1st Gosport Scout Group

Analysis

1st Gosport Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Gosport. It was registered in July 1999, 27 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, 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 2026, 1st Gosport Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £10k, leaving 40% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £7,380 to £17k (+135%), an average of +24% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 113%. Over the whole period it spent 90% 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 Gosport Scout Group sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Pete Atkins Youth Hockey Foundation (£17k), Ditton Priors Recreation Association (£17k) and 61st Newcastle (St Francis) Scout Group (£17k).