Hereford and Worcester Scout County

Analysis

Hereford and Worcester Scout County is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Staffordshire. It was registered in March 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Hereford and Worcester Scout County reported income of £647k and spending of £685k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £143k to £647k (+352%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, Hereford and Worcester Scout County 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 91st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering Foundation (£646k), London Youth Conservatoire (£647k) and Tioc (£645k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 82%, donations and legacies 14% and trading 2.9%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £168k would cover about 3 months of spending at that rate. It employed 3 people.

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.