1st Silver End Scout Group

Analysis

1st Silver End Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in July 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Silver End Scout Group reported income of £20k and spending of £24k, spending 122% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £20k (-1.1%), an average of -0.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 82% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 1st Silver End Scout Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust (£20k), The Benesh Institute Endowment Fund (£20k) and Earthly Voices (£20k).