Glamorgan West Area Scout Council

Analysis

Glamorgan West Area Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Neath. It was registered in June 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Glamorgan West Area Scout Council reported income of £181k and spending of £205k, spending 113% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £118k to £181k (+53%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 121%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Glamorgan West Area Scout Council sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 83% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leverstock Green Playgroup (£180k), St Clement Danes Educational Foundation (£181k) and The Worshipful Company of Glovers of London Charitable Trust (£180k).

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.