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

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Latest income

£41k

Latest spending

£43k

Registered

1969

Accounts read

FY2025

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

Reserves policy: 24 months running costs, circa £28,000 (held: £45k)

“The District Trustee Board considers the District should hold a sum equivalent to 24 months running costs, circa £28,000” — page 23

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

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

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£41k	£43k
31/03/2024	£45k	£42k
31/03/2023	£36k	£42k
31/03/2022	£34k	£36k
31/03/2021	£15k	£2k

Common questions

Is URMSTON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

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. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.