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.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£126k
Latest spending
£127k
Registered
1993
Accounts read
FY2025

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

Reserves policy: at least, equal to 6 months expenditure of general funds (held: £41k)
The Trustees have determined that the appropriate level of general reserves should be, at least, equal to 6 months expenditure of general funds. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered titlein 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

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
30/09/2025£126k£127k
30/09/2024£118k£116k
30/09/2023£113k£129k
30/09/2022£94k£98k
30/09/2021£47k£44k

Common questions

Is GOSPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
Sport England16/12/2014£9kSea Kayaking

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
SSP FOUNDATION1£500

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GOSPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£126k0unclearno doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k0unclearno doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£185k0unclearno doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£146k0unclearno doubt
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£104k0belowno doubt
SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£191k0belownoted

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