Stretford District Scout Council

Analysis

Stretford District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Manchester. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Stretford District Scout Council reported income of £40k and spending of £40k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £31k to £40k (+31%), an average of +7.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 186%. 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, Stretford District Scout Council sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% 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 Broad Oak Village Hall (£40k), The Friends of Lockington C E School (£40k) and Brigg Sir John Nelthorpe School Foundation (£40k).