HALIFAX SCOUTS JOINT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Registered charity 515561 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HEBDEN HEY

provide hostel facilities for scouts

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: HALIFAX DISTRICT

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a surplus of £87,021 for the year ended 31 March 2025, driven largely by a legacy received. The trustees confirm that sufficient cash reserves are held to cover any potential deficits and maintain the general reserve at £25,000.

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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Social media policy and procedures
• Volunteer management

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.2% of total income — below the median for charities its size (3.0%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• ANTHONY STRONGchair
• Andrew David Bull
• Colin Parker
• DAVID COWBURN
• DAVID MILNER · trustee of 1 other charity
• JOHN GREENWOOD
• MARTIN LONGBOTTOM · trustee of 1 other charity
• Martin Asling
• NEIL ASLING

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

Operates in: Calderdale

Income and spending

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