Wellingborough District Scout Council

Analysis

Wellingborough District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northamptonshire. It was registered in August 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Wellingborough District Scout Council reported income of £74k and spending of £58k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £46k to £74k (+62%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 129%. Over the whole period it spent 83% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wellingborough District Scout Council sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Polytechnic Football Club (£74k), City of York Athletics Club (£74k) and Sedgefield and District Agricultural and Horticultural Society (£74k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline.