Merseyside County Scout Council

Analysis

Merseyside County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Merseyside. It was registered in February 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Merseyside County Scout Council reported income of £325k and spending of £274k, spending 84% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income grew from £266k to £325k (+22%), an average of +5.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Merseyside County Scout Council sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project (£325k), Highgate and Muswell Hill Jewish Youth Club (£327k) and St Albans District Scout Council (£324k).