1st Cheam Scout Group

Analysis

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

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Cheam Scout Group reported income of £45k and spending of £53k, spending 117% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £60k to £45k (-24%), an average of -6.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 59%. Over the whole period it spent 87% 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 Cheam Scout Group sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Leonard Cowburn Memorial Trust (£45k), Chedzoy Village Hall (£46k) and JFC and Boys' Club (Also Known As Jays Boys' Club) (£45k).

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.