12th and 17th Medway Towns Scout Group

Analysis

12th and 17th Medway Towns Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 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, 12th and 17th Medway Towns Scout Group reported income of £26k and spending of £18k, leaving 28% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £16k to £26k (+63%), an average of +13% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 39%. 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, 12th and 17th Medway Towns Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kingston District Guides (£26k), Shotley Village Hall (£26k) and 10th Itchen Scout Group (£26k).