1st Ashingdon Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ashingdon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in August 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 1st Ashingdon Scout Group reported income of £30k and spending of £31k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £1,651 to £30k (+1690%), an average of +106% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 387%. Over the whole period it spent 112% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Ashingdon Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 52nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Waldegrave (£30k), Hope Foundation Trust (£30k) and St Edmund's School Parents' Association (£30k).

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.