LOUGHBOROUGH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 521763 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as LOUGHBOROUGH BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

The Purpose of Loughborough District Scouting 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 the local, national and international communities in partenrship with Adult support. Our current objective is to 'Provide Better Quality Scouting for More young People'

Objects

LOUGHBOROUGH SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: LOUGHBOROUGH

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

Causes: Education/training · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Latest income
£151k
Latest spending
£184k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that the District holds unrestricted cash funds of £9,596 and restricted funds of £3,133, resulting in a net increase in total funds of £6,735 for the year. The Trustees report that the District has sufficient resources and holds reserves to ensure continuity of activities, with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue operating.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 3 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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Leicestershire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£151k£184k
31/03/2025£157k£145k
31/03/2024£124k£142k
31/03/2023£8k£10k
31/03/2022£6k£1k

Common questions

Is LOUGHBOROUGH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The accounts state that the District holds unrestricted cash funds of £9,596 and restricted funds of £3,133, resulting in a net increase in total funds of £6,735 for the year. The Trustees report that the District has sufficient resources and holds reserves to ensure continuity of activities, with no material uncertainties disclosed regarding its ability to continue operating. Its FY2026 accounts were independently examined.

Government & lottery funding

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

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund15/05/2007£10kLoughborough District Explorer Scouts
The National Lottery Heritage Fund26/02/2007£25k"100 Years of Scouting"

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
LOUGHBOROUGH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL£151k—0unclear—no doubt
WINCHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£150k—0within—no doubt
NORTHAMPTON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£262k—0unclear—no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£553k—0above—no doubt
LETCHWORTH AND BALDOCK DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£147k—0above—no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£120k—0unclear—no doubt

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