Bromley District Scout Council

Analysis

Bromley District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in June 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending January 2025, Bromley District Scout Council reported income of £188k and spending of £231k, spending 123% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from January 2021 to January 2025, income grew from £115k to £188k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2023, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 70% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bromley District Scout Council sits at the 84th percentile: it is larger than about 84% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Acorns Pre-School Folkestone CIO (£187k), Quest for Learning (£188k) and Portishead Pre-School (£187k).