Lilford District Scout Council

Analysis

Lilford District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in April 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Lilford District Scout Council reported income of £32k and spending of £46k, spending 145% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £32k (+7.7%), an average of +1.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Lilford 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 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include British Fencing Charitable Fund (£32k), 8th Warrington East Scout Group (£32k) and Forestdale Primary School Parent Teacher Association (£32k).