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Finance Score: -4
Governance Score: 2
Support Score: 8
  • Excess reserves: -2
  • Accounts filed more than 5 days late: -2 times
  • 12+ Trustees: -1
  • Dynamic board: +3
  • Large volunteers +5
  • Gov Income
  • Overall weighted support: +3
Overall GiG Score: 6 ?

GREATER LONDON MIDDLESEX WEST COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL

Scouting engages & supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society. In partnership with adults, young people take part in fun indoor & outdoor activities, they learn by doing, by sharing in spiritual reflection and by taking responsibility. They make choices, undertake new & challenging activities and they live their Scout Promise.
Analysis by Giving is Great

Positives:

  • This charity has been very successful in attracting volunteers relative to its size
  • The charity has received Government grants
  • The Board appears to be dynamic in terms of composition

Regulatory & Governance issues to consider:

  • There are 17 trustees whereas the Charities Commission recommends a maximum of 12

Financial issues to consider:

  • This charity has substantial assets and unrestricted reserves of £2,154,426 available, equivalent to 30 months of spending and so may not be able to utilise additional funding
  • Accounts have been filed late on 2 occasions over the last 5 years and the current period appears to have been extended
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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£1,137£865£272£0£2,179£2,15429.941,949
31/03/22£762£600£162£0£1,907£1,89537.942,266
31/03/21*£303£404£-101n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/20*£809£734£75£0£1,955£1,94631.852,311
31/03/19£852£690£162£0£1,881£1,85932.342,411
31/03/18£1,118£951£168£0£1,718£1,69621.440
31/03/17£702£634£68£0£1,551£1,5302940
31/03/16£741£675£66£0£1,483£1,45925.930
31/03/15£566£443£124£17£1,416£1,39737.920
31/03/14£944£908£36£20£1,293£1,27216.830
31/03/13£531£470£61£28£1,257£1,23331.540
31/03/12£594£623£-30£79£1,196£1,18322.830
31/03/11£894£943£-49£76£1,226£5456.920
31/03/10*£492£412£80n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/09£628£443£186£71£1,195£53814.630
31/03/08*£1,205£622£583£133£1,010£5149.940
31/03/07*£815£692£123£90£426£751.340
31/03/06£289£308£-19n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/05£228£248£-21n/an/an/an/an/an/a
31/03/04£209£214£-4n/an/an/an/an/an/a
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Financial Ratios
Fundraising Costs/Relevant Income: 0%
Fundraising Costs/Total Spending: 0%
Highest pay band: Less than £60,000
Liabilities/Assets: 24%
Liabilities/Income: 60%
Unrestricted Funds/Total Funds: 99%
Reserves/Spending: 29.9 months
Net Current Assets/Spending: 7 months
Quick Ratio: 1.3
Asset Split ?
Balance Sheet History
Established: 61 years

www.glmwscouts.org.uk

info@glmwscouts.org.uk

02088668625

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UN SDGs
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Listed activities
  • Amateur Sport
  • Education/Training
  • Environment/Conservation/Heritage
  • Recreation
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
  • Throughout London,
Who it helps
  • Children/Young People
  • Other Charities Or Voluntary Bodies

Who supports them? ?

Donations from Grant Makers ?

We have details on the following donations. Multi-year donations are allocated to the years for which they are earmarked.

Specific Donations
Amount When
Months		 To be used for
Sport England - Paccar Scout Camp Rifle Range
£32,199 19/02/2013
Funding under Sport England's Inspired Facilities funding programme for a Capital project titled 'Paccar Scout Camp Rifle Range'. This project lists its main activity as Shooting. This funding has ....more

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How is it governed?

Trustees (17)
Current Trustees appointed
Gender Split

  • ALKESH SHAH Appointed: 2022
  • CHAD LAKE (Chair)
  • CATHERINE STEPHENIE JOYCE MUXLOW Appointed: 2021
  • CHRISTOPHER JOHN NICHOLAS Appointed: 2023
  • CLAIRE KATIE SHANNON MUXLOW Appointed: 2022
  • DAVID CARLEN
  • DAVID JAMES BROWNING Appointed: 2016
  • DAVID WILLIAM KITCHEN Appointed: 2021
  • DR ALEXANDER PHILIP NORORI-MCCORMAC Appointed: 2021
  • JOHN ARNOLD
  • LEON PATRICK MIELEWCZYK Appointed: 2011
  • PHIL POWER Appointed: 2016
  • PAUL KENNETH CATCHPOLE Appointed: 2023
  • PAUL RICHARD DICKSON Appointed: 2018
  • RISHI-NAYAN VARODARIA Appointed: 2021, Occupation: Student
  • SUSAN MARGARET CHICK Appointed: 2019
  • ZACHARY JAMES SEDDON DEANE Appointed: 2019
Legal constitution
  • Charity registered in England & Wales on 12/02/1964, number: 303887
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
  • 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
Filing Record
20 returns made; AR21: 126 days late, AR20: 20 days late, AR10: 21 days late, AR08: 20 days late, AR07: 1 days late,
Recent reorganisation events:
  • Asset transfer in from STANMORE AND DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL on 13/10/2021
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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:

THE LONDON BROUGHS OF BRENT, CITY OF WESTMINISTER, EALING, HARROW, HAMMERSMITH AND FULHAM, HILLINGDON, HOUNSLOW AND KENSINGTON AND CHELSEA

Data Sources

Charity Commission for England and Wales
360 Giving

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