AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 302146 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as AVON COUNTY SCOUTS, BRISTOL BOY SCOUTS COUNTY ASSOCIATION, THE SCOUT COUNTY OF AVON

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Causes: Education/training · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£717k
Latest spending
£677k
Registered
1962
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £40,592 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £626,900. The trustees consider the financial position sustainable in the long term, supported by an operational surplus from the Woodhouse Park Activity Centre and maintained reserves policies. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds no defined benefit pension deficits.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs (held: £627k)
The Board of Trustees had agreed that long term the County should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs. — 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.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income
£717k
Total spending
£677k
Reserves (reported)
£627k
Employees
11

Reported reserves equal ~11.1 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bath And North East Somerset · Bristol City · North Somerset · South Gloucestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£717k£677k
31/03/2024£597k£528k
31/03/2023£499k£439k
31/03/2022£219k£161k
31/03/2021£164k£87k

Common questions

Is AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net income of £40,592 for the year ended 31 March 2025, resulting in total unrestricted funds of £626,900. The trustees consider the financial position sustainable in the long term, supported by an operational surplus from the Woodhouse Park Activity Centre and maintained reserves policies. The charity operates a defined contribution pension scheme and holds no defined benefit pension deficits. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
UK government01/04/2019£17kYouth Investment Fund
UK government05/07/2017£13kYouth Investment Fund
UK government05/07/2017£17kYouth Investment Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund28/03/2007£8k"The Project Is To Organise A One Day Event To Celebrate The 100th Anniversary Of The Founding Of The Scout Movement. The Celebration Will Al"
The National Lottery Community Fund28/03/2007£8kGeorgian Bath Celebrations
UK government£17kYouth Investment Fund

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 DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY1£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£600

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL£717k0unclearno doubt
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£1.1m0unclearno doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£101k0aboveno doubt
LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£470k0unclearno doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£198k0unclearno doubt
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£124k0unclearno doubt

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