NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 524525 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, STOKE-ON-TRENT AND NEWCASTLE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Supporting and promoting scouting in the Newcastle-under-Lyme area

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: NEWCASTLE UNDER LYME.

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

Latest income
£63k
Latest spending
£54k
Registered
1963
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds of £90,618 are held, which the trustees consider adequate to meet aims including project funding, running costs, and equipment. The charity received grants totaling £5,352 and had net receipts of £6,371 for the year, resulting in cash funds of £130,426 at the end of the period.

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

What the accounts disclose

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.

Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Newcastle District Scouts (matched by registered charity number).

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

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: Staffordshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/12/2025£63k£54k
31/12/2024£85k£79k
31/12/2023£47k£25k
31/12/2022£20k£20k
31/12/2021£8k£8k

Common questions

Is NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted funds of £90,618 are held, which the trustees consider adequate to meet aims including project funding, running costs, and equipment. The charity received grants totaling £5,352 and had net receipts of £6,371 for the year, resulting in cash funds of £130,426 at the end of the period. Its FY2025 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 Fund31/03/2006£5kCastle Capers Gang Show
The National Lottery Community Fund20/04/2005£5kActivities