RUNNYMEDE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1039314 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

A unit of the Scout Association providing suppport to Scout Groups, Explorer Scout Units and a Network Scout Unit in the Borough of Runnymede

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Latest income

£109k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

1994

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £40,368 at year end, with total net assets of £119,665. The trustees' report indicates that the District's reserves policy is to hold sufficient funds to maintain specific unit activities and support groups, and the actual unrestricted reserves are held against this policy. The filing notes no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient funds to maintain continuing Explorer, Network Scout and Active Support units activities, to help meet and underwrite the costs of Scouts going to World Jamborees every four years, support our Groups by providing temporary loans and in the event of a Group having to close protect the good name of The Scout Association by paying off any reasonable debts (held: £40k)

“The District's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient funds to maintain continuing Explorer, Network Scout and Active Support units activities, to help meet and underwrite the costs of Scouts going to World Jamborees every four years, support our Groups by providing temporary loans and in the event of a Group having to close protect the good name of The Scout Association by paying off any reasonable debts.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

Andrew Fozard · trustee of 1 other charity
Andrew John Selwyn · trustee of 1 other charity
David Moore · trustee of 2 other charities
David Peter Breakwell · trustee of 2 other charities
David Thomas Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Penelope Ann Lympany · trustee of 2 other charities
GEORGE BERTRAM KERR · trustee of 1 other charity
Tone Harie Fretheim Kelly · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Surrey

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£109k	£97k
31/03/2024	£72k	£87k
31/03/2023	£67k	£59k
31/03/2022	£35k	£32k
31/03/2021	£18k	£11k

Common questions

Is RUNNYMEDE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £40,368 at year end, with total net assets of £119,665. The trustees' report indicates that the District's reserves policy is to hold sufficient funds to maintain specific unit activities and support groups, and the actual unrestricted reserves are held against this policy. The filing notes no material uncertainty regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2025 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
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £341k
Chester and District Scout Council income £149k
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
RUNNYMEDE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£109k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£185k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£341k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Chester and District Scout Council FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	within	—	no doubt

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