WIGAN DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 521705 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. The core values are integrity, respect, care, belief and co-operation. Wigan District Scout Council provides resource and support services for the constituent Scout Groups.

Objects

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Area of benefit: WIGAN AND DISTRICT

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the Wigan District Scout Council received total receipts of £115,527.09 and made payments totaling £87,737.70 for the year ended 31 March 2025. The independent examiner confirmed that the financial statements give a true and fair view of the council's financial affairs. No specific reserves policy or unrestricted reserves figure is explicitly stated in the provided text.

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 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
• Conflicting interests
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Gerard Alfred Davieschair
• ALLAN FOSTER
• ANDREW STEPHEN CONNELLAN · trustee of 1 other charity
• David Norman Finch
• JEFFREY SEAN PICTON
• Joan Smith
• LEWIS WILLIAM FOSTER
• MARGARET DAVIES
• Stephen James Morrell

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

Operates in: Wigan

Income and spending

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