Greater Manchester West County Scout Council

Analysis

Greater Manchester West County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Tyldesley Manchester. It was registered in July 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Greater Manchester West County Scout Council reported income of £133k and spending of £134k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £101k to £133k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 139%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Greater Manchester West County Scout Council sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 75th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Augustine, South Croydon (£133k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Peter, Woodmansterne (£133k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Burley in Wharfedale (£133k).