WEST MERCIA SCOUT COUNTY

Registered charity 524648 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST MERCIA SCOUT GROUP, WEST MIDLANDS SCOUT COUNTY

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

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: WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY

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

Causes: General Charitable Purposes · Education/training · The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives · Disability · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity held unrestricted reserves of £184,398 against total fund balances of £516,644. The charity reported a net incoming resource surplus of £2,356 for the year ended 31 March 2025. Per the trustees' report, the charity is not registered for VAT and has no paid staff, relying on volunteers and trustee reimbursements for operational costs.

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
• Complaints handling
• Complaints policy and procedures
• Conflicting interests
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investment
• Paying staff
• 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 · instagram

Trustees · trustee networks

• Ian Brettt SKidmorechair
• Andy Lyndon
• Archie Samuel Payne
• Christine Mary McKechnie
• Esmond Jones · trustee of 1 other charity
• IAN SKIDMORE
• JAMES STEEL · trustee of 2 other charities
• Lynn Margaret Richardson
• MARTIN HOMER · trustee of 1 other charity
• Neal Quinton
• ROB BAILEY
• Richard Charles Humphrey

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

Operates in: Dudley · Sandwell · Staffordshire · Walsall · Wolverhampton · Worcestershire

Income and spending

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Government & lottery funding

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