MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 520227 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

EDUCATION AND ACTIVITIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Objects

PURPOSES OF THE MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION.

Area of benefit: MACCLESFIELD, CONGLETON AND DISTRICT.

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

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

Latest income

£212k

Latest spending

£212k

Registered

1964

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity is financially sound with total net assets of £527,564 at the end of 2025, comprising £220,643 in cash funds. The trustees report that the district has a positive and sustained financial position, with Barnswood campsite breaking even despite the loss of a major commercial letting.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: unclear (held: £221k)

“maintain and manage: o a reserves policy for the charity (including a plan for use of reserves outside the ‘minimum’)”

Per its FY2025 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
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
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

ALEXANDER JAMES FLETCHERchair
David Grenville Garton · trustee of 2 other charities
Dr Patricia Louise Sheridan
Graham McColl Naismith
MARK RUSSELL EDEN
MICHAEL JAMES BROWN

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

Operates in: Cheshire East

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/12/2025	£212k	£212k
31/12/2024	£108k	£84k
31/12/2023	£171k	£175k
31/12/2022	£174k	£138k
31/12/2021	£101k	£89k

Common questions

Is MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity is financially sound with total net assets of £527,564 at the end of 2025, comprising £220,643 in cash funds. The trustees report that the district has a positive and sustained financial position, with Barnswood campsite breaking even despite the loss of a major commercial letting. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

Funder	Date	Amount	Purpose
The National Lottery Community Fund	16/03/2006	£5k	Barnswood Scout Campsite

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
SUPPORT STAFFORDSHIRE	1	£200

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with Harborough District Scout Council.

Harborough District Scout Council income £112k
WATFORD NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £112k
WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £136k
STOCKPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £248k
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £139k
KIBBLESTONE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £394k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
MACCLESFIELD AND CONGLETON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£212k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
Harborough District Scout Council FY2025	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WATFORD NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£112k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARWICK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£136k	—	above	—	no doubt
STOCKPORT DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£248k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£139k	—	above	—	no doubt

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