26th Chelmsford (Great Baddow) Scout Group

Analysis

26th Chelmsford (Great Baddow) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chelmsford. It was registered in August 1972, 54 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 and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 26th Chelmsford (Great Baddow) Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £13k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £12k to £11k (-2.7%), an average of -0.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 108%. Over the whole period it spent 117% 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, 26th Chelmsford (Great Baddow) Scout Group sits at the 34th percentile: it is larger than about 34% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Peasenhall Assembly Hall (£11k), Lambeth Wind Orchestra (£11k) and West London Barbershop Harmony Club (£11k).

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.