Lowestoft and District Scout Association

Analysis

Lowestoft and District Scout Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in February 1979, 47 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Lowestoft and District Scout Association reported income of £64k and spending of £66k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,637 to £64k (+641%), an average of +65% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 156%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lowestoft and District Scout Association sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Residents of Meads Playing Field Association (£64k), Manuden Village Hall and Sports Trust (£64k) and Burntwood Memorial Community Association (£64k).