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home >> charity search >> gillingham district scout council
Finance Score: -2
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 0
  • Multiple Deficits: -2
  • No PartB
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Gender balanced board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
Overall GiG Score: 5 ?

GILLINGHAM DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

To provide activities and training for young people from the age of 6 years to 25 years of age.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

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

  • There are 15 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • A PartB annual return has not been required and so detailed financial information is not available from the online data
  • On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending
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Financial Data ?

Income & Spending ?
Sources of Income ?
Y/E Income
£k		 Spending
£k		 Surplus/
Deficit £k		 Fundraising
Cost £k		 Total
Funds £k		 Unrestricted
Funds £k		 Mths
Rsrvs		 Staff Volun-
teers
31/03/23*£57£44£13n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/22£62£35£28n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/21£32£11£21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20£34£39£-5n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/19£38£48£-10n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/18£69£42£27n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/17£21£13£8n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/16*£54£42£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/15*£36£37£-1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/14*£43£42£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/13£23£20£3n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/12£11£16£-6n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/11*£38£27£12n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/10£5£5£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£5£6£-2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/08£7£3£4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/07*£8£8£0n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/06£4£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£6£4£2n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£5£4£1n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000
Established: 55 years

www.gillinghamscouts.org.uk

info@gillinghamscouts.org.uk

01634365015

Charity Commission for England and Wales
UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
GiG Classification
  • Social youth organisations
How it operates
  • Acts as an umbrella or resource body
  • Provides buildings/facilities/open space
  • Provides human resources
Where it operates
  • Medway,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • People With Disabilities

Who supports them? ?

We have no records of donations from grant makers.

How is it governed?

Trustees (15)
Gender Split

  • ANTHONY CHARLES FAIRCLOUGH
  • ALAN DAVID BUCKETT Appointed: 2020
  • ANDREW MENDOZA Appointed: 2017
  • BARRY SPRASON Appointed: 2016
  • DAVID JOHN AINSLEY (Chair)
  • DAVID LAWRENCE Appointed: 2016
  • DEAN MALCOLM HARDING
  • ELIZABETH ANNE AINSLEY
  • GILLIAN FAIRCLOUGH Appointed: 2019
  • MARION JOAN ISAACS
  • MAUREEN THERESA BILLINGHURST
  • PAMELA BEATRICE BURNOP
  • ROBERT MATTHEW GILL Appointed: 2020
  • STEPHEN BERNARD RAINSBURY
  • TIMOTHY PETER GILBERT Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 24/03/1970, number: 303387
Gift Aid
  • Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid
Policies in force
  • 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
  • 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
  • Volunteer management
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR23: 104 days late, AR16: 2 days late, AR15: 3 days late, AR14: 2 days late, AR11: 1 days late, AR07: 2 days late,
Main office

177 LONG CATLIS ROAD
GILLINGHAM
ME8 9TY

Objectives

THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.

Defined Area of Benefit:

GILLINGHAM

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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