1st St Lawrence Scouts and 6th Ramsgate Guides

Analysis

1st St Lawrence Scouts and 6th Ramsgate Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, religious activities, amateur sport and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under religion. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st St Lawrence Scouts and 6th Ramsgate Guides reported income of £16k and spending of £37k, spending 231% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £3,440 to £16k (+363%), an average of +47% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 154%. Over the whole period it spent 152% of the income it received.

Among 20,496 England and Wales charities whose main cause is religion and that reported income, 1st St Lawrence Scouts and 6th Ramsgate Guides sits at the 29th percentile: it is larger than about 29% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Methodist Church in Wales, Wales Synod Charitable Trust (£16k), Shah Jalal Muslim Centre and Masjid (£16k) and Presbyterian Church Harlow (£16k).