Gainsborough District Scout Council

Analysis

Gainsborough District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in March 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and religious activities, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gainsborough District Scout Council reported income of £20k and spending of £31k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £20k (-26%), an average of -7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 162%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Gainsborough District Scout Council sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Minnaar Trust (£20k), Exeter and Honiton Gospel Hall Trust (£20k) and The Christian Celebration Northampton (£20k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.