DORCHESTER AND WEST DORSET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1039833 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DORCHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Dorchester & West Dorset District Scout Council is responsible for providing Scouting for both boys and girls 6 to 25 in Dorchester and surrounding towns and villages in West Dorset. A structured programme of activities is designed to help youngsters with the guidance of trained adult leaders to achieve their full potential as individuals, responsible citizens and members of their community.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL 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 the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £100,000, which is above the trustee-stated policy target of £24,000 (equivalent to 24 months of running costs). The total gross income for the year was £140,708, with total expenditure of £64,061, resulting in a net surplus that increased cash funds to £159,915.

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
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (08/10/2019) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Allen Northover
• DAVID JOHN LING
• Emma Wellman · trustee of 1 other charity
• Frederick John Mackey
• JENNIFER MARY WRAIGHT
• Jessica Louise St Barbe Baker
• Jonathan Nicholas Cunliffe
• Mark Wellman
• Peter Jared Parkin
• Richard Smith

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

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