Blackdown District Scout Council

Analysis

Blackdown District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Somerset. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Blackdown District Scout Council reported income of £163k and spending of £162k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £73k to £163k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 106%. Over the whole period it spent 310% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blackdown District Scout Council sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Northgate Pre School and Toddlers Ltd (£163k), Barns Green Playgroup (£163k) and Women's Interfaith Network (£163k).