GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 303883 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH LONDON SCOUT CENTRE

Greater London South County Scout Council, known as South London Scouts, supports and manages Scouting across the London Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Royal Greenwich, Lewisham, Southwark, Lambeth, & Wandsworth. Providing strategic direction and operational support to its member Scout Districts which mirror the London Borough boundaries.

Objects

THE TRUSTEES SHALL APPLY THE PROPERTY OF THE CHARITY TOWARDS THE UPKEEP OF BERNARD SUNLEY ACTIVITY CENTRE AT CROMFORD AND IN SO FAR AS THE PROPERTY IS NOT REQUIRED FOR THE AFORESAID MAY APPLY IT FOR THE GENERAL PURPOSES OF THE GREATER LONDON SOUTH SCOUT COUNCIL

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 · Environment/conservation/heritage · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£355k

Latest spending

£312k

Registered

1966

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted income excluding the Scout Centre was £84,000 against expenditure of £89,000, resulting in a net movement in funds of -£36,691. The charity maintains unrestricted net assets of £554,885 and holds cash of £528,094, which the trustees note exceeds their policy limit for a single bank account. The filing confirms the charity is operating as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: between one- and two-year’s budgeted revenue expenditure (held: £555k)

“The County will endeavour to maintain available funds, excluding known commitments and funds for planned one-off developments in the next two years, equal to a between one- and two-year’s budgeted revenue expenditure.” — page 40

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.

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Register events

Received assets from another charity (01/09/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

DAVID DOWLEchair
Ben Ensom
Joseph James Shippam
Judith Eleanor Freeman · trustee of 1 other charity
RUSSELL JONES · trustee of 1 other charity
Russell Kevin Zaple · trustee of 1 other charity
Song Hak Thomas Bartlett · trustee of 1 other charity
Susan Cheryl Stonebridge
Timothy John Birse · trustee of 1 other charity
William Gunn

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

Operates in: Bexley · Bromley · Greenwich · Lambeth · Lewisham · Southwark · Wandsworth

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2026	£355k	£312k
31/01/2025	£255k	£292k
31/03/2024	£316k	£366k
31/03/2023	£450k	£302k
31/03/2022	£144k	£184k

Common questions

Is GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted income excluding the Scout Centre was £84,000 against expenditure of £89,000, resulting in a net movement in funds of -£36,691. The charity maintains unrestricted net assets of £554,885 and holds cash of £528,094, which the trustees note exceeds their policy limit for a single bank account. The filing confirms the charity is operating as a going concern with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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
SSP FOUNDATION	1	£2k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL.

GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £202k
LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £470k
GRAVESHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £143k
EPSOM AND EWELL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £106k
WEST LONDON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £123k
LONSDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £226k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
GREATER LONDON SOUTH COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£355k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£202k	—	above	—	no doubt
LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£470k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GRAVESHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£143k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EPSOM AND EWELL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£106k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEST LONDON 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.