1st Porchester Scouts and Cubs

Analysis

1st Porchester Scouts and Cubs is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Nottingham. It was registered in May 1963, 63 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training and amateur sport, which this site groups under amateur sport and recreation. It says it provides services.

In the financial year ending March 2025, 1st Porchester Scouts and Cubs reported income of £14k and spending of £15k, spending 112% of what it took in. Across the 5 years on record, from March 2021 to March 2025, income grew from £5,510 to £14k (+145%), an average of +25% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to March 2023, when income rose by 133%. Over the whole period it spent 89% 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 Porchester Scouts and Cubs sits at the 40th percentile: it is larger than about 40% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 37th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include Fretherne with Saul and Framilode Village Hall and Playing Field Fund (£14k), 1st Cobham Scout Group (£14k) and Quintrell Downs Village Hall (£14k).