GWENT AREA SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1055372 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The development of young people in the Gwent area within the policies, aims and rules of the Scout Association.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHEIVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: IN PRACTICE THE SCOUTING AREA OF GWENT

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 FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity had total monetary receipts of £137,532 and total payments of £139,818 for the year, resulting in a net deficit of £2,286. Free/unrestricted reserves (total assets) decreased from £108,367 to £106,080, largely due to the liquidation of investments which previously contributed over £58,000 in income.

Automated summary of the FY2024 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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• 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

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Edward Watts MBE DLchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew John Scarisbrick · trustee of 2 other charities
• Andrew Osman
• Chris Davy · trustee of 3 other charities
• Christine Margaret Hands
• Christopher Thomas Owen-Brooks
• Elizabeth O'Malley
• Helen Fernandez
• Helen Gardner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mike Breakwell

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

Operates in: Blaenau Gwent · Monmouthshire · Newport City · Torfaen

Income and spending

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