BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 300480 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income

£216k

Latest spending

£226k

Registered

1962

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,502 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted income of £191,133 and unrestricted expenditure of £214,664. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £188,939, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £165,000 (12 months' running costs).

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months' running costs (approximately £165,000) (held: £189k)

“The charity’s reserves policy is to hold 12 months’ running costs in reserves in order to ensure uninterrupted operation during a time of adjustment. This equates to approximately £165,000 of unrestricted free reserves.” — page 15

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Register events

Received assets from another charity (05/08/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Stuart Phillip Andrewschair
Andrew Christopher Goddon
DAVID JOHN HEARD
Megan McShane
Rafal Hanzel · trustee of 1 other charity
Robert Matthew Pullinger · trustee of 4 other charities
Sarah Rosalind Gemmell RVN
Stewart Cowling
Thomas Alfred Hose

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

Operates in: Bedford · Central Bedfordshire · Luton

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£216k	£226k
31/12/2023	£318k	£319k
31/12/2022	£165k	£180k
31/12/2021	£147k	£142k
31/12/2020	£241k	£127k

Common questions

Is BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £10,502 for the year ended 31 December 2024, with total unrestricted income of £191,133 and unrestricted expenditure of £214,664. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £188,939, which is above the stated policy target of approximately £165,000 (12 months' running costs). Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

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 CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £272k
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL income £158k
STROUD AND TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £103k
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £2.2m
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£216k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£272k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£431k	—	0	within	—	no doubt
WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£158k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
STROUD AND TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£103k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£2.2m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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