NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 269735 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting for young people. support and training for adults to carry out relevant duties.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£267k
Latest spending
£211k
Registered
1975
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £55,950 to a total of £320,507 in free/unrestricted reserves, with an additional £213,455 designated for specific purposes. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £55,950 for the year, driven by a significant recovery in the Sir John Lowther Activity Centre's finances, which achieved a surplus of £2,666 after previous deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: County Centre Hiring (39% of income)
County Centre Hiring 104709
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: a reserves policy for the charity including a plan for use of reserves outside the ‘minimum’ (held: £321k)
maintain and manage: i. a reserves policy for the charity including a plan for use of reserves outside the ‘minimum’.
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Trustees are the charity's controlling related party by virtue of the trust deed.
The Trustees are the charity's controlling related party by virtue of the trust deed. — page 27
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Northamptonshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£267k£211k
31/03/2024£257k£258k
31/03/2023£153k£172k
31/03/2022£175k£154k
31/03/2021£131k£96k

Common questions

Is NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased by £55,950 to a total of £320,507 in free/unrestricted reserves, with an additional £213,455 designated for specific purposes. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £55,950 for the year, driven by a significant recovery in the Sir John Lowther Activity Centre's finances, which achieved a surplus of £2,666 after previous deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL£267k0unclearno doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£146k0aboveno doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k0withinno doubt
NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£916k0unclearno doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£133k0aboveno doubt
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£162k0aboveno doubt

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