Finance Score: -7
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 6
  • Accounts overdue -5
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • No PartB
  • No conflicts policy: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Grant maker support: +1
Overall GiG Score: 1 ?

CITY OF PORTSMOUTH SCOUT COUNCIL 

Scouting in the City of Portsmouth
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • Spending has increased over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
  • There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years
  • A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government
  • The Board appears to be well diversified in terms of gender

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • This charity does not have a Conflict of Interests policy

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • Latest accounts are overdue for filing and returns have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years

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
31/03/22£104£113£-9n/an/an/an/an/a300
31/03/21*£75£54£21n/an/an/an/an/a200
31/03/20£109£94£15n/an/an/an/an/a1,000
31/03/19*£25£16£9n/an/an/an/an/a120
31/03/18*£34£48£-13£0£0£0n/a0200
31/03/17*£86£79£7£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/16£101£62£39£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/15£50£55£-5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/14£46£41£5£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/13£42£40£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/12£52£51£1£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/11£67£71£-4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/10£50£50£0£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/09£75£62£13£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/08£89£92£-3£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/07£15£11£4£0£0£0n/a00
31/03/06£32£44£-11£0£0£0n/a00

Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 19 years

www.portsmouthscouts.org.uk

districtchairman@portsmouthscouts.org.uk

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Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
?
Listed activities
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Academic support
How it operates
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Portsmouth City,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
Who works here?
  • Unknown number of employees
  • 300 volunteers

Who's supporting them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following significant donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months
To be used for
Department for Work and Pensions - CROW COFFEE LIMITED
£2,096 01/04/2022
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to employers to create jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit.
Department for Work and Pensions - CROW COFFEE
£5,543 01/04/2021
The Kickstart Scheme provides funding to create new jobs for 16 to 24 year olds on Universal Credit who are at risk of long term unemployment.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (6)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 22/12/2004, number: 1107404
Gift Aid
  • NOT registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • Complaints handling
  • Risk management
  • Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
17 returns made; AR21: 4 days late, AR19: 43 days late, AR18: 18 days late, AR17: 7 days late,
Main office

70 The Ridings
PORTSMOUTH
PO2 0UF

Objectives

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIAL; AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Defined Area of Benefit:

PORTSMOUTH

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving
CharityBase
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