Woking District Scout Council

Analysis

Woking District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Woking District Scout Council reported income of £106k and spending of £105k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £93k to £106k (+14%), an average of +3.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Woking District Scout Council sits at the 85th percentile: it is larger than about 85% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 72nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Driffield Youth Action (£106k), The Archbishop Tenison's School Sports Ground (£106k) and Folkestone Rugby Football Club (£106k).