Harlow District Scout Council

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2025, Harlow District Scout Council reported income of £56k and spending of £90k, spending 160% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £70k to £56k (-20%), an average of -5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 79%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Harlow District Scout Council sits at the 76th percentile: it is larger than about 76% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barwell Sports Trust (£56k), Cullompton John Tallack Youth and Community Centre (£56k) and The Gittisham Parish Hall (£56k).