1st Molescroft Scout Group

Analysis

1st Molescroft Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Driffield. It was registered in March 1975, 51 years ago. Its declared purposes cover 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 Molescroft Scout Group reported income of £21k and spending of £23k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £20k to £21k (+5.8%), an average of +1.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 68%. Over the whole period it spent 96% 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 Molescroft Scout Group sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Village of Garford Common Good Trust (£21k), Bentley Social Welfare Centre and Recreation Ground (£21k) and Globe Rangers FC (£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.