Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Scout Council

Analysis

Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Newcastle. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Scout Council reported income of £63k and spending of £54k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,382 to £63k (+649%), an average of +66% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 137%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Newcastle-Under-Lyme District Scout Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Valley Park Community Association (£63k), 12th Enfield Scout Group (£63k) and Croeserw Athletic Football Club (£63k).