GLOUCESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 302111 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GLOUCESTER BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

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Latest income
£150k
Latest spending
£124k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £25,526 for the year, maintaining a strong financial position with total funds carried forward of £135,732. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to 12 months' expenditure, which the document confirms has been sustained throughout the year. The charity continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources to support its functions.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Scout activities (84% of income)
The main sources of income during the year were membership fees, subscriptions and income from letting Murray Hall. The total income for the year was £149,924 — page 11
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: 12 months' expenditure (held: £136k)
It is the policy of the Trustees that funds that have not been designated for a specific use should be maintained at a level equivalent to 12 months' expenditure. — page 12
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£150k£124k
31/03/2024£170k£143k
31/03/2023£106k£102k
31/03/2022£82k£77k
31/03/2021£35k£12k

Common questions

Is GLOUCESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity achieved a net income of £25,526 for the year, maintaining a strong financial position with total funds carried forward of £135,732. The trustees report that reserves are maintained at a level equivalent to 12 months' expenditure, which the document confirms has been sustained throughout the year. The charity continues to operate on a going concern basis with adequate resources to support its functions. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund02/12/2010£10kReplacement of Old Doors and Windows
The National Lottery Community Fund20/02/2007£7kSnowdon 100

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GLOUCESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£150k0aboveno doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£272k0aboveno doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£185k0unclearno doubt
6TH GOSPORT (ROWNER) SCOUT GROUP FY2025£123k0unclearno doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£133k0aboveno doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k0withinno doubt

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