1st Mendlesham Scout Group

Analysis

1st Mendlesham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Suffolk. It was registered in June 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, disability, religious activities and arts/culture/heritage/science, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Mendlesham Scout Group reported income of £20k and spending of £22k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £27k to £20k (-24%), an average of -6.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 103%. Over the whole period it spent 79% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, 1st Mendlesham Scout Group sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Lasting Memories Cancer Trust (£20k), Connaught Opera (£20k) and Small Steps Foundation (£20k).

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.