DUNSTABLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1023533 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting in Dunstable District

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL,INTELLECTUAL,SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS,AS INDIVIDUALSAS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL,NATIONAL IND 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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Registered contact address: Central Bedfordshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

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.

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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Volunteer management

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.

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOLIHULL COLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

SOLIHULL COLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £96k
BANSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £55k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
NORFOLK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £40k
SOUTHGATE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £307k
BARNSLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £59k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DUNSTABLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£33k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOLIHULL COLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£96k	—	above	—	no doubt
BANSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£55k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	above	—	no doubt
NORFOLK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£40k	—	above	—	no doubt
SOUTHGATE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2023	£307k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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