The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 6th September 2026

The Scout Association

Registered charity 306101 Registered since 1964

Operates: Throughout England And Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

19 trustees on the board

3.7y median 4y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

6y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (12)

Portfolio (7)

5
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Amateur Sport 19Education/training 19Economic/community Development/employment 17Environment/conservation/heritage 1The Advancement Of Health Or Saving Of Lives 1

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Finance 8Professional services 7Education 3

Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£46.9m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

8.3 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.5 months · was 25.9 in 2021

516 from 332 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Connected through a shared trustee

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.scouts.org.uk
Emailgovernance@scouts.org.uk
Phone0208 433 7182
AddressThe Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, LONDON, E4 7QW

Finances

£46,940,695 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£27,148,000£26,526,000
2022£30,013,000£30,275,000
2023£36,287,112£37,004,294
2024£53,726,110£60,201,382
2025£46,940,695£50,595,113

What it does

What

Education/trainingAmateur SportEconomic/community Development/employment

Who

Children/young People

How

Provides ServicesProvides Advocacy/advice/informationActs As An Umbrella Or Resource Body

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE IN ACHIEVING THEIR FULL PHYSICAL, INTELLECTUAL, SOCIAL AND SPIRITUAL POTENTIALS AS INDIVIDUALS, AS RESPONSIBLE CITIZENS AND AS MEMBERS OF THEIR LOCAL, NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES

Governing document: ROYAL CHARTER DATED 4 JANUARY 1912 AND SUPPLEMENTAL CHARTERS DATED 28 MARCH 1949, 18 FEBRUARY 1959, 5 MAY 1967, 19 JULY 1991 AS AMENDED ON 8 FEBRUARY 2018 AS AMENDED ON 30 APR 2019 AS AMENDED ON 12 FEB 2020

Trustees (19)

19trustees
49median age
1aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

Scout Association(the) · RC000547 · Active

Royal Charter Company · incorporated 01/01/1981

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