WEST YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 524829 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as WEST YORKSHIRE BOY SCOUTS ASSOCIATION

Within West Yorkshire, to contribute to 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.

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 YORKSHIRE

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

Causes: Education/training · Amateur Sport · Environment/conservation/heritage · website · Get email alerts

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net expenditure of £64,237 for the year, resulting in a decrease in total funds from £470,602 to £406,365. The trustees confirm that there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

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
• 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

Corporate structure

• Trading subsidiary: WYS TRADING LIMITED Companies House 04639375 · Financial health read from its filings

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Trustees · trustee networks

• Mark Adrian Stageman BEMchair
• Conor Austin Fishwick
• DAVID RICHARD SOWDEN
• ELAINE CLOUGH
• Howard Fishwick
• Jeanette Young · trustee of 1 other charity
• John Reynolds
• Linda Malloy · trustee of 1 other charity
• Lisa Ellis
• Oliver Rhodes · trustee of 2 other charities
• Tobias Robert Hammond

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

Operates in: Bradford City · Calderdale · Kirklees

Income and spending

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Charities like this

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

• WILTSHIRE SCOUT COUNCIL income £158k
• SOUTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £572k
• NORTH YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £916k
• CENTRAL YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £431k
• WEST SUSSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £195k
• ESSEX COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £3.1m

Side by side with its peers

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