1st Ruckinge and Ham Street Scouts and Guides

Analysis

1st Ruckinge and Ham Street Scouts and Guides is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Kent. It was registered in March 1973, 53 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training, the advancement of health or saving of lives and amateur sport, which this site groups under health and saving lives. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Ruckinge and Ham Street Scouts and Guides reported income of £19k and spending of £20k, spending 109% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £19k (-13%), an average of -3.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 74%. Over the whole period it spent 110% 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 Ruckinge and Ham Street Scouts and Guides sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 43rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Cornwall Arthritis Trust (£19k), South Worcester Lifesaving and Lifeguard Club (£19k) and Path To Prosper (£19k).