Penarth District Scout Council

Analysis

Penarth District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Vale of Glamorgan. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Penarth District Scout Council reported income of £62k and spending of £59k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £39k to £62k (+60%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 39%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Penarth District Scout Council sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Dymchurch Recreation Ground (£62k), Barbon Village Hall (£62k) and Walton Playing Field and Village Hall Charitable Trust (£62k).