1st Ightham Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ightham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Ightham Scout Group reported income of £24k and spending of £24k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £36k to £24k (-33%), an average of -9.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 1st Ightham Scout Group sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Nine Locks Community Association (£24k), Castor and Ailsworth Village Hall (£24k) and The Goonhavern and District Community Centre (£24k).