1st Brantham Scout Group

Analysis

1st Brantham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in November 1998, 28 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, disability and amateur sport, which this site groups under disability. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Brantham Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £2,840 to £14k (+399%), an average of +50% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 250%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 12,871 England and Wales charities whose main cause is disability and that reported income, 1st Brantham Scout Group sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 38th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bishop's Stortford Child Contact Centre (£14k), Table Villa Trust (£14k) and Friends of Manor Green (£14k).