HORSHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1076603 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HORSHAM WEALD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

We are an organisation geared to helping children of all ethnic and cultral background in the way of supporting one another and living together -through camping, authorised activities and projects run by the Scout Organisation.

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Latest income

£60k

Latest spending

£41k

Registered

1999

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £104,463 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a net surplus of £18,879. The trustees' report indicates that the charity aims to retain funds equivalent to one year’s net running costs, which are estimated at £25,000, and notes that the campsite largely achieved self-sufficiency in 2024.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: one year’s net running costs (held: £104k)

“The Trustee Board continues to monitor the reserves of the Charity, aiming to retain funds at least equivalent to one year’s net running costs, which are currently estimated to be in the region of £25,000 annum.” — page 15

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (01/10/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (05/05/2015) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Deborah Caroline Laddschair · trustee of 1 other charity
ALISON JANE STYLES · trustee of 1 other charity
ANTHONY SMITH
BRIAN BARKER
Christopher Adam Michael Styles
IRENE ELIZABETH ORFORD
Joseph Charles Triccas
OLIVER RUPERT PELBROUGH SMITH
Phillip North
Timothy Charles Taylor
William Power

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£60k	£41k
31/12/2023	£47k	£41k
31/12/2022	£40k	£44k
31/12/2021	£23k	£84k
31/12/2020	£25k	£97k

Common questions

Is HORSHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £104,463 at the end of the financial year, resulting in a net surplus of £18,879. The trustees' report indicates that the charity aims to retain funds equivalent to one year’s net running costs, which are estimated at £25,000, and notes that the campsite largely achieved self-sufficiency in 2024. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.