15th Bromley (Bickley and Widmore) Scout Group

Analysis

15th Bromley (Bickley and Widmore) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swanscombe. It was registered in April 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 15th Bromley (Bickley and Widmore) Scout Group reported income of £59k and spending of £71k, spending 119% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £49k to £59k (+22%), an average of +5.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2025, when income rose by 17%. Over the whole period it spent 95% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 15th Bromley (Bickley and Widmore) Scout Group sits at the 68th percentile: it is larger than about 68% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 63rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Highfield, Shortlands (£59k), Family Matters York (£59k) and Cylch Meithrin Bro Dysynni (£59k).