DONCASTER DANUM SCOUTS

Registered charity 524729 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as DONCASTER BOROUGH SCOUT COUNCIL

The organisation has numerous activities for youth from 6 years of age to 18 years. These include outdoor games and skills, like camping/cooking/nature/responsibility/ plus many indoor crafts and skills,

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Get email alerts

Latest income

£129k

Latest spending

£102k

Registered

1963

Accounts read

FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £266,610 to £275,984, driven by a net incoming resource surplus of £9,373. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £275,984 with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts.

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 3 of 6 completeness components.

Trustees · trustee networks

AILSA JOHNSONchair
Andrew McAteer
CLIVE SCOTT · trustee of 2 other charities
David Plant · trustee of 1 other charity
Glynis Robinson · trustee of 1 other charity
James Hagyard · trustee of 1 other charity
Jo Cooper · trustee of 1 other charity
John GREEN · trustee of 1 other charity
LIZ HOWITT · trustee of 1 other charity
Megan Duffield
Rob Parkes

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

Operates in: Doncaster

Income and spending

Financial year end	Income	Spending
31/01/2025	£129k	£102k
31/01/2024	£73k	£83k
31/01/2023	£73k	£83k
31/01/2022	£61k	£58k
31/01/2021	£60k	£70k

Common questions

Is DONCASTER DANUM SCOUTS financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that total unrestricted funds increased from £266,610 to £275,984, driven by a net incoming resource surplus of £9,373. The charity holds unrestricted reserves of £275,984 with no stated reserves policy target to compare against. The independent examiner confirmed that no material matters were identified that would prevent a proper understanding of the accounts. 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
LILIAN FRANCES HIND BEQUEST (TRUSTEES OF LADY HIND)	1	£1k

Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with 9TH DONCASTER SCOUT GROUP.

9TH DONCASTER SCOUT GROUP income £229k
33RD NORWICH SCOUT GROUP income £131k
8TH NORWICH (NORWICH SCHOOL) SEA SCOUT GROUP income £148k
WEYMOUTH WEST SCOUT GROUP income £728k
1ST BURNMOOR SCOUT GROUP income £1.2m
NUNEATON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £162k

Side by side with its peers

Charity	Income	Top pay band	Reserves vs policy	Fundraising cost	Going concern
DONCASTER DANUM SCOUTS	£129k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
9TH DONCASTER SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£229k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
33RD NORWICH SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£131k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
8TH NORWICH (NORWICH SCHOOL) SEA SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£148k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
WEYMOUTH WEST SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£728k	—	unclear	—	no doubt
1ST BURNMOOR SCOUT GROUP FY2025	£1.2m	—	below	—	no doubt

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