THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 306101 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SCOUTS

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total funds decreased by £3.1m to £79.4m due to an unrestricted deficit of £5.7m, partially offset by increased restricted funds. The trustees report that free reserves of £35.1m are below the stated policy target of approximately £39m, noting that reserves are expected to reduce further in the coming year as the charity works toward a break-even budget by 2027.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Crowe U.K. LLP. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — The Scout Association (matched by registered charity number).

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~8.3 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 4.6 months; benchmarks).

Register events

• Received assets from another charity (07/02/2026) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (11/12/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (01/10/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (19/08/2025) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (08/07/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.
• Received assets from another charity (28/07/2023) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees

• Craig Dewar-Willoxchair
• Ayesha Karim · trustee of 1 other charity
• Callum Edward Pope Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Carl Damian Hankinson
• Charlotte Thompson
• Christopher David William Lomas · trustee of 1 other charity
• Dr Kathryn Jean Marks
• Elizabeth Walker
• James Aidan Jones
• Liam Mark Edgley
• Malcolm William Rusk Farquhar
• Michael St John Ashley · trustee of 2 other charities
• Nigel Ball
• OLUBUSOLA SODEINDE · trustee of 1 other charity
• Oliver Rhodes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ollie Wood
• Paul William Dickson
• Sharon Rose
• Stephen James Reeves · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Northern Ireland · Scotland · Throughout England And Wales

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Government & lottery funding

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