Finance Score: 1

Governance Score: 5

Support Score: 10

Reasonable growth: +1
No PartB

12+ Trustees: -1
Dynamic board: +3
Gender balanced board: +3

Large volunteers +5
Grant maker support: +5

Overall GiG Score: 16

WEST YORKSHIRE COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Within West Yorkshire, to contribute to 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.

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, despite a decline more recently
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 and dynamic in terms of composition

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

Established: 60 years

www.wyscouts.org.uk

vicechair@wyscouts.org.uk

01484715858

Charity Commission for England and Wales

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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
31/03/23		£435	£453	£-18	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,442
31/03/22		£269	£324	£-55	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,331
31/03/21		£331	£216	£115	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	2,571
31/03/20		£808	£818	£-10	£0	£455	£325	4.8	13	2,980
31/03/19		£397	£410	£-13	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	3,000
31/03/18		£159	£146	£13	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/17		£159	£159	£-1	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/16		£679	£643	£36	£0	£489	£316	5.9	0	0
31/03/15		£166	£155	£11	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/14		£304	£299	£5	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/13	*	£602	£589	£13	£305	£404	£216	4.4	8	0
31/03/12		£437	£454	£-16	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/11		£677	£752	£-75	£290	£408	£159	2.5	5	0
31/03/10		£205	£164	£41	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/09		£198	£249	£-51	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/08		£325	£295	£30	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/07		£168	£203	£-34	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/06		£178	£132	£45	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/05		£266	£243	£23	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0
31/03/04		£203	£196	£7	£0	£0	£0	n/a	0	0

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Highest pay bracket: less than £60,000

What it does

Amateur Sport
Education/Training
Environment/Conservation/Heritage

Who works here?

2,442 volunteers

Who it helps

Children/Young People
People With Disabilities

How it operates

Provides buildings/facilities/open space
Provides human resources

Where it operates

Bradford City, Calderdale, Kirklees,

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
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Improving Lives and Raising Aspirations
£78,937	01/12/2023	Grant to 51st Pellon Scouts
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Grant to 51st Pellon Scouts
£1,500	12/04/2023	Grant to 51st Pellon Scouts
Community Foundation for Calderdale - Scouts - improving lives and raising aspirations.
£61,538	13/02/2023	Grant to 51st Pellon Scouts
Sport England - Start Sailing (for 14 to 18 year olds).
£10,000	26/06/2015 6	Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Start Sailing (for 14 to 18 year olds).'. This project is a Sailing & Yachting project, with a focus on ....more Funding under Sport England's Small Grants funding programme for a Revenue project titled 'Start Sailing (for 14 to 18 year olds).'. This project is a Sailing & Yachting project, with a focus on younger beneficiaries.

Data sourced from Donors via 360 Giving

How is it governed?

Trustees (13)

Current Trustees appointed

Gender Split

Based on 12/13 persons

BETHANIE JENNIFER LORRAINE HALLIGAN Appointed: 2018

CAREY DOWSON (Chair) Appointed: 2021

ELAINE CLOUGH Appointed: 2013

GILLIAN MARGARET CAINE Appointed: 2014, Other trusteeships: FIRST SPEN VALLEY SCOUT GROUP, DEWSBURY YOUNG DIABETICS,

GARETH PIERCE Appointed: 2020

HOWARD FISHWICK Appointed: 2016

IAN MARTIN WOMERSLEY Appointed: 2020

JEANETTE YOUNG Appointed: 2011, Other trusteeship: KEIGHLEY DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL,

JOHN REYNOLDS Appointed: 2017

OLIVER RHODES Appointed: 2023, Other trusteeship: BRADFORD NORTH DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL,

SUSAN CASELTON Appointed: 2021

SUSAN GALVIN Appointed: 2022

TOBIAS HAMMOND Appointed: 2019

Legal constitution

Charity registered in England & Wales on 11/05/1964, number: 524829

Gift Aid

Registered with HMRC for Gift Aid

Policies in force

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

Filing Record

20 returns made; AR13: 1 days late,

Main office

SCOUT ASSOCIATION
BRADLEY WOOD SCOUT CAMP SITE
SHEPHERDS THORN LANE
BRIGHOUSE
WEST YORKSHIRE
HD6 3TU

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 YORKSHIRE

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