ELY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 301094 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ELY AND DISTRICT BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

The District arranges events and support across the all the zones of the Scouting programme.

Objects

PROMOTING 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

Area of benefit: ELY

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

Registered contact address: East Cambridgeshire, East of England, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£132k

Latest spending

£123k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £25,450.55 at year-end, meeting the trustees' stated policy target of holding at least £9,000 (equivalent to 12 months running costs). The charity reported a net income for the year of £20,874.74, with total receipts of £52,458.46 against payments of £52,987.27, resulting in a slight decrease in overall cash balances.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £9,000 (held: £25k)

“The District Executive Committee considers that the District should hold a sum equivalent to at least 12 months running costs, circa £9,000.” — page 6

Per its FY2024 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting 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

Adam Mark Thorpe
Bob Groom
Elaine Lindsay Chamberlain · trustee of 1 other charity
Graham Robert Smith
Ian Kendall Weatherall · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Cambridgeshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£132k	£123k
31/12/2024	£52k	£78k
31/12/2023	£49k	£28k
31/12/2022	£35k	£33k
31/12/2021	£6k	£7k

Common questions

Is ELY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves were £25,450.55 at year-end, meeting the trustees' stated policy target of holding at least £9,000 (equivalent to 12 months running costs). The charity reported a net income for the year of £20,874.74, with total receipts of £52,458.46 against payments of £52,987.27, resulting in a slight decrease in overall cash balances. 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
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	1	£0

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 1ST ELY SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL.

1ST ELY SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL income £45k
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
HARLOW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £56k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
EAST SCARSDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £31k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ELY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£132k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST ELY SCOUT GROUP COUNCIL FY2025	£45k	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£198k	—	—	above	—	no doubt
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£104k	—	0	below	—	no doubt
HARLOW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£56k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	0	above	—	no doubt

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