Lewisham District Scout Council

Analysis

Lewisham District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in January 1991, 35 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lewisham District Scout Council reported income of £470k and spending of £430k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £464k to £470k (+1.3%), an average of +0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 25%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lewisham District Scout Council sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sands End Arts & Community Centre (£470k), Gosforth Fields Sports Association Limited (£475k) and Sevenoaks Hockey Club Limited (£469k).