Keighley District Scout Council

Analysis

Keighley District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Yorkshire. It was registered in May 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Keighley District Scout Council reported income of £61k and spending of £100k, spending 165% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £64k to £61k (-5.0%), an average of -1.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 44%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Keighley District Scout Council sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Robert Craven Memorial Hall (£61k), 2nd St Ives (Hunts) Sea Scout Group (£61k) and Weeke Community Centre (£61k).