Oxfordshire County Scout Council

Analysis

Oxfordshire County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in April 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Oxfordshire County Scout Council reported income of £254k and spending of £321k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £140k to £254k (+82%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 91%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Oxfordshire County Scout Council sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackhall Community Association (£253k), Darwen Old Peoples Welfare Association (£254k) and Youth Dream (Selsey) Limited (£253k).