6th Ipswich (St Johns) Scout Group

Analysis

6th Ipswich (St Johns) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in October 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and environment/conservation/heritage, which this site groups under environment and conservation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 6th Ipswich (St Johns) Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £12k, spending 118% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £11k (-63%), an average of -22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 52%. Over the whole period it spent 78% of the income it received.

Among 4,574 England and Wales charities whose main cause is environment and conservation and that reported income, 6th Ipswich (St Johns) Scout Group sits at the 46th percentile: it is larger than about 46% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 32nd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Friends of Ellington Park CIO (£11k), The Friends of St Nicholas, Ickford (£11k) and The London Forum of Amenity and Civic Societies (£11k).

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.