1st Droitwich Scout Group

Analysis

1st Droitwich Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Worcestershire. It was registered in April 1979, 47 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, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Droitwich Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £13k, spending 108% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £13k to £12k (-4.8%), an average of -1.2% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2025, when income rose by 110%. Over the whole period it spent 88% 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 Droitwich Scout Group sits at the 37th percentile: it is larger than about 37% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Friends of Holme Hall School (£12k), The Robert Hall Centre Management Committee (£12k) and Recreation Ground (£12k).

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.