1st Northfleet (20th Gravesend) Scout Group

Analysis

1st Northfleet (20th Gravesend) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Northfleet (20th Gravesend) Scout Group reported income of £31k and spending of £37k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £37k to £31k (-16%), an average of -4.3% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 66%. Over the whole period it spent 99% 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 Northfleet (20th Gravesend) Scout Group sits at the 63rd percentile: it is larger than about 63% 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 Llandaff City Bowmen (£31k), Salcombe and District Swimming Pool Association (£31k) and Graveley Village Hall (£31k).

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.