Battersea Scout Centre

Analysis

Battersea Scout Centre is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in January 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Battersea Scout Centre reported income of £28k and spending of £14k, leaving 49% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £39k to £28k (-27%), an average of -7.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Battersea Scout Centre sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mary Esther Hollway Memorial Reading Room (£28k), Whetstone Memorial Hall (£28k) and Callington Bowling Club (£28k).