1st Ditchling Scout Group

Analysis

1st Ditchling Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover other charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Ditchling Scout Group reported income of £10k and spending of £8,924, spending 86% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,170 to £10k (+101%), an average of +19% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 120% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 1st Ditchling Scout Group sits at the 43rd percentile: it is larger than about 43% 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 Sol and Lillie Teff Foundation Fund (£10k), Rotary Club of Shrewsbury Severn Trust Fund (£10k) and The Friends of Wicklewood School (£10k).