HARROGATE AND NIDDERDALE DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

Registered charity 702344 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as HANDS

To provide the framework to support Scout groups in the area; to enable the provision of support for the physical, mental and spiritual development of young people under the rules of the Scout Association.

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: NOT DEFINED

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

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Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that total net assets stood at £1,945,806, comprising £100,899 in investment assets and £87,751 in cash funds. The trustees have set a reserves policy target of approximately £40,000, representing 12 months of normal running costs. The document notes that surplus funds of approximately £100,000 are held in investment assets in accordance with the District Investment Policy.

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 5 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
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Investing charity funds policy and procedures
• 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

Trustees · trustee networks

• Dr Jean Elizabeth Laightchair
• Bryan Anthony Wilson
• Dr Simon Richard Rollinson
• Henry James McBratney
• Imogen Poppy Sinclair
• James Porter · trustee of 1 other charity
• Jillian Rosemary Connors
• Karsten Uwe Hartmann · trustee of 1 other charity
• Luke Harrison
• Shane Diarmaid Delaney

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

Operates in: North Yorkshire

Income and spending

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Charities like this

Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with HARROW DISTRICT SCOUTS.

• HARROW DISTRICT SCOUTS income £316k
• NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £146k
• NORTH DEVON DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £439k
• GREATER LONDON NORTH EAST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL income £167k
• WREXHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £304k
• CARDIFF NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL income £110k

Side by side with its peers

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