1st Washington Scout Group

Analysis

1st Washington Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Washington. It was registered in April 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, amateur sport and recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides human resources and provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Washington Scout Group reported income of £37k and spending of £54k, spending 146% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £38k to £37k (-3.9%), an average of -1.0% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 26%. Over the whole period it spent 97% 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 Washington Scout Group sits at the 67th percentile: it is larger than about 67% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 56th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Bosham Village Hall (£37k), Didmarton Village Hall and Community Committee (£37k) and White Waltham Cricket Club (£37k).

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.