8th Aldershot (Church of the Ascension) Scout Group

Analysis

8th Aldershot (Church of the Ascension) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Aldershot. It was registered in May 1986, 40 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 8th Aldershot (Church of the Ascension) Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £15k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £5,793 to £16k (+174%), an average of +29% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2022, when income rose by 93%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 8th Aldershot (Church of the Ascension) Scout Group sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Glenmere Parent Staff Association (£16k), Tickhill Community Library (£16k) and Mars Trust (£16k).