The 1st Witham Scout Group

Analysis

The 1st Witham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Witham. It was registered in March 1995, 31 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, The 1st Witham Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £13k (+4.3%), an average of +1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 104%. Over the whole period it spent 81% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, The 1st Witham 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 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Billinghay Village Hall and Playing Field (£13k), Lance Corporal Ben Hyde Memorial Trust (£13k) and Skillington Community Centre (£13k).