ALDERLEY AND KNUTSFORD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 520151 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as ALDERLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, ALDERLEY EDGE AND WILMSLOW DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Provide scouting activities for young people in the area between Holmes Chapel and Handforth in accordance with the Policy, Organisation and Rules of the Scout Association.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: ALDERLEY EDGE AND WILMSLOW DISTRICT

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

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

Registered contact address: Cheshire East, North West, England (from the postcode on the register)

Received the assets of KNUTSFORD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL (charity 1017076) — merger registered 10/07/2024.
Source: Charity Commission register of merged charities (OGL v3.0).
Latest income
£53k
Latest spending
£42k
Registered
1982
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the charity remains in a sound financial position with closing unrestricted funds of £95,419.34, which the trustees consider well above the level required for ongoing operating expenses. The charity is run entirely by volunteers with no salaried staff, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short. (reserves figure: £95k)
“The District Trustee Board's policy on reserves is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income and fundraising activities fall short.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2026

  • Volunteers: 300

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 300

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2024

  • Volunteers: 327

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Annual return filing dates (Charity Commission record)

Of its last 5 annual returns with a recorded received date, 1 was received after the due date: year ending 31/03/2023 (received 08/05/2024, 98 days after the 31/01/2024 due date).

Due and received dates as recorded in the Commission’s annual-return data; the data does not say whether an extension was agreed. Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

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Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£53k£42k
31/03/2025£35k£23k
31/03/2024£69k£52k
31/03/2023£0£132
31/03/2022£6k£5k

Common questions

Is ALDERLEY AND KNUTSFORD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the charity remains in a sound financial position with closing unrestricted funds of £95,419.34, which the trustees consider well above the level required for ongoing operating expenses. The charity is run entirely by volunteers with no salaried staff, and the independent examiner reported no material matters requiring attention. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with ISLE OF ANGLESEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL.

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
ALDERLEY AND KNUTSFORD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£53k—0above—no doubt
ISLE OF ANGLESEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£26k—0unclear—no doubt
EAST SCARSDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024£31k—0above—no doubt
CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£200k——above—no doubt
BROMLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£188k—0unclear—no doubt
BEVERLEY AND HORNSEA DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£65k——above—no doubt

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