1st Copthorne Scout Group

Analysis

1st Copthorne Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Crawley. It was registered in April 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Copthorne Scout Group reported income of £94k and spending of £87k, spending 92% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £34k to £94k (+178%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2022, when income rose by 83%. Over the whole period it spent 87% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Copthorne Scout Group sits at the 74th percentile: it is larger than about 74% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 70th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bradwell Common Playgroup (£94k), North East STEM Foundation (£94k) and St Paul's Walden Preschool (£94k).