NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 524593 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Normal Scouting Activities. Camping, badge/awards work, hill walking, water activities etc.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: NUNEATON

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

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Latest income

£162k

Latest spending

£141k

Registered

1967

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £119,866, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity's activities and underwrite its programme. The filing notes that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified.

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

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income or fund-raising activities fall short of expectations and to enable the District to underwrite its planned programme of activities (including large scale events) (held: £120k)

“Our reserves policy is to hold sufficient resources to continue the charitable activities of the District should income or fund-raising activities fall short of expectations and to enable the District to underwrite its planned programme of activities (including large scale events).” — page 5

Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

Accounts independently examined (not a full audit). Discloses 5 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.

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Engaging external speakers at charity events policy and procedures
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds policy and procedures
Investment
Risk management
Safeguarding policy and procedures
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
Social media policy and procedures
Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

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

Trustees · trustee networks

Jeremy Andrew Edward Sutton
Jessica Stewart Struthers
Kevin Haynes
Martin John Walsh
Mattthew Gavin Arnold
Peter Nelmes
Steven Haynes
Steven Wright

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

Operates in: Warwickshire

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
30/04/2025	£162k	£141k
30/04/2024	£168k	£150k
30/04/2023	£179k	£164k
30/04/2022	£52k	£47k
30/04/2021	£34k	£36k

Common questions

Is NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that unrestricted reserves stood at £119,866, which the trustees consider sufficient to maintain the charity's activities and underwrite its programme. The filing notes that the charity has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, with no material uncertainties identified. Its FY2025 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.

Funder	Similar charities funded	Amount to them
THE GEOFFREY WATLING CHARITY	1	£10k
THE DUKE OF NORTHUMBERLAND'S CHARITY	1	£5k
CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS	1	£1k
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£1k
ST. NICHOLAS' EDUCATIONAL TRUST	1	£600

Charities like this

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

CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £185k
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
ITCHEN DISTRICT SCOUTS income £310k
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £267k
RUNNYMEDE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £109k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL	£162k	—	above	—	no doubt
CHRISTCHURCH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2024	£185k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	above	—	no doubt
ITCHEN DISTRICT SCOUTS FY2026	£310k	—	above	—	no doubt
MEDWAY TOWNS DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£146k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
NORTHAMPTONSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL FY2025	£267k	—	unclear	—	no doubt

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