1st/2nd Parkeston Scout Group

Analysis

1st/2nd Parkeston Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Harwich. It was registered in October 1968, 58 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st/2nd Parkeston Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £17k, spending 139% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income fell from £16k to £12k (-23%), an average of -6.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 41%. Over the whole period it spent 113% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st/2nd Parkeston Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Robert Hall Centre Management Committee (£12k), Alsager Institute Bowling Club (£12k) and 1st Droitwich Scout Group (£12k).