North Northumberland District Scout Council

Analysis

North Northumberland District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in April 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Northumberland District Scout Council reported income of £17k and spending of £20k, spending 116% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £17k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, North Northumberland District Scout Council sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Weavering Street Village Hall [cio] (£17k), Kinmel Bay Community Centre (£17k) and Ditton Priors Recreation Association (£17k).

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.