West Yorkshire County Scout Council

Analysis

West Yorkshire County Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in May 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, 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, West Yorkshire County Scout Council reported income of £269k and spending of £333k, spending 124% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £331k to £269k (-19%), an average of -5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 62%. Over the whole period it spent 102% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, West Yorkshire County Scout Council sits at the 94th percentile: it is larger than about 94% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 84th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Basingstoke East District Scout Council (£269k), 35th Derby (Markeaton) Scout Group (£270k) and Brook Green Nursery Ltd (£268k).

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.