Sutton District Scout Council

Analysis

Sutton District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in October 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Sutton District Scout Council reported income of £122k and spending of £128k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £63k to £122k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Sutton District Scout Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Hunsdon Ducklings Pre-School (£122k), Evesham Volunteer Centre (£122k) and Redbury Jelly Babies Playgroup (£122k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.