40th Chester Scouts

Analysis

40th Chester Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in April 1995, 31 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 2025, 40th Chester Scouts reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £13k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 40th Chester Scouts sits at the 42nd percentile: it is larger than about 42% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leg Ulcer Forum (£13k), New Haw Library Community Partnership (£13k) and Friends of Birchfield School (Fobs) (£13k).

Data notes from the register: The latest annual return was received after its deadline. Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.