Montgomeryshire District Scout Council

Analysis

Montgomeryshire District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Machynlleth. It was registered in April 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 December 2025, Montgomeryshire District Scout Council reported income of £23k and spending of £18k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £3,477 to £23k (+560%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 827%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Montgomeryshire District Scout Council sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silloth Amateur Football Club (£23k), 1st Saltney Ferry Scout Group (£23k) and Tamworth & Lichfield Sea Cadets (£23k).