1st Consett Scout Group

Analysis

1st Consett Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in County Durham. It was registered in November 1965, 61 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides human resources.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Consett Scout Group reported income of £47k and spending of £52k, spending 111% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £38k to £47k (+23%), an average of +5.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 57%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Consett Scout Group sits at the 72nd percentile: it is larger than about 72% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 59th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Berwick Rangers Community Academy (£47k), J N Fear's Institute and Endowment (£47k) and Eastrington Sports Club (£46k).