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ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 302097 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ESSEX SCOUTS

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.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£3.1m
Latest spending
£2.5m
Registered
1966
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £647,719 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a significant legacy receipt. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £175,547, which exceeds the stated minimum policy target of £100,000, and the charity holds substantial liquid assets including over £1.2 million in cash.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Charitable activities (67% of income)
“Charitable activities 2,092,105” — page 40
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: £100k (held: £176k)
“agreed to maintain the level of General Reserves at an absolute minimum figure of £100k being deemed sufficient to enable the County to operate on an ongoing basis.”
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees of Norman Garon Trust donated £150,000
“Two of the Trustees are also Trustees of the Norman Garon Trust (registered charity 1120656) which donated £150,000 to Essex County Scout Council during the year” — page 39
“Wendy Bye is the County Bookkeeper which is a paid, self employed part-time role. During the year her company was paid £11,282” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Wendy Bye's company paid £11,282 for bookkeeping
“Two of the Trustees are also Trustees of the Norman Garon Trust (registered charity 1120656) which donated £150,000 to Essex County Scout Council during the year” — page 39
“Wendy Bye is the County Bookkeeper which is a paid, self employed part-time role. During the year her company was paid £11,282” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Related-party transaction: Trustees donated £1,070
“Two of the Trustees are also Trustees of the Norman Garon Trust (registered charity 1120656) which donated £150,000 to Essex County Scout Council during the year” — page 39
“Wendy Bye is the County Bookkeeper which is a paid, self employed part-time role. During the year her company was paid £11,282” — page 39
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Edmund Carr LLP. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£3.1m
Total spending
£2.5m
Reserves (reported)
£200k
Employees
10

Reported reserves equal ~1.0 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Essex · Southend-on-sea · Thurrock

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£3.1m£2.5m
31/03/2024£1.7m£1.5m
31/03/2023£1.1m£807k
31/03/2022£470k£293k
31/03/2021£319k£312k

Common questions

Is ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income surplus of £647,719 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a significant legacy receipt. Per the trustees' report, unrestricted reserves stood at £175,547, which exceeds the stated minimum policy target of £100,000, and the charity holds substantial liquid assets including over £1.2 million in cash. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Edmund Carr LLP.

Who funds ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include NORMAN GARON TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
NORMAN GARON TRUSTFY2024£300kGrant funding of activities
NORMAN GARON TRUSTFY2023£300kGrant funding of activities
NORMAN GARON TRUSTFY2022£300k
NORMAN GARON TRUSTFY2021£125kGrant funding of activities

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund11/08/2005£4kEssex Experience

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL£3.1m—0unclear—no doubt
RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£341k—0unclear—no doubt
GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£167k—0above—no doubt
SOLIHULL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£246k—0unclear—no doubt
NORTH DEVON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£112k—0no_policy—no doubt
CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£110k—0unclear—no doubt

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