British Scouting Overseas Area Scout Council

Analysis

British Scouting Overseas Area Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in April 2013, 13 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, British Scouting Overseas Area Scout Council reported income of £119k and spending of £194k, spending 164% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £80k to £119k (+49%), an average of +10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, British Scouting Overseas Area Scout Council sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 73rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ladybird Pre-School Nursery (£119k), The Buzzacott Stuart Defries Memorial Fund (£119k) and The 2874 Trust Limited (£118k).