Reading Central District Scout Council

Analysis

Reading Central District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Reading Central District Scout Council reported income of £414k and spending of £259k, leaving 37% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £4,771 to £414k (+8584%), an average of +205% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 1405%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Reading Central District Scout Council sits at the 90th percentile: it is larger than about 90% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 88th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Westminster School Scholarship and Bursary Fund (£414k), Little Elms (£415k) and Society for Computers and Law (£414k).