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How does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group compare?

The share of each group scoring at or below 1st Burnmoor Scout Group, including tied scores. A group matched on cause, income band and accounts year appears when at least ten records qualify. Broader groups below may mix reporting periods and operating models. Groups include this charity; percentiles measure our financial rating, not impact.

Same cause, income band and accounts year (2025) 30thpercentile

Scores at or above 30% of 37 charities with the same primary cause, income band and latest accounts year · 64/100 vs 72 peer average.

Income band (£1m–£5m) 15thpercentile

Scores at or above 15% of 2,720 charities in its income band · 64/100 vs 78 peer average.

Sport charities 35thpercentile

Scores at or above 35% of 142 charities in this cause · 64/100 vs 70 peer average.

How does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group compare, and where else can you look?

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Where 1st Burnmoor Scout Group sits

The causes this charity is classified under, and other charities working nearby.

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Evidence and interpretation

What the evidence says about 1st Burnmoor Scout Group

In 2025, reported income was £1,240,357 and expenditure was £1,119,757. Income exceeded expenditure by £120,600. This annual balance is not the charity’s available cash or unrestricted reserves.

More financial context

Reported income changes sharply between 2024 and 2025. A numerical jump alone does not establish growth, decline or a restructuring. Read both sets of accounts to establish whether their periods and reporting boundaries are comparable.

Calculated from our dated accounts dataset, refreshed 2026-09-06. This is not an audit or a manual review of every filing. Original register and accounts · How calculations work.

Find the right support

Who it supports and how to access its work

Reported beneficiaries: Children/young People.

How it works: Other Charitable Activities.

Use the official contact details to check eligibility, referrals, waiting lists and current service coverage. Broad register classifications and a contact address do not confirm that a particular service is available to you.

Explore source-checked support routes

Classifications supplied to the register; extract 2026-10-04. Register contact and activity details · Website listed for this charity

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Results and impact evidence

We have not added a source-checked programme outcome for this charity. That is a gap in this profile, not evidence that the charity has no impact. Its annual report may contain results that have not been assessed here.

Reported grants to institutions: £0 (2025-03-31). This is spending reported in the annual return, not a measure of beneficiary outcomes or an open grant opportunity. It may already be included in charitable expenditure. Check the source accounts.

What these results can tell you

Counts of services delivered describe activity. They do not by themselves establish lasting change, what would have happened without the programme, or cost-effectiveness. Results with different definitions, populations or years should not be ranked against each other.

How to judge charity impact evidence

What is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's Beacon report?

Detailed accountability and finance metrics from UK regulator filings — structured for transparency in our four-beacon report.

Accountability & Transparency

Baseline trust from filing discipline, board oversight, and declared governance policies.

100/100

Accountability & Transparency metrics for 1st Burnmoor Scout Group
Metric Score Value
Filing history (5 years)

No recorded lateness in available history = 15 pts · one late filing = 5 pts · two or more or unknown status = 0 pts. Missing data is not proof of late filing.

 100% 15/15 pts
Trustee oversight

Three or more trustees on the register = 15 pts, scaled down for fewer (governance red flag below three).

 100% 11 trustees · 15/15 pts
Declared policies

Safeguarding (4) · conflict of interest (3) · volunteer management (3) — from Charity Commission annual return.

 100% 10/10 pts

Financial Health

Stability and solvency — reserves, revenue trend, and debt from Charity Commission accounts.

13/100

Financial Health metrics for 1st Burnmoor Scout Group
Metric Score Value
Reserves (months of expenditure)

3–24 months = full marks, tapering on both sides · 0 months or 4+ years = 0 pts. Reserves are not necessarily cash; needs vary by operating model.

 0% 0 months · 0/15 pts
Income stability / growth

+20% or more over the window = 10 pts · flat = 5 pts · −20% or worse = 0 pts, scaled between.

 0% Comparability review needed · 0/10 pts
Liabilities to assets

0% liabilities-to-assets = 5 pts, scaling down to 0 pts at 60%+ debt.

 80% 14% · 4/5 pts

Financial Efficiency

How efficiently funds reach the cause — program spend and fundraising cost ratios.

50/100

Financial Efficiency metrics for 1st Burnmoor Scout Group
Metric Score Value
Program expense ratio

90%+ on charitable activities = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 50% or below.

 0% 0% · 0/10 pts (Latest year)
Fundraising efficiency

≤10p to raise £1 = full marks, scaling down to 0 pts at 40p or above (fundraising cost ÷ income).

 100% 2p per £1 income · 10/10 pts (Latest year, disclosed years)

Community Support

Grassroots backing from Charity Commission workforce data — volunteers vs paid staff.

100/100

Community Support metrics for 1st Burnmoor Scout Group
Metric Score Value
Volunteer-to-staff ratio

Volunteers at 2x staff or more = full marks · no volunteers = 0 pts, scaled between.

 100% 40 volunteers / 0 staff · 10/10 pts

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What trust indicators does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group have?

Pulled from the Charity Commission register — filing behaviour, board size, and workforce where reported.

  • Accounts filed on time

    up to date · last filing

  • Trustee board size (3–12)

    11 trustees on the Charity Commission register

  • Workforce on register

    0 employees · 40 volunteers

Fundraising Regulator

Status not yet checked

Separate from our financial scores. Registration records a commitment to the Code of Fundraising Practice; it does not certify every fundraising activity.

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Official register

Reg 525189

Full trustee list, accounts, and regulatory history on the Charity Commission.

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Trustees & officers

  • Allan Forster
  • Susan Beck since 2019
  • David Robert Forster Chair · since 2020
  • Sara Winter since 2023
  • Daniel Burnett since 2023
  • Susan Matthews since 2008
  • Julie Williams Colling since 2023
  • Barry Jonathan Anderson since 2023
  • Stephen John Bailey since 2017
  • Graham Barclay since 2021
  • Bethany Jane Forster since 2023

How reliable is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's data?

Source
Charity Commission (England & Wales)
Accounts year
2025
Filing date
Data refreshed

Medium confidence — some data missing or late

Scores reflect the accounts in our dated data extract. The live register may contain newer filings. Clarity Score measures how clearly the charity accounts for money in those filings — not programme impact.

Check the current register entry · Report a data correction

Financial source extract: 2026-09-06. Organisation identifier: 525189. Method version: 1.1. View method changes.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. Open Government Licence v3.0 .

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  2. 2. Read the accounts in context

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How we score charities +

The Clarity Score is a 100-point rating from UK regulator filings (Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR and CCNI). Four pillars — Accountability & Transparency (40), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10) — each scored on a continuous scale, not pass/fail cutoffs. A statutory inquiry sets the score to 0 automatically.

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Accountability & Transparency

Scored from filings

40 points — filing history (15), trustee oversight (15, scaling up to a board of three or more), declared policies (10).

Financial Health

Scored from filings

30 points — reserves (15, full marks 3–24 months, tapering on both sides), income stability (10), liabilities to assets (5, scaling down as debt rises).

Financial Efficiency

Scored from filings

20 points — program expense ratio and fundraising cost, each on a graduated scale (not a single cutoff). Kept at 20% of the total: financial-ratio scoring alone is not a reliable effectiveness signal (see "why not just an overhead ratio?" below).

Community Support

Scored from filings

10 points — volunteer-to-staff ratio from Charity Commission workforce data, scaling continuously up to a 2:1 ratio.

Overall score

Sum of all pillar points. Display stars use the same bands as the labels: 90–100 → 5★ Exceptional; 75–89 → 4★ Good; 60–74 → 3★ Needs improvement; 1–59 → 2★ Poor; 0 → not rated.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's rating, finances, and Charity Commission status.

Is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group a good charity? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group scores 64 out of 100 (3 stars — Needs improvement) on CharityCompare's Clarity Score, our independent read of its UK regulator filings. Around 0% of its spending goes to charitable activities (latest year) and its accounts are up to date. That reflects how transparent and financially healthy it looks on paper — it does not measure the real-world impact of its work, so treat it as one factor alongside the cause you care about. CharityCompare never tells you where to donate.

Is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group a legitimate charity? +

The register data used for this profile lists 1st Burnmoor Scout Group as a registered charity (charity number 525189). Verify it on the official register: https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regId=525189&subId=0. Check the current entry and the identity of anyone requesting money. Registration does not verify a particular appeal; Clarity Score summarises filing transparency, not programme impact.

What is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's charity number? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group's charity number is 525189. Check that number on the official register (Charity Commission, OSCR or CCNI) or this CharityCompare profile before you donate — scammers sometimes reuse real numbers on fake appeals.

What is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's charity rating? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group scores 64 out of 100 on CharityCompare (3 stars — Needs improvement). The Clarity Score (method v1.1) sums four pillars from UK regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 pts), Financial Health (30), Financial Efficiency (20), and Community Support (10). Stars use the same bands as those labels — 90+ is 5★ Exceptional. It is not an impact ranking.

Does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group have reviews and complaints? +

CharityCompare does not host public user reviews for 1st Burnmoor Scout Group. Instead you get a filing-based Clarity Score, cause spend, reserves and red flags such as late accounts (none flagged on this profile). For formal complaints about a charity, contact the Charity Commission, OSCR, CCNI or the Fundraising Regulator as appropriate.

How much of my donation reaches 1st Burnmoor Scout Group? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, 0% of 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's total spending went to charitable activities. That is the closest official figure to "how much of your donation reaches the cause" — it is an average across all spending in the filing, not a pound-by-pound breakdown of an individual gift.

What are 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's overheads? +

Across the recent disclosed accounts used for this score, fundraising costs were about 2% of total expenditure and fundraising plus separately reported governance figures amount to about 2% of expenditure (2025); these categories can overlap, so this is not a distinct total of all administration costs at 1st Burnmoor Scout Group. The register does not show individual salaries; senior pay is disclosed in the trustees' annual report and accounts.

How much income does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group receive? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group reported £1.2m total income in its 2025 accounts, based on UK regulator filings. Five-year trend: check comparability.

Are 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's accounts up to date? +

Filing status: up to date (last filing 2026-01-27). CharityCompare flags late or missing accounts separately from the financial score.

Where is 1st Burnmoor Scout Group based? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group's registered contact address is in Durham (DH4 6AW). It tells the regulator it operates in Durham, with a focus on sport.

Where does 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's money come from? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group reported £1.2m total income for the year ending 31 March 2025. The largest sources were donations and legacies £1.2m (98%), charitable activities £19k (2%), other income £2,218 (0%).

Can I claim Gift Aid on a donation to 1st Burnmoor Scout Group? +

The register records 1st Burnmoor Scout Group as registered with HMRC for Gift Aid, so a UK taxpayer can usually add 25p to every £1 they give by making a Gift Aid declaration.

Are 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's trustees paid? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group's annual return for the year ending 31 March 2025 reports that no trustee received remuneration or other benefits from the charity.

When was 1st Burnmoor Scout Group registered as a charity? +

1st Burnmoor Scout Group was entered on the register on 24 July 1973.

How does CharityCompare score 1st Burnmoor Scout Group? +

We calculate a Clarity Score of 0–100 from four pillars in 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's regulator filings: Accountability & Transparency (40 points — filing history, trustees, policies), Financial Health (30 — reserves, income trend, debt), Financial Efficiency (20 — cause spend and fundraising cost, on a graduated scale) and Community Support (10 — volunteer-to-staff ratio). An open statutory inquiry scores 0. The score measures reporting on paper, not programme impact. CharityCompare is free for donors, takes no commission on donations, and scores cannot be bought.

How often is this page updated? +

This profile was last updated on 6 September 2026 from the latest UK regulator data available to CharityCompare, and 1st Burnmoor Scout Group's most recent accounts cover 2025. Scores and figures refresh whenever we re-ingest the register, so the page reflects our latest data pull rather than a one-off review.