79th Reading Scout Group

Analysis

79th Reading Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Reading. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 March 2025, 79th Reading Scout Group reported income of £68k and spending of £68k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £55k to £68k (+24%), an average of +5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 23%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 79th Reading Scout Group sits at the 79th percentile: it is larger than about 79% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 65th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Middlesex North West County Guide Association (£68k), Curfu (£68k) and Larkspur Rovers Football Club (£68k).