1st Upminster Scout Group

Analysis

1st Upminster Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1976, 50 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Upminster Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £17k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £19k (-35%), an average of -10% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 27%. Over the whole period it spent 72% 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 Upminster 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 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Exmouth and Budleigh Salterton District Scout Council (£19k), Bewl Water Joint Scout and Guide Ad Hoc Committee (£19k) and Wharncliffe Silkstone Miner's Welfare Scheme (£19k).