1st Winchester Scout Group

Analysis

1st Winchester Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Winchester. It was registered in October 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Winchester Scout Group reported income of £49k and spending of £32k, leaving 35% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £9,610 to £49k (+414%), an average of +51% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 371%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 1st Winchester Scout Group sits at the 81st percentile: it is larger than about 81% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Riverhead Infants School Parents Teachers Association (£49k), Leiston Scout Group (£49k) and Friends of FBS (£49k).