17th Purley St John's Old Coulsdon Scout Group

Analysis

17th Purley St John's Old Coulsdon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Surrey. It was registered in March 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 17th Purley St John's Old Coulsdon Scout Group reported income of £40k and spending of £38k, spending 95% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £23k to £40k (+79%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 63%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 17th Purley St John's Old Coulsdon Scout Group sits at the 69th percentile: it is larger than about 69% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 44th Norwich (1st Old Catton) Scout Group (£40k), Tipps Cross Remembrance Hall Trust Fund (£40k) and The Hampton Hill Junior School Association (£40k).