KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 303471 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as KENT SCOUTS

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make positive contribution to society.

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · Recreation · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£1.1m

Latest spending

£1.1m

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total income decreased to £1.06m from £1.99m in the prior year, while total expenditure fell to £1.14m, resulting in a net deficit for the period. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total fund balances of £2.33m, including £0.55m in general unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 6 months of no income which is estimated at £100,000 (held: £550k)

“During the previous year Trustees reviewed the Charity's reserves policy, and increased this to cover 6 months of no income which is estimated at £100,000 to cover unforeseen circumstances, and budget variances.” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited. Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income

£1.1m

Total spending

£1.1m

Reserves (reported)

£100k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.1 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (68% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Desmond Peter Harrischair · trustee of 1 other charity
Anthony Roy Hogben JP
Catherine Jane Kirkpatrick · trustee of 1 other charity
Daniel James Everest
Jamie Paul Lucas
Janice Grant · trustee of 1 other charity
KENNETH RIDGWAY
Neil Gearing · trustee of 1 other charity
Nirav Bipin Patel
Paul Betts · trustee of 1 other charity
Tom Llewellyn

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

Operates in: Kent · Medway

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£1.1m	£1.1m
31/03/2024	£2.0m	£1.6m
31/03/2023	£1.5m	£1.6m
31/03/2022	£720k	£625k
31/03/2021	£439k	£407k

Common questions

Is KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total income decreased to £1.06m from £1.99m in the prior year, while total expenditure fell to £1.14m, resulting in a net deficit for the period. Despite this deficit, the charity holds total fund balances of £2.33m, including £0.55m in general unrestricted reserves, which the trustees consider adequate to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Its FY2025 accounts were audited by Robson Laidler Accountants Limited.

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 DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£600

Charities like this

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

KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £124k
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £681k
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £195k
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£681k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£195k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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