WEST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 521712 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

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Latest income
£1.3m
Latest spending
£1.2m
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2023

Financial health, per its FY2023 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £3,716,871 at year-end, with £686,968 categorized as free assets available for general running costs. The trustees report that investment income and gains helped reduce the expected deficit for the year, despite noting that external factors such as inflation and the cost of living crisis may affect future income streams.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by McMillan & Co LLP. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

Leadership, per the charity’s website

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Total income
£1.3m
Total spending
£1.2m
Cost of raising funds
£28k
Reserves (reported)
£4.1m
Employees
8

Reported reserves equal ~41.0 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Trustees

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

Operates in: Lancashire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£1.3m£1.2m
31/03/2024£927k£905k
31/03/2023£988k£1.0m
31/03/2022£268k£398k
31/03/2021£193k£253k

Common questions

Is WEST LANCASHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £3,716,871 at year-end, with £686,968 categorized as free assets available for general running costs. The trustees report that investment income and gains helped reduce the expected deficit for the year, despite noting that external factors such as inflation and the cost of living crisis may affect future income streams. Its FY2023 accounts were audited by McMillan & Co LLP.