CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1024746 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provide opportunities within the the Chorley area for young people to participate in the Scout Association

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 unrestricted reserves amounted to £117,619 at the end of the financial year, which is below the stated policy target of 18 months of support. The district reported a net expenditure over income of £1,322 for the year, resulting in a slight decrease in consolidated funds from £126,688 to £125,376.

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 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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Alan Vennchair
• Amy Rebecca Macmillan
• Chris Samways
• Kerry Helen Houghton
• Mark Thomas Finnigan
• Matthew Dewhurst
• Paul Smith
• Philip Henry Fairclough
• Robert Wilson
• Victoria Christine Finley

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Chester and District Scout Council.

• Chester and District Scout Council income £149k
• CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
• SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
• CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
• CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k

Side by side with its peers

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