East Sussex County Scout Council

Analysis

East Sussex County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in February 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, East Sussex County Scout Council reported income of £66k and spending of £41k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £41k to £66k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 76% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, East Sussex County Scout Council 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 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Higginshaw Community Project CIO (£66k), National Association of Boys' and Girls' Clubs (£66k) and The Rawson Hall (£66k).