Wharfedale District Scout Council

Analysis

Wharfedale District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Otley. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it makes grants to individuals, makes grants to organisations and provides other finance.

In the financial year ending May 2025, Wharfedale District Scout Council reported income of £138k and spending of £210k, spending 152% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to May 2025, income grew from £88k to £138k (+58%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to May 2025, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Wharfedale District Scout Council sits at the 88th percentile: it is larger than about 88% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 76th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cutteslowe and District Community Association (£138k), The Magenta Project (£138k) and Shevington Sharks Arlfc (£138k).