Chorley District Scout Council

Analysis

Chorley District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Chorley District Scout Council reported income of £200k and spending of £200k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £65k to £200k (+207%), an average of +32% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 109% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chorley District Scout Council sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sarum St Michael Educational Charity (£200k), Nicolaus Copernicus Peterborough Polish School (£200k) and Hagbourne Pre-School (£199k).

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.