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Letchworth and Baldock District Scout Council

RegisteredRegistered charity number 279860Letchworth Garden CityAmateur sport and recreation
Income£147k2025-12-31
Spending£177ksame year
Spent / received107%5-year average
Size in its cause89th pctAmateur sport and recreation
Registered1980Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

Letchworth and Baldock District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Letchworth Garden City. It was registered in April 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Letchworth and Baldock District Scout Council reported income of £147k and spending of £177k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £33k to £147k (+351%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 85%. Over the whole period it spent 107% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Letchworth and Baldock District Scout Council sits at the 89th percentile: it is larger than about 89% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackpool District Scout Council (£147k), East Yorkshire Rivers Trust (£147k) and Leek Town Juniors Football Club (£147k).

Income and spending

£0£44k£88k£132k£177k2021 Income: £32,6132021 Spending: £51,55820212022 Income: £45,8802022 Spending: £45,21520222023 Income: £84,8532023 Spending: £93,36320232024 Income: £149,1242024 Spending: £125,53820242025 Income: £146,9362025 Spending: £176,5652025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Charity fosters the aims of The Scout Association to help young people achieve their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potential as individuals, as responsible citizens and as Members of their local, national and international communities. The Scouting method is to give young people the opportunity to 'learn by doing' in partnership with adults.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
Blackpool District Scout CouncilBlackpool£147k
East Yorkshire Rivers TrustHull£147k
Leek Town Juniors Football ClubStaffordshire£147k
Goldsworth Park Rangers Football ClubSurrey£147k