Blackburn and District Scout Council
Registered charity 521533 Registered since 1963
Operates: Blackburn With Darwen
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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.
6 trustees on the board
- Stuart Parker Chair since 2016
- Cairon Berry since 2025
- Donna Longworth since 2025
- Jack Murray since 2016
- Mark Longworth since 2025
- Peter Sculpher since 2016
5.5y median 5.5y
average tenure
10y
longest tenure
Trustees past 6 years
- Stuart Parker Chair since 2016
- Jack Murray since 2016
- Peter Sculpher since 2016
5.6y
average years in governance
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (5)
- Cairon Berry since 2025
- Donna Longworth since 2025
- Jack Murray since 2016
- Mark Longworth since 2025
- Peter Sculpher since 2016
Portfolio (1)
- Stuart Parker Chair since 2016
2
company-linked trustees
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Education/training 6General Charitable Purposes 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Education 2Other services 1
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving trustees could step down together
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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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
incomespending£39k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.
Connected through a shared trustee
- Blackburn With Darwen Council for Voluntary Service 1 shared trustee
Also active in the same field
- Milton School Association Similar size; both Education
- Friends of Cranborne Similar size; both Education
- The Friends of Bell Farm School Similar size; both Education
- ST Vincent's School Parents and Friends Association Similar size; both Education
- Ymddiriedolaeth Addysg Llanrwst Similar size; both Education
Deterministic, from public records.
Contact
| Website | www.blackburnscouts.org.uk |
| parker_stuart@hotmail.com | |
| Phone | 07903495274 |
| Address | 2 CYPRESS RIDGE, BLACKBURN, BB2 5AQ |
Finances
£39,278 latest income
| Year | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | £22,441 | £32,990 |
| 2022 | £27,740 | £25,927 |
| 2023 | £40,590 | £40,166 |
| 2024 | £36,853 | £37,697 |
| 2025 | £39,278 | £39,985 |
What it does
What
Education/trainingWho
Children/young PeopleHow
Provides Human ResourcesActs As An Umbrella Or Resource BodyCharitable objects
PURPOSES OF THE BLACKBURN BOY SCOUTS.
Governing document: CONVEYNANCE DATED 15TH MARCH 1940 UPON THE TRUSTS OF THE BOYS SCOUTS ASSOCIATION TRUST DEED 1935.
Trustees (6)
6trustees
43median age
0aged 70+
- Stuart Parkerage band 55-59 Chair since 2016
- Cairon Berry since 2025
- Donna Longworth since 2025
- Jack Murrayage band 25-29 since 2016
- Mark Longworth since 2025
- Peter Sculpher since 2016
Connected charities (1)
- Blackburn With Darwen Council for Voluntary Service 1 shared trustee
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