OXFORD SPIRES SCOUT DISTRICT

Registered charity 1090174 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as OXFORD SPIRES DISTRICT SCOUTS

The District supports all the Scout Groups within the district in the aim of the Scout Association "To help young people achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities."

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.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED.

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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Registered contact address: Cherwell, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the District reported a deficit of £14,949.15 for the year ended 31st March 2025, primarily due to timing differences in District Camp income and expenditure. Despite this deficit, the District maintained a current account balance of £123,822.27 and a reserve account of £3.25, resulting in total resources of £130,952.52.

Automated summary of the FY2025 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
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Valerie Jean Butcher BEMchair
• ANTHONY DAVID MORRIS
• BRIAN CARVELL
• COLIN DOLING · trustee of 1 other charity
• DAVID JONATHAN EYLES
• James Andrew Ellis
• James Heydon · trustee of 1 other charity
• KEVIN HEYDON · trustee of 1 other charity
• MARK SEAN COUGHLAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Thomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Shane Clark
• Stuart Weekes

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• KING ALFRED DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £66k
• OXFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £327k
• BISHOPS STORTFORD SCOUT DISTRICT income £103k
• Sale & District Scouts income £84k
• CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• ODIHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £150k

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