South Yorkshire County Scout Council

Analysis

South Yorkshire County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sheffield. It was registered in March 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, South Yorkshire County Scout Council reported income of £572k and spending of £574k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £225k to £572k (+154%), an average of +26% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, South Yorkshire 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 Pike Hills Golf Club (£571k), Leicestershire and Rutland Cricket Foundation (£572k) and Grange Fellowship Community Association (£570k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88%, trading 6.7% and investments 4.2%. Charitable activities took 93% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £77k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 8 people.

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.