22nd Gillingham Scout Group

Analysis

22nd Gillingham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in July 1981, 45 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 22nd Gillingham Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £9,322, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £17k to £12k (-28%), an average of -7.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 65%. Over the whole period it spent 74% 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, 22nd Gillingham Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 35th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Sitwell Singers (£12k), Friends of the Hitchin British Schools Museum (£12k) and The Wheel Training Company (£12k).