Poole District Scout Council

Analysis

Poole District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Poole. It was registered in December 2000, 26 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Poole District Scout Council reported income of £82k and spending of £84k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £67k to £82k (+23%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 31%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Poole District Scout Council sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Y Gurnos (£82k), Elm Road Pre-School Playgroup (£82k) and Little Acorns Pre-School (Huntingdon) (£82k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.