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Registered charity · Rugeley

The King George V Memorial Scouts and Guides Recreation Lands

The King George V Memorial Scouts and Guides Recreation Lands is a registered charity (number 522603) based in Rugeley, governed by 14 trustees and chaired by Jeremy David Cotton. Latest income £636k (2026). Source: Charity Commission register, updated 18th October 2026.

Also known as The Beaudesert Trust (Charity Commission)

  • 14 trustees
  • Income £636k (2026)
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Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.

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About

What it does
Education/training, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Environment/conservation/heritage and 1 more
Where
Staffordshire
Website
www.beaudesert.org (opens in a new tab)
Registered
1964

Income and spending

  • YearIncomeSpending
  • 2026£636k£615k
  • 2025£590k£726k
  • 2024£816k£830k
Earlier years
  • 2023£615k£610k
  • 2022£348k£356k

Income trend, 2022 to 2026.

Income source mix, 2022: Government grants 8%. From the charity's annual return.

Charitable objects

IN COMMEMORATION OF THE REIGN OF KING GEORGE V, AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC: 1. TO HELP SCOUTS, GUIDES AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY THROUGH LEISURE TIME ACTIVITIES, SO AS TO DEVELOP THEIR CAPABILITIES THAT THEY MAY GROW TO FULL MATURITY AS INDIVIDUALS AND MEMBERS OF SOCIETY 2. TO PROMOTE THE CONSERVATION, PROTECTION AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL AND NATURAL ENVIRONMENT OF BEAUDESERT PARKLANDS AND 3. TO PRESERVE THE RUINS OF BEAUDESERT HALL, INCLUDING A WALLED GARDEN AND OTHER LAND, OF HISTORIC AND ARCHITECTURAL IMPORTANCE.

Grants received

5 grants · £111,102 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £53,937 (3 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £50,000
  • Sport England · £7,165

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002017-12-06
  • Sport England £7,1652017-09-29
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £10,0002012-11-22
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002004-09-16
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £33,9372004-05-13
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.

2y median 2y
average tenure
6y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

3.7y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

Portfolio (5)

1
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 14Arts/culture/heritage/science 14Education/training 14

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Health and social care 1

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.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£590k latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 0.6 in 2021

23 from 23 in 2023
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Sources

Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Registered charity number
522603
Status
Registered
Governing document
SCHEME OF 4 MARCH 1977 AS AFFECTED BY SCHEME DATED 10TH FEBRUARY 2004 AND SCHEME DATED 19/11/09
Contact on the register
01543682278 · info@beaudesert.org
Edition
Register edition compiled 18th October 2026
Labels
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