AYLESBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 300653 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AYLESBURY AND DISTRICT BOY SCOUT LOCAL ASSOCIATION

Provision of Scouting activities in the Aylesbury area.

Objects

PURPOSES OF AYLESBURY AND DISTRICT BOY SCOUT LOCAL ASSOCATION

Area of benefit: AYLESBURY AND 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 · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income

£28k

Latest spending

£13k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £34,067.24, which the Trustees consider adequate against a policy target of £5,830 to £8,745. The filing notes no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: levy on each Member of the Movement

“The Majority of the Council’s income is obtained from a levy on each Member of the Movement. Additional income is obtained from various grants, from investment income and from receipts from various activities organised by the Scout Council.” — page 6

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: between 12 and 18 months of the annual budget income, which equates to between £5,830 and £8,745 (held: £34k)

“The Trustees considered that the level of free reserves required should be equivalent to between 12 and 18 months of the annual budget income, which equates to between £5,830 and £8,745.”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). 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.

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Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (03/12/2018) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Alex Monro
Anders Christensen
Chris Ross · trustee of 1 other charity
Christopher Harper
Fiona McParland
Gordon Weston · trustee of 1 other charity
Jeanne Wise
Oliver Ross
SARAH MARSH

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

Operates in: Buckinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2026	£28k	£13k
31/03/2025	£28k	£25k
31/03/2024	£25k	£20k
31/03/2023	£34k	£37k
31/03/2022	£11k	£37k

Common questions

Is AYLESBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £34,067.24, which the Trustees consider adequate against a policy target of £5,830 to £8,745. The filing notes no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.