Bexley District Scout Council

Analysis

Bexley District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bexleyheath. It was registered in March 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bexley District Scout Council reported income of £302k and spending of £262k, spending 87% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £144k to £302k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Bexley District Scout Council sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 85th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hookhills and Broadsands Park Community Association (£302k), Alton Golf Club Association (£303k) and St Mary's Eltham Community Centres Association (£301k).