Basingstoke East District Scout Council

Analysis

Basingstoke East District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hampshire. It was registered in June 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Basingstoke East District Scout Council reported income of £269k and spending of £265k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £9,028 to £269k (+2875%), an average of +134% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 1693%. 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, Basingstoke East District Scout Council sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brook Green Nursery Ltd (£268k), West Yorkshire County Scout Council (£269k) and Soham and District Sports Association (£268k).