Harrogate and Nidderdale District Scout Council

Analysis

Harrogate and Nidderdale District Scout Council is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in North Yorkshire. It was registered in December 1989, 37 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services, provides advocacy/advice/information and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, Harrogate and Nidderdale District Scout Council reported income of £188k and spending of £203k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £43k to £188k (+333%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 110%. 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, Harrogate and Nidderdale District Scout Council sits at the 91st percentile: it is larger than about 91% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 80th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mountainwise (£188k), Berks County Football Club (£188k) and Cookley Playing Field and Village Hall (£188k).

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.