1st/6th Edgware Scout Group

Analysis

1st/6th Edgware Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Edgware. It was registered in September 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space, provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st/6th Edgware Scout Group reported income of £62k and spending of £46k, leaving 26% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £24k to £62k (+164%), an average of +28% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 55%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 1st/6th Edgware Scout Group sits at the 77th percentile: it is larger than about 77% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 64th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Welton Village Memorial Hall (£62k), 3rd Marlow Bridge Scout Group (£62k) and Cambridge District Scout Council (£62k).