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Bebington District Scout Council

RegisteredRegistered charity number 1018802BirkenheadAmateur sport and recreation
Income£40k2025-03-31
Spending£43ksame year
Spent / received81%5-year average
Size in its cause69th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1993Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Bebington District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birkenhead. It was registered in March 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bebington District Scout Council reported income of £40k and spending of £43k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £55k to £40k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 80%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bebington District Scout Council sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lowther Parish Hall (£40k), Marlow Bottom Village Hall (£40k) and Balkwell Community Welfare Association (£40k).

Income and spending

£0£25k£50k£74k£99k2021 Income: £55,2602021 Spending: £26,92620212022 Income: £99,1972022 Spending: £65,60820222023 Income: £53,0612023 Spending: £47,04220232024 Income: £36,7532024 Spending: £48,42720242025 Income: £39,9272025 Spending: £42,9482025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

DISTRICT SCOUT COUNCIL PROVIDING SUPPORT, IN BEBINGTON, 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 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE AIMS AND GUIDELINES OF THE SCOUT MOVEMENT.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Lowther Parish HallCumbria£40k
Marlow Bottom Village HallBuckinghamshire£40k
Balkwell Community Welfare AssociationNorth Shields£40k
1st Crowthorne Scout GroupBerkshire£40k