1st Lexden Scout Group

Analysis

1st Lexden Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Colchester. It was registered in October 1980, 46 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Lexden Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £22k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £5,542 to £22k (+299%), an average of +41% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 160%. Over the whole period it spent 94% 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 Lexden Scout Group sits at the 54th percentile: it is larger than about 54% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ar-Rawdah Community Centre (£22k), Roborough Recreation Hall and Playing Fields (£22k) and Hastings Athletic Club (£22k).