CHESHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 511356 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Cheshire Scouts

Cheshire Scouts gives young people skills for life. Our purpose is to actively engage and support young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Economic/community Development/employment · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£353k
Latest spending
£344k
Registered
1981
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £706,717 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £571,478. The trustees report a sound financial base, noting that demand for places remains high with waiting lists of over 2,100 young people. The charity delivered a surplus for the year, increasing total funds from £698,225 to £706,717.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: level necessary for future capital commitments, ongoing working capital requirements, investments or grants to further develop the charity, to cover unforeseen shortfalls in budgets and to keep assets and activity centres in good working order (held: £160k)
It endeavours to keep them at a level necessary for future capital commitments, ongoing working capital requirements, investments or grants to further develop the charity, to cover unforeseen shortfalls in budgets and to keep assets and activity centres in good working order. — page 4
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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Cheshire East · Cheshire West & Chester · Halton · Warrington

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£353k£344k
31/12/2024£308k£316k
31/12/2023£282k£292k
31/12/2022£167k£187k
31/12/2021£78k£144k

Common questions

Is CHESHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held total net assets of £706,717 at the end of the year, with unrestricted funds of £571,478. The trustees report a sound financial base, noting that demand for places remains high with waiting lists of over 2,100 young people. The charity delivered a surplus for the year, increasing total funds from £698,225 to £706,717. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund16/02/2006£5kKatakanu Project

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY1£5k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST1£600

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHESHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL£353k0unclearno doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£101k0aboveno doubt
KENT COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£1.1m0unclearno doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£120k£20,001 - £30,0000unclearno doubt
EXETER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£198k0unclearno doubt
LEWISHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£470k0unclearno doubt

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