HIGH WYCOMBE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1053232 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HIGH WYCOMBE WEST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Provide scouting to young people aged 6yrs to 18yrs, within the High Wycombe region.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: HIGH WYCOMBE

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that finances are sound with reserves gradually increasing. The reserves are reported to be in excess of the Scout Association requirements. The accounts are prepared on a receipts and payments basis.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves 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 conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Trustees · trustee networks

• Catherine Lewis · trustee of 1 other charity
• RON COOPER
• Robert Stiff · trustee of 2 other charities
• Steven Crawshaw
• Tina Palin

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

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