26th Cambridge Scout Group

Analysis

26th Cambridge Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridge. It was registered in June 1971, 55 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending June 2025, 26th Cambridge Scout Group reported income of £23k and spending of £26k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from June 2021 to June 2025, income grew from £5,067 to £23k (+361%), an average of +46% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to June 2025, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 110% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 26th Cambridge Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Feoffee Lands Non Educational Charity (£23k), Trust Property Held in Connection with Bryn Baptist Church (£23k) and Leeds Maranatha Evangelical Church (£23k).

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.