WYRE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 1146957 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WYRE SCOUTS

To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.

Objects

THE AIM OF THE ASSOCIATION IS TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RRESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.THE METHOD OF ACHIEVING THE AIM OF THE ASSOCIATION IS BY PROVIDING AN ENJOYABLE AND ATTRACTIVE SCHEME OF PROGRESSIVE TRAINING, BASED ON THE SCOUT PROMISE AND LAW, AND GUIDED BY ADULT LEADERSHIP.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Wyre, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £82,210.53, which the trustees consider to be above the stated policy target of approximately £25,000 (equivalent to 12 months' running costs). The charity reported a net deficit of £15,556.80 for the year, resulting in a decrease in cash funds from the previous year's £97,767.33 to £82,210.53.

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
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• 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

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

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Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Register events

• Received assets from another charity (01/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Neil David Ralphchair
• Andrew Graham
• CAROLINE MICHELLE MINSHULL
• Colin Anthony Sills
• David Fallows
• Jan Townley
• Leonard Herbert Wiseman
• Rev George Otieno Ayoma

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with WARRINGTON WEST DISTRICT SCOUTS.

• WARRINGTON WEST DISTRICT SCOUTS income £82k
• DORSET COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £143k
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• WEST LEEDS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £58k
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• SOMERSET COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £404k

Side by side with its peers

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