HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 302536 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEMEL HEMPSTEAD BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION, HEMEL SCOUTS

We are part of The Scout Association and work to support Scout Groups in Hemel Hempstead. This includes the recruitment and training of adult volunteers and leaders; plus organising activities for young members; and supporting local Scout Groups in following the programme of The Scout Association.

Objects

HEMEL HEMPSTEAD BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: HEMEL HEMPSTEAD

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 net assets increased to £198,144.49 in 2025, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of circa £25,000. The district reported a positive net movement in monetary and non-monetary assets of £5,624.63 for the year, indicating stable financial health without reliance on external funding for continuity.

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

What the accounts disclose

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
• 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 profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (06/01/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Martin Gowerchair · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lee Janaway
• Margaret Griffiths · trustee of 4 other charities
• RICHARD DAVID HAYNES
• RUSSELL JOHN DYBLE
• Tom Rumble

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARPENDEN AND WHEATHAMPSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

• HARPENDEN AND WHEATHAMPSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £203k
• HARROGATE AND NIDDERDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £188k
• WATFORD NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £112k
• Harborough District Scout Council income £112k
• WOKING DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £106k
• KIBBLESTONE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £394k

Side by side with its peers

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