Pennine Calder District Scout Council

Analysis

Pennine Calder District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Huddersfield. It was registered in November 1995, 31 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2024, Pennine Calder District Scout Council reported income of £30k and spending of £31k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2024, income fell from £32k to £30k (-7.3%), an average of -2.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 130% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Pennine Calder District Scout Council sits at the 62nd percentile: it is larger than about 62% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dyfed Road Bowls Association (£30k), St Mary's Abc (£30k) and Yarnton Scout Group (£30k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.