NORTH DEVON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 290640 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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 by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPALS 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.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds total £446,463, which significantly exceeds the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £40,000 (equivalent to 12 months of running costs). The charity reported a net surplus of £214,514 for the year, driven largely by the sale of a land strip for £260,000, and confirms no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 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
• 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
• Paying staff
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — NORTH DEVON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL (matched by registered charity number).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (22/11/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Daniel Smithchair
• Alison Homa
• JOHN JARVIS · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jack Partridge
• Margaret Jarvis · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Etheridge · trustee of 1 other charity
• Matthew Cole
• Matthew Lavercombe
• Oliver Hamley
• Phil Gladwin

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

Operates in: Devon

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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