Oldham Borough District Scout Council

Analysis

Oldham Borough District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oldham. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 2025, Oldham Borough District Scout Council reported income of £77k and spending of £86k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2020 to March 2025, income grew from £17k to £77k (+338%), an average of +45% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2021, when income rose by 639%. Over the whole period it spent 75% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Oldham Borough District Scout Council sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Southern Norwich District Scout Council (£77k), Appleton Thorn Village Hall Fund (£77k) and Chalfont Saints Activity Group (£76k).