The Thanet District Scout Council

Analysis

The Thanet District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1963, 63 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Thanet District Scout Council reported income of £81k and spending of £129k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £76k to £81k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The Thanet District Scout Council sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 68th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Pancras Boys Club (£81k), Northern Edge Sports Limited (£81k) and Grayshott Cricket Club (£81k).