Ashford District Scout Council

Analysis

Ashford District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Ashford District Scout Council reported income of £85k and spending of £49k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £44k to £85k (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 117%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Ashford District Scout Council sits at the 82nd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chelmsford City Youth Football Club (£85k), Boldon and Cleadon Community Library (£85k) and Cheshire Border County Guides Association (£85k).