Banstead District Scout Council

Analysis

Banstead District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Banstead District Scout Council reported income of £55k and spending of £41k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £39k to £55k (+40%), an average of +8.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Banstead District Scout Council sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Pateley Bridge and Bewerley Memorial Hall CIO (£55k), Framlingham Tennis Tournament (£55k) and Stockport and District Working Lads' Association (£55k).