Registered charity · Somerset
Blackdown District Scout Council
Blackdown District Scout Council is a registered charity (number 305633) based in Somerset, governed by 9 trustees. Latest income £163k (2025). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 25th October 2026.
- 9 trustees
- Income £163k (2025)
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Who leads it
- Christopher PinguenetTrustee · since 2022
- David Frank JohnsonTrustee · since 2014
- David LumbardTrustee · since 2022
- Erica BetteridgeTrustee · since 2024
- John David LewisTrustee
- Nadia AthertonTrustee · since 2022
- Richard SmithTrustee · since 2023
- Steven John PurchaseTrustee · since 2024
- Thomas HoldTrustee · since 2022
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Somerset
- Registered
- 1963
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£163k£162k
- 2024£188k£168k
- 2023£151k£1.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£150k£110k
- 2021£73k£86k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2021: Government grants 36%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS,AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES
Grants received
2 grants · £12,410 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Somerset Community Foundation · £12,410 (2 grants)
Most recent
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.
9 trustees on the board
- Christopher Pinguenet since 2022
- David Frank Johnson since 2014
- David Lumbard since 2022
- Erica Betteridge since 2024
- John David Lewis
- Nadia Atherton since 2022
- Richard Smith since 2023
- Steven John Purchase since 2024
- Thomas Hold since 2022
Trustees past 6 years
- David Frank Johnson since 2014
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Christopher Pinguenet since 2022
- David Lumbard since 2022
- Erica Betteridge since 2024
- John David Lewis
- Nadia Atherton since 2022
- Richard Smith since 2023
- Steven John Purchase since 2024
- Thomas Hold since 2022
Portfolio (1)
- David Frank Johnson since 2014
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
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
- 305633
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER 4TH JANUARY 1912.
- Contact on the register
- 01823 480768
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 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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