1st Armitage Scout Group

Analysis

1st Armitage Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Rugeley. It was registered in June 1974, 52 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Armitage Scout Group reported income of £22k and spending of £24k, spending 107% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £14k to £22k (+55%), an average of +12% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 38%. Over the whole period it spent 111% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Armitage Scout Group sits at the 55th percentile: it is larger than about 55% 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 Arkholme School Parents Teachers and Friends Association (£22k), Aberford C of E Primary School PTA (£22k) and Moorlands Schools Federation PTA (£22k).

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.