1st West Swindon Scout Group

Analysis

1st West Swindon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in June 2001, 25 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st West Swindon Scout Group reported income of £14k and spending of £12k, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £19k to £14k (-28%), an average of -7.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 92% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st West Swindon Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Crossley Street Primary School P.t.a. (£14k), Aston Church of England School (£14k) and Chulmleigh Young Farmers Club (£14k).