1st Rotherfield Scout Group

Analysis

1st Rotherfield Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in East Sussex. It was registered in December 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Rotherfield Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £12k, spending 103% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £5,303 to £12k (+124%), an average of +22% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Rotherfield Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Larkfield Women's Club (£12k), Garth and Trevor Community Centre Association's Village Hall (£12k) and West London Moroccan Widadia (£12k).

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.