Ellistown Scout Group

Analysis

Ellistown Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicestershire. It was registered in July 1984, 42 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending February 2025, Ellistown Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £14k, spending 131% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2021 to February 2025, income fell from £17k to £11k (-36%), an average of -11% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income dropped by 56%. Over the whole period it spent 80% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, Ellistown Scout Group sits at the 38th percentile: it is larger than about 38% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 33rd percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include The Stephen Burton Memorial Foundation (£11k), Vides UK (£11k) and Friends of St Paul's School, Alwoodley (£11k).

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.