SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 523546 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT ASSOCIATION

The purpose of Scouting is to contribute to 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.

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Latest income

£572k

Latest spending

£574k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £77,299 against a policy target of £75,000 (12 months of minimum running costs). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £868 for the year, with total resources expended of £540,444 against total incoming resources of £541,311.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months of minimum running costs, circa £75k (held: £77k)

“The County Trustee Board considers that the County should hold a sum equivalent to 12 months of minimum running costs, circa £75k”

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 of 6 completeness components.

Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram

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

Total income

£572k

Total spending

£574k

Reserves (reported)

£77k

Employees

Reported reserves equal ~1.6 months of spending — in the bottom quarter for charities its size (median 5.2 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (88% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (4.9%) (benchmarks).

Register events

Received assets from another charity (18/01/2024) — per the register’s event history; asset transfers typically record mergers or reorganisations.

Trustees · trustee networks

Dr Neil Gordon McKay
Fiona Maria Lampitt
Graeme Daniel Waller
Majid Khan
Michael Paul Firth
PAUL MERCER · trustee of 2 other charities
Simon Dennis Daley
Simon Peter Alliott · trustee of 3 other charities
Trevor Polson
Verity Jayne Kemp

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

Operates in: Barnsley · Doncaster · Rotherham · Sheffield City

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/03/2025	£572k	£574k
31/03/2024	£527k	£539k
31/03/2023	£366k	£412k
31/03/2022	£333k	£321k
31/03/2021	£225k	£249k

Common questions

Is SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £77,299 against a policy target of £75,000 (12 months of minimum running costs). The charity reported a net incoming resource of £868 for the year, with total resources expended of £540,444 against total incoming resources of £541,311. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL?

Funders whose own accounts filings name SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST, SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

Funder	Year	Amount	Purpose (as stated by the funder)
THE EARL FITZWILLIAM CHARITABLE TRUST	FY2023	£2k
SHEFFIELD TOWN TRUST	FY2025	£1k

Charities like this

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

STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £120k
GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £167k
CITY OF NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £164k
CUMBRIA COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £142k
WARWICKSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL income £553k
CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £110k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL	£572k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£120k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£167k	—	above	—	no doubt
CITY OF NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£164k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
CUMBRIA COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2026	£142k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WARWICKSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£553k	—	above	—	no doubt

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