Macclesfield and Congleton District Scout Council

Analysis

Macclesfield and Congleton District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in May 1964, 62 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Macclesfield and Congleton District Scout Council reported income of £212k and spending of £212k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £101k to £212k (+110%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 97%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Macclesfield and Congleton District Scout Council sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% 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 Outside-In Cumbria (£211k), Henley Royal Regatta Charitable Trust (£212k) and Kendal Snowsports Club (£210k).