First Eynsford and Farningham Scout Group

Analysis

First Eynsford and Farningham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 1992, 34 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 provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, First Eynsford and Farningham Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £11k, spending 97% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £15k to £11k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, First Eynsford and Farningham Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Chitterne Village Hall (£11k), 1st Briercliffe (St James) Scout Group (£11k) and Grange Working Men's Institute (£11k).