Lonsdale District Scout Council

Analysis

Lonsdale District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Preston. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Lonsdale District Scout Council reported income of £197k and spending of £170k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £82k to £197k (+139%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Lonsdale District Scout Council sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% 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 Seven Up Charity (£197k), Liverpool Homeless Football Club (£197k) and Grace Debt Advice (£196k).