Seaham District Scout Council

Analysis

Seaham District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in January 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2023, Seaham District Scout Council reported income of £31k and spending of £20k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 3 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2023, income grew from £18k to £31k (+69%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 159%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Seaham District Scout Council sits at the 60th percentile: it is larger than about 60% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Boxmoor Pre-School (£31k), The Spencer Steadman Trust (£31k) and St Thomas of Canterbury PTA (£31k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.