MAIDSTONE EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1022013 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

To provide Scouting activities for young people between the ages of 4 and 18 and to people between 18 and 25, and to provide support and training for the adult leaders.

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
£62k
Latest spending
£57k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the district maintains systems of internal control and monitors income and expenditure regularly. The trustees consider the charity holds sufficient resources to continue activities, with a policy target of approximately £4,000. The document notes that the district's income is very small and funds are held in cash.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The District’s Income and Expenditure is very small and as a consequence does not have sufficient fund to invest in longer-term investments such as stocks and shares.” — page 3
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 12 months running cost, circa £4,000 (held: £4k)
“The District Trustee Board considers that the District should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running cost, circa £4,000”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£62k£57k
31/03/2024£51k£56k
31/03/2023£76k£75k
31/03/2022£32k£35k
31/03/2021£35k£22k

Common questions

Is MAIDSTONE EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the district maintains systems of internal control and monitors income and expenditure regularly. The trustees consider the charity holds sufficient resources to continue activities, with a policy target of approximately £4,000. The document notes that the district's income is very small and funds are held in cash.

Who funds MAIDSTONE EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name MAIDSTONE EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCE.

Known funders

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

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE GRAND LODGE OF MARK MASTER MASONS' FUND OF BENEVOLENCEFY2022£14k