GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 303884 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provision of scouting as defined by the Scout Association in the areas known as Greater London South West defined by same association

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

Latest income
£202k
Latest spending
£149k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £453,204, with a net incoming resource of £53,582 for the year. The trustees consider reserves sufficient to meet ongoing expenditures, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity holds unrestricted general and designated funds totaling £453,204 against total net assets of the same amount.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient to enable it to meet its ongoing expenditures (held: £453k)
“The Board of Trustees considers that the County’s reserves should be sufficient to enable it to meet its ongoing expenditures.” — 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.

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Surrey · Throughout London

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£202k£149k
31/12/2024£296k£287k
31/12/2023£289k£234k
31/12/2022£235k£275k
31/12/2021£34k£63k

Common questions

Is GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased to £453,204, with a net incoming resource of £53,582 for the year. The trustees consider reserves sufficient to meet ongoing expenditures, and the independent examiner reported no matters requiring attention. The charity holds unrestricted general and designated funds totaling £453,204 against total net assets of the same amount. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include SSP FOUNDATION.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2025£1k
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2022£500
SSP FOUNDATIONFY2024£0

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS1£1k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL£202k—0above—no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£185k—0unclear—no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt
CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£431k—0within—no doubt
STROUD AND TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£103k—0unclear—no doubt

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