European Scout Federation (British Association)

Analysis

European Scout Federation (British Association) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in December 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, European Scout Federation (British Association) reported income of £16k and spending of £21k, spending 127% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,570 to £16k (+362%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 157%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, European Scout Federation (British Association) sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Aldershot Boy Scout Group (£16k), 5th Boston Scout Group (£16k) and 119th Derby (Sinfin Moor) Scout Group (£16k).