South Marches District Scout Council

Analysis

South Marches District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hereford. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, South Marches District Scout Council reported income of £160k and spending of £138k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £149k to £160k (+7.3%), an average of +1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 379%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, South Marches District Scout Council sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 78th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nephra Good Neighbours Charitable Incorporated Organisation (£159k), The Writers' Summer School (£160k) and Victoria Colliery and Knypersley Welfare Trust (£159k).