First Gossoms End Scouts

Analysis

First Gossoms End Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Berkhamsted. It was registered in January 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2026, First Gossoms End Scouts reported income of £15k and spending of £14k, spending 96% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £28k to £15k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2026, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 72% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, First Gossoms End Scouts sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% 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 Brundish Parish Rooms (£15k), Newark Crusader CIO (£15k) and Bierton C of E Combined School Parent Teacher Association (£15k).