ST ALBANS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 302578 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting activities for young people from age 4 in St Albans District.

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE ST. ALBANS SCOUTS ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: ST. ALBANS

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£347k

Latest spending

£294k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £218,000 at year-end, which is above its stated policy target of circa £110,000. The trustees report a strong financial position with total receipts of £346,732 against payments of £293,972, resulting in a net surplus for the year.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: circa £110,000 (held: £218k)

“The District's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short. The District Executive Committee determined during the period that given likely future needs the District should hold a minimum sum of circa £110,000.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints 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
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

Trustees · trustee networks

Kirstin Knightchair
Alexandra Hamilton-Bray
Connor Jackson
Josephine Anne Barnes
LUCY HUNT
Leonard Schalkwyk
NICOLA WELLS · trustee of 1 other charity
Stuart Vowles
VINCENT JOHN MOLLOY

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

Operates in: Hertfordshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£347k	£294k
31/03/2024	£263k	£253k
31/03/2023	£287k	£271k
31/03/2022	£157k	£165k
31/03/2021	£51k	£127k

Common questions

Is ST ALBANS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of approximately £218,000 at year-end, which is above its stated policy target of circa £110,000. The trustees report a strong financial position with total receipts of £346,732 against payments of £293,972, resulting in a net surplus for the year. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	11/11/2008	£10k	Gang Show Storage Facility

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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION	1	£50k
E F BULMER TRUST	1	£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
ST ALBANS AND DISTRICT FOODBANK income £495k
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
St Albans Education Group income £33.1m
ST ALBANS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION income £1.1m

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Staff >£60k	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
ST ALBANS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£347k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£185k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
ST ALBANS AND DISTRICT FOODBANK FY2025	£495k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£160k	—	0	above	—	no doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	0	unclear	—	no doubt
St Albans Education Group FY2025	£33.1m	—	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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