1st Garlinge Scout Group

Analysis

1st Garlinge Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ramsgate. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides services and provides advocacy/advice/information.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Garlinge Scout Group reported income of £43k and spending of £44k, spending 102% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £21k to £43k (+102%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 100% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Garlinge Scout Group sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East Sussex Foster Care Association (£43k), Cylch Meithrin Nantgaredig A'r Fro (£43k) and Friends Assocation of Great Chart Primary School (£43k).

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.