Southend Estuary District Scout Council

Analysis

Southend Estuary District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Southend-On-Sea. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Southend Estuary District Scout Council reported income of £139k and spending of £94k, leaving 32% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £92k to £139k (+51%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Southend Estuary District Scout Council sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mapperley Plains Recreation and Social Centre Trust (£139k), Upton Junior Football (£139k) and A.f.c. Corsham (£139k).