18th Chester Scout Group

Analysis

18th Chester Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Chester. It was registered in July 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, 18th Chester Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £13k, leaving 27% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £22k to £17k (-21%), an average of -5.6% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 53%. Over the whole period it spent 103% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 18th Chester Scout Group sits at the 47th percentile: it is larger than about 47% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 41st percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stratford St Mary Village Institute (£17k), Regent's Park Community Association (£17k) and Lancaster and Morecambe Model Engineering Society (2018) (£17k).