Our members
Contents
- Reflecting on new beginnings
- Refocusing our priorities
- Renewing our promise to help other people
- Our purpose and method
- Skills for Life: Our plan to prepare better futures 2018-2025
- Growth
- Inclusivity
- Youth shaped
- Community impact
- Three pillars of work
- Youth programme
- Volunteering
- Perception
- The impact of Scouts on young people
- Keeping young people safe
- Safeguarding
- Fundraising
- Our finances
- Trustees' responsibilities
- Independent Auditor’s Report to the Trustees of The Scout Association
- Consolidated statement of financial activities
- Balance sheet
- Statement of cash flows
- Notes to the financial statements
- Our members
- How we operate
- Governance structure and Board membership – 1 April 2024 to 31 March 2025
- Our thanks
- Investors in People
Our members
Census results for the year ending 31 January 2025
- Of our 7,225 Scout Network members, 4,189 also have another ‘adult’ role (in a Section leadership, Governance, Leadership or Support role).
- Explorer Scout Young Leaders aged 14–17 are included in the Explorer Scout numbers above. However, they’re also counted as members of Section Leadership Teams, so they’re included in the total Section Teams membership of 86,875.
- Leadership roles are responsible for the effective operation of their charities (the Scout Group, the Scout District, County, Nations), so we can meet our charitable objectives as a federated charity. They are Group Lead Volunteers, District Lead Volunteers, County Lead Volunteers, Area Lead Volunteers (Wales), Regional Lead Volunteer (Scotland), Island Lead Volunteers, and Branch Lead Volunteers (where formally part of our federated structure).
- Governance roles form the membership of each charity’s Board of Trustees together with any sub-committees. Each Board of Trustees is responsible for making sure the charity achieves its strategic direction. The 28,181 Governance roles don’t include the volunteers who have an Ex-Officio Trustee role (for example, Leadership roles described in note 3, Youth Leads and others).
- Support roles are vital for helping volunteer line managers run Scouts and support Districts, Counties/Areas/Scottish Regions and Nations HQs to operate effectively.