Kent County Scout Council

Analysis

Kent County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Maidstone. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Kent County Scout Council reported income of £3.0m and spending of £2.6m, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £720k to £3.0m (+314%), an average of +43% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income rose by 180%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Kent County Scout Council sits at the 99th percentile: it is larger than about 99% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 97th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Chiddingfold (£3.0m), Hope Consultants International Ltd (£3.0m) and Worcester College Oxford Endowment Trust (£3.0m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 81%, trading 14%, donations and legacies 2.8% and investments 1.4%. Charitable activities took 99% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £200k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 24 people.