Baden-Powell Scouts' Association

Analysis

Baden-Powell Scouts' Association is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in January 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Baden-Powell Scouts' Association reported income of £25k and spending of £37k, spending 149% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,822 to £25k (+1264%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1167%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Baden-Powell Scouts' Association sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Sedimentological Research Group (£25k), St Catherine's R.c. Primary School PTA (£25k) and Conwy District Scout Council (£25k).