BISPHAM HALL SCOUT ESTATE

Registered charity 503724 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Provides facilities for young people to reside or camp whilst undertaking training.

Objects

TO FURTHER THE OFJECTS OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION AND IN PARTICULAR TO FURTHER THOSE OBJECTS IN THE SCOUT COUNTIES OF MERSEYSIDE, WEST LANCASHIRE, GREATER MANCHESTER WEST AND CHESHIRE IN A ACCORDANCE WITH THE WISHES FROM TIME TO TIME EXPRESSED BY THE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THOSE COUNTIES AND TO THIS END ANY USE OF THE SAID ESTATE SHALL BE PERMITTED WHICH IS NOT INCONSISTENT WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.

Area of benefit: SEE OBJECTS

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net surplus of £11,519.60 for the year ended 31st March 2025, with total income of £86,390.78 against total expenditure of £74,871.18. Per the trustees' report, the charity holds approximately £20,000 in operating contingency reserves and has no formal reserves policy. The independent examiner confirmed that no matters came to their attention requiring further understanding of the accounts.

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 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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management 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

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Andrew Palinchair
• CHRISTOPHER HAYES
• Katherine Rigge
• MARTIN ROBERT SHAW

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

Operates in: Lancashire · Wigan

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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