1st Essington Scouts

Analysis

1st Essington Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wolverhampton. It was registered in April 1996, 30 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, 1st Essington Scouts reported income of £43k and spending of £48k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £32k to £43k (+34%), an average of +7.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Essington Scouts sits at the 65th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Jewish History Association of Wales (£43k), Maidstone Grammar School Parents' Association (£43k) and Stratton School PTA (£43k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.