1st Coggeshall Scout Group

Analysis

1st Coggeshall Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Coggeshall Scout Group reported income of £23k and spending of £27k, spending 115% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £1,153 to £23k (+1935%), an average of +112% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 893%. Over the whole period it spent 106% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, 1st Coggeshall Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Campaign to Protect Rural Essex (£23k), Whitstable Improvement Trust (£23k) and The Rougham Tower Association (£23k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.