WEALD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1093742 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

As part of the Scout Association, we support the activities of Scout Groups and Units in the part of Kent generally known as the Weald.

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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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £14,053, which is below the previous year's £15,210. The charity holds a specific contingency reserve of £10,000 to cover running costs, while total unrestricted funds are significantly lower than its total assets of £159,436, which include non-monetary assets like land. The trustees note reliance on membership fees and maintain a risk-averse cash strategy for investments.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints 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
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (09/01/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• RICHARD DAVID BARSLEYchair
• Alexander Marc Dawes
• CATHERINE MUMMERY · trustee of 3 other charities
• JANET ASHLEY · trustee of 2 other charities
• Jess Gould
• MICHAEL BROOK-FOSTER MBE · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHILIP JOHN HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• ROBERT APLIN · trustee of 1 other charity
• SALLY MICHELLE HARRIS · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• RUNNYMEDE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £109k
• CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• GREATER MANCHESTER WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £133k
• GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £202k
• CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
• Chester and District Scout Council income £149k

Side by side with its peers

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