1st Godshill and Rookley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Godshill and Rookley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Isle of Wight. It was registered in November 2011, 15 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Godshill and Rookley Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £23k, spending 140% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £20k to £16k (-19%), an average of -5.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 94% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st Godshill and Rookley Scout Group sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 45% 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 East Sheen Scout Group (£16k), Ashford Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£16k) and 1st South Zeal Scouts (£16k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.