1st Clipstone Scout Group

Analysis

1st Clipstone Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Mansfield. It was registered in March 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Clipstone Scout Group reported income of £35k and spending of £23k, leaving 34% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £53k to £35k (-33%), an average of -9.7% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 71% 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 Clipstone Scout Group sits at the 66th percentile: it is larger than about 66% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 55th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Wool & Winfrith Football Club (£35k), Welney Playing Field (£35k) and Friends of Riverside (£35k).