Icknield (Luton) District Scout Council

Analysis

Icknield (Luton) District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Luton. It was registered in October 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Icknield (Luton) District Scout Council reported income of £144k and spending of £112k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £11k to £144k (+1215%), an average of +90% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 452%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Icknield (Luton) 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 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Flamstead Pre-School (£144k), Acorn Under Fives (Birstall) (£144k) and Funding for All (£144k).