1st Chinley Scout Group

Analysis

1st Chinley Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in High Peak. It was registered in February 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending January 2025, 1st Chinley Scout Group reported income of £26k and spending of £49k, spending 186% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from July 2020 to January 2025, income grew from £19k to £26k (+42%), an average of +9.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to January 2025, when income rose by 88%. Over the whole period it spent 149% 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 Chinley Scout Group sits at the 59th percentile: it is larger than about 59% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 50th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Walkden Amateur Boxing Club (£26k), Friends of Wembury School (£26k) and 1st Chigwell and Chigwell Row Scout Group (£26k).

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.