ICKNIELD (LUTON) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1049542 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Sectional based competitions and camps. St Georges Day parade and carol service, Christingle service. Various fundraising activities. Promotion of scouting through local media facilities.

Objects

TO ENCOURAGE THE PHYSICAL, MENTAL AND SPIRITUAL DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE SO THAT THEY MAY TAKE A CONSTRUCTIVE PLACE IN SOCIETY.

Area of benefit: LUTON

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

£141k

Latest spending

£128k

Registered

1995

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £38,084 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated target of normal running costs plus £10,000. The district reported a decline in youth and adult membership numbers, noting that this trend raises cause for concern and requires increased recruitment efforts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: a normal years running costs with an additional £10,000 (held: £38k)

“The District Trustee Board considers that the District should hold a sum equivalent to a normal years running costs with an additional £10,000 to ensure there are sufficient funds to maintain uninterrupted operation during a time of adjustment.” — page 23

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.

Complaints handling
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

ALAN WOOD · trustee of 1 other charity
Ashleigh Ridlington
Benjamin Jake Summerfield
Carol Smart
Cassidy Price
Ellen Lill
Johnnie Summerfield · trustee of 1 other charity
Keelan Pannell · trustee of 1 other charity
NICHOLAS Michael JARMAN
Nazia Ahmed

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£141k	£128k
31/12/2023	£83k	£116k
31/12/2022	£60k	£74k
31/12/2021	£11k	£25k
31/12/2020	£66k	£37k

Common questions

Is ICKNIELD (LUTON) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £38,084 at year-end, which is above the trustee-stated target of normal running costs plus £10,000. The district reported a decline in youth and adult membership numbers, noting that this trend raises cause for concern and requires increased recruitment efforts. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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	17/02/2005	£1k	St George's day project

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 WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £136k
ROMFORD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £685k
SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £191k
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £162k
ARROW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £159k
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ICKNIELD (LUTON) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£141k	—	above	—	no doubt
WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
ROMFORD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£685k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SALISBURY AND SOUTH WILTS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£191k	—	below	—	noted
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£162k	—	above	—	no doubt
ARROW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£159k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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