CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 520651 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT LOCAL ASSOCIATION BOY SCOUTS

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Objects

SCOUT GROUP

Area of benefit: CHESTERFIELD

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

Causes: Education/training · website · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£42k
Latest spending
£34k
Registered
1964
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £564,417, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £25,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £8,398 for the year, supported by strong bank balances and tangible assets, indicating robust financial stability.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs, circa £25k (reserves figure: £564k)
“The District Trustee Board considers that the District should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months running costs, circa £25k.” — page 7
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.

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 31/03/2025

  • Volunteers: 369

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

  • Volunteers: 300

Self-declared on the annual return for the financial year ending 31/03/2023

  • Volunteers: 249

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 03/03/2024, 32 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£42k£34k
31/03/2024£38k£46k
31/03/2023£105k£58k
31/03/2022£58k£38k
31/03/2021£50k£22k

Common questions

Is CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds increased to £564,417, significantly exceeding the trustees' stated reserves policy target of approximately £25,000. The charity reported a net income surplus of £8,398 for the year, supported by strong bank balances and tangible assets, indicating robust financial stability. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

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.

FunderSimilar charities fundedAmount to them
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
CHESTERFIELD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£42k—0above—no doubt
TENDRING DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£96k—0unclear—no doubt
STROUD AND TETBURY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£103k——unclear—no doubt
CAMBRIDGESHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£130k—0unclear—no doubt
THURROCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£182k—0unclear—no doubt
SOLIHULL COLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£96k—0above—no doubt

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