1st Merton Park Scout Group

Analysis

1st Merton Park Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in July 1974, 52 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.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Merton Park Scout Group reported income of £24k and spending of £30k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £17k to £24k (+39%), an average of +8.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 51%. Over the whole period it spent 104% 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 Merton Park Scout Group sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% 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 Washington Village Memorial Hall (£24k), Thurlaston Football Club (£24k) and Widmer End Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£24k).