Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: -1

Support Score: 0

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1

Large volunteers +5

Overall GiG Score: 5

WEST MERCIA SCOUT COUNTY

Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.

Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

This charity has been very 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
There have been no material income shortfalls in recent years

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

There are 13 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

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		£151	£156	£-5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,497
31/03/22		£45	£38	£7	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,444
31/03/21		£73	£27	£46	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	1,890
31/03/20		£74	£71	£3	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,100
31/03/19		£111	£85	£26	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,317
31/03/18		£61	£55	£6	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17	*	£94	£80	£14	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£59	£44	£15	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/15		£87	£39	£47	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14	*	£103	£26	£77	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13		£127	£55	£72	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/12		£58	£49	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£74	£72	£2	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/10	*	£96	£85	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09	*	£96	£80	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£104	£96	£8	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07	*	£68	£59	£9	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£39	£29	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£44	£25	£19	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£53	£37	£16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

Established: 53 years

www.westmerciascouts.org.uk

secretary@westmerciascouts.org.uk

01902 452660

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Tweets

Listed activities

Amateur Sport
Animals
Arts/Culture/Heritage/Science
Disability
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage
General Charitable Purposes
Recreation
Religious Activities
The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives

GiG Classification

Social youth organisations

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources
Provides services

Where it operates

Dudley, Sandwell, Staffordshire, Walsall, Wolverhampton, Worcestershire,

Who it helps

Children/Young People
Elderly/Old People
People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
People With Disabilities
The General Public/Mankind

Who works here?

Unknown number of employees
1,497 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 - A soundproof sliding door to divide the main hall into two
£10,000	11/07/2013 12	This is a project by a charity in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to install a room divider in the group's Scout training facility. This will enable the group to provide ....more This is a project by a charity in Wolverhampton, West Midlands. The group will use the funding to install a room divider in the group's Scout training facility. This will enable the group to provide more effective training to both scout leaders and disadvantaged young people who live with disabilities and are not able to receive training off site.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

CHRISTINE MARY MCKECHNIE Appointed: 2013

ESMOND JONES Appointed: 2019, Other trusteeship: WOLVERHAMPTON SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUTS,

IAN SKIDMORE Appointed: 1983

IAN BRETTT SKIDMORE (Chair)

JOHN PORTER FCCA Appointed: 2015

NEAL QUINTON Appointed: 2017

PAULINE JANE PORTER Appointed: 2022

ROB BAILEY

RICHARD CHARLES HUMPHREY Appointed: 2023

DENIS EVANS MBE, Other trusteeship: 1ST BILSTON SCOUT GROUP,

LYNN MARGARET RICHARDSON Appointed: 2017, Occupation: Bank Manager

MARTIN HOMER Appointed: 2020, Other trusteeship: STAMBERMILL (ST MARK'S) BOY SCOUT GROUP,

MARK BACHE Appointed: 2016, Other trusteeships: WOLVERHAMPTON SCOUTS, THE KING GEORGE V MEMORIAL SCOUTS AND GUIDES RECREATION LANDS,

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 07/04/1971, number: 524648

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

Complaints handling
Conflicting interests
Investment
Paying staff
Risk management
Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Volunteer management

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR17: 1 days late, AR14: 37 days late, AR10: 5 days late, AR09: 0 days late, AR07: 245 days late,

Main office

Rear of St Matthews Church
East Park Way
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 2DN

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

Defined Area of Benefit:

WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY

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