# WEST MERCIA SCOUT COUNTY

## Details

- **Country:** England &amp; Wales
- **Charity number:** 524648
- **Other names:** WEST MERCIA SCOUT GROUP, WEST MIDLANDS SCOUT COUNTY
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** April 7, 1971
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&amp;p_p_lifecycle=0&amp;p_p_state=maximized&amp;p_p_mode=view&amp;_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=524648


## Contact

- **Address:** Rear of St Matthews Church, East Park Way, WOLVERHAMPTON
- **Postcode:** WV1 2DN
- **Phone:** 01902 452660
- **Email:** secretary@westmerciascouts.org.uk
- **Website:** www.westmerciascouts.org.uk



## Activities

**Objects:** TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

**Activities:** Scouting actively engages and supports young people in their personal development, empowering them to make a positive contribution to society.




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** General Charitable Purposes, Education/training, The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives, Disability, Religious Activities, Arts/culture/heritage/science, Amateur Sport, Animals, Environment/conservation/heritage, Recreation
- **Who:** Children/young People, Elderly/old People, People With Disabilities, People Of A Particular Ethnic Or Racial Origin, The General Public/mankind



## Geography

- **Area of benefit:** WEST MIDLANDS COUNTY
- Dudley
- Sandwell
- Staffordshire
- Walsall
- Wolverhampton
- Worcestershire





## Trustees

| Name | Role | Appointed |
|---|---|---|
| **Ian Brettt SKidmore** | Chair |  |
| Andy Lyndon |  | Sept. 25, 2025 |
| Archie Samuel Payne |  | Feb. 16, 2026 |
| Christine Mary McKechnie |  | Jan. 28, 2013 |
| Esmond Jones |  | Sept. 26, 2019 |
| IAN SKIDMORE |  | Sept. 23, 1983 |
| JAMES STEEL |  | Jan. 1, 2024 |
| Lynn Margaret Richardson |  | Dec. 5, 2017 |
| MARTIN HOMER |  | Sept. 24, 2020 |
| Neal Quinton |  | Sept. 26, 2017 |
| ROB BAILEY |  |  |
| Richard Charles Humphrey |  | Sept. 23, 2023 |




