1st Calne Scout Group

Analysis

1st Calne Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Calne. It was registered in February 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, arts/culture/heritage/science, amateur sport and economic/community development/employment, which this site groups under arts, culture, heritage and science. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Calne Scout Group reported income of £23k and spending of £26k, spending 114% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £6,899 to £23k (+230%), an average of +35% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 95%. Over the whole period it spent 126% of the income it received.

Among 17,634 England and Wales charities whose main cause is arts, culture, heritage and science and that reported income, 1st Calne Scout Group sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 47th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Urban Eye (£23k), King's Lynn Operatic and Dramatic Society (£23k) and Welshampton Parish Hall (£23k).