Plymouth District Scout Council

Analysis

Plymouth District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Plymouth. It was registered in March 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Plymouth District Scout Council reported income of £57k and spending of £65k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £33k to £57k (+72%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 581%. Over the whole period it spent 42% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Plymouth 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kilham Playing Field Association (£57k), The Victory Trust (£57k) and Support Futures (£57k).