Hitchin District Scout Council

Analysis

Hitchin District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in September 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hitchin District Scout Council reported income of £122k and spending of £147k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £43k to £122k (+186%), an average of +30% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 193%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hitchin District Scout Council sits at the 78th percentile: it is larger than about 78% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 74th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Normanton Freeston Foundation (£122k), Bottesford and District Pre School Playgroup (£122k) and Blendon Preschool (£122k).

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.