1st Saffron Walden Scout Group

Analysis

1st Saffron Walden Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Saffron Walden. It was registered in February 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Saffron Walden Scout Group reported income of £27k and spending of £19k, leaving 31% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,239 to £27k (+274%), an average of +39% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 94%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Saffron Walden Scout Group sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Blackwood School Parent Teacher Association (£27k), Hillside Scout Group (£27k) and National Leathersellers College (£27k).