Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton District Scout Council

Analysis

Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Exmouth. It was registered in November 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton District Scout Council reported income of £19k and spending of £5,099, leaving 73% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £19k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton District Scout Council sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wharncliffe Silkstone Miner's Welfare Scheme (£19k), 1st Upminster Scout Group (£19k) and Abbey Gym Club (£19k).