Colchester Estuary District Scouts

Analysis

Colchester Estuary District Scouts is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 2004, 22 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2023, Colchester Estuary District Scouts reported income of £78k and spending of £295k, spending 379% of what it took in. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income fell from £87k to £78k (-11%), an average of -5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 48%. Over the whole period it spent 154% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Colchester Estuary District Scouts sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 67th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Penistone Grammar School Foundation (£78k), Mentmore Road Under Fives (£78k) and Oakhill College Charitable Trust (£78k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.