Royal Tunbridge Wells District Scout Council

Analysis

Royal Tunbridge Wells District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1964, 62 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Royal Tunbridge Wells District Scout Council reported income of £255k and spending of £250k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £147k to £255k (+73%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 86%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Royal Tunbridge Wells District Scout Council sits at the 93rd percentile: it is larger than about 93% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Darwen Old Peoples Welfare Association (£254k), Houghton Field Association (£255k) and Oxfordshire County Scout Council (£254k).