1st St Mary Platt Scout Group

Analysis

1st St Mary Platt Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in November 1972, 54 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport, animals and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending February 2026, 1st St Mary Platt Scout Group reported income of £21k and spending of £22k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £31k to £21k (-34%), an average of -9.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 43%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 St Mary Platt Scout Group sits at the 52nd percentile: it is larger than about 52% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 45th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Hothfield Village Hall (£21k), Bretton Memorial Institute (£21k) and Ashreigney Village Hall - CIO (£21k).

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.