3rd Kingston Scout Group

Analysis

3rd Kingston Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingston Upon Thames. It was registered in July 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, environment/conservation/heritage and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 3rd Kingston Scout Group reported income of £29k and spending of £31k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £63k to £29k (-55%), an average of -18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 71%. Over the whole period it spent 85% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 3rd Kingston Scout Group sits at the 61st percentile: it is larger than about 61% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 51st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include South Croydon Centre (£29k), Terence O'grady Social Club for People with Learning Difficulties (£29k) and 1st Heaton Vale Sea Scout Group (£29k).