GRAVESHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 303399 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GRAVESEND BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION, GRAVESHAM SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

To promote Scouting to the young people of Gravesham in Kent, including operating the District Campsite.

Objects

PROMOTING 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: NOT DEFINED

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 charity reported a net deficit of £99,226 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven by expenditure on projects such as the toilet block refurbishment. Per the trustees' report, the District maintains sufficient reserves to cover ongoing operations and future capital requirements, with total assets held at £1,650,859.

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 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Keith Joneschair
• ALAN SKELTON
• Ben Woodgate
• Christopher James Austin
• Christopher John Wallis
• Fraser Patrick · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jack Reeves
• Myles Sullivan
• Patricia Ann Duncumb
• RICHARD PAINTING · trustee of 1 other charity
• RICHARD RUDDICK
• Susan Livett · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

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

• WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £136k
• EASTBOURNE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £367k
• LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £470k
• NEW GREENWICH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £120k
• MALLING DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £158k
• ICKNIELD (LUTON) DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £141k

Side by side with its peers

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