Ashfield District Scout Council

Analysis

Ashfield District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mansfield. It was registered in November 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under community and economic development. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashfield District Scout Council reported income of £22k and spending of £11k, leaving 50% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,572 to £22k (+1271%), an average of +92% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 988%. Over the whole period it spent 73% of the income it received.

Among 1,869 England and Wales charities whose main cause is community and economic development and that reported income, Ashfield District Scout Council sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Grow Volunteer Consulting (£22k), 1st Mortimer Scout Group (£22k) and Westoning Village Hall (Spensley Trust) (£22k).