Gravesham District Scout Council

Analysis

Gravesham District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gravesend. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Gravesham District Scout Council reported income of £143k and spending of £170k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £80k to £143k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Gravesham District Scout Council sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Little Stars Christian Preschool (£143k), Coalway Early Years (£143k) and The European Association for Jewish Studies (£143k).

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.