1st Twyford Scout Group

Analysis

1st Twyford Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in July 1975, 51 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Twyford Scout Group reported income of £62k and spending of £78k, spending 126% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £23k to £62k (+170%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 96%. Over the whole period it spent 112% 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 Twyford Scout Group sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Missedabeat (£62k), Suffolk County Guide Association (£62k) and 10th Bath (Combe Down) Scout Group (£62k).

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.