CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL
Registered charity 524828 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as CENTRAL YORKSHIRE SCOUTS
Part of the UK national Scout Association
Causes: Education/training · Religious Activities · Arts/culture/heritage/science · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts
Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts
The accounts state that the charity held £292,000 in free and unrestricted reserves, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of six to twelve months of expenditure (£152,000 to £304,000). The charity reported a net surplus of £5,848 for the year, with total funds increasing to £895,163, indicating a sound financial position to support its activities.
Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.
What the accounts disclose
Reserves policy: between six and twelve months expenditure (held: £292k)
“The Trustees consider that the County should hold a sum in undesignated reserves (unrestricted funds that are not designated for a specific purpose) of between six and twelve months expenditure. For 2024/25 this is budgeted to be between £152k to £304k.” — 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.
Public fundraising profile: JustGiving — Central Yorkshire Scouts (matched by registered charity number).
Public profiles (found on the charity’s own website): facebook · instagram
Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2024)
Cost of raising funds
£19k
Reported reserves equal ~6.9 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 7.0 months; benchmarks).
Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (79% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.
Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 3.6% of total income — above the median for charities its size (2.9%) (benchmarks).
- DAVID LEONARD GRINDRODchair
- ANDREW PETER GALLIVAN
- Andrew George William Neil
- Carol Milburn
- DR COLIN VICTOR HARMAN
- John Michael Bradshaw
- John Smallwood
- Lucy Ellen Taverner
- Lucy Huggins
- MR STUART IAN JOLLEY
- Robert James Kilcoyne · trustee of 1 other charity
Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).
Operates in: City Of Wakefield · Leeds City
Income and spending
Common questions
Is CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL financially healthy?
Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity held £292,000 in free and unrestricted reserves, which falls within the trustees' stated policy target of six to twelve months of expenditure (£152,000 to £304,000). The charity reported a net surplus of £5,848 for the year, with total funds increasing to £895,163, indicating a sound financial position to support its activities. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.
Who funds CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL?
Funders whose own accounts filings name CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL as a grant recipient include CHARITIES OF THOMAS WADE AND OTHERS.
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