BISHOPS STORTFORD SCOUT DISTRICT

Registered charity 1154953 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society

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

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 FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity was in a strong financial position at the end of the period, holding circa £81,000 in cash deposits. The trustees consider the District should hold reserves equivalent to 12 months of annual subscriptions, with a stated target of £60,000. The document confirms sufficient resources are held to continue core activities should there be a shortfall in income.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Discloses 3 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
• 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Trustees · trustee networks

• Jane Le Grove
• Nick Jones Elected
• Oliver Silvester
• Richard Eynon
• SIMON CARTER Elected · trustee of 1 other charity
• Tim Payne
• William Compton Ex Officio

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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