The Lincolnshire County Scout Council

Analysis

The Lincolnshire County 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 general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The Lincolnshire County Scout Council reported income of £149k and spending of £158k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £123k to £149k (+21%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 112%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, The Lincolnshire County Scout Council sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of North End Team Ministry Portsmouth (£149k), Employment Support and Retraining Agency Ltd (£149k) and Wiltshire and Bath Independent Living Trust Ltd (£149k).

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.