18th Purley Scout Group

Analysis

18th Purley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Croydon. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 18th Purley Scout Group reported income of £15k and spending of £20k, spending 135% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £22k to £15k (-31%), an average of -8.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income dropped by 24%. Over the whole period it spent 104% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 18th Purley Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 39th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 6th Bromsgrove Scout Group (£15k), Aylesbury Vale Child Contact Centre (£15k) and 1st Bedhampton (St Thomas') Scout Group (£15k).

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.