1st Danbury Scout Group

Analysis

1st Danbury Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in October 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities and amateur sport, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Danbury Scout Group reported income of £55k and spending of £55k, spending 100% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £55k (+81%), an average of +16% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 32%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st Danbury Scout Group sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 62nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St Mary Magdalene, Belmont (£55k), The Sovereign Grace Advent Testimony (£55k) and Next Wave International (£55k).

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.