Registered charity · Guildford
Surrey County Scout Council
- 10 trustees
- Income £993k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gary ErnestTrustee · since 2018
- Helen LuttonTrustee · since 2024
- Hugh Robert GostlingTrustee · since 2024
- Jonathan Lewis TurnerTrustee · since 2026
- Joseph Sean CaseyTrustee · since 2024
- Julia KielstraTrustee · since 2018
- Kelvin James FreemanTrustee · since 2026
- Kewin KobylskiTrustee · since 2024
- Marcus Martin-BurnsTrustee · since 2020
- Martin Gerrard QPM DLTrustee · since 2015
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
- Surrey
- Website
- www.surrey-scouts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1961
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£993k£900k
- 2024£1.6m£1.5m
- 2023£884k£738k
Earlier years
- 2022£393k£354k
- 2021£419k£271k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2023: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
PURPOSES OF THE SURREY COUNTY SCOUT COUNCIL
Grants received
2 grants · £154,999 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
- Garfield Weston Foundation · £150,000
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £4,999
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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
- Gary Ernest since 2018
- Hugh Robert Gostling since 2024
- Helen Lutton since 2024
- Jonathan Lewis Turner since 2026
- Joseph Sean Casey since 2024
- Julia Kielstra since 2018
- Kelvin James Freeman since 2026
- Kewin Kobylski since 2024
- Martin Gerrard QPM DL since 2015
- Marcus Martin-Burns since 2020
Trustees past 6 years
- Gary Ernest since 2018
- Julia Kielstra since 2018
- Martin Gerrard QPM DL since 2015
- Marcus Martin-Burns since 2020
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (7)
- Helen Lutton since 2024
- Jonathan Lewis Turner since 2026
- Joseph Sean Casey since 2024
- Kelvin James Freeman since 2026
- Kewin Kobylski since 2024
- Martin Gerrard QPM DL since 2015
- Marcus Martin-Burns since 2020
Portfolio (3)
- Gary Ernest since 2018
- Hugh Robert Gostling since 2024
- Julia Kielstra since 2018
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
13.1 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 24.3 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 305819
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- TRUST DEED DATED 30 OCTOBER 1926 DEED OF APPOINTMENT DATED 9 JUNE 1939 AND ROYAL CHARTER DATED 4 JANUARY 1912
- Contact on the register
- 01483203451 · countyoffice@surrey-scouts.org.uk
- 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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