Harpenden and Wheathampstead District Scout Council

Analysis

Harpenden and Wheathampstead District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in November 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Harpenden and Wheathampstead District Scout Council reported income of £203k and spending of £187k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,716 to £203k (+1986%), an average of +114% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 695%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Harpenden and Wheathampstead District Scout Council sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Breakspeare Community Pre-School (£203k), Reach to Teach (£203k) and The British Institute for Libyan and Northern African Studies (£202k).