KING ALFRED DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 300518 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The purpose of Scouting is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, responsible citizens and members of their local, national and international communities.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: WANTAGE DISTRICT

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a deficit of £7,970.41 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in net assets decreasing from £51,518.49 to £43,548.08. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds reserves of approximately £25k (circa 12 months running costs) as its policy target, though the actual unrestricted reserves shown are £43,548.08. The filing notes that outstanding liabilities were settled shortly after the reporting period and that there are no endowment funds.

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
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• BRIAN PETER STOVOLDchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mark Turner
• Paul Brame
• Peter Trafford
• Robert Cotter

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

Operates in: Oxfordshire

Income and spending

Common questions

Government & lottery funding

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