East Lancashire County Scout Council

Analysis

East Lancashire County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Blackburn. It was registered in November 1965, 61 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, East Lancashire County Scout Council reported income of £353k and spending of £273k, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £78k to £353k (+351%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 142%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, East Lancashire County Scout Council sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 87th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cheshire County Scout Council (£353k), Durham Agency Against Crime Limited (£355k) and Bishop's Stortford Rugby Football Club 2015 (£353k).