CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 267706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£185k
Latest spending
£226k
Registered
1974
Accounts read
FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £240,035, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue charitable activities if income falls short. The charity received an independent examination with no material matters reported, and the Support Team (District) generated a net surplus of £3,025.07 for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short (held: £240k)
The District’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short. — page 8
Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£185k£226k
31/12/2024£194k£107k
31/12/2023£194k£181k
31/12/2022£145k£162k
31/12/2021£84k£71k

Common questions

Is CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity holds total unrestricted reserves of £240,035, which the trustees consider sufficient to continue charitable activities if income falls short. The charity received an independent examination with no material matters reported, and the Support Team (District) generated a net surplus of £3,025.07 for the year. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund07/06/2019£5kReplace Scout Minibus

Funders of similar charities

Funders whose accounts show grants to charities similar to this one (and no recorded grant to this charity) — a starting list for fundraisers.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£185k0unclearno doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£272k0aboveno doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k0withinno doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£146k0unclearno doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k0unclearno doubt
Chester and District Scout Council FY2024£149k0unclearno doubt

Each row is that charity’s latest analysed filing; every value is quote-backed on its own page.