1st Cheadle Heath (Elks Own) Scout Group

Analysis

1st Cheadle Heath (Elks Own) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cheshire. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending December 2025, 1st Cheadle Heath (Elks Own) Scout Group reported income of £17k and spending of £27k, spending 159% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from December 2021 to December 2025, income fell from £18k to £17k (-3.6%), an average of -0.9% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to December 2023, when income rose by 30%. Over the whole period it spent 133% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Cheadle Heath (Elks Own) Scout Group sits at the 49th percentile: it is larger than about 49% 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 Friends of Chesham Bois School (£17k), Dawdon 2nd Seaham Scout Group (£17k) and Hymers College Association (£17k).

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.