GOSPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1023671 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

provide Scouting Activities for the young people of the Gosport area.

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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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported an overall deficit of £565 for the year ended 30 September 2025, with unrestricted general funds totaling £41,282. The trustees believe this amount is sufficient to cover short-term fluctuations in income and expenditure, noting a reserves policy target of at least six months of general fund expenditure. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £138,773 in total, including designated funds, against a policy aimed at meeting financial uncertainties and unforeseen setbacks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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
• Campaigns and political activity 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

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (1 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gwyneth May Evans
• JANE WARNER
• PATRICIA ANNE BROWN
• Paul Richard Jeram
• Peter John Giffin
• Robin Peddell
• Sandra Rose Hicks
• Trevor Martin Smith · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP.

• 6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP income £123k
• CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
• MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
• CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £191k
• GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £202k

Side by side with its peers

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