28th/61st Wigston Scout Group

Analysis

28th/61st Wigston Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wigston. It was registered in November 1966, 60 years ago. Its declared purposes cover recreation, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it other charitable activities.

In the financial year ending February 2026, 28th/61st Wigston Scout Group reported income of £12k and spending of £8,947, leaving 23% of income unspent that year. Across the 5 years on record, from February 2022 to February 2026, income fell from £28k to £12k (-59%), an average of -20% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to February 2023, when income rose by 158%. Over the whole period it spent 128% of the income it received.

Among 12,174 England and Wales charities whose main cause is amateur sport and recreation and that reported income, 28th/61st Wigston Scout Group sits at the 36th percentile: it is larger than about 36% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 34th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Stratton-On-The-Fosse Village Hall Trust (£12k), Fifield Memorial Recreation Ground (£12k) and Brackley Women's Institute and Girl Guide Hall (£12k).