Sunderland District Scout Council

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2025, Sunderland District Scout Council reported income of £53k and spending of £70k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £42k to £53k (+26%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Sunderland District Scout Council sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Edgmond Village Hall (£53k), Shropshire Sailing Club (£53k) and Marchesi Centre (£53k).