8th Tonbridge (Hildenborough) Scout Group

Analysis

8th Tonbridge (Hildenborough) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 8th Tonbridge (Hildenborough) Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £22k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £17k (-30%), an average of -8.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 90% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 8th Tonbridge (Hildenborough) Scout Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Kanes Hill Primary School PTA (£17k), Narconon (£17k) and LA Petite Ecole de Manchester (£17k).

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.