1st Wargrave Scout Group

Analysis

1st Wargrave Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in March 1997, 29 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, 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, 1st Wargrave Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £14k, spending 104% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,927 to £13k (+70%), an average of +14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 165%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Wargrave 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 Luton Town Bowling Club (£13k), Marcelona Sports Foundation (£13k) and Westhorpe Village Hall Limited (£13k).