1st Ockendon Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ockendon Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Stanford-Le-Hope. It was registered in October 1963, 63 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 other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Ockendon Scout Group reported income of £35k and spending of £37k, spending 105% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £35k (+18%), an average of +4.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 82% 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 Ockendon Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Silchester Sports Pavilion Charity (£35k), Fleetwood Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£35k) and 7th Warwick (Woodloes) Scout Group (£35k).