8th Chelmsford Scout Group

Analysis

8th Chelmsford Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 8th Chelmsford Scout Group reported income of £62k and spending of £73k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £28k to £62k (+123%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 99% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 8th Chelmsford Scout Group sits at the 73rd percentile: it is larger than about 73% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Mousehole Male Voice Choir (£62k), Windows Project Trust (£62k) and The Weardale Railway Trust (£62k).

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.