1st Highworth Scout Group

Analysis

1st Highworth Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Swindon. It was registered in December 1967, 59 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives, arts/culture/heritage/science and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Highworth Scout Group reported income of £39k and spending of £33k, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £34k to £39k (+16%), an average of +3.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 18%. Over the whole period it spent 98% of the income it received.

Among 24,651 England and Wales charities whose main cause is health and saving lives and that reported income, 1st Highworth Scout Group sits at the 48th percentile: it is larger than about 48% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 57th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Dan's Trust (£39k), Porthtowan Surf Life Saving Club (£39k) and Red Street Community Centre (£39k).