1st Kingston Hill Scout Group

Analysis

1st Kingston Hill Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kingston Upon Thames. It was registered in September 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Kingston Hill Scout Group reported income of £71k and spending of £126k, spending 179% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £40k to £71k (+76%), an average of +15% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 49%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Kingston Hill Scout Group sits at the 80th percentile: it is larger than about 80% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 66th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Memorial Hall - Lee CIO (£71k), Dewsbury and District Unit of the Sea Cadet Corps (£71k) and The Snodland Community Association (£71k).