WORTHING DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 305916 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WORTHING BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

Assists the Worthing Scout groups in the furtherance of Scouting in the Worthing District area.

Objects

THE WORTHING BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: WORTHING

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Worthing, South East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity holds unrestricted reserves of £140,900, which the trustees confirm meets their policy target of holding funds equivalent to 12 months of running costs. The filing notes that the district is primarily reliant on subscriptions and fundraising, holding reserves to ensure continuity should income fall short, and identifies risks related to volunteer retention and membership levels.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

• Bullying and harassment 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
• 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

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Alastair Richard Paul Chartres · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Willett
• Kevin Andrew Jenkins
• Kinza Daisy Williams-Fuller
• Lily Wingrove · trustee of 1 other charity
• Margaret Williams-Fuller · trustee of 1 other charity
• Mike Graham Hudgell
• Stuart Burchett

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

Operates in: West Sussex

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WORCESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £95k
• CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k
• CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• BISHOPS STORTFORD SCOUT DISTRICT income £103k
• WARRINGTON EAST DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £125k
• WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £195k

Side by side with its peers

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