Nottinghamshire County Scout Council

Analysis

Nottinghamshire County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services, acts as an umbrella or resource body and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Nottinghamshire County Scout Council reported income of £615k and spending of £274k, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £189k to £615k (+226%), an average of +34% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Nottinghamshire County Scout Council sits at the 97th percentile: it is larger than about 97% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Wallingford Sports Trust (£615k), Mansfield Town Community Trust Ltd (£615k) and Royal Armoured Corps Saddle Club (£614k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 58%, trading 7.8%, investments 2.2% and donations and legacies 1.2%. Charitable activities took 73% of spending and raising funds 7.4%. Grants to other organisations totalled £16k. Reserves of £536k would cover about 22 months of spending at that rate. It employed 1 people.