Registered charity · Romford
Romford District Scout Council
- 10 trustees
- Income £685k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ben PardonTrustee · since 2025
- Chris BennettTrustee · since 2025
- Colin ShepherdTrustee · since 2016
- Dean JefferysTrustee · since 2022
- Elizabeth GoddenTrustee · since 2020
- Geoffrey Frederick HuttonTrustee · since 1986
- Jack TapeTrustee · since 2021
- Julien RawleTrustee · since 2021
- Penelope WilliamsTrustee
- Reece WiltshireTrustee · since 2023
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training, Economic/community Development/employment
- Where
- Havering
- Website
- www.romfordscouts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£685k£96k
- 2024£78k£71k
- 2023£56k£89k
Earlier years
- 2022£41k£47k
- 2021£47k£35k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants 14%. From the charity's annual return.
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
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Ben Pardon since 2025
- Chris Bennett since 2025
- Colin Shepherd since 2016
- Dean Jefferys since 2022
- Elizabeth Godden since 2020
- Geoffrey Frederick Hutton since 1986
- Jack Tape since 2021
- Julien Rawle since 2021
- Penelope Williams
- Reece Wiltshire since 2023
Trustees past 6 years
- Colin Shepherd since 2016
- Elizabeth Godden since 2020
- Geoffrey Frederick Hutton since 1986
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (9)
- Ben Pardon since 2025
- Chris Bennett since 2025
- Colin Shepherd since 2016
- Dean Jefferys since 2022
- Elizabeth Godden since 2020
- Jack Tape since 2021
- Julien Rawle since 2021
- Penelope Williams
- Reece Wiltshire since 2023
Portfolio (1)
- Geoffrey Frederick Hutton since 1986
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
- Narrow spread of causes across the board
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
120.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 303701
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER DATED 4 JANUARY 1912 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS DATED 28 MARCH 1949, 18 FEBRUARY 1959, 5 MAY 1967, 19 JULY 1991 AS AMENDED ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018 AS AMENDED ON 30 APR 2019 AS AMENDED ON 12 FEB 2020
- Contact on the register
- 01708740652 · theshepherds@sky.com
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th 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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