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THE DON BROOME SCOUT TRUST

Registered charity 1089189 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL AND SPRITUAL POTENTIALS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SCOUT GROUPS, DISTRICTS AND COUNTY PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH, LAMBETH, SOUTHWARK, LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

Area of benefit: GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN UK

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
£28k
Latest spending
£62k
Registered
2001
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the Trust held assets worth £588,951 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the whole fund is effectively a reserve and that there are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern. The Trust's only income is from investment income and bank interest, and it does not seek to raise funds.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“The Trust’s only income is from investment income and bank interest and Trustees do not seek to raise funds.”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: apply its income to its charitable objects but not normally draw on the capital (held: £589k)
“The Trust’s Policy is to apply its income to its charitable objects but not normally draw on the capital, thus ensuring benefit to future beneficiaries. Since Trustees do not draw on the trust fund capital the whole fund is effectively a reserve,”
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2024£28k£62k
31/12/2023£28k£4k
31/12/2022£27k£4k
31/12/2021£16k£29k
31/12/2020£17k£48k

Common questions

Is THE DON BROOME SCOUT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the Trust held assets worth £588,951 at the end of the financial year. The trustees report that the whole fund is effectively a reserve and that there are no uncertainties about the charity continuing as a going concern. The Trust's only income is from investment income and bank interest, and it does not seek to raise funds.