URMSTON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 520234 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Acts as an umbrella and resource body for Scout Groups in it's DistrictPart of The Scout Association

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: URMSTON

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

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

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the District's finances are in a healthy position with total net assets of £80,824.96 at year-end. The Trustees report that reserves of approximately £45,000 were held, which exceeds their stated policy target of circa £28,000 (equivalent to 24 months of running costs). The charity is subject to an independent examination rather than a full audit.

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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• GRAHAM BARRICKchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Andrew Neil Spear
• CHRISTOPHER JOHN KNOWLES
• Carole Knowles
• Connor O'Neill
• Derek Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• Hannah Foster
• Hannah Wilson
• Isabel Brett
• Robert Wilson
• William Outhwaite

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

Operates in: Trafford

Income and spending

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