Crafts Hill District Scout Council

Analysis

Crafts Hill District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in September 2010, 16 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending April 2025, Crafts Hill District Scout Council reported income of £430k and spending of £27k, leaving 94% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £7,895 to £430k (+5344%), an average of +172% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 1128%. Over the whole period it spent 20% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Crafts Hill District Scout Council sits at the 96th percentile: it is larger than about 96% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 89th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Horsell Common Preservation Society (£429k), Shrewsbury House (£430k) and Creation Adventure Sports Ltd (£427k).