KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 308095 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Scouting exists to actively engage and support young people in their personal development empowering them to make a positive contribution to society

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Latest income

£124k

Latest spending

£78k

Registered

1973

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity aims to broadly break-even over a period of years rather than actively increasing reserves. Per the trustees' report, end-of-year free reserves were £19,808, with a stated policy to reduce this to around £15,000 to maintain capacity for major future maintenance costs.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership Fees (75% of income)

“Membership Fees £92,269”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Reserves policy: around £15,000 (held: £20k)

“The current policy is to reduce this to around £15,000 to give capacity to meet major future maintenance costs of the minibus and Angels Corner, or other district needs, but not hold unnecessarily large reserves.” — page 5

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Paul Soulbychair · trustee of 1 other charity
DIANNA MARY WHEATLEY
IAN MICHAEL ROBINSON
Janet Susan Lister · trustee of 1 other charity
Mary Eveline Osbourne

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

Operates in: Hampshire · West Berkshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£124k	£78k
31/03/2024	£84k	£77k
31/03/2023	£50k	£62k
31/03/2022	£69k	£59k
31/03/2021	£38k	£15k

Common questions

Is KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity aims to broadly break-even over a period of years rather than actively increasing reserves. Per the trustees' report, end-of-year free reserves were £19,808, with a stated policy to reduce this to around £15,000 to maintain capacity for major future maintenance costs. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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 DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£600

Charities like this

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

KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £1.1m
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £198k
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k
CROMWELL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £119k
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £717k
LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £470k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
KENNET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£124k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£1.1m	—	unclear	—	no doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£198k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£101k	—	above	—	no doubt
CROMWELL DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£119k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
AVON COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£717k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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