WEST MERCIA SCOUT COUNTY

Charity number: 524648
Charity reporting is up to date (on time)

Charity overview

Activities - how the charity spends its money

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

Income and expenditure

Data for financial year ending 31 March 2024

Total income: £95,987
Total expenditure: £72,738

People

12 Trustee(s)

1497 Volunteer(s)

Employees with total benefits over £60,000

No information available

Fundraising

No information available

Trading

One or more trustees are also directors of the subsidiaries

Trustee payments

No trustees receive any remuneration, payments or benefits from the charity.

What, who, how, where

What the charity does:
  • General Charitable Purposes
  • Education/training
  • The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives
  • Disability
  • Religious Activities
  • Arts/culture/heritage/science
  • Amateur Sport
  • Animals
  • Environment/conservation/heritage
  • Recreation
Who the charity helps:
  • Children/young People
  • Elderly/old People
  • People With Disabilities
  • People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin
  • The General Public/mankind
How the charity helps:
  • Provides Human Resources
  • Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space
  • Provides Services
Where the charity operates:
  • Dudley
  • Sandwell
  • Staffordshire
  • Walsall
  • Wolverhampton
  • Worcestershire

Governance

Registration history:
  • 07 April 1971: Standard registration
Organisation type:
Other
Other names:
  • WEST MERCIA SCOUT GROUP (Previous name)
  • WEST MIDLANDS SCOUT COUNTY (Previous name)
Gift aid:
Recognised by HMRC for gift aid
Other regulators:
No information available
Policies:
  • Bullying and harassment policy and procedures
  • Campaigns and political activity 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
  • Paying staff
  • 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
Land and property:
This charity owns and/or leases land or property

Trustees

Trustees are the people responsible for controlling the work, management and administration of the charity on behalf of its beneficiaries. Generally trustees are treasurer, chair, board member etc. The trustees are responsible for keeping this list up to date and can do this by updating their details as they happen through the online service

12 Trustee(s)

Name Role Date of appointment Other trusteeships Reporting status of other trusteeships
Ian Brettt SKidmore Chair
None on record
JAMES STEEL Trustee 01 January 2024
WOLVERHAMPTON NORTH DISTRICT SCOUTS
Received: On time
1ST ESSINGTON SCOUTS
Received: On time
Richard Charles Humphrey Trustee 23 September 2023
None on record
Pauline Jane Porter Trustee 22 September 2022
None on record
MARTIN HOMER Trustee 24 September 2020
STAMBERMILL (ST MARK'S) BOY SCOUT GROUP
Received: On time
Esmond Jones Trustee 26 September 2019
WOLVERHAMPTON SOUTH DISTRICT SCOUTS
Received: On time
Lynn Margaret Richardson Trustee 05 December 2017
None on record
Neal Quinton Trustee 26 September 2017
None on record
John Porter FCCA Trustee 29 September 2015
None on record
Christine Mary McKechnie Trustee 28 January 2013
None on record
IAN SKIDMORE Trustee 23 September 1983
None on record
ROB BAILEY Trustee
None on record

Financial history

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Financial period end date

Income / Expenditure 31/03/2020 31/03/2021 31/03/2022 31/03/2023 31/03/2024
Total gross income £73.95k £73.02k £45.47k £151.39k £95.99k
Total expenditure £70.91k £27.19k £38.31k £156.04k £72.74k
Income from government contracts N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Income from government grants N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A

Accounts and annual returns

This table shows the charity's record of submitting annual returns, accounts and trustees' annual report (TAR) for the last five financial periods.
Title Reporting year Date received Received Download
Annual return 31 March 2024 26 October 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2024 26 October 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2023 05 January 2024 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2023 05 January 2024 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2022 11 November 2022 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2022 11 November 2022 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2021 05 October 2021 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2021 05 October 2021 On Time Download Open in new window
Annual return 31 March 2020 30 September 2020 On Time
Accounts and TAR 31 March 2020 30 September 2020 On Time Download Open in new window
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Governing document

Details of the type of governing document the charity has and when it was established.
It is not the full text of the charity's governing document.

ROYAL CHARTER DATED 4 JANUARY 1912 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS DATED 28 MARCH 1949, 18 FEBRUARY 1959, 5 MAY 1967 AND 19 JULY 1991

Charitable objects

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

Area of benefit

The area the charity can operate in, as set out in its governing document.

WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY

Contact information

Address:
Rear of St Matthews Church
East Park Way
WOLVERHAMPTON
WV1 2DN
Phone:
01902 452660
Email:
secretary@westmerciascouts.org.uk
Website:

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