1st Andover Air Scout Group

Analysis

1st Andover Air Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Andover. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Andover Air Scout Group reported income of £19k and spending of £23k, spending 120% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £28k to £19k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 50%. Over the whole period it spent 105% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Andover Air Scout Group sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 44th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Colchester County High School for Girls PTFA (£19k), The Parent Teachers Association of the Marshfield Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School (£19k) and St Marks School and Parents Association (£19k).

Data notes from the register: Spending has exceeded income in each of the last three reported years, so the charity has been drawing on reserves or other funds.