1st Dereham Scout Group

Analysis

1st Dereham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Dereham. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Dereham Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £14k, spending 90% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £24k to £16k (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income dropped by 36%. Over the whole period it spent 84% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Dereham Scout Group sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Act Educational Trust (£16k), Clapham (Bedford) Scout Group (£16k) and Staplegrove Scout Group (£16k).