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WIMBLEDON AND WANDLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1036432 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WIMBLEDON AND MERTON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Our programme aims to help young people grow in a number of personal development areas and to ensure that the young people themselves are really "learning by doing".

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 - IN PRACTICE MERTON

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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Latest income
£62k
Latest spending
£164k
Registered
1994
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that cash reserves amounted to £285,351.76 at the end of the period, held entirely in cash due to a risk-averse investment strategy. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to support Groups through loans for capital expenditure and to cover expected maintenance costs on District properties. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership Subscriptions
“Membership Subscriptions 61,049”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: an amount, considered by the Trustees to be sufficient to provide support to the Groups as previously, in particular in the form of loans for capital expenditure, to cover expected maintenance costs on the District Headquarters and other properties (held: £285k)
“The District’s policy on reserves is to hold an amount, considered by the Trustees to be sufficient to provide support to the Groups as previously, in particular in the form of loans for capital expenditure, to cover expected maintenance costs on the District Headquarters and other properties.” — page 4
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Merton

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£62k£164k
31/12/2023£131k£71k
31/12/2022£133k£121k
31/12/2021£81k£59k
31/12/2020£106k£51k

Common questions

Is WIMBLEDON AND WANDLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that cash reserves amounted to £285,351.76 at the end of the period, held entirely in cash due to a risk-averse investment strategy. The trustees consider these reserves sufficient to support Groups through loans for capital expenditure and to cover expected maintenance costs on District properties. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue operating. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.