1st Kesgrave Scout Group

Analysis

1st Kesgrave Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Ipswich. It was registered in August 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Kesgrave Scout Group reported income of £88k and spending of £138k, spending 157% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £36k to £88k (+142%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 54%. Over the whole period it spent 108% 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 Kesgrave Scout Group sits at the 83rd percentile: it is larger than about 82% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 69th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Avon Youth Club (£88k), Sutton Bingham Sailing Club (£88k) and Hesketh Bank Community Centre (£88k).