8th Cheam Scout Group

Analysis

8th Cheam Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Sutton. It was registered in December 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and other charitable purposes, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 8th Cheam Scout Group reported income of £18k and spending of £24k, spending 136% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £18k (-22%), an average of -6.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 87%. Over the whole period it spent 97% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 8th Cheam Scout Group sits at the 50th percentile: it is larger than about 50% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 42nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cylch Meithrin Edern (£18k), Croydon High School Parent-Teacher Association (£18k) and Sponsorstars Ltd (£18k).

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.