CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 267706 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

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.

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

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.

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.

Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Brett Joneschair · trustee of 1 other charity
Dr Juliet Pamela Gregson
Frances Fawcett
Jonathon Denton · trustee of 1 other charity
Joseph James Haskell
Kelly Marie Gee
Kevin Robert William Dawson · trustee of 2 other charities

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

Operates in: Dorset

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
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).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	07/06/2019	£5k	Replace 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP income £123k
Chester and District Scout Council income £149k
NEW GREENWICH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £120k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£185k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	above	—	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	within	—	no doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£123k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Chester and District Scout Council FY2024	£149k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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