Brighouse District Scout Council

Analysis

Brighouse District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighouse. It was registered in October 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Brighouse District Scout Council reported income of £52k and spending of £54k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £24k to £52k (+117%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 128%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, Brighouse District Scout Council sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 61st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Helper (£52k), Guild of Freemen of the City of London's Charity (£52k) and Rabbi B Z Blau Memorial Fund Limited (£52k).