1st Purley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Purley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Purley. It was registered in August 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Purley Scout Group reported income of £27k and spending of £21k, leaving 22% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income grew from £21k to £27k (+24%), an average of +5.5% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2024, when income rose by 55%. 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, 1st Purley Scout Group sits at the 58th percentile: it is larger than about 58% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Hempstead Junior School (£27k), Eton Parish Educational Trust (£27k) and Heads of Educational Development Group (£27k).