Exeter and District Scout Council

Analysis

Exeter and District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marsh Barton Trading Estate. It was registered in February 1977, 49 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Exeter and District Scout Council reported income of £198k and spending of £153k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £68k to £198k (+191%), an average of +31% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Exeter and District Scout Council sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walton Evangelical Church (£198k), Beacon Park Baptist Church (£198k) and Central Vineyard Northampton (£198k).