Kingswood District Scout Council

Analysis

Kingswood District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in August 1970, 56 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Kingswood District Scout Council reported income of £55k and spending of £41k, leaving 25% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £55k (+131%), an average of +23% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Kingswood District Scout Council sits at the 75th percentile: it is larger than about 75% 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 Harrogate District Swimming Club (£55k), Sunningdale Village Hall (£55k) and Sale Moor Community Partnership Limited (£55k).