Salford District Scout Council

Analysis

Salford District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Salford. It was registered in August 1983, 43 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Salford District Scout Council reported income of £212k and spending of £209k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £19k to £212k (+1001%), an average of +82% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 128%. 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, Salford District Scout Council sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 82nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Park Road Baptist Church, Rushden (£212k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Pauls, Addlestone (£212k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ellesmere Port (£212k).