1st Charing Scout Group

Analysis

1st Charing Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ashford. It was registered in April 1996, 30 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Charing Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £21k, spending 138% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £15k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Charing Scout Group sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Leonard's Christian Trust (£15k), Albert Wilson Memorial Field (£15k) and Durham Cathedral Choir Association (£15k).