18th Dover (Shepherdswell) Scout Group

Analysis

18th Dover (Shepherdswell) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in October 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending August 2025, 18th Dover (Shepherdswell) Scout Group reported income of £20k and spending of £20k, spending 99% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £4,652 to £20k (+328%), an average of +44% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income rose by 240%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 18th Dover (Shepherdswell) Scout Group sits at the 33rd percentile: it is larger than about 33% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Ice Ilfracombe (£20k), Bromley Muslim Association (£20k) and World Light Society (£20k).