CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 300364 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: CORNWALL

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£97k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £230,000 at year end, which reduced to £155,000 after deducting £75,000 in membership fees payable to The Scout Association. This remaining balance is above the trustees' stated policy target of £120,000, representing 12 months of running costs. The trustees note that reserves have decreased over the past 12 months and will continue to monitor finances to align with their policy.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £120,000 (held: £155k)

“The County Trustee Board considers that the group should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £120,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Related-party transaction: Membership fees payable to The Scout Association

“Minus £75,000 in membership fees to be paid to The Scout Association, this leaves a reserve of £155,000.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Discloses 4 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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
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Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Paying staff
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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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jordan Pidwellchair
Bennath Webster
Isobella Swanson
James McIntyre · trustee of 1 other charity
PAULA VOLKNER · trustee of 1 other charity
Sally Vaughan

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

Operates in: Cornwall

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£101k	£97k
31/03/2024	£203k	£113k
31/03/2023	£306k	£366k
31/03/2022	£96k	£87k
31/03/2021	£85k	£75k

Common questions

Is CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £230,000 at year end, which reduced to £155,000 after deducting £75,000 in membership fees payable to The Scout Association. This remaining balance is above the trustees' stated policy target of £120,000, representing 12 months of running costs. The trustees note that reserves have decreased over the past 12 months and will continue to monitor finances to align with their policy.

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£600

Charities like this

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

KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £1.1m
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £681k
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £124k
THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION income £46.9m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£681k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	above	—	no doubt
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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