St Albans District Scout Council

Analysis

St Albans District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. 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 makes grants to individuals.

In the financial year ending March 2026, St Albans District Scout Council reported income of £324k and spending of £357k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £157k to £324k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 82%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, St Albans District Scout Council sits at the 95th percentile: it is larger than about 95% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 86th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Barrow Hill Community Trust (£323k), Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project (£325k) and Sandylands Sports Centre (£323k).