Ware District Scout Council

Analysis

Ware District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Hertfordshire. It was registered in August 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, economic/community development/employment and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Ware District Scout Council reported income of £61k and spending of £48k, leaving 21% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £40k to £61k (+52%), an average of +11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 227%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ware District Scout Council sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lordsfield Swimming Club (£61k), Lees Wood Campsite (£61k) and Swarthmoor Reading Room CIO (£61k).