North Yorkshire County Scout Council

Analysis

North Yorkshire County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in January 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, North Yorkshire County Scout Council reported income of £916k and spending of £968k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £114k to £916k (+702%), an average of +68% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, North Yorkshire County Scout Council 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 93rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Association for Science Education (£915k), Grassroots Suicide Prevention (£923k) and Shepherds Spring Pre-School Nursery (£910k).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 88% and donations and legacies 11%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.1%. Reserves of £104k would cover about 1 months of spending at that rate. It employed 4 people.