BUCKINGHAMSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1018127 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BUCKINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL, BUCKS SCOUT COUNCIL

Scouting offers challenge and adventure to young people aged 6 - 25. We believe in helping our members fulfill their potential by working in teams, learning by doing and thinking for themselves. We are working to make Scouting available to all in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes and we are passionate about what we do.

Objects

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

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £19,553 to a total of £1,301,281, with available cash reserves standing at £442,299. Per the trustees' report, these reserves represent over 18 months of expenditure, significantly exceeding the stated policy target of six to twelve months. The auditor confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view and that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Just Audit & Assurance Ltd. 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• PETER CATHCARTchair
• Beverley Delaney
• Clare Clarke
• David Malcolm Sutherland
• James Williamson
• PETER BIGGS
• REX WILLIAM STEVENS
• William Beresford Bacchus

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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