Registered charity · Wigan
Wigan District Scout Council
- 9 trustees
- Income £79k (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Gerard Alfred DaviesChair · since 2017
- Allan FosterTrustee
- Andrew Stephen ConnellanTrustee · since 2015
- David Norman FinchTrustee · since 2019
- Jeffrey Sean PictonTrustee · since 2013
- Joan SmithTrustee · since 2011
- Lewis William FosterTrustee · since 2014
- Margaret DaviesTrustee
- Stephen James MorrellTrustee · since 2019
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
- Wigan
- Website
- wiganscouts.org.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Registered
- 1964
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£79k£78k
- 2024£73k£67k
- 2023£70k£68k
Earlier years
- 2022£64k£61k
- 2021£58k£44k
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants under 1%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
THE INSTRUCTION OF BOYS OF ALL CLASSES IN THE PRINCIPLES OF DISCIPLINE, LOYALTY AND GOOD CITIZENSHIP.
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
- Gerard Alfred Davies Chair since 2017
- Allan Foster
- Andrew Stephen Connellan since 2015
- David Norman Finch since 2019
- Jeffrey Sean Picton since 2013
- Joan Smith since 2011
- Lewis William Foster since 2014
- Margaret Davies
- Stephen James Morrell since 2019
Trustees past 6 years
- Gerard Alfred Davies Chair since 2017
- Andrew Stephen Connellan since 2015
- David Norman Finch since 2019
- Jeffrey Sean Picton since 2013
- Joan Smith since 2011
- Lewis William Foster since 2014
- Stephen James Morrell since 2019
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Gerard Alfred Davies Chair since 2017
- Allan Foster
- David Norman Finch since 2019
- Jeffrey Sean Picton since 2013
- Joan Smith since 2011
- Lewis William Foster since 2014
- Margaret Davies
- Stephen James Morrell since 2019
Portfolio (1)
- Andrew Stephen Connellan since 2015
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.
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.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 521705
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- ROYAL CHARTER 4 JANUARY 1912
- Contact on the register
- 01942214667 · district.treasurer@wiganscouts.org.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 20th 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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