STOCKPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1035266 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scout Association 'Policy organisation and rule'

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.

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

Latest income

£248k

Latest spending

£150k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £98,000 to £298,925, primarily due to the sale of two land assets. The organization reports a surplus for the year, with total income of £321,199 and total expenses of £228,009. The auditor confirmed the statements give a true and fair view, though noted incomplete records for investment assets and some explorer unit accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Governance: Investment Assets section incomplete

“the Investment Assets section of the Statement of Assets is still to be completed. As I understand it, the treasurer has limited visibility on whether some of the investment assets still exist within the organisation.”

“The Treasurer has also not been supplied with information relating to some of the Explorer units accounts.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Governance: Missing Explorer unit accounts

“the Investment Assets section of the Statement of Assets is still to be completed. As I understand it, the treasurer has limited visibility on whether some of the investment assets still exist within the organisation.”

“The Treasurer has also not been supplied with information relating to some of the Explorer units accounts.” — page 11

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Paul Masters, ACMA. 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.

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (22/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

CHRISTOPHER GOUGH · trustee of 1 other charity
Daniel Tiller
Dave Peter Brooke
Gareth Nicolas Williams
Hannah Jones
JOHN ERIC SMITH · trustee of 2 other charities
Karl Jones
Linda Mary Elizabeth Weekes-Holt
Phillip Adam Sumner
Suzanne Marie Barnes
Tracy Jane Ryan · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Stockport

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£248k	£150k
31/12/2023	£322k	£228k
31/12/2022	£203k	£193k
31/12/2021	£93k	£98k
31/12/2020	£105k	£90k

Common questions

Is STOCKPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £98,000 to £298,925, primarily due to the sale of two land assets. The organization reports a surplus for the year, with total income of £321,199 and total expenses of £228,009. The auditor confirmed the statements give a true and fair view, though noted incomplete records for investment assets and some explorer unit accounts. Its FY2024 accounts were audited by Paul Masters, ACMA.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	01/11/2012	£9k	Group and District Development and Growth

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

Charities like this

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

WATFORD NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £112k
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
ARROW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £159k
NEW GREENWICH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £120k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP income £123k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
STOCKPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WATFORD NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	within	—	no doubt
ARROW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NEW GREENWICH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	above	—	no doubt

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