DERWENT AND DOVE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 520668 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as MATLOCK AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, MATLOCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

The aim of the Scout Council is to promote the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their communities. The method of achieving this aim is by providing an enjoyable scheme of progressive training, based on the scout law & promise and guided by adult leadership.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: MATLOCK

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

Financial health, per its FY2024 accounts

The accounts state that the District remains in a good financial position with a healthy cash balance. The financial statements were prepared on a cash basis and scrutinized by an independent scrutineer rather than audited. The District holds restricted funds totaling £1,429 and maintains fixed assets valued at £50,924.

Automated summary of the FY2024 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 4 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
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• GEOFFREY ERIC MICHAEL STEVENS MBEchair
• Christopher David Bunton
• Deborah Steeples · trustee of 2 other charities
• Ewan Robert Godfrey · trustee of 1 other charity
• Gyles Phillip Alexander Wren
• Hilary Maltby
• Isobelle Twigge
• Nigel Shaw
• PAUL ELLIOTT · trustee of 1 other charity
• Rebecca Jane Prew
• Sarah Ruth Stelfox · trustee of 1 other charity
• Zoe Sarah Boyes

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

Operates in: Derbyshire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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