MANCHESTER SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1020173 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYTHENSHAWE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

To support scouting in the Manchester South area and promote scouting as a worthwhile activity for young people. To assist in the organisation and training of scout leaders.To provide financial administrative and management support to scout groups in the district.

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: 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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Latest income
£83k
Latest spending
£101k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £82,796.03 against total payments of £101,433.13, resulting in a net expenditure. The charity holds monetary assets of £26,814.04 and has a stated reserves policy target of £4,000. The Trustees note that the accounts require signing off by the Independent Examiner for submission to the Charities Commission.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £4,000 (held: £27k)
“The District’s policy on reserves is to hold an amount of £4,000 to enable it to sustain any District activity or support any group in the absence of any further funds being available to enable the District to discharge its responsibilities.” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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.

Funders the charity credits

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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Manchester City

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£83k£101k
31/03/2024£79k£145k
31/03/2023£96k£83k
31/03/2022£96k£38k
31/03/2021£77k£41k

Common questions

Is MANCHESTER SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £82,796.03 against total payments of £101,433.13, resulting in a net expenditure. The charity holds monetary assets of £26,814.04 and has a stated reserves policy target of £4,000. The Trustees note that the accounts require signing off by the Independent Examiner for submission to the Charities Commission. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds MANCHESTER SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MANCHESTER SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
LORD MAYOR OF MANCHESTER'S CHARITY APPEAL TRUSTFY2022£5kStronger Communities Grants