Chesterfield District Scout Council

Analysis

Chesterfield District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Chesterfield District Scout Council reported income of £42k and spending of £34k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £50k to £42k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 68% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Chesterfield District Scout Council sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Cave Scout Group (£42k), Criw Eirys (£42k) and The Royal Free London Nurses and Midwives Trust (£42k).