2nd Grantham Scout Group

Analysis

2nd Grantham Scout Group is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Lincolnshire. It was registered in February 1969, 57 years ago. Its declared purposes cover general charitable purposes, which this site groups under children and youth development. Legally it is a charitable trust. It says it provides buildings/facilities/open space.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 2nd Grantham Scout Group reported income of £16k and spending of £16k, spending 101% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income fell from £29k to £16k (-45%), an average of -14% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2024, when income rose by 61%. Over the whole period it spent 86% of the income it received.

Among 5,641 England and Wales charities whose main cause is children and youth development and that reported income, 2nd Grantham Scout Group sits at the 56th percentile: it is larger than about 56% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 40th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Sandown Association (£16k), Friends of Sutton-In-The-Isle School (£16k) and 1st Dunchurch Scout Group (£16k).

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.