Redbridge District Scout Council

Registered charity 303803 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ILFORD EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, ILFORD EAST LOCAL ASSOCIATION BOY SCOUTS

The District has 33 Scout Groups for young people from 6 to 14 years and 8 Explorer Scout Units for those between 14 and 18 years. Regular meetings both indoor and outdoor enable members to enjoy varied and progressive activities while learning to work together, make decisions and take responsibility for their actions in partnership with adult leaders.

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: ILFORD AND DISTRICT

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 an operating surplus of £50,232.36 for the period ending 31st January 2025, with total income of £150,281.22 against expenses of £100,048.86. The trustees report that the District holds adequate reserves to ensure continuity of activities, and the independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified during the examination of the accounts.

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
• Complaints handling
• 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
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (15/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (15/09/2022) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

• Adam Joiner · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Edward George Paddon
• Matthew Balchin
• Melanie Jane Knight · trustee of 1 other charity
• Phillip Merchant
• RUSSELL VAUGHAN
• Shabana Shaukat
• Tina Isherwood

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

Operates in: Redbridge

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Funders of similar charities

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Charities like this

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

• BIRKENHEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £81k
• BRADFORD SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £106k
• PENNINE SCOUT DISTRICT GM income £166k
• TEIGNBRIDGE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £132k
• WEST LONDON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £123k
• 33RD NORWICH SCOUT GROUP income £131k

Side by side with its peers

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