Brent District Scout Council

Analysis

Brent District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in June 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Brent District Scout Council reported income of £140k and spending of £146k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £66k to £140k (+113%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 70%. Over the whole period it spent 139% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Brent District Scout Council sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% 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 Victoria Park Harriers and Tower Hamlets Ac (£140k), DBC Club for Young People (£141k) and Back Oth Moss Community Centre (£140k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.