Aire Valley District Scout Council

Analysis

Aire Valley District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2024, Aire Valley District Scout Council reported income of £39k and spending of £43k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 4 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2024, income grew from £26k to £39k (+50%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 125% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, Aire Valley District Scout Council sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Somerset Branch of the Campaign to Protect Rural England (£39k), Cheadle Civic Society (£39k) and The Wiltshire Historic Buildings Trust Limited (£39k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity's latest annual return or accounts as overdue. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.