3rd West Wickham Scout Group (St John the Baptist)

Analysis

3rd West Wickham Scout Group (St John the Baptist) is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bromley. It was registered in February 1993, 33 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 3rd West Wickham Scout Group (St John the Baptist) reported income of £19k and spending of £22k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £18k to £19k (+5.6%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 3rd West Wickham Scout Group (St John the Baptist) sits at the 51st percentile: it is larger than about 51% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Meridian School, Greenwich (£19k), Lovelace Primary School Parents' and Friends' Association (£19k) and 23rd Croydon (1st South Norwood) Scout Group (£19k).

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.