LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1001668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LEWISHAM MANOR DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, LEWISHAM MANOR SCOUT DISTRICT

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity recorded a net income of £21,471 for the year, with total unrestricted funds of £224,848 and total funds carried forward of £780,026. The trustees report that the financial position remains stable, supported by a contingency reserve of £175,000 and investment growth.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• 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
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Funders the charity credits

Named as funders/supporters on the charity’s own website (the charity’s claim, distinct from accounts-verified grants).

• Skills for Life — “Website built using the Mersey Weaver SkillsForLife Wordpress Theme” (source page)

Trustees · trustee networks

• Michael Hedley Jacksonchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• CHRIS ELLINSON
• Graeme Taylor
• Jennifer Mary McCullough
• KEVIN MURPHY
• Michael McDermott · trustee of 1 other charity
• Morgan Gareth Fuller
• RICHARD MORRISON
• Raymond Wickenden

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Croydon · Lewisham

Income and spending

Common questions

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• EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
• CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k
• KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £124k
• CROMWELL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £119k

Side by side with its peers

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.