TONBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 303461 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

The aim of the Tonbridge & District Scout Council 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. These activities are carried out with guidance from the Scout Association.

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.

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

Registered contact address: Tonbridge and Malling, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income

£80k

Latest spending

£69k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,670 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £79,747 and expenditure of £69,077. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £59,140, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £10,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient finances to continue operating.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: £10,000 (held: £59k)

“The Executive Committee aim to hold reserves of £10,000 which represent two years of core costs of circa £5,000 per annum.” — page 5

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 handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events 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
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 · instagram

Register events

Received assets from another charity (12/12/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Duncan MacCormickchair
Amy Childs
Beverley Harper Atkins
Gareth Williams
Jade Amber Connor
MARTIN THOMSON
SHEILA COLE
Sheila Mary Grace Cole
Thomas Martin Chivers
Toby Greenhill

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

Operates in: Kent

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£80k	£69k
31/12/2024	£81k	£78k
31/12/2023	£72k	£77k
31/12/2022	£49k	£43k
31/12/2021	£30k	£28k

Common questions

Is TONBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £10,670 for the year ended 31 December 2025, with total income of £79,747 and expenditure of £69,077. Per the trustees' report, free unrestricted reserves stood at £59,140, which is significantly above the stated policy target of £10,000. The trustees confirmed the charity is a going concern with sufficient finances to continue operating. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Charities like this

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

TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £132k
BANSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £55k
STOCKTON, THORNABY AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £71k
GRANTHAM AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £42k
Stafford District Scout Council income £123k
ROYAL TUNBRIDGE WELLS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £255k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
TONBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£80k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£132k	—	above	—	no doubt
BANSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£55k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STOCKTON, THORNABY AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£71k	—	above	—	no doubt
GRANTHAM AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£42k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Stafford District Scout Council FY2025	£123k	—	above	—	no doubt

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