1st Wandsworth Scout Group

Analysis

1st Wandsworth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in London. It was registered in October 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Wandsworth Scout Group reported income of £47k and spending of £42k, spending 89% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £7,187 to £47k (+555%), an average of +60% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 344%. 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 Wandsworth Scout Group sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 60th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 10th Romsey Scout Group (£47k), Shillington Memorial Playing Field (£47k) and Cuddington and Sandiway Parish Playing Fields Association Limited (£47k).