Registered charity · Dartford
Dartford District Scout Council
- 5 trustees
- Income £77k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Neil GearingTrustee · since 2026
- Neil John BrunsdonTrustee · since 2026
- Philip SwanstonTrustee · since 2026
- Stephen NewtonTrustee · since 2026
- Teresa GordonTrustee · since 2026
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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People on this board also serve on 1 other charity:
- Kent County Scout Council · 1 shared trustee
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Amateur Sport
- Where
- Kent
- Website
- www.dartfordscouts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£77k£58k
- 2024£64k£62k
- 2023£39k£40k
Earlier years
- 2022£78k£67k
- 2021£75k£89k
Charitable objects
DARTFORD BOY SCOUTS LOCAL ASSOCIATION
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.
5 trustees on the board
- Neil Gearing since 2026
- Neil John Brunsdon since 2026
- Philip Swanston since 2026
- Stephen Newton since 2026
- Teresa Gordon since 2026
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (4)
- Neil John Brunsdon since 2026
- Philip Swanston since 2026
- Stephen Newton since 2026
- Teresa Gordon since 2026
Portfolio (1)
- Neil Gearing since 2026
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Gaps to watch
- No commercial or business experience on the board
- Mostly recent joiners - limited long-term continuity
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
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Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 303367
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 28TH OCTOBER 1946 DEED OF APPOINTMENT DATED 28TH JANUARY 1965
- Contact on the register
- 07753638477 · treasurer@dartfordscouts.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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