1st East Grinstead Scout Group

Analysis

1st East Grinstead Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in West Sussex. It was registered in January 1964, 62 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes and education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st East Grinstead Scout Group reported income of £24k and spending of £26k, spending 106% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £13k to £24k (+91%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income rose by 37%. Over the whole period it spent 108% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st East Grinstead Scout Group sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 48th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include St Andrew's School Association (£24k), St Leonard's School PTA Heath and Reach (£24k) and Dartford & Crayford Unit 99 of the Sea Cadet Corps (£24k).

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.