1st Whetstone Scout Group

Analysis

1st Whetstone Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Leicester. It was registered in August 1985, 41 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending March 2026, 1st Whetstone Scout Group reported income of £11k and spending of £9,172, spending 85% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2022 to March 2026, income grew from £5,029 to £11k (+116%), an average of +21% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 130%. Over the whole period it spent 107% 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 Whetstone Scout Group sits at the 35th percentile: it is larger than about 34% 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 Assington Village Charity (£11k), Llandaff Cricket Club (£11k) and Stainforth Village Hall (£11k).