17th Colchester Sea Scout Group

Analysis

17th Colchester Sea Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in December 1994, 32 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 17th Colchester Sea Scout Group reported income of £67k and spending of £57k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £51k to £67k (+31%), an average of +7.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 40%. 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, 17th Colchester Sea Scout Group sits at the 70th percentile: it is larger than about 70% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Apprenticing and Relief in Need Charities (£67k), Business Enterprise Heritage Trust (£67k) and Music in Mind CIO (£67k).