1st March Scout Group

Analysis

1st March Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cambridgeshire. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. 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 March 2023, 1st March Scout Group reported income of £25k and spending of £24k, spending 98% of its income. Across the 3 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2023, income grew from £22k to £25k (+12%), an average of +6.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 21%. Over the whole period it spent 59% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st March Scout Group sits at the 57th percentile: it is larger than about 57% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 49th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The British Society of Sports History (£25k), The Twang Music Foundation (£25k) and The Evenlode Parent Teacher Association (£25k).

Data notes from the register: The regulator lists this charity as in double default: it has missed the deadline for its annual return or accounts in two or more successive years.