Torbay District Scout Council

Analysis

Torbay District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Torquay. It was registered in October 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Torbay District Scout Council reported income of £78k and spending of £99k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £102k to £78k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 58%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Torbay District Scout Council sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penderyn Community Centre (£78k), Whalley Range Community Forum (£78k) and Eastbrook Community Association (£78k).

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.