15th Reigate (Chipstead) Scout Group

Analysis

15th Reigate (Chipstead) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Coulsdon. It was registered in September 1961, 65 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 15th Reigate (Chipstead) Scout Group reported income of £45k and spending of £47k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £22k to £45k (+106%), an average of +20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 498%. Over the whole period it spent 88% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 15th Reigate (Chipstead) Scout Group sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 71% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include North Petherton Playing Fields Charitable Trust (£45k), Palterton Welfare (£45k) and Bourne Darby and Joan Club (£45k).

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.