RUSHCLIFFE DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Registered charity 522469 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as RUSHCLIFFE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, SCOUT ASSOCIATION WEST BRIDGFORD, WEST BRIDGFORD BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION, WEST BRIDGFORD SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Supporting Scouting in the Rushcliffe District

Objects

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 LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Area of benefit: RUSHCLIFFE

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

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

Registered contact address: Rushcliffe, East Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Latest income
£27k
Latest spending
£20k
Registered
1965
Accounts read
FY2026

Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The charity holds unrestricted reserves of approximately £67,995, which the trustees state is well above their policy target of six months' running costs (circa £5,000). The trustees describe the district as financially secure, noting that high funding levels have allowed them to keep the district levy at a minimum.

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

What the accounts disclose

Largest income source: Membership subscriptions (85% of income)
“Membership subscriptions 85,727”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.
Reserves policy: six months running costs, circa £5,000 (held: £68k)
“The Trustee Board considers that the charity should hold a sum equivalent to 6 months running costs, circa £5,000.”
Per its FY2026 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Register events

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Nottinghamshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2026£27k£20k
31/03/2025£32k£31k
31/03/2024£26k£13k
31/03/2023£44k£35k
31/03/2022£9k£10k

Common questions

Is RUSHCLIFFE DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION financially healthy?

Per its FY2026 accounts: The charity holds unrestricted reserves of approximately £67,995, which the trustees state is well above their policy target of six months' running costs (circa £5,000). The trustees describe the district as financially secure, noting that high funding levels have allowed them to keep the district levy at a minimum. Its FY2026 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
THE CLIVE RICHARDS FOUNDATION1£50k
E F BULMER TRUST1£15k
THE BASSIL SHIPPAM AND ALSFORD TRUST1£0

Charities like this

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

Side by side with its peers

CharityIncomeTop pay bandStaff >£60kReserves vs policyFundraising costGoing concern
RUSHCLIFFE DISTRICT SCOUT ASSOCIATION£27k——above—no doubt
RUNNYMEDE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£109k—0unclear—no doubt
REIGATE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£42k—0unclear—no doubt
WORTHING DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£79k—0above—no doubt
SOUTH MARCHES DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026£160k—0above—no doubt
CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025£104k—0below—no doubt

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