EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 272863 · 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.

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

Latest income
£198k
Latest spending
£153k
Registered
1977
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £44,759, increasing total reserves to £570,286. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £56,237, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover their stated policy target of approximately twelve months' expenditure (£50,000). The charity holds significant tangible assets valued at £480,111 and maintains a bank loan secured on its freehold property.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: approximately twelve month’s expenditure, £50,000 (held: £56k)
liquid funds of approximately twelve month’s expenditure, £50,000, would be sufficient to manage an unexpected reduction in income or increase in operating costs. Free reserves of the charity amounted to £56,237 at the year end, and they are therefore satisfied that the reserves at the year end are sufficient to cover this. — page 5
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Payments to trustees: One trustee received £1,080 for management services; two trustees received £92 in reimbursed expenses.
During the year the charity reimbursed expenses of £92 to two trustees (2024: £103 to two trustees) and paid £1,080 to one trustee for management services (2024: Nil). — page 15
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: The Council received membership subscriptions totalling £56,225, of which £43,250 was paid over to The Scout Association. The Council's share of these memberships of £12,975 is included as income.
The Council received membership subscriptions totalling £56,225 (2024: £51,780), of which £43,250 (2024: £40,326) was paid over to The Scout Association. The Council's share of these memberships of £12,975 (2024: £11,454) is included as income in the accounts. — page 13
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Exeter & District Scouts (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: Devon

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£198k£153k
31/03/2024£159k£139k
31/03/2023£110k£106k
31/03/2022£68k£51k
31/03/2021£68k£51k

Common questions

Is EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a surplus of £44,759, increasing total reserves to £570,286. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £56,237, which the trustees consider sufficient to cover their stated policy target of approximately twelve months' expenditure (£50,000). The charity holds significant tangible assets valued at £480,111 and maintains a bank loan secured on its freehold property. Its FY2025 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 Fund02/11/2018£9kHeadquarters Extension

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 DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY1£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£600

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£198k0unclearno doubt
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£124k0unclearno doubt
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£1.1m0unclearno doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£101k0aboveno doubt
CITY OF NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£164k0unclearno doubt
THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION FY2025£46.9munclearno doubt

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