Urmston District Scout Council

Analysis

Urmston District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lancashire. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Urmston District Scout Council reported income of £96k and spending of £70k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £34k to £96k (+180%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Urmston District Scout Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wandsworth Work and Play (£96k), The Redruth Amateur Operatic Society Trust (£96k) and Durham County Federation of Women's Institutes (£96k).