Watford South District Scout Council

Analysis

Watford South District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bushey. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Watford South District Scout Council reported income of £58k and spending of £72k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £8,563 to £58k (+575%), an average of +61% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 753%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Watford South 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 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Clevedon United Junior Football Club (£58k), Scarborough Athletic Club (£58k) and Cumbria Sports Academy (£58k).