THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 279853 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

TO PROVIDE EDUCATION AND TRAINING TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN THE BOROUGH OF THURROCK

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Latest income
£182k
Latest spending
£176k
Registered
1980
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £181,681 against payments of £175,715, resulting in a net increase in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £369,555, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £30,000. The Independent Examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £30,000 (held: £370k)
“The District has a policy to retain a Reserve of £30,000 in order to cover one year running costs (circa £10k) and the running costs of the largest group in the District (circa £20k).” — page 6
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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Operates in: Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£182k£176k
31/12/2024£268k£193k
31/12/2023£318k£260k
31/12/2022£132k£147k
31/12/2021£109k£89k

Common questions

Is THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total receipts for the year were £181,681 against payments of £175,715, resulting in a net increase in funds. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £369,555, which significantly exceeds its stated policy target of £30,000. The Independent Examiner confirmed that accounting records were kept and the accounts accord with those records. 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 Heritage Fund15/05/2014£8k"Mobile Museum on the growth of Scouting in Thurrock"

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 MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£182k—0unclear—no doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£146k—0unclear—no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£185k—0unclear—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k—0unclear—no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k—0within—no doubt

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