THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 304155 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NORFOLK SCOUTS

To encourage the physical, intellectual, social and spiritual development of young people within the County of Norfolk.

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · Other Charitable Purposes · website · Get email alerts

Latest income

£328k

Latest spending

£296k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £176,018, which is below the stated policy target of twelve months' normal operating costs (approximately £271,000). The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue 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: twelve months normal operating costs, which amount to approximately £271,000 (held: £176k)

“The policy of Norfolk County Scout Council is to maintain sufficient funds to cover twelve months normal operating costs, which amount to approximately £271,000” — page 7

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

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Total income

£517k

Total spending

£491k

Cost of raising funds

£87k

Reserves (reported)

£197k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~4.8 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (53% 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: 16.9% of total income — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 2.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (17/10/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
Received assets from another charity (21/02/2020) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Timothy Rowechair
Adrian John Lupson
Lily-Mai Gypsy Spinks
MICHAEL HARROWVEN
Michele Valerie O'Keefe
Paul Robert Stewart
Philip Russell Wright
STEVEN EDWARD MARTIN
Sandra Elizabeth Gostling
Shirley Sinclair · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Norfolk

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£328k	£296k
31/03/2024	£517k	£491k
31/03/2023	£239k	£213k
31/03/2022	£186k	£197k
31/03/2021	£177k	£151k

Common questions

Is THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that free reserves amounted to £176,018, which is below the stated policy target of twelve months' normal operating costs (approximately £271,000). The trustees report that budgeted income and expenditure are sufficient for the charity to continue as a going concern, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include THE KERRISON TRUST, THE DU BROW CHARITY.

Known funders

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

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE KERRISON TRUST	FY2023	£1k
THE DU BROW CHARITY	FY2024	£500

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
NORMAN GARON TRUST	1	£1.0m
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£5k
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£5k
THE EDWARD CADBURY CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£3k
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION	1	£3k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£600

Charities like this

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

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
SUFFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £173k
GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £167k
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £420k
DORSET COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £200k
NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £916k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
THE NORFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£328k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	above	—	no doubt
SUFFOLK COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£173k	£8,144	unclear	—	no doubt
GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£167k	—	above	—	no doubt
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£420k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
DORSET COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£200k	—	above	—	no doubt

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