LONSDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1027167 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LONSDALE SCOUTS

Scouting in the Lancaster City Council area.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£226k

Latest spending

£224k

Registered

1993

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,148,545 remain above the trustees' stated policy target of £55,000 (six months of running costs). The charity reports a near-balanced year with income and spend almost identical, resulting in no material drawdown on reserves, and maintains healthy cash balances to absorb potential setbacks.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: six months running costs (amounting to £35,000 directly for the District and £20,000 for the Activity Centres) (held: £1.1m)

“The Board considers that the Charity should hold a sum equivalent to six months running costs (amounting to £35,000 directly for the District and £20,000 for the Activity Centres).” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Stephen Landleschair
Alex Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
Darren Michael Phillips
Dr Howard Greenwood
James Carbert
Jayme Andrew Morgan
Owen James Coopland
Simon Lefever
Steven John Mather

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£226k	£224k
31/12/2023	£151k	£141k
31/12/2022	£106k	£125k
31/12/2021	£82k	£43k
31/12/2020	£94k	£65k

Common questions

Is LONSDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves of £1,148,545 remain above the trustees' stated policy target of £55,000 (six months of running costs). The charity reports a near-balanced year with income and spend almost identical, resulting in no material drawdown on reserves, and maintains healthy cash balances to absorb potential setbacks. 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 OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k
SSP FOUNDATION	1	£500

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.

CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
Chester and District Scout Council income £149k
CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £180k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £272k
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £202k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
LONSDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£226k	—	above	—	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	within	—	no doubt
Chester and District Scout Council FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£180k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£272k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£185k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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