Chester Le Street District Scout Council

Analysis

Chester Le Street District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in November 2004, 22 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 makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chester Le Street District Scout Council reported income of £20k and spending of £24k, spending 121% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,223 to £20k (+114%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Chester Le Street District Scout Council sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 273rd Sheffield (Handsworth) Scout Group (£20k), Dinton Village Hall (£20k) and Warfield Memorial Ground (£20k).