Wiltshire Scout Council

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2026, Wiltshire Scout Council reported income of £415k and spending of £450k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £50k to £415k (+726%), an average of +70% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 163%. Over the whole period it spent 121% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wiltshire 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 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breaking Down Barriers (£415k), Killingworth Young Peoples Club (£417k) and Kent Tennis Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£415k).

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.