# THE SCOUT ASSOCIATION

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 306101
- **Other names:** SCOUTS
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Other
- **Registered:** Jan. 21, 1964
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=306101


## Contact

- **Address:** The Scout Association, Gilwell Park, Chingford, LONDON
- **Postcode:** E4 7QW
- **Phone:** 0208 433 7182
- **Email:** governance@scouts.org.uk
- **Website:** www.scouts.org.uk



## Activities

**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

**Activities:** SCOUTING ACTIVELY ENGAGES AND SUPPORTS YOUNG PEOPLE IN THEIR PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, EMPOWERING THEM TO MAKE A POSITIVE CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIETY.

**Area of benefit:** NOT DEFINED




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Services, Provides Advocacy/advice/information, Acts As An Umbrella Or Resource Body
- **What:** Education/training, Amateur Sport, Economic/community Development/employment
- **Who:** Children/young People



## Areas of operation

- Northern Ireland
- Scotland
- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 31, 2025 | £46940695 | £50595113 | £79367517 | 516 |
| March 31, 2024 | £53726110 | £60201382 | £82487406 | 485 |
| March 31, 2023 | £36287112 | £37004294 | £86643394 | 427 |
| March 31, 2022 | £30013000 | £30275000 | £88288000 | 313 |
| March 31, 2021 | £27148000 | £26526000 | £85439000 | 332 |



## Trustees

- **Craig Dewar-Willox** (Chair) — appointed Sept. 7, 2019
- Ayesha Karim — appointed Sept. 3, 2022
- Callum Edward Pope Jones — appointed Aug. 31, 2024
- Carl Damian Hankinson — appointed Sept. 4, 2021
- Charlotte Thompson — appointed Aug. 30, 2025
- Christopher David William Lomas — appointed Aug. 30, 2025
- Dr Kathryn Jean Marks — appointed Sept. 3, 2022
- Elizabeth Walker — appointed Sept. 5, 2020
- James Aidan Jones — appointed Oct. 14, 2024
- Liam Mark Edgley — appointed Sept. 2, 2023
- Malcolm William Rusk Farquhar — appointed Aug. 30, 2025
- Michael St John Ashley — appointed Sept. 5, 2020
- Nigel Ball — appointed Sept. 4, 2021
- Oliver Rhodes — appointed Aug. 30, 2025
- Ollie Wood — appointed Sept. 8, 2018
- Olubusola Sodeinde — appointed March 28, 2020
- Paul William Dickson — appointed Sept. 2, 2023
- Sharon Rose — appointed Sept. 4, 2021
- Stephen James Reeves — appointed Aug. 30, 2025