Lincoln District Scout Council

Analysis

Lincoln District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, 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 2026, Lincoln District Scout Council reported income of £307k and spending of £302k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £165k to £307k (+87%), an average of +17% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 96% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Lincoln District Scout Council sits at the 87th percentile: it is larger than about 87% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Word for the World, UK (£307k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Wulfram, Grantham (£307k) and Ardal Gweinidogaeth Bro Eryri Ministry Area (£307k).