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EAST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 521711 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BOWLEY CAMPSITE AND TRAINING CENTRE, NORTH EAST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL, SCOUT ASSOCIATION - EAST LANCASHIRE COUNTY

The support of Scouting within the Scout County of East Lancashire including the operation of Bowley International Scout Centre.

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£146k
Latest spending
£333k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell significantly from £350,130 to £178,278, driven by a net resource expenditure of £172,286 largely attributed to the deficit on the Bowley campsite. The trustees consider it prudent to hold reserves covering one year's expenditure but note that considerable expenditure was drawn from reserves to maintain the site. Despite the drop, the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis given the reserves and resources available.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: none
“Membership subscriptions” — page 4
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: one year’s expenditure (held: £178k)
“The trustees consider it prudent to hold unrestricted reserves to cover one year’s expenditure, including necessary continuing expenditure at Bowley if the site could not generate any income.” — page 4
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

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

Operates in: Blackburn With Darwen · Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£146k£333k
31/03/2024£107k£96k
31/03/2023£178k£154k
31/03/2022£78k£73k
31/03/2021£58k£53k

Common questions

Is EAST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves fell significantly from £350,130 to £178,278, driven by a net resource expenditure of £172,286 largely attributed to the deficit on the Bowley campsite. The trustees consider it prudent to hold reserves covering one year's expenditure but note that considerable expenditure was drawn from reserves to maintain the site. Despite the drop, the trustees consider it appropriate to prepare the accounts on a going concern basis given the reserves and resources available. 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
SKIPTON BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION1£3k

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
EAST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL£146k—0unclear—no doubt
CORNWALL COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£101k—0above—no doubt
NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£916k—0unclear—no doubt
GREATER MANCHESTER WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£133k—0above—no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£267k—0unclear—no doubt
CHORLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£180k—0unclear—no doubt

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