Greater Manchester East County Scout Council

Analysis

Greater Manchester East County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in October 1992, 34 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greater Manchester East County Scout Council reported income of £342k and spending of £371k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £236k to £342k (+45%), an average of +9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Greater Manchester East County Scout Council sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bexhill Youth and Community Association (£342k), Pells Pool Community Association (£343k) and Future Leisure in Coxhoe (Flic) (£340k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.