Blackwater Valley District Scout Council

Analysis

Blackwater Valley District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Farnborough. It was registered in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackwater Valley District Scout Council reported income of £50k and spending of £52k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,235 to £50k (+444%), an average of +53% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 138%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Blackwater Valley District Scout Council sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Shrewsbury Unitarian Church (£50k), Earlswood Village Hall (£50k) and Colchester Churches Charitable Trust (£50k).