Hinchingbrooke District Scout Council

Analysis

Hinchingbrooke District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in October 1963, 63 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending December 2025, Hinchingbrooke District Scout Council reported income of £20k and spending of £8,745, leaving 55% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £918 to £20k (+2038%), an average of +115% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 2998%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Hinchingbrooke District Scout Council sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Old Kampala Alumni Scholarship Fund (£20k), The International Centre for Research in Accounting (£20k) and St Bernadette School Bristol Enrichment Fund (£20k).