7th Grantham (St. John's) Scout Group

Analysis

7th Grantham (St. John's) Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in December 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training 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, 7th Grantham (St. John's) Scout Group reported income of £43k and spending of £48k, spending 110% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £45k to £43k (-4.4%), an average of -1.1% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2022, when income dropped by 33%. 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, 7th Grantham (St. John's) Scout Group sits at the 71st percentile: it is larger than about 70% 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 Bishops Nympton Parish Hall Trust (£43k), Marsden Cricket Club (£43k) and Alvingham Village Community Hall (£43k).

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.