Blackburn and District Scout Council

Analysis

Blackburn and District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Blackburn and District Scout Council reported income of £39k and spending of £40k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £39k (+75%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 46%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Blackburn and District Scout Council sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Milton School Association (£39k), The Friends of Bell Farm School (£39k) and LA Petite Ecole de Cardiff (£39k).