WORCESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 524644 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as Scouts Worcester, WORCESTER AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL, WORCESTER BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION

To provide support for Scout Groups, Scout Network and the Explorer Scout Sections in Worcester District and to give active support to the District Lead Volunteer, who is responsible for both the development of Scouting in the District and for promoting and maintaining the policy of the Association.

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: WORCESTER

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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Registered contact address: Worcester, West Midlands, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity maintained a sound financial position with a surplus for the year, resulting in unrestricted reserves of £81,130. This figure significantly exceeds the stated reserve policy target of £15,000, indicating robust financial stability and security for future operations.

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.

• Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
• Campaigns and political activity policy and procedures
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures

Trustees · trustee networks

• Callum Walterschair
• Brian Jenkins
• CAROL SILVESTER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Charles Ellis Tarver Schofield
• Owen Williams
• Susan Pauline Ranscombe

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

Operates in: Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WORTHING DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £79k
• WEST LONDON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £123k
• WINCHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £150k
• BANSTEAD DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £55k
• CHICHESTER DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £104k
• DORCHESTER AND WEST DORSET DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £97k

Side by side with its peers

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