Cornwall County Scout Council

Analysis

Cornwall County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in St Austell. It was registered in September 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Cornwall County Scout Council reported income of £101k and spending of £97k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £85k to £101k (+18%), an average of +4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 218%. Over the whole period it spent 93% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Cornwall County Scout Council sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 71st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Diocese of Iran Trust Fund (£101k), Calvary Church (£101k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Andrew with Holy Cross (£101k).