ORMSKIRK & DISTRICT SCOUTS

Registered charity 1068959 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activities in the Ormskirk District

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Latest income
£180k
Latest spending
£153k
Registered
1998
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the district ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £135,016, an increase from the previous year's £108,478. The Treasurer's report confirms the district is in good financial health, noting that while some event deposits were lost, overall activity costs were managed within agreed budgets.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership fees
“Total membership fees due to district this year (all groups & Explorers): £78,320.00” — page 9
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£180k£153k
31/03/2024£171k£148k
31/03/2023£172k£187k
31/03/2022£105k£74k
31/03/2021£53k£78k

Common questions

Is ORMSKIRK & DISTRICT SCOUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the district ended the year with unrestricted reserves of £135,016, an increase from the previous year's £108,478. The Treasurer's report confirms the district is in good financial health, noting that while some event deposits were lost, overall activity costs were managed within agreed budgets. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund19/10/2016£10kScouts Community Hub

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ORMSKIRK & DISTRICT SCOUTS£180k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTHGATE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2023£307k—0unclear—no doubt
HARROW DISTRICT SCOUTS FY2025£316k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£185k—0unclear—no doubt
WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£136k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt

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