EAST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 291136 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as EAST SUSSEX SCOUTS, SCOUT ASSOCIATION COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX - EAST SUSSEX SCOUTS, THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION - COUNTY OF EAST SUSSEX

Provision of Scouting within the County of East Sussex

Objects

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 PRODUCING AN ENJOYABLE AND ATTRACTIVE SCHEME OF PROGRESSIVE TRAINING GUIDED BY THE ADULT LEADERSHIP.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £24,603 for the year ended 2025, with total incoming resources of £65,884 against expenditure of £41,281. The trustees confirm that the financial position is in line with strategic plans and that the charity remains financially resilient. The non-designated unrestricted fund balance stands at £164,027, which is below the stated policy target of retaining monies to meet 9 months of expenditure.

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
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Kathryn Frostchair
• Elaine Gausden
• Izzy Rance
• Mark Lloyd
• Sharon Susan Bishop
• Steven Dawson
• TONY RICHARDSON

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove · East Sussex

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).