GREATER MANCHESTER WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 508002 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as GMW Scouts

Scout Association

Objects

TO PROMOTE 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

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED

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

Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity's finances are in a healthy position, with unrestricted reserves of approximately £70,000 held at year-end. This figure is double the trustee-stated policy target of £35,000, which is equivalent to 12 months of running costs. The charity relies primarily on income from the County Levy and holds cash reserves to ensure continuity of activities should income fall short.

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
• Paying staff
• 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 fundraising profile: JustGiving — Greater Manchester West Scouts (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GRAHAM BARRICKchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Copeland
• Ellena Wood
• Gregory Archer
• IRIS EMERY
• Lewis Foster
• Richard Gould · trustee of 2 other charities
• Roger Kettle
• Ryan Swailes · trustee of 1 other charity

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

Operates in: Salford City · Trafford · Wigan

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
• CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £101k
• SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £160k
• GREATER LONDON, SOUTH WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £202k
• BEDFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £210k
• CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k

Side by side with its peers

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