Finance Score: -1

Governance Score: -2

Support Score: 5

Reasonable growth: +1
Multiple Deficits: -2
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Mainly male board: -1

Large volunteers +3
Grant maker support: +2

Overall GiG Score: 2

TAMWORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL

The trust provides facilities, finance, training, advice and encouragement for the promotion of scouting in the Tamworth area.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
There has been reasonable growth in spending over the last 3 years relative to the previous period
A significant proportion of recent income was derived from major grant makers including the Government

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 14 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12
The Board is predominantly 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
On several occasions in recent years income has been less than spending

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
31/03/23	£105	£134	£-29	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	50
31/03/22	£107	£96	£10	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/21	£73	£100	£-27	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	20
31/03/20	£110	£105	£5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	80
31/03/19	£122	£83	£39	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	100
31/03/18	£93	£84	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	£105	£77	£28	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16	£111	£100	£12	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15	£72	£91	£-19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	£69	£58	£10	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	£47	£68	£-21	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12	£151	£173	£-22	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11	£42	£49	£-7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	£60	£59	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	£48	£48	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08	£68	£70	£-2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	£65	£65	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06	£38	£37	£0	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05	£37	£34	£3	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04	£36	£35	£1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 53 years

http://www.tamworth.scouts.org.uk

treasurer@tamworthscouts.org.uk

07802196323

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Education/Training

GiG Classification

Technical, vocational and continuing education

How it operates

Acts as an umbrella or resource body
Provides advocacy/advice/information
Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides services

Where it operates

Staffordshire, Warwickshire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
50 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
National Lottery Community Fund - Making the Activity Centre more Efficient and Friendly
£6,360	24/02/2023	The funding will be used to install a new heating system that aims to ensure the building is heated and can be used by groups and reduce monthly energy bills.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building For The Future
£10,000	19/01/2021 8	The group will use the funding to refurbish a building which is used as a community venue by both Scouts and other community groups. This will improve a space that matters to the local community.
National Lottery Community Fund - Building for the Future
£10,000	22/03/2019 12	This funding will be used to create a new building for the community. The project aims to provide a space that members of the scouts and other organisations can utilise.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (14)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/14 persons

CAZ LANG Appointed: 2015

SUZE WESTWELL Appointed: 2011

ALEX DAVID JENKINS Appointed: 2020

COLIN PETER CARTWRIGHT Appointed: 2015

HEATHER UPTON Appointed: 2015

JOHN WILFRED HALL

KENNETH JAMES LANG Appointed: 2020

MARION SHUTTLER

MICHAEL JOHN HARVEY Appointed: 2020

PETE SEEDHOUSE

RUSSELL WARD Appointed: 2021

STEPHEN JOHN SMITH Appointed: 2020

THOMAS WALTER BOUNDS Appointed: 2020

RICHARD KINGSTONE (Chair) Appointed: 2021, Other trusteeship: TAMWORTH HAVE A HEART,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 02/04/1971, number: 524546

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
Complaints handling
Complaints policy and procedures
Conflicting interests
Financial reserves policy and procedures
Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
Internal risk management policy and procedures
Investing charity funds 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
Trustee expenses policy and procedures
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; all on time

Main office

94 SHARPE STREET
TAMWORTH
B77 3HZ

Objectives

UNIT OF THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

Defined Area of Benefit:

TAMWORTH

Data Sources