Marden Scout Group

Analysis

Marden Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Marden. It was registered in October 1987, 39 years ago. Its declared purposes cover amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, Marden Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £8,786 to £16k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 114% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, Marden Scout Group sits at the 45th percentile: it is larger than about 44% 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 Mugginton Village Hall Company (£16k), West Alvington Village Hall (£16k) and Tuddenham St Mary Village Hall Trust (£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.