3rd Thorpe-Le-Soken Scout Group

Analysis

3rd Thorpe-Le-Soken Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Essex. It was registered in January 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 3rd Thorpe-Le-Soken Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £18k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £14k to £16k (+13%), an average of +3.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 3rd Thorpe-Le-Soken Scout Group sits at the 44th percentile: it is larger than about 44% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Brandon & Wolston Village Hall (£16k), Boughton Playing Field (£16k) and 1st Falfield St George Scout Group (£16k).