WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1046955 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST SUSSEX SCOUTS

Scouting exists to actively engage and supportyoung people in their personal development,empowering them to make a positivecontribution to society.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£195k

Latest spending

£222k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £29,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £180,369. The trustees consider the financial state of affairs to be satisfactory and maintain that reserves are sufficient to support operations for twelve months. The charity has no material debt and continues to operate on a going concern basis.

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.

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

Register events

Received assets from another charity (19/10/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Taylorchair
Andrew Swayne
DAVID HOPPER
John Firth
Joseph Rogerson
Julia Kielstra · trustee of 1 other charity
Timothy Wright
Tom Rasmusen
lily graham

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£195k	£222k
31/03/2024	£245k	£292k
31/03/2023	£426k	£467k
31/03/2022	£156k	£165k
31/03/2021	£154k	£98k

Common questions

Is WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a total deficit of £29,886 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £180,369. The trustees consider the financial state of affairs to be satisfactory and maintain that reserves are sufficient to support operations for twelve months. The charity has no material debt and continues to operate on a going concern basis. 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
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£600

Charities like this

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

KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £1.1m
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL income £158k
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £717k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£158k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	above	—	no doubt

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