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Scouting Ireland

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Irish Scouting organisation established in 2004

Scouting Ireland (Irish: Gasóga na hÉireann) is one of the largest youth movements on the island of Ireland, a voluntary educational movement for young people with over 35,000 members, including over 9,000 adult volunteers early 2025. Of the 750,000 people between the ages of 6 and 18 in Ireland, over 6% are involved with the organisation.2 It employed 45 people in 2024.1 Its revenue was €5.5 million in 2024.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2004Founded1
  • HeadquartersLarch Hill1
  • Websitewww.scouts.ie
  • Legal formCompany Limited by Guarantee1

Scouting Ireland (Irish: Gasóga na hÉireann) is one of the largest youth movements on the island of Ireland, a voluntary educational movement for young people with over 35,000 members, including over 9,000 adult volunteers early 2025. Of the 750,000 people between the ages of 6 and 18 in Ireland, over 6% are involved with the organisation.2

Corporate structure

Scouting Ireland sits at the top of its group. 3 entities, 2 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • Scouting Ireland Larch Hill
    • Rover Scouts Subsidiary · Ireland
    • Scout Foundation Northern Ireland Subsidiary · United Kingdom

Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Subsidiaries

  • Rover Scouts
  • Scout Foundation Northern Ireland

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland1
  2. Succeeded Scouting Ireland S.A.I.1

Employees over time

Scouting Ireland employees by year145 in 2024+41% since 2016
02040602016: 323220162021: 38382021+19%2022: 34342022−11%2023: 39392023+15%2024: 45452024+15%
  • 2024451
  • 2023391
  • 2022341
  • 2021381
  • 2016321

Revenue over time

As stated on Wikidata, in the currency reported.

Revenue

Scouting Ireland revenue by year15.5M EUR in 2024+6% since 2015
02.0M EUR4.0M EUR6.0M EUR8.0M EUR2015: 5.2M EUR5.2M EUR20152016: 5.0M EUR5.0M EUR2016−3%2017: 4.7M EUR4.7M EUR2017−7%2018: 5.7M EUR5.7M EUR2018+23%2019: 5.8M EUR5.8M EUR2019+1%2020: 4.8M EUR4.8M EUR2020−18%2021: 3.9M EUR3.9M EUR2021−17%2022: 4.6M EUR4.6M EUR2022+18%2023: 7.1M EUR7.1M EUR2023+54%2024: 5.5M EUR5.5M EUR2024−23%
  • 20245.5M EUR1
  • 20237.1M EUR1
  • 20224.6M EUR1
  • 20213.9M EUR1
  • 20204.8M EUR1
  • 20195.8M EUR1

Timeline

  1. 2004Founded Founded1

Sources

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