1st Ashington Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ashington Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Northumberland. It was registered in April 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Ashington Scout Group reported income of £26k and spending of £19k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,293 to £26k (+255%), an average of +37% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 81%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, 1st Ashington Scout Group sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Low Carbon Oxford North (£26k), Dunton Community Garden Group (£26k) and Friends of Steeple Bumpstead Parish Church (£26k).