Heavy Woollen District Scout Council

Analysis

Heavy Woollen District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Batley. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Heavy Woollen District Scout Council reported income of £155k and spending of £51k, leaving 67% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £57k to £155k (+172%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 54% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, Heavy Woollen District Scout Council sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 77th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Anne, Bagshot, Surrey (£155k), The Sasta Foundation (£155k) and The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of Ferring, Diocese of Chichester (£155k).