West Leeds District Scout Council

Analysis

West Leeds District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leeds. It was registered in March 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, West Leeds District Scout Council reported income of £58k and spending of £47k, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,222 to £58k (+2528%), an average of +126% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 2052%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, West Leeds District Scout Council sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Prittlewell St Stephen (£58k), The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Saint Bartholomew, Kirby Muxloe (£58k) and The Bradley Trust (£58k).