Bury St Edmunds District Scout Council

Analysis

Bury St Edmunds District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Bury St Edmunds District Scout Council reported income of £43k and spending of £55k, spending 129% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £10k to £43k (+307%), an average of +42% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 464%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Bury St Edmunds District Scout Council sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Thomas Pre-School (£43k), Freshford School Parent Teacher Association (£43k) and Avondale Extra (£43k).