King Alfred District Scout Council

Analysis

King Alfred District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Oxfordshire. It was registered in June 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2026, King Alfred District Scout Council reported income of £59k and spending of £83k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £73k to £59k (-18%), an average of -4.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 15%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, King Alfred District Scout Council sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% 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 Thinking Music (£59k), Harrow Choral Society (£59k) and The Newcomen Society for the Study of the History of Engineering and Technology (£59k).

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.