YORK JOINT SCOUT TRUST

Registered charity 524835 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register

Co-ordination of scouting activities in the city of York and ownership of shared assets.

Objects

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Area of benefit: YORK, PARTS OF RYEDALE, HARROGATE AND SELBY.

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

Causes: Education/training · Get email alerts

Latest income
£52k
Latest spending
£72k
Registered
1971
Accounts read
FY2025

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £23,404 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, net assets decreased to £92,601, and the charity holds general funds of £67,848 against a reserves policy target of approximately £31,000.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Reserves policy: 12 months running costs (~£31,000) (held: £68k)
“Hold reserves equivalent to 12 months running costs (~£31,000)” — page 2
Per its FY2025 accounts as filed with the Charity Commission.

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.

Trustees · trustee networks

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

Operates in: City Of York · North Yorkshire

Income and spending

Financial year endIncomeSpending
31/03/2025£52k£72k
31/03/2024£56k£80k
31/03/2023£48k£70k
31/03/2022£39k£48k
31/03/2021£77k£31k

Common questions

Is YORK JOINT SCOUT TRUST financially healthy?

Per its FY2025 accounts: The accounts state that the charity reported a net loss of £23,404 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total expenditure exceeding total income. Per the trustees' report, net assets decreased to £92,601, and the charity holds general funds of £67,848 against a reserves policy target of approximately £31,000. Its FY2025 accounts were independently examined.

Who funds YORK JOINT SCOUT TRUST?

Funders whose own accounts filings name YORK JOINT SCOUT TRUST as a grant recipient include THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUST.

Known funders

Grants to this charity found in funders’ own accounts filings.

FunderYearAmountPurpose (as stated by the funder)
THE SYLVIA AND COLIN SHEPHERD CHARITABLE TRUSTFY2023£1k

Government & lottery funding

Grants to this charity published as open data by government and lottery funders (360Giving).

FunderDateAmountPurpose
The National Lottery Community Fund23/09/2008£4kYoung Leader Training