Finance Score: -3
Governance Score: -3
Support Score: 0
  • Spending declining: -1
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • All male board: -3
  • Large volunteers +3
Overall GiG Score: -3 ?

THE DON BROOME SCOUT TRUST 

PROMOTING THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL INTELLECTUAL SOCIAL AND SPRITUAL POTENTIALS BY PROVIDING FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SCOUT GROUPS, DISTRICTS AND COUNTY PRIMARILY WITHIN THE LONDON BOROUGHS OF WANDSWORTH, LAMBETH, SOUTHWARK, LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • The Board is completely male

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Spending is declining
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
Established: 23 years

no.website

chairman.dbst@gmail.com

02086935287

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k
Spending
£k
Surplus/
Deficit
Fundraising
Cost £k
Total
Funds £k
Unrestricted
Funds £k
Mths
Rsrvs
Staff Volun-
teers
31/12/22£27£4£23n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/21£16£29£-12n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/20£17£48£-31n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/19£25£12£13n/an/an/an/an/a1
31/12/18£27£12£15£0£0£0n/a01
31/12/17£27£29£-2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/16£24£54£-30£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/15£21£8£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/14£22£13£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/13£21£26£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/12£18£12£6£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/11£25£23£2£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/10£12£6£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/09£14£9£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/08*£14£10£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/07£13£4£8£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/06£11£2£9£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/05£9£5£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/12/04£11£17£-6£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
How it operates
  • Makes Grants to Organisations
Where it operates
  • Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham, Southwark, Wandsworth,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 1 volunteer

Who's supporting them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/11/2001, number: 1089189
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Conflicting interests
  • Investment
Filing Record
19 returns made; AR08: 33 days late,
Main office

Scout Association
South London Scout Centre
Grange Lane
LONDON
SE21 7LH

Objectives

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 WITHIN THE AREA OF BENEFIT OR ELSEWHERE WITHIN THE UNITED KINGDOM AT THE DISCRETION OF THE TRUSTEES.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GREATER LONDON AND ELSEWHERE IN UK

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
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