Dorchester and West Dorset District Scout Council

Analysis

Dorchester and West Dorset District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Weymouth. It was registered in August 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Dorchester and West Dorset District Scout Council reported income of £97k and spending of £53k, leaving 45% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £103k to £97k (-6.3%), an average of -1.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 60%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Dorchester and West Dorset District Scout Council sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Marsden Pre School Playgroup and Toddlers (£97k), Ffrindiau Y Fali (£97k) and Judy Clark Childcare (£97k).