118th Derby Scout Group

Analysis

118th Derby Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Derby. It was registered in October 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 acts as an umbrella or resource body.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 118th Derby Scout Group reported income of £21k and spending of £12k, leaving 42% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £23k to £21k (-6.9%), an average of -1.8% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 187%. Over the whole period it spent 58% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 118th Derby Scout Group sits at the 53rd percentile: it is larger than about 53% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 46th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include 1st Kennington Scout Group (£21k), Kimcote & Walton Memorial Hall (£21k) and Coltishall Village Hall and Recreation Ground (£21k).