42nd Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group

Analysis

42nd Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Brighton. It was registered in February 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and amateur sport, 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 August 2025, 42nd Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group reported income of £13k and spending of £12k, spending 94% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income fell from £18k to £13k (-29%), an average of -8.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 101% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 42nd Brighton (Saltdean) Scout Group sits at the 39th percentile: it is larger than about 39% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 36th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 5th Stalybridge Scout Group (£13k), North Nibley Village Hall (£13k) and 1st Fernhurst Scout Group (£13k).