72nd Portsmouth (1st Portsdown) Scout Group

Analysis

72nd Portsmouth (1st Portsdown) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Waterlooville. It was registered in March 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 72nd Portsmouth (1st Portsdown) 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 grew from £652 to £14k (+2086%), an average of +116% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 1342%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 72nd Portsmouth (1st Portsdown) Scout Group sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% 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 Friends of Mudeford Infants School (£14k), Bridport and District U3a (£14k) and The Tony Papadopoullos Charitable Trust (£14k).