DUNSTABLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1023533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting in Dunstable District

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Latest income

£33k

Latest spending

£28k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £52,749.20 at year-end, which the trustees describe as sufficient to continue charitable activities should income fall short. The district reported a net surplus of £4,286.70 for the period, with total income of £23,376.18 and total expenditure of £19,089.48. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to meet liabilities as they fall due.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the groups within the district should income and fundraising activities fall short (held: £53k)

“The District's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the groups within the district should income and fundraising activities fall short.” — page 3

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (07/02/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PHILIP SPICERchair
Charlotte Jackson
GLORIA MARTIN
Ian Wilkinson
JEANETTE BETTERTON
JOYCE LAWRENCE
MARGARET WILSON
MATTHEW SLADE-PEDRICK
Richard Short · trustee of 1 other charity
TREVOR GOUGH

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£33k	£28k
31/12/2023	£29k	£23k
31/12/2022	£19k	£18k
31/12/2021	£16k	£15k
31/12/2020	£16k	£9k

Common questions

Is DUNSTABLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £52,749.20 at year-end, which the trustees describe as sufficient to continue charitable activities should income fall short. The district reported a net surplus of £4,286.70 for the period, with total income of £23,376.18 and total expenditure of £19,089.48. The trustees confirmed that resources are adequate to meet liabilities as they fall due. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.