Crai District Scout Council

Analysis

Crai District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newport. It was registered in September 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending August 2025, Crai District Scout Council reported income of £66k and spending of £53k, leaving 20% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £168k to £66k (-61%), an average of -21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Crai District Scout Council sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Crookham War Memorial Hall (£66k), Eocg (Eastern Oswestry Community Group) (£66k) and 1st Chalfont St Giles Scout Group (£66k).