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1st Hensingham Scout Group

RegisteredRegistered charity number 520612CumbriaEducation and training
Income£43k2025-04-05
Spending£39ksame year
Spent / received91%5-year average
Size in its cause64th pctEducation and training
Registered1972Other
Employees–latest return

Analysis

1st Hensingham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Cumbria. It was registered in February 1972, 54 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 April 2025, 1st Hensingham Scout Group reported income of £43k and spending of £39k, spending 91% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from April 2021 to April 2025, income grew from £32k to £43k (+33%), an average of +7.4% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to April 2024, when income rose by 122%. Over the whole period it spent 91% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, 1st Hensingham Scout Group sits at the 64th percentile: it is larger than about 64% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 58th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include East London District Scout Council (£43k), The Oliver Whitby Educational Foundation (£43k) and The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust (£43k).

Income and spending

£0£11k£22k£33k£45k2021 Income: £32,2622021 Spending: £15,18920212022 Income: £23,7782022 Spending: £21,04220222023 Income: £18,4042023 Spending: £24,98220232024 Income: £40,9382024 Spending: £44,51020242025 Income: £42,9292025 Spending: £39,0502025
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Where the income comes from

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In the charity's own words

The Scout Association promotes the development of young people in achieving their full physical, intellectual, social and spiritual potentials, as individuals, as responsible citizens and as members of their local national and international communities, by providing an enjoyable and attractive scheme of progressive training, based on the Scout Promise and Law and guided by adult leadership.

Similar-sized charities, same cause

CharityLocationIncome
East London District Scout CouncilLondon£43k
The Oliver Whitby Educational FoundationBognor Regis£43k
The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable TrustLondon£43k
The Friends of Hampton School AssociationKent£43k