WARWICKSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 506367 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WARWICKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT GROUP, WARWICKSHIRE SCOUTS

The purpose of Scouting is to contribute to the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local, national and international communities. Warwickshire Scout Council carries out this purpose across Warwickshire via 8 Districts and local groups.

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Latest income

£553k

Latest spending

£540k

Registered

1977

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £13,247 for the year, with total funds held at year-end amounting to £516,395. The trustees report that reserves are held at a level sufficient to continue charitable activities and underwrite planned programmes, noting that total reserves exceed the designated levels. The charity maintains a low-risk investment strategy with all funds held in FSCS protected accounts.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the County should income or fund-raising activities fall short of expectations and to enable the County to underwrite its planned programme of activities, including large scale events (held: £516k)

“Our reserves policy is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the County should income or fund-raising activities fall short of expectations and to enable the County to underwrite its planned programme of activities, including large scale events.” — page 4

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

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

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

Total income

£553k

Total spending

£540k

Reserves (reported)

£338k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~7.5 months of spending — above the median for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (98% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

Robert William Marshallchair
Andrew Peter Sangster · trustee of 1 other charity
Dawn Angela Grice
Dr Paul William Wakeley
Mark Earles
Natasha Dunningan
PHILIP BERNARD REVILL
Paul Blackmore
Zoe Hawyes

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£553k	£540k
31/03/2024	£553k	£540k
31/03/2023	£561k	£554k
31/03/2022	£272k	£285k
31/03/2021	£217k	£207k

Common questions

Is WARWICKSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £13,247 for the year, with total funds held at year-end amounting to £516,395. The trustees report that reserves are held at a level sufficient to continue charitable activities and underwrite planned programmes, noting that total reserves exceed the designated levels. The charity maintains a low-risk investment strategy with all funds held in FSCS protected accounts. 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 EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	1	£2k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	1	£1k

Charities like this

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

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £120k
CITY OF NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £164k
SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £572k
CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £110k
CUMBRIA COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £142k
GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £167k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
WARWICKSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL	£553k	—	above	—	no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CITY OF NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£572k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£110k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CUMBRIA COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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