18th Swindon Scout Group

Analysis

18th Swindon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in November 1978, 48 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 18th Swindon Scout Group reported income of £28k and spending of £22k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £53k to £28k (-47%), an average of -15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 18th Swindon Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Michaels Village Hall (£28k), Eynsham Parks (£28k) and 1st Sawley (All Saints) Scout Group (£28k).