Royal Kingston District Scout Council

Analysis

Royal Kingston District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcester Park. It was registered in November 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to organisations, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Royal Kingston District Scout Council reported income of £210k and spending of £168k, spending 80% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £61k to £210k (+242%), an average of +36% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 102%. Over the whole period it spent 106% 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 Kingston District Scout Council sits at the 92nd percentile: it is larger than about 92% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 81st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lea Hall Miners Welfare Centre (£210k), Glossop North End Community Club (£210k) and Tag Rugby Trust (£210k).