Scout Association County of Birmingham

Analysis

Scout Association County of Birmingham is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Birmingham. It was registered in March 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and religious activities, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Scout Association County of Birmingham reported income of £2.1m and spending of £2.2m, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £1.0m to £2.1m (+108%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 77%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, Scout Association County of Birmingham sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 96th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Newbury Community Resource Centre Limited (£2.1m), Halas Homes (£2.1m) and Wecil Ltd (£2.1m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 92%, donations and legacies 5.8% and investments 1.2%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £436k would cover about 2 months of spending at that rate. It employed 38 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.