RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 289912 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as TWICKENHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

To promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities.

Objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS, AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES.

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.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net incoming resource of £65,367 for the year, resulting in total unrestricted reserves of £686,526. The trustees' policy is to hold sufficient reserves to cover six months of operating costs, and the current unrestricted reserves significantly exceed this target. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters came to their attention regarding the accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/02/2013) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Edward Meehanchair
• ALAN PAUL BREWER
• Felix Benjamin Stapleton
• Gillian Annette
• JILL FIELDER
• PATRICK LEOPOLD DUCKER · trustee of 1 other charity
• PHIL HUNT
• Tim Grebot

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

Operates in: Richmond Upon Thames

Income and spending

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• ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £3.1m
• GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £167k

Side by side with its peers

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