Gosport District Scout Council

Analysis

Gosport District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincoln. It was registered in July 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending September 2025, Gosport District Scout Council reported income of £126k and spending of £127k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from September 2021 to September 2025, income grew from £47k to £126k (+167%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to September 2022, when income rose by 100%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Gosport District Scout Council sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horwich St Marys Football Club (£126k), 1st Albrighton Scout Group (£126k) and Maidenhead Community Centre (£126k).