BROMLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 303547 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BROMLEY BOY SCOUT LOCAL ASSOCIATION

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Objects

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.

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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Latest income
£188k
Latest spending
£231k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a very strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £614,330, including £479,984 in cash funds. Per the trustees' report, the net position for the year showed a cash outflow of £58,580, resulting in a decrease in net assets of £42,318. The charity holds no liabilities at the year end and maintains sufficient funds for property maintenance and group support.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Membership subscriptions 147,499” — page 17
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

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

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Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Bromley

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/01/2025£188k£231k
31/01/2024£190k£180k
31/01/2023£410k£173k
31/01/2022£120k£80k
31/01/2021£115k£49k

Common questions

Is BROMLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a very strong financial position with unrestricted reserves of £614,330, including £479,984 in cash funds. Per the trustees' report, the net position for the year showed a cash outflow of £58,580, resulting in a decrease in net assets of £42,318. The charity holds no liabilities at the year end and maintains sufficient funds for property maintenance and group support. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund10/08/2006£5kExtra Equipment
The National Lottery Community Fund17/05/2006£5kWilberforce Scout Centre