28th Kingswood (1st Downend) Scout Group

Analysis

28th Kingswood (1st Downend) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Bristol. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending April 2025, 28th Kingswood (1st Downend) Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £11k, spending 82% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £11k to £13k (+18%), an average of +4.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2025, when income rose by 67%. Over the whole period it spent 77% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 28th Kingswood (1st Downend) Scout Group sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Budock Village Hall (£13k), Boothstown Bowling Club and Pavilion (£13k) and Cayton Village Hall (£13k).