WINCHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 302317 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WINCHESTER BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION, WINCHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCUL

The objectives of the district are as a unit of the Scout Association. The aim of the Scout Association is to promote 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.

Objects

TO PROMOTE 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: WINCHESTER

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the district had a surplus of £19.8k for the year, driven by decreased infrastructure spending. Reserves stand at £45k, which the trustees note is within their policy parameter of no greater than 3 times normal general expenditure. The district relies on volunteers and faces risks related to membership reduction and leader retention.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Winchester District Scouts (matched by registered charity number).

Trustees · trustee networks

• Richard Mendelsohnchair
• BRUCE MARTIN
• Christopher Floyd
• Dawn Amelia Inglis
• Dr David Ashby
• Dr Nicholas Archibald Safford · trustee of 1 other charity
• Ian Robert Johnson
• James Fraser
• Laurence Mallinson
• Nicholas Elborough · trustee of 1 other charity
• Robert James

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

Operates in: Hampshire

Income and spending

Common questions

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Side by side with its peers

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