BRIGHTON & HOVE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 305826 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BRIGHTON BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION, BRIGHTON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

The aim of Brighton & Hove Scout District, as part of the Scout Association, is to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Objects

BRIGHTON BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: BRIGHTON

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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Latest income

£101k

Latest spending

£90k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2024

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £216,296.11, which is above the level required for operating expenses. The trustees consider this balance sufficient to continue charitable activities should income fall short, noting a policy to retain funds equivalent to 24 months of running costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 24 months running costs, circa £20,000 plus funds held by the Explorer Scout and Network sections, which can fluctuate between £5,000 and £30,000 (held: £216k)

“The District’s policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short. The District Trustee Board considers that the District should retain a sum equivalent to 24 months running costs, circa £20,000 plus funds held by the Explorer Scout and Network sections, which can fluctuate between £5,000 and £30,000” — page 5

Per its FY2024 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Register events

Received assets from another charity (09/05/2016) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

PETER JOHN ELLIFFchair
Anne Claxton
Christopher Mark Denham
Glen Downs
Neil Trevor Legget
Rosie Fisher
TIMOTHY JAMES THORLEY

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

Operates in: Brighton And Hove

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2024	£101k	£90k
31/12/2023	£106k	£98k
31/12/2022	£151k	£89k
31/12/2021	£143k	£79k
31/12/2020	£89k	£81k

Common questions

Is BRIGHTON & HOVE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2024 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £216,296.11, which is above the level required for operating expenses. The trustees consider this balance sufficient to continue charitable activities should income fall short, noting a policy to retain funds equivalent to 24 months of running costs. The charity reports no material uncertainties regarding its ability to continue as a going concern. Its FY2024 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	06/10/2005	£59k	The Swallows and Amazons Project

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
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST	1	£0

Charities like this

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

EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £124k
CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £110k
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £341k
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
BRIGHTON & HOVE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£104k	—	below	—	no doubt
RICHMOND UPON THAMES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£341k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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