AXE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 305639 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WESTON-SUPER-MARE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION

The aim of AXE District is to support and encourage the developement of Scouting in the District.

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.

Causes: Education/training · Disability · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: North Somerset, South West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£213k
Latest spending
£191k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity does not employ any paid staff and relies on volunteer trustees for management. The trustees report that the District has sufficient resources to meet its planned work and that no breaches of data protection or compliance issues were reported during the year. Reserves are maintained at a policy-defined level of £8,000 to support core activities.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership Fees
“The charity’s main source of income is from the District element of the annual membership fees.” — page 5
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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: North Somerset

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£213k£191k
31/03/2024£183k£180k
31/03/2023£140k£132k
31/03/2022£70k£61k
31/03/2021£83k£91k

Common questions

Is AXE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity does not employ any paid staff and relies on volunteer trustees for management. The trustees report that the District has sufficient resources to meet its planned work and that no breaches of data protection or compliance issues were reported during the year. Reserves are maintained at a policy-defined level of £8,000 to support core activities. 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 Fund28/01/2021£12kgoing out side for for all
The National Lottery Community Fund19/01/2009£5kAxe District Scout fun day 2009
The National Lottery Community Fund19/05/2008£5kIrish Jamboree 2008

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
AXE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£213k—0within—no doubt
ISLE OF ANGLESEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
ELLESMERE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£94k—0unclear—no doubt
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£124k—0unclear—no doubt
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£104k—0below—no doubt
AIRE VALLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£39k—0unclear—no doubt

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