1st Westgate-On-Sea Scout Group

Analysis

1st Westgate-On-Sea Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in September 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes 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 March 2025, 1st Westgate-On-Sea Scout Group reported income of £32k and spending of £40k, spending 125% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £30k to £32k (+5.1%), an average of +1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Westgate-On-Sea 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 53rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Toddington Village Hall (£32k), Amerdale Hall (£32k) and 1st Harpenden (Methodist) Scout Group (£32k).